The Mole (2022) s01e07 Episode Script

1
This is a game of trust.
Can you reach it yet?
No, not yet.
Inside the cage is the key
to unlock your chains.
If you all escape, you'll win $20,000
and spend the night in luxury.
But next to the key is an exemption
from the next elimination.
Remove that from the cage
and the money is gone.
And those left will spend a cold night
right here on the floor.
This is the easiest 20 grand.
No one takes the exemption.
Let's just all get out of here.
The first person.
You took the exemption?
Oh, shit.
She's savage.
Looks like Kesi gets
that nice hotel all to herself.
Good for you, Kesi.
She's my number one suspect for the Mole,
so this kind of confirms it.
She probably didn't feel
confident in the quiz.
I didn't think Kesi had it in her.
I'm cold. I'm upset.
I want to wring Kesi's neck.
She's someone I need to watch out for.
I would never leave anybody
on a cold hard floor for an exemption.
Of course I wanted us to make 20 grand.
But if I didn't take this exemption,
someone else was.
I'm not sorry.
And I don't regret it.
I still can't believe Kesi did that.
I trusted her more than
I trusted other people here,
that's why I didn't vote for them.
Look where we are.
Kesi is here to play this game.
She means business.
If she's the Mole,
she's just so blatant and so obvious.
But because of that,
I just don't think she is the Mole.
Come on.
I think as soon as
the rules were announced,
she knew she was gonna take it.
Absolutely.
I don't trust Kesi.
She's a very good actress, actually.
I thought she wouldn't leave me there.
But she did.
You're not sus of her at all?
You know what? It is what it is.
I'm looking at things
through a new lens.
I love Kesi,
but I obviously can't trust her.
Once again, the power
of the exemption has divided the players
and lost the team money.
But after a restful night
at a luxury hotel for one
and a long, cold night
on the floor for the rest
It's so cold here.
I have to pee.
it's time for the group to reunite
and work out what went wrong.
I have to own this decision.
I can't hide from it.
It was the fact that people trusted me
that allowed me to lie to them so well.
- Hello.
- Good morning.
Morning.
You look nice.
I'm hoping that they understand
that this wasn't malicious.
- How are you guys?
- How do you think we are?
I'm not sure, that's why I'm asking.
I can imagine.
- Can I ask you something?
- Yeah.
Why didn't you look back
and give us anything?
You took the exemption.
You gave us a half smirk and walked off.
Why didn't you apologize?
It's hard to look someone in the eye
when you just screwed them over.
I'm looking at you in the eye now.
Kesi, I chose you because,
I mean, I know you're a team player.
That's a tough pill to swallow.
I'm mad at myself, you know?
I truly don't believe
we ever had the opportunity
to actually win 20 grand yesterday.
If it wasn't gonna be me,
I thought it was gonna be someone else.
I do want to say, well played.
This is a game through and through.
You stepped up for yourself,
and hats off to you right now.
I'm tired. I need to go.
I'm gonna take a nap and go get clean.
- Get those showers, get warm.
- Yeah, see you in a bit.
It didn't feel great,
but I knew it had to be done.
Exemptions are a guarantee
to go to the next round,
to still compete, to still have
the chance to find and win The Mole.
Yes, you can play for money,
but if you don't win at the end,
you just made money for someone else.
I think the tensions
are high in the room right now.
Everyone wants to be here
for the final six.
That exemption makes the quiz
that much harder.
And, um
I'm feeling nervous.
I really don't want
to go home tonight.
This game is everything to me.
But no matter how much preparation you do,
anything can happen with these quizzes.
One wrong answer could determine
whether you stay or you go.
I need to be airtight.
Well
Guys.
Overall, how did
the Blue Mountains treat you?
It's been good.
The pot now stands at $49,500.
We lost out on $30,000.
So, the Mole's still at play.
Casey continuously
puts herself in a position in which
she can take a back seat
and actively watch other people
sabotage or watch people fail,
and never be
a suspect of anything.
It's a great place for a Mole to be.
So we are on our next elimination.
You will be asked to take a quiz
with 20 questions
about who you believe to be the Mole.
The person with the most wrong answers
will be eliminated immediately.
All of you except for you, Kesi.
You chose the exemption last night,
so you are safe from elimination.
Let's get down to business.
Let the quiz begin.
I'm really nervous
taking the quiz tonight.
If Kesi's the Mole, I feel like
I witnessed a huge move.
No exemption for us.
No money for the pot.
Lose-lose.
She's savage.
That being said, so many people
were doing so many suspicious things.
And I'm afraid to go all in.
I spent probably
two to three hours a night
re-running every single thing
that happened from the day.
I've had my suspicions of Kesi.
But going into the quiz,
I still think Casey's the best option.
If it's gonna
appease everyone, do I stay?
I'd rather let him do it
and I'll stay behind.
She, in my opinion,
plays the game most like a Mole
that's not trying to be obvious
about being the Mole.
My biggest suspect
right now is Jacob.
Part of the climbing mission,
he pushed himself to the finish line.
I'm coming, ladies.
If he's the Mole, he knew
he didn't have $10,000 in his bag.
I don't trust Jacob at all.
Currently,
I suspect Joi as the Mole still.
But Casey is a very suspicious woman.
On the mountain mission,
for someone who had money in her bag,
she almost gave up her spot twice.
"Only three players can cross this gorge."
"One person must remain
with their backpack."
I'm gonna say myself.
For her to be the Mole,
she would be someone
that the group least expects.
The quizzes get
harder and harder every time.
My strategy is to dice up the questions
between people who I think are suspicious,
splitting up the quiz, but ultimately
going heavier on Jacob.
I'm feeling pretty good at this point.
I studied and prepared for this.
It's whether I picked the right people
to implement that strategy with.
I guess we'll see at elimination tonight.
Okay, the time has come
to reveal the results of the quiz.
When I send through the results,
your screen will light up with a message.
If it's green, it means you are safe
and you can stay in the game.
But if it is red,
it means you have been eliminated,
and you must leave immediately.
I will enter your names
in no particular order.
The first name tonight
is Greg.
Deep breath.
Exhale. Big exhale.
Next up
is Jacob.
Live to see another day.
I was really hoping
that it was gonna be green,
but seeing it confirmed
right in front of you is just
such a relieving feeling.
The next person to find out their fate
is Joi.
Okay.
The next name I'm going to enter
is Casey.
100% confident
expecting it to go green.
The Mole's phone
wouldn't go red.
What?!
Oh my God.
Okay.
You okay?
- Um, I'm a little in shock.
- Yeah.
I don't want to cry. It just feels stupid.
I'm gonna throw up.
I was wrong.
If I hadn't had split my votes
in this quiz, that could've been me.
How are you feeling?
Tell me what's going on.
I'm gonna miss every day
and every challenge.
Taking a step back and being like,
this is the adventure of a lifetime.
Are you okay?
I gotta I gotta digest some stuff.
- Good luck, Casey.
- All right.
- Travel safe.
- Thank you.
One of my biggest suspects
just got eliminated.
I'm still here.
Doesn't mean your answers
were right and theirs weren't.
It just means you got
one more right that they didn't.
After the highs and lows
of the Blue Mountains,
for our next mission we're heading
to Australia's world-famous harbor city,
Sydney.
Oh my God. There's the bridge.
Where's the Opera House?
- To the left.
- Left?
- Oh wow, right there.
- Wow, there's the Opera House.
That's my first time seeing that.
She's a beauty.
But there will be no time
for sightseeing today,
because in this game,
the search for the Mole never stops.
There's two people in the car,
one of them is the winner
and one of them is the Mole.
Is the Mole in the front seat,
middle seat, or back seat?
I think the back seat.
Last night
was too close for comfort.
Then I realized if I can figure out
which one of my quiz answers
kept me in the game,
I could figure out who the Mole is.
Trust me, this kept me up
for a few hours.
Is Avori awake?
I haven't heard a word out of her.
- Is she still breathing?
- She is just very stoic.
I'm really nervous.
Uh-huh. That's what the Mole would say.
Shut up, Jacob.
I can't believe
I don't trust Jacob
as far as I can throw him,
but I don't think
he's the Mole at this time.
The group feels so small, actually.
It's so nice, though.
He's doing exactly what he needs
to do to fool the others.
So it throws them off their game
and they don't do so well on the quizzes.
He's a con, he's a con artist,
but I'm not gonna let him take
another dime from our group pot.
That's it.
What is this place?
It's an art museum?
Hi, guys.
Hi, Alex.
- Come on in.
- Hey.
Did you paint these?
We'll get to that in a minute.
Have a seat, gather round.
Welcome to Sydney,
and congratulations
on making it to the top six.
Or I should say,
the top five plus one Mole.
Now, I know you guys just laid eyes
on the iconic Sydney Opera House,
which is an image straight out
of a picture postcard
and a true work of art.
Just like these two paintings.
Or at least one of them.
Oh, no.
Pay very close attention, players.
In this game, being able to figure out
when you're being fooled,
both by the Mole and your fellow players,
is the key to surviving until the end.
And that is what this mission is all about
as you attempt to
spot the fake.
One of these paintings
is the genuine article,
a valuable work of art
on display in this very gallery.
And the other is a fake
created by the Mole.
And it is worth absolutely nothing,
except to you.
It's just another day in our Mole-verse,
dealing with another fake.
Your first task in this mission
is a simple one.
As individuals, all you have to do
is identify which painting is the fake.
Now, take your time to deliberate.
But choose wisely,
because the players who get it correct
will all win a chance
to play for an exemption.
- Wow.
- Does that sound good?
It is super important
to win that exemption.
I need more time to sit back
and watch players I don't trust.
That means I have to be right.
Okay, guys.
Feel free to discuss.
The one on the left,
I guess, could be seen as
a type of art that's been done before,
but something we all know
has been worth millions in the past.
But the one on the right is more modern
and something we see more every day.
Yeah, but one of
the biggest artists in the world
spray-paints random spots
on random buildings.
- Are you talking about Banksy?
- Yeah.
- It's true.
- Yeah.
Jacob is definitely on my radar,
because I don't know what money
he's put in the pot since the jungle.
Son of a bitch.
They're all here.
Oh, no!
Nothing.
I need this exemption
because I need more time.
If I'm convinced that Kesi's the Mole,
I have to rule out Jacob as a suspect.
I've been looking at the one on the left.
You can make it just by taking
a glob of acrylic paint
in your hand and just throwing that glob.
I feel that is the obvious one
people would pick out as being the fake.
Therefore, I want to go with the one
that doesn't seem so obvious.
Because it looks like
it was made with stencils.
In front of our face, it could mean,
"Stop, don't pick this painting."
But would the Mole think we'll think that
and do something different?
It's really
It's really tough to tell the fake.
Okay, guys.
Have you made a decision?
We'll start with you, Jacob.
Which one's fake?
I believe the one
on the right is the fake one.
Even though it could be modern street art,
I really don't think it's real.
I just have a feeling
that one is the fake one,
and I'm sticking with that.
Greg?
I kind of feel like the left one
was done by the Mole.
It is just a glob of acrylic paint.
It also looks a little bit messier.
Maybe we all represent a color
or it's the final six or five.
Left is fake.
So, two votes
for the painting on the right.
Two votes for the painting on the left.
The one on the left is real
and the one on the right is fake.
The literal message I believe is,
"Stop, don't pick. Don't pick this one."
Will?
I'd say the one on the right is real.
I'm sticking with the left.
One on the right is real.
You're now three and three.
Okay, so to confirm,
Kesi, Will, and Greg, you said
the painting on the left is the fake.
Jacob, Joi, and Avori, you said
the painting on the right is the fake.
Are you ready to find out?
- Yes.
- Yes.
Okay. In just a matter of seconds,
the Mole's artwork will self-destruct.
What?
Okay.
I knew it.
I freaking knew it.
Kesi, Will, and Greg.
Unfortunately, you guys have been conned.
Oh my God. I'm very surprised by that.
Guess who was wrong?
I don't get these opportunities
for exemption.
Never have and I probably never will.
Jacob, Joi, and Avori. Congratulations.
Tonight as a team,
you will all have a chance
to win the most valuable prize
in this game,
an exemption that will get you
to the next round.
All you have to do to win is
successfully fool the other three players
with a story in a game
of two truths and a lie.
Get psyched.
For the rest of you,
a chance to redeem yourselves.
You'll get to hear them
tell their stories,
and two will be true, one will be a lie.
Interrogate them and work out who's lying
and you'll win the group $20,000
for the prize pot.
Not an insignificant amount of money.
I'm sure you'll have many questions.
In the meantime,
storytellers, there's a car waiting
for each of you outside
where all will be explained.
Interrogators, head back to the hotel,
settle in, and have a lovely evening.
Thank you.
I feel I've been giving this game
my all and it's my time to shine.
It's my time to be the MVP.
Give me my ring and my money. Let's go.
Storytellers, each of you
will travel to an undisclosed location,
where two of you are about
to have a night you will never forget.
One of you, however,
will be doing absolutely nothing.
Okay.
Nothing, that is, except crafting
a story to tell your interrogators.
What will it be?
Tomorrow, all you have to do
is tell the tale of your evening.
Be it the truth or the lie.
Oh my gosh.
They don't believe me to begin with.
If, as a team, you can lead
the others away from the lie,
then all three of you
can win an exemption,
but at the cost of the $20,000.
I really want that exemption.
As they say, don't let the facts
get in the way of a good story.
I want to I want the exemption!
Lying has gotten easier
as the game has gone on.
You don't really think of it as lying,
you just think of it as playing the game.
I've told so many fibs
and I've been plotting and scheming.
If I'm the one lying,
they'll never tell it apart
from the truth.
What?
This is nerve-racking.
I would really like
to have this exemption.
I have good choices for the Mole.
I don't have it narrowed down.
But the problem is
it could shift, like that.
Oh, boy.
I'm getting so nervous, gosh.
We need this.
Although we're separated, we have
to act as a team to win this exemption.
Even if you're telling the truth,
you can act a little sketchy
to throw them off.
You know me and these exemptions.
It's freaking game on.
While our storytellers
were off making memories,
for the rest of the players,
it was a sleepless night at the hotel.
- Does anyone want orange juice?
- It's all coffee over here.
Don't spill, don't spill, don't spill.
Nailed it.
- Oh my God.
- It's the waiting for me.
You think they'd wear the same thing
they wore yesterday?
They better.
When we are reunited with them,
we gotta just let them talk.
Two truths and a lie.
It's up to us to decide
which player's lying.
I'm confident that
Will, Greg, and I can do this,
but we need a game plan.
I think what we should do
is ask them to tell the story once.
Ask some detailed questions.
Around what time? How many people?
- Very specific questions.
- Little details like that.
- And then ask them to do it again.
- Yes.
It's easy to lie once,
but it's hard to maintain a lie.
My interrogation strategy
is start with the soft,
and then you build up
to the hardball question.
If you let me ask the questions,
you're gonna see three people squirm.
My skill set is perfect for this mission.
When I moderate focus groups,
I know how to do a good cop,
bad cop interrogation, where I'm both.
- Good morning.
- Ay, ay, ay.
- Welcome to brunch.
- Good morning.
All my favorite things.
Tell me how your night was.
We're obviously wondering
where the other three players are.
- Yeah, I had a hard time sleeping.
- You did?
Stuff like this stresses me out
beyond belief.
- Doesn't sit well with you?
- No, it does not.
- I'm waiting for the shoe to drop.
- Got it.
Well, guys,
it is time for the storytellers
to return to tell you
about their evenings.
And it is your job to spot the fake.
Who is lying?
That is the $20,000 question.
And with an exemption
on the line for the entire team,
beware that even those telling the truth
will be out to deceive you.
What else is new?
You guys eat sabotage
and deception for breakfast.
So you got this.
It definitely actually
gives me the most opportunity yet.
I think it's gonna be the first time
the Mole is gonna actually have to work
because it's easier to spot somebody
intentionally trying to fail.
All right, the first to tell you
about his night will be Jacob.
Oh, we're matching.
I feel like I'm on a TV talk show.
Long time no see.
Hi.
I desperately want this exemption.
Like
I want to hold that card in my hand
and present it to Alex and be like,
"It's my turn."
I'm not scared of these people.
They may think that they're smart, but
I'm smart too.
- Have you showered since yesterday?
- Yes.
Just wondering.
Mm. Talk to us, Jacob.
So as soon as I left the art gallery,
I got put into a car,
and I got out at a building
and inside was nothing
but a table in the middle with a chair.
So I sit down
and the only thing on this table
was one of those silver platters
with a lid on top of it,
and one of those glass jugs of water.
And this, like, waiter guy comes out.
He pulls the lid off this platter,
and underneath,
the only way I can describe this is like,
a white, giant, naked caterpillar.
- What was the waiter wearing?
- Black with a white Like an apron.
At this point, he tells me
this is actually called a witchetty grub.
This is an Aboriginal delicacy.
So I grab it, and you do it,
you have to bite the head off,
spit it out quick, throw it in your mouth.
And after that,
I drank that whole jug of water.
And so it actually wasn't horrible.
- Is that the end of your story?
- Yeah.
How long was the drive there?
Five to ten.
How much water did you drink?
I drank the whole thing.
It was disgusting. I was
You said it wasn't that bad.
Right away, it's
all over his face he's lying.
When you're trying to keep a lie together,
the worst thing you have to worry about
is the descriptive details
that you have to keep repeating.
It tasted good,
but it was just the fact
that I had a giant bug in my mouth.
The Mole should definitely feel
more vulnerable as the game continues
because they might be getting
caught up in their whole web of lies.
Jacob, thank you for telling us
about your night eating a witchetty grub.
You may be dismissed. Thank you, Jacob.
All right. Well, thank you, guys.
I'm very suspicious of Jacob.
Somehow I just don't believe
what he says ever.
He kind of started shaking
halfway through.
Kesi is still my top suspect,
but I don't think
I can rule out Jacob just yet.
Let's not jump to conclusions.
We'll just put a flag.
The next player to tell you
about her evening is Joi.
You look fresh.
I feel fresh.
- Hi, Joi. Have a seat.
- Hi.
I want to win this game.
And I will do whatever it takes to win.
My main goal is just
to throw everybody off
and try not to look them
in the face, in the eye.
So, last night, I get out of a vehicle.
I walk down a short walkway.
I'm told to close my eyes
and put my hands out like this.
Someone puts something on my shoulders.
I open up my eyes,
and there is a python sitting on my body.
How fat? Can you give me a size?
I don't know. It was like a thick python.
You know how pythons look.
It started to wind around my body.
It went up into my hair.
Was the head in your left or right hand?
In my left hand.
Where was the tail?
- It was in my left hand.
- The tail was in your left hand?
The tail was in my right hand. I'm sorry.
The head was in my left hand.
Did I say that right?
So tail, left hand. Head, right hand.
Head, left hand.
Tail, right hand.
They are already
interrogating me with their eyes.
Will is giving me daggers.
Kesi is looking at me, like, suspecting.
And that's great for my game.
Thank you so much, Joi.
That sounds like a terrifying
and exciting evening.
You are dismissed.
Snake was that thick, you guys.
No way it's going
through your curls like that.
I believe her.
- But she said it was in her hair.
- Here's the weird, weird part.
I freaking believe her.
I heard it in her voice that
she was being very genuine about it.
Either she rehearsed it really well
um, or she's telling the truth.
Come on in, Avori.
All that's on my mind is,
we got to get that exemption.
Hey.
I studied psychology in college,
so I know a bit about what people do
when they lie and also how they fake-lie.
It seems like an easy win.
Okay.
Last night, I was given
the really cool opportunity
to walk on fire with my bare feet.
I was blindfolded.
I could smell the fire.
I could hear the crackling.
And I was like,
"What in the world am I about to do?"
Um, the blindfold was removed.
I opened my eyes
and there was a pit of fire.
I got my feet wet
and then you take a deep breath in
and you walk on it like it's hot sand.
- Seriously?
- Yes.
- Absolutely. Dead serious.
- Seriously?
I walked on hot coals with my bare feet.
It's hard.
The second Avori opens her mouth,
I think she could be lying.
Give her credit to her gameplay.
You can never trust her,
and at the end of the day,
if she's the Mole,
I'll be more happy about it
because I'm like,
"At least it makes sense."
- You were inside or outside?
- Outside.
- And it was daytime or nighttime?
- Nighttime.
Can you take off your shoes
and show us your feet?
What? No, I'm not gonna do that.
- You don't want us to see your feet?
- My feet aren't burnt.
But there is one spot on it
that I'm sure I can show you later.
But not now?
I'm not gonna take my shoes off
in the middle of a conversation.
Something doesn't make sense to me.
Avori strikes me as extremely calculating.
I thought perhaps she was lying.
There are no burns on my feet
that'd show anything.
You said there was one spot.
There's one spot that hurts.
There's not a burn there.
No one believes me.
Thank you so much, Avori.
It sounds like, in theory at least,
an exhilarating evening.
You are dismissed.
I believe her.
You believe her?
Oh, yes. 100%.
I think I'm convinced Jacob is the liar.
He couldn't look us in the eye.
I don't know
if I agree with that thesis.
I'd say Avori is going to be lying.
I'm literally between Jacob and Avori.
I believe Joi.
I don't believe Jacob or Avori.
Avori can't help herself from lying.
Don't overthink it. Who is the liar?
I'm really nervous about
this consensus that's coming up.
Kesi's really trying to sway
the group away from Jacob.
If she's the Mole,
she would want us to lose this money.
This is the one mission
where I need my voice heard,
and I feel like I could get shut down.
Okay, players.
Who do you think is telling the lie?
What is your group consensus?
Jacob.
Kesi?
Avori.
Will?
She's telling the truth.
Jacob's the liar.
Follow your gut.
I think it's fairly easy
to lead a conversation.
Uh, lead a decision-making process.
I did not want to lose
because I trusted somebody else.
You have to trust your gut instincts
at a certain point in time.
Okay, people. I need an answer.
- Will, who's lying?
- Jacob's lying.
- Yes.
- The group consensus is Jacob.
Wow.
I still don't think he's the Mole.
I think he's just kind of useless.
But in a great, like, flannel-wearing,
cow-riding type of way.
All right, let's bring all three
of your fellow players back in the room.
Two truths, one lie.
Time to find out
if you've spotted the fake.
If you're right, $20,000 for the pot.
If you're wrong,
you've just handed the three of them
an exemption from elimination.
That has a dramatic effect
on the likelihood
that you will be sent home.
Okay, everybody needs to tell me
the truth for real right now.
Joi, what did you do last night?
I had a snake around my neck.
Oh my God!
And it slithered around my body
for two to three minutes.
And I was paralyzed in fear.
Nice. Okay.
I knew Joi was telling the truth.
I'm not surprised at all.
Jacob, what did you do last night?
Like I said,
I left the art gallery factory.
And went to a hotel
and did absolutely nothing.
- Come on!
- Yes!
- Yes, Greg!
- I knew it! I called it!
As soon as he told his story,
I said, "That's a lie."
Jacob was the liar. I feel validated.
I mean, I put my career
on the line and I was right.
Avori, that means
you actually walked on hot coals.
Yeah, I did.
As I stared at the fire
and the fire stared back at me,
I felt it was a really cool experience
I didn't want to miss out on.
And, um, I wanted to overcome that fear.
So, I did it.
Yeah, it was amazing.
All right. Congratulations are in order.
Well done, Team Interrogator.
You have added another $20,000 to the pot,
bringing it to a whopping and impressive
69,500 American dollars.
- Indeed.
- Ayo.
And a good amount to think about
as you head into tonight's elimination.
I will see you all later for dinner.
- Bye, Alex.
- See you for dinner.
Knowing that Jacob's a bad liar
in the context of this mission
makes me more suspicious of Jacob.
If he was the Mole,
he wouldn't want us to know
he's a good liar. He could be acting.
This is beautiful. Oh my gosh.
Look at the flowers.
Knowing that I have to go in
to take the quiz, I'm so disappointed.
Oh, this is so cute.
I guess I'll sit next to Alex.
That exemption
should have been ours.
Once again, Jacob has ruined
another mission just to look suspicious.
Good stuff.
I don't even think
it mattered to him, really.
That's a change of pace.
I'm sure he's not the Mole.
But tonight, I'm gonna call him out
so the whole group knows what he is about.
Partner, I'm about
to throw you under the bus.
- Hi, guys.
- Hey.
- How's everyone doing?
- Good.
Joi?
Can I be honest?
That's all we're asking for.
I'm a little frustrated. Absolutely.
I look Jacob in the eye
and I'm ready to take this baby home.
Jacob, you
screw up in a lot of the missions,
and you go unnoticed.
And no one ever points the finger at you,
and I'm pointing the finger at you now.
So I'm calling a spade a spade.
I don't trust you.
And my gut is telling me that
you're the shithole Mole.
Okay!
I'm trying to further my game.
I'm here to play this game for my family.
I'm here to win this game
and be the last woman standing.
Let the fireworks begin.