The Mole 2024 Week 2 Recap | Mole Patrol

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This week, The Mole Patrol recaps the second week of The Mole 2024. They attempt to sus out who the mole is from the second batch of episodes.
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The Mole 2024 Week 2 Recap | Mole Patrol
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[@rezamatic]

Idea for a game mod: The Mole keeps the money the teams loses, however.... There needs to be a mechanic that makes sure they stay discreet. Otherwise they can just blatantly sabotage nonstop and get the money in the end (and we lose the 'whodunnit' element of the show). So I would say they keep the money, BUT, they are penalized at the end based on how many players were onto them on the Quiz. Maybe a penalty for everyone who voted them on the "who is the mole" question on the Quiz, or something to that effect? So they want to try as hard as possible but also without giving themselves away.

[@joshuariehm]

It’s been a while since I saw another season but doesn’t the mole only win if nobody votes them the mole in the end? So you’d still have to be discreet

[@rickmarshall345]

@@joshuariehm They actully used this concept on the fifth season of the Australian Mole. The players were told up-front that the Mole would keep all the money lost in the challenges but only if no one voted for the correct mole on the final quiz. As it turned out, the person who eventually won DID vote for the correct person as the mole at the end, so the mole did not receive the winnings. Unfortunately, that particular gambit of the mole keeping the money was never repeated on any other English language version of the Mole, as far as I know. By the way, that fifth season of the Aussie Mole was also unique in that it's the only season I can recall where the eliminations were done live. That is, each week's telecast would include taped segments of the challenges that were held during the week, but the last 10 minutes or so were broadcast live to show who was eliminated. Interesting concept.

[@rezamatic]

@@rickmarshall345 That's awesome/insane if they did live executions (...youtube will love me saying that...) I wonder how they shot that season then, as that's a hell of a schedule to keep up. I imagine one drawback for producers w/the Mole-prize idea is that they'll end up paying the full prize amount no matter what and that ramps up the budget. With the current method, production can cheat (I have to assume). "You're up to 100K? Well the secret exemption game just knocked you down to $50 sorry." but if the Mole gets the lost money, they're still paying it out in full.

[@rezamatic]

The Mole absolutely needs to be week by week. The most appealing aspect of the show, for me, is that we can play along. It's the most immersive pre-taped reality show gimmick. The idea is that you dissect every single suspect week by week -- but now after 1 drop we're down X amount of people already. We won't discuss how Andy COULD be the Mole, because we never even had the chance to share those theories.

[@officialsurvivorfan]

My guess has been Hannah as the mole since episode 1, and I still feel that’s the case… excited to see how the show finishes but more excited for your podcasts honestly 😂❤

[@nectarinepie952]

There's definitely a case to be made for Hannah. In both the cave and bomb missions, she did things to solve clues but ended up losing money (chose the fish statue, then made the wire cutting confusing).

[@officialsurvivorfan]

@@nectarinepie952 yes and during the safe cracking she was insistent on trying random numbers and smiled when it was wrong

[@Milkshake24]

It's 100% Hannah...not a single doubt in my mind

[@TheRealityGuys.BrettLarkin]

That could make sense with how her & Tony were sharing quiz answers, but he got eliminated. But if she’s the mole, she’s not actually answering it

[@nectarinepie952]

@@TheRealityGuys.BrettLarkin Hannah's 2 allies were among the first to be eliminated. If they trusted her and didn't answer quiz questions in her direction, that would make sense. For the record, I think it's Sean, but I do think there's a chance it's Hannah.

[@joshuariehm]

Netflix should do an interactive portion(like the trivia things they have) of the mole where maybe you can take the quiz and see how you would do. But only thing with that is that people would do it over and over till they figure out who the mole is week 1

[@zaniee8155]

Used to be able to do that with the original series

[@ejami031]

I missed Josh so much on Mole Patrol. He is a delight. Hoping and dreaming for the mole patrol to finally cover the OG mole 3-5. 3 is so fun and funny. Great cast. Josh would love it.

[@zeekayart]

i wish the episodes were aired live together once a week so badly!! ;__; ps muna is the mole!! year of the TIGER

[@kassygo1375]

One reason I can think of why Mole shouldn’t be weekly is because if we get a mole that is too obvious it’ll kinda get boring if we know the mole for the last 8 weeks

[@rezamatic]

Yeah but that's on the show to avoid that happening. They should be editing/making cases for all players especially the final few. You could make a case for Survivor/Big Brother that we know who the obvious winner is halfway through the season too.

[@rickmarshall345]

I have been suspecting Ryan since the first episode due to a reason I still have not seen anyone else mention. In the very first episode when she was introducing herself to the other players, she said she was a “stay at home Mom”. She did not say anything about being a “Volleyball coach” which is what her bio says and how she is labeled on confessionals. Now why would she keep that part secret? It’s not like hiding you’re a lawyer or some high-income profession like they do on Survivor. There shouldn't be anything even remotely threatening to the other players about being a volleyball coach. Well in the very next scene, the players were told to pick a leader for the paintball challenge and they were also told the leader would be out of the game if the team lost. As I think you discussed on the first podcast, the Mole clearly would not want to be picked as the leader for this because it would mean they could be forced out of the game if their team lost to the intruders. Clearly an athletic coach of any kind would have leadership qualities pretty much by definition and would be a logical choice to lead a paintball challenge, so I think that would explain why she withheld that part of her background. Also, note that Ryan said absolutely nothing during that whole discussion to pick the leader, and she even commented to the camera how she kept quiet because she didn’t want to be chosen.

[@caffeinatednerdgirl]

they can make fewer assignments where they can bid all the $$, and that would be less annoying. like keep the tony/hannah exemption one (where hannah is getting too much of the blame, TONY was the one who started "I'll wait till the money zeroes out" and hannah did talk him out if it), and keep the movie one or something like it (dossiers instead of movies maybe?) and limit the rest of the really impactful ones and definitely don't do any at the HALFWAY POINT

[@caffeinatednerdgirl]

also the golden ball/cash or exemption challenge was way too late

[@RealityArtPod]

Love the video but its so obvious to me that Sean is the Mole... he has made every decision possible to mess up the team. He will always make the wrong decision. He was slow in his repelling mission, tore up that photo in the party challenge. I've really noticed in this batch where he voted to keep Q out of the game, then lied to Q to mess him up. He of course was going to pick exemption in the case against muna. Also when Ryan said Statue, he was saying over and over "remember we are looking for a statue" to throw off the team. If you pay attention to him in every challenge he always does something to mess up the team. Everyone else has done SOMETHING positive for the group.

[@RealityArtPod]

Oh he was also saying that the team should pick the bird in the cave challenge...

[@nectarinepie952]

​@@RealityArtPodYeah, I can't believe this podcast glossed over Sean's performance in the cave mission. "They chose the tiger because no one in that group is the mole." Really?? Sean singlehandedly messed up the "40 squares" challenge and said "I'm feeling the bird". He tried his best to make them fail.

[@RealityArtPod]

@@nectarinepie952 They seem to have completely ruled out Sean but I don't know why lol! He has never done anything good for the group... he has gone deep deep undervover

[@ejami031]

Yes!!!! Rob as the host. The host last season and this season are bringing down the fun. It’s a 6/10 due to the host not being silly, bring camp and banter.

[@kevwwong]

I'm actually rewatching season 5 and Jon is absolutely better than Alex or Ari as host. Ari is still at the bottom of the rankings for me - he does have moments where his personality shines through but I need more of that, and we aren't getting it.

[@ejami031]

@@kevwwongagreed. All OG mole hosts were better than Alex and Ari by far

[@kevwwong]

@@ejami031 No argument here.

[@kevwwong]

Getaway Season 1: Everyone is a Mole (Sorry... Snitch) Getaway: Season 2: Everyone is NOT a Snitch

[@BradsPitts.]

No spoilers but I freakin called it

[@emilyyates6303]

I was disappointed kept thinking I'd be wrong because it was actually so obvious....

[@brandigarcia9823]

I started thinking Deanna was the mole when she spoke up and noninated Hannah as most trustworthy. Idk what else shes done. But that was just a bit curious.

[@TheFtm22]

Thank you so much to Rob for suggesting that we watch the Anderson Cooper versions of The Mole. I know I didn't watch those originally and wow what a difference. NO ONE is winning the prize pots which were available on that version. Frankly I love the show but most of these players annoy me. I also prefer a weekly show and I think that would help it trend on Netflix because people would find it and get hooked. ETA - I forgot to say I think Ari Shapiro is channeling Mr. Roark from Fantasy Island.

[@ejami031]

Andy Coops is one of the best, if not the best reality tv hosts of all time.

[@rickmarshall345]

@@ejami031 The scene in season 2 where Coops get tipsy with the players and can't pour the wine straight is pretty classic.

[@PS-lm5gt]

I'm 90% sure Ryan is the mole. Hannah saw her messing up the gift box challenge but it was quickly passed over despite being one of the more egregious sabotage/mistakes in a challenge. Also we don't see people talking about her being the mole much despite her contributing very little to each challenge. She also gets a token amount of screen time and gives very basic takes in her confessionals. Sean displays a lot of mole traits in the missions but he's too obvious imo.

[@TheRealityGuys.BrettLarkin]

Yeah I feel like the person not trying to look like the mole or make accusations, is the mole

[@cynthiashaw2649]

I am confused and afraid to listen....How many episodes are you covering? I thought it was just the second but I guess not??

[@cammyr12Productions]

Serena has been such a pleasure to watch. Definitely one of the greats in all of love Island history

[@dereks2synski]

It’s Hannah ya’ll

[@BradsPitts.]

I was so ready to rant about the dumb hourglass-esque Q twist at the beginning of episode 6 but then they just immediately erased it 🤣 also this group of players is so funny, there may as well not be a mole lol

[@kelseyblood]

48:00 or Hannah told Tony about Ryan and said they're going all in on her, then he went home, reconfirming Michael for her??

[@AngieRoseNomad]

The mole having the same strategy as season one would be extremely boring. Also, I feel like some of the players may be throwing suspicion on Deanna and we are not seeing that. Why would they choose Hannah for the lunch when she almost drained the pot and immediately shoot Deanna down? Based off of the audience perspective, the edit has shown Deanna seems more trustworthy than Hannah so why did the players not feel the same? With these drain the pot exemptions, I feel like the mole can easily play the contestant who makes a few blunders and blend into the background since the players are the ones taking the money. Another thing that pointed to Deanna for me was Neesh's exemption. If Deanna is the mole, she has crafted a strategy with the producers. We know she is emotional so what if that was a genuine slip when she asked why was she even there? Maybe she was getting frustrated because she wasn't getting the opportunity to sabotage?

[@shache6800]

I really like Ari as the host but at the end of the day I’m watching to find the mole not mainly for the host.

[@CastAway-bx9el]

What about the red wire

[@mavsgirl5074]

I feel like mole is Ryan. No one thinks it's her.

[@stephanietube2692]

The mole is Ryan. When they were repelling from the skyscrapers, the red chair was on floor four. Ryan has four kids. 21 was on the softball helmet. Ryan has a daughter that is 21 whom plays softball according to instagram

[@Natg6]

Lol

[@elitettelbach4247]

Brooklyn Zed having to cut the wires on their mic before they could enter the pod was a real life imitates art moment 😂

[@George-0988]

Sean

[@ejami031]

If not Rob or Andy Coops as host, give us Arisa or Tosh!

[@christensoneric]

Too many exemptions available. That has become the players focus. Need to instead use more tokens for incorrect answers corrected on the quizzes. It works in other country versions of the game.

[@stevenstanek711]

Why is Jens picture blacked out

[@mikekimura2532]

Actually, it is Andy's photo that is blacked out, and the original row 2 was removed (Jennifer, Melissa, Tony). Only players involved in week 2 are displayed.

[@stevenstanek711]

@@mikekimura2532 oh ok thanks

[@giannivigliotti8197]

2 moles?

[@tammylee9617]

Rob just starting the podcast. I completely thought Micheal was the mole. But I think your onto something with Ryan being the mole. I watched the next on for the finale and when the host says mole come out. You hear audible gasps from the crowd; I think the remaining group is catching onto Ryan slightly however who else would elicit a gasp like that from those not in the game anymore in the crowd. I just cant see it for anyone else, shes just so dang sneaky

[@kelseyblood]

The exemption/money challenge seemed pointless and boring. There's no way they weren't both going for the exemption and everyone involved knew that.

[@ejami031]

I preferred it like in the old mole were a lot of the exemptions were randomly found in challenges or fun missions

[@ejami031]

Rope or river team is no smart people vs stupid people team