7月22日
Who Is the Mole?
We are down to our last four players on
"The Mole," and while I can't claim any specialized insight as to the Mole's secret identity, I do have some quick thoughts:
Nicole -- It seemed from their on-screen comments that both Clay and Mark had fixated on the possibility that she was the Mole. That there was a tie in the quiz and that Clay got executed suggests she indeed is not the Mole. I'm not sure if it's part of her game to rouse suspicion as to her motives and get people to wrongly focus on her as the Mole or if she really is "Dr. Diva," as she claims to be, and yet a little scatter-brained. But I would say 100-1 odds against her being the Mole.
Mark -- If he's the Mole, he's done a really poor job of sabotaging the team. On the mission last week where he was on the treadmill, he could have not supplied most of the correct answers at a minimum, let alone keeping up the pace long enough to earn some cash. His detailed journal-keeping combined with his honest-seeming anger when the journals got burned makes him in my view the second least-suspicious of the contestants. I'd put the odds at like 10-1.
Paul -- He does a lot to get under people's skin, which is a good attribute for the Mole to have. And it was kind of strange how little he seemed to know about his loved one. But I just don't see that much evidence of manipulation by him. Or to be blunt, he just doesn't seem smart enough to be a good Mole. I'd say his Mole odds are 3-1.
Which leaves....
Craig -- I would say from day one he was one of the people who had me going, "Could he be the Mole? Nah, too obvious. But maybe that's what they WANT you to think." He strikes me as crafty. While I can't really come up with blatant sabotage by him, by process of elimination, he seems the most likely candidate. I'd put the odds of his being the Mole at 2-1.
Who's gotten your attention as Mole candidates?
- posted by Raoul