THE MOLE Season 2 Interview w/ Top 5 Contestants (Including The Mole & Winner)

"THE MOLE is an unpredictable, high-stakes competition series hosted by journalist Ari Shapiro. In this version, twelve players work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end. Among the players is one person who has secretly been designated "the Mole" and tasked with sabotaging the group's money-making efforts. In the end, one player will outlast their competition and expose the Mole to win the prize pot."
SPOILER ALERT this interview includes reveal of The Mole and the The Winner!
I had the opportunity to speak with the lovely top 5 contestants of this season to chat about when they were being their true self, their experience on the show, and more!
"The Mole" season 1 and 2 is currently streaming on Netflix!
#netflix #themole #reality #competition

[@user44c]

Michael didn’t add money to the pot at all! He doesn’t deserve taking all that money home, whereas Muna added so much money to the pot & guessed the Mole correctly

[@JH-mo7xm]

It's a reflection of the workplace. Minorities do all the work and the white man wins.

[@fin4008]

Thissss

[@Jake-bw3xs]

Micheal knew Sean was the Mole way longer than Muna, played the game it’s meant to be played, and still added money to the pot. I don’t get your point.

[@bananajoe7365]

but michael has cute face

[@sem2006fr]

@@Jake-bw3xs no he didn't. Lies lies lies

[@Jie85-]

Sean wanted Michael to win. I knew it from the beginning.

[@natashas.o.6380]

I agree, Michael got an advantage when Sean sabotaged on purpose in front of him. Why didn’t he do that for Muna? So unfair.

[@daniellereid131]

Muna looks pissed, and I understand why. She was the strongest player and the most entertaining to watch. I would have loved to watch her win.

[@bananajoe7365]

her interviews r kinda cringe tho

[@ToastedPanda]

@@daniellereid131 😂 that’s why she won

[@noorandejani9285]

Hannah and Muna's strategic decisions and playing style was so fun to watch. Genuinely want to study hannah's brain (I'm a neuroscientist) I love seeing her strategize

[@NicosW0rld]

You won’t find much in her brain.

[@HopeAndrea_HFG]

Lmao why do I still feel like Michael is THE MOLE?!🤣

[@ej9754]

Muna was ROBBED. 💔

[@slaoualiballa]

SHE WAS

[@bananajoe7365]

as soon as she started to add money to the pot, i knew she was done. The other two kept sabotaging and I think thats just how u play the game

[@faynuus2967]

⁠@@bananajoe7365no that’s not how you play the game at all!!! Please watch the seasons with Anderson Cooper hosting. Even the last season (Netflix mole season 1 was wayyyy better that this season).

[@ToastedPanda]

She got questions wrong all was fair

[@kristenbooks]

Befriending the mole has ALWAYS been part of the strategy of The Mole from the very beginning. It's not unfair, it's a part of the game when you have a group of human people with human emotions.

[@JH-mo7xm]

Nah. It's simple. The white man wanted the other white man to win and not the Black Muslim woman to win.

[@faithjay7911]

Even when the mole is being strategic and shearing information with that particular person?

[@slaoualiballa]

Michael didn’t befriend Sean. Sean befriended Michael, that makes it unfair. He literally served breakfast to Michael. Maybe some people might have missed it, but he was feeding Michael an unfair amount of infos by going to him and spending time with him

[@fin4008]

That was not strategy that was luck and being white

[@Jie85-]

@@kristenbooks the difference is Sean wanted to spend time with Michael. And was giving him all the clues

[@tupalishemulwafu8088]

Very underwhelming. Sean didn’t really do enough sabotage.. Hannah was a better mole and my girl Muna deserved to win 😢

[@anakinjmanu]

He didn’t need to, everyone else was happy sabotaging for him (unintentionally) ofc!

[@bananajoe7365]

I rly wouldve loved to see hannah as the mole and sabotage as much as she can at the end

[@KimBlaQue]

​@@bananajoe7365Yasss

[@Yourl7ves]

Everyone else was sabotaging for him so he didn't really need to do much Just like he said, they made it easy for him 😅

[@shaflizzow]

I really tought she was the mole because during the basket interview she didnt take the exemption which is a fool decision ever. Being so honest is not going to let yiu win this game.. she can change the story from the begining btw. but why???

[@noorandejani9285]

Tbh the mole didn't sabotage much. Michael was the best and most consistent sabotager lol he was so bad

[@invisible6433]

Muna should have won 💔

[@slaoualiballa]

💯 1000% Agreed

[@MidnightSky705]

nah i didnt like her

[@invisible6433]

@@MidnightSky705 I like her

[@NicosW0rld]

@@MidnightSky705 I didn’t like her either but she’d be a better winner because she actually tried really hard to earn money. Michael never cared

[@MidnightSky705]

@@NicosW0rld true

[@slaoualiballa]

TEAM MUNA, Gather here!!!❤❤❤ She was robbed. Sean spoon fed Michael the Information. The Mole would literally serve breakfast to the winner, Michael. He intentionally gave him the answers. The game was unfair. It was rigged against Muna.

[@sem2006fr]

@@slaoualiballa finally someone that gets it. Sean was intentionally spending time with Michael

[@SS-hd5jx]

michael did nothing for the pot. muna deserved it tbh. the mole was obvious but i didnt think they would have made the undercover cop the mole. but meh

[@Jake-bw3xs]

“The mole was obvious but I didn’t think they would have made the undercover cop the mole.” So you’re contradicting yourself?

[@bananajoe7365]

stop being a smartass. Production was double bluffing and u got fooled. They did it differently this time unlike w Kesi

[@bananajoe7365]

Production was double bluffing and u got fooled

[@SS-hd5jx]

@@bananajoe7365 i wouldnt say fooled, its just i wanted a better outcome. like ofc sean was the mole but i dont think we wanted him to be. it kind of feels like a slap in the face lols. and then michael won which is even worse. i hated the way michael played. sean did a good job though but overall would have preferred if michael was the mole at this point since he sabotaged every mission just to draw suspicion to himself and make others vote for him.

[@KimBlaQue]

.......so then it wasn't obvious.

[@sem2006fr]

NOT FAIR. Sean was spending A LOT of time with Micheal. It was an easy win. Sean surely have michael a lot of the answers

[@JH-mo7xm]

Agreed. I didn't think that was fair for Muna. Sean was giving the answers to Michael indirectly

[@laluna1995]

I totally disagree. Michael spent so much time with Sean because he was suspicious of him from the very beginning. He had focused on Sean and that made it easier for him to collect information. Muna, on the other hand, was also suspicious of other players like Michael (who did an excellent job in making others think he's the mole) and Neesh. Had she narrowed down her options earlier in the game, she'd probably have the necessary info to win the game. Michael outplayed Muna, that's the truth. He discovered who the Mole was earlier and tricked everyone into suspecting him until the end. Although I was rooting for Muna, he was a better player.

[@anakinjmanu]

@@laluna1995You couldn’t have said it any better!

[@Jake-bw3xs]

Muna can ask Sean questions too!

[@sem2006fr]

@@laluna1995 no she wouldn't. She's a Muslim woman. She wouldn't spend time with him like Michael did or could. If Seam was a girl, il sure Muna would've had a fair chance. We're not even talking abt how Sean openly sabotage twice when ONLY Michael was watching. We're not even mentioning how happy Sean gets when Micheal does something good. The hi5... Muna didn't get a fair final. Questions like what school did the mole go to... only Micheal could know because that was his buddy

[@JH-mo7xm]

Not fair for Muna. She did more to add money for the pot than Michael. Sean also befriended Michael and literally gave him the answers. I guess the white man wanted the other white man to win.

[@faithjay7911]

I saw that too, it was so obvious

[@slaoualiballa]

Totally agree. What a waste of time

[@erickanew]

Muna should've won, didn't like that. Michael & Sean were friends, so he had an advantage with the small details. Not fair at all

[@slaoualiballa]

SEAN WOULD LITERALLY BRING MICHAEL HIS BREAKFAST. IT WAS SO UNFAIR. HE REVEALED SO MUCH TO MICHAEL

[@Jake-bw3xs]

Being friends makes the game unfair???

[@sem2006fr]

@@Jake-bw3xs yes it does if you are the mole because the questions are about the mole personal life. Ex: what pet the mole owns, what city the mole grew up in, what school the mole attended. I can see Sean feeding these answers to Michael to help him win. I will never forget twice Sean OPENLY sabotage in front of Michael and Michael only. WHY? NOT FAIR

[@Jake-bw3xs]

@@sem2006fr 1. Sean has no reason to feed Micheal these answers. If Micheal asks where Sean attended school, Muna is suddenly exempt? 2. Openly sabotaging is a thing many people do, so when Sean does it, it’s because he likes Micheal? Not because that’s like…his job. 3. Deanna and Muna both also saw Sean switch the photo. I don’t get how having a relationship is unfair.

[@ps7549]

I wish Muna had thrown more suspicion onto herself to trick Michael!

[@slaoualiballa]

Michael DID NOT DESERVE IT. TEAM MUNA FOREVER!!!❤

[@yaitsjustash]

This season I didn’t enjoy as much as the first. I felt Muna genuinely had a lot of strong plays, I mean, my family and I kept close attention to her activities as they suspected it was her and she actually got certain things right, if only others listened and if only *Muna* listened to herself. In the cave challenge, she actually knew which puzzle it was (the count how many boxes one) yet everyone disregarded her and believed Sean (who was the mole). There were a handful of other moments however I forgot them so I can’t list them as of now, but if anyone else remembers what Muna did where she and the others should’ve listened to her, pls tell.

[@thenandnow2729]

Muna should have won man

[@xenduvall]

great interview!

[@geenalawrence8338]

I was under the impression it was Michael the whole time. Sean played a fantastic game! 👏

[@theorderofthebees7308]

Hannah and Muna working together on missions would make a great movie 🍿 They have wonderful. Chemistry

[@theorderofthebees7308]

Muna should have won , 🏆 There should have been some consolation prize

[@theorderofthebees7308]

This season they took away so much money from their own pot l The mole didn’t have to do much.

[@anakinjmanu]

I was rooting for Ryan! Everyone thought she was the mole bc she played so well. Dang

[@pratikshamajee3262]

the retired undercover cop is the mole!! the irony

[@hockeytalk13]

I thought Michael was the mole the entire time damn

[@nakeishahenry9261]

Me tooooooo. I really wanted Muna to win for her family.

[@shaflizzow]

The conversation between micheal and sean was nor clearly visible when he knew sean is an undercover.. and sean knew that micheal already know he is the mole.. i suspect that they are working together on winning this.. like if you all agree with me.

[@SuYeolYam]

I wanted Muna to win.

[@chenni4127]

1:46 did anyone else hear a second yh ? That’s trippin me out 😅

[@shawnsmith564]

Everyone has great teeth!

[@nakeishahenry9261]

Does the mole get paid at all? I wanna knooooooowwwwww

[@han-oq6bo]

50 to 60k is what I hear though I've not seen a source

[@HopeAndrea_HFG]

@@han-oq6boI heard something like that too

[@Yourl7ves]

I thought the mole was either sean or muna 😅 muna was way too smart for these people, and Sean's act was way too weird, just him acting way too obvious about being the mole was weird and smart as well but it was very suspicious to me. I laughed when i realized that the top three players where the actually the top three most suspicious players 😂😂😂 the game where they had to put money in the truck of the players that were voted for as most likely to be the mole.

[@CharmaineKchannel]

as much as i wanted muna to win, michael 101% deserved the win despite everything the righteous viewers have to say 😭 he played the game amazingly, fooled everyone and still won which is what makes him the best player

[@joshwillis2879]

Agreed! It amazes me that people are still saying that Muna was robbed because she helped add more money to the pot, I mean "Hello! That's not how the game works". Michael knew more about Sean and was suspicious about him early, hence why he deserved to win.

[@user-mz8rg3tj5c]

Muna DESERVED to win. Not Michael

[@joshwillis2879]

The only contestant who deserves to win is the person who guessed who the Mole was AND knew more about the Mole. Michael did just that and hence he deserved to win.

[@user-mz8rg3tj5c]

@@joshwillis2879 yes because he was friends with the Mole. He hardly won challenges and even couldn't get the last money from the last challenge. Muna led so many challenges and won the group money at different instances. She deserved to win!

[@joshwillis2879]

@@user-mz8rg3tj5c that's not how it works unfortunately!

[@fin4008]

Deanna girlll us sucked honestly investigator whereeeee

[@emilyyates6303]

Sean was the worst Mole ever IMA..very underwhelming finale episode

[@Hannah-S1222]

Not gonna lie I thought he was a really good mole. Yeah, he didn't do much sabotage because others did it for him, but he was the least expected to be the mole. He was an undercover cop and so he was able to hide real emotions or how he was truly feeling so no one could really see through him This made it really hard to see if he was lying or telling the truth In the last episode too, the contestants didn't even suspect him, showing how good of a mole he was to be able to seem like a player rather than the mole He also cried in the last episode just talking about his family making it harder for people to see through his lies

[@joshwillis2879]

@@Hannah-S1222 in all honestly I never suspected Sean was the mole at all, only when Michael was suspicious did I start to suspect Sean. I knew Sean was The Mole after Hannah was eliminated as she suspected Michael and Muna, I knew Muna was clear and since Sean suspected Michael, I knew that he (Sean) had to be The Mole.

[@Hannah-S1222]

@@joshwillis2879 That's what made him a good mole He was never suspected till the very end leaving players confused and even the audience suspecting other players such as Michael or people like Muna It was really hard to tell for me personally even after Hannah's elimination that Sean was the mole because of how he started tearing up and looked like he was there for the money The way he acted was a perfectly good disguise for a mole and I thought it was great! If you didn't think so that's your opinion and I totally respect that too :) Hopefully you enjoyed the second season though!

[@joshwillis2879]

@@Hannah-S1222 I agree! That speech he made got to me doubt him but I'm happy I picked him in the end. I really enjoyed this season as it's the first time ever I correctly guessed The Mole (last year I really though Jacob was the Mole and once he got eliminated I guessed it was Joi as a random pick). I was hooked onto this season and binged watched it this week and really hope it gets renewed (I also hope my home country, Australia restarts The Mole as I enjoyed watching those versions)

[@Hannah-S1222]

@@joshwillis2879 Glad it was enjoyable! I hope they also make a third season because it's a really interesting and entertaining show 😁

[@topm.hatter1760]

What a terrible iteration of this franchise. Way to scam those contestants with the illusion of a cash prize while humiliating them and gaslighting them. Only for them to realize, you'll be allowing the "mole" to spend all of the prize money at different intervals during the game. After the auction, I was shocked they all didn't realize the scam and walk off the show and start calling lawyers to get them home and start filing charges against Netflix and the appropriate associations filming and producing this show. #NetflixScam #NetflixFail #GameShowScam #ContestantAbuse #FileThoseLawsuits What are they supposed to do? You brought them to another country, they're pretty much hostages to this game show and it's production if they want to get home safely and without further abuse from production. What was done to these contestants to create this season was appalling and from what I'm seeing is also illegal, regardless of the contracts they signed to be in the show. No one signed up for this.

[@nakeishahenry9261]

What are you talking about??

[@han-oq6bo]

You do know the mole never spent the money. Sean was never going to be the last to leave in episode 2, and he probably bid a relatively low amount in episode 5. He did psych people into wanting the exemption both times.

[@HopeAndrea_HFG]

Gaslighting?! Hostages?! Lol