The BEST episodes of The Mole (US)
Every episode of The Mole (US) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Mole (US)!
Players working as a team complete a series of difficult physical and psychological tests, each worth a set amount of money. One of the players, however, is a "Mole" or saboteur, whose goal is to foil the efforts of the other players without revealing his or her identity. At the end of each episode, the group is given a quiz on The Mole's identity. The player who knows the least information about The Mole is then immediately sent home. In the final episode, The Mole is revealed and the one remaining player wins the jackpot, up to $1,000,000. US adaptation of the Belgian series from 1998.
#1 - Part the Seventh
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/2001
The players divide into "arty" and "counting" groups and then participate in games in which they herd sheep or create a piece art designed to fool a critic. The sheep-herding group is given a choice of three dogs, with only one trained to herd sheep. They can earn $20,000 for herding them, and an additional $10,000 for counting them. What they don't know is that they've already been told the number of sheep. The players then are asked to challenging tasks, such as facing knife-throwing and fire-walking. The tasks are on a tiered-structure, with varying results worth exemptions and/or cash. The participating players are blindfolded, while another has to convince them to complete their tasks. This player is the only one who knows the truth about their tasks: that they only think they're doing something potentially dangerous.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - Part the Third
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/2001
A bullfighting game confuses the players, but they are still able to earn money for the pot. Some players come face-to-face with their dirty laundry, literally, while others are asked to unpleasant tasks. One player is asked to face all four, but the stakes in this case are higher: more money and an exemption. Fortunately, the negative results are only temporary, at least in some cases.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - The Second Betrayal
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2001
The teams complete a series of tasks involving quirky costumes. Two team members decide to lay back and have a beer at a Swiss bar which doesn't go over well with the players. Two players are given the opportunity to earn exemptions by convincing someone to break a rule.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#4 - Part the Second
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/2001
A player is "kidnapped" and the rest use all means of transportation to try to save him in order to secure him and money for the pot. The players then split up into three Leaders, three Followers and a Good Eye player for games. One player is busted after an attempt at a sneak-peek at the show crew. Members of the Follower and Leader teams try to navigate a cornfield maze while avoiding guards attempting to hamper their progress.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - The Ninth Betrayal
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/9/2002
While one set of players participates in a wine-drinking game, another group is busy trying to assemble a car. Later, the players are led to a small room for a surprise late-night tetherball game. Suspicions abound when strange behavior denies money from the pot and costs another player an exemption, which leads host Anderson Cooper to challenge one player's "moral code."
Watch Now:Apple TV#6 - The Eleventh Betrayal
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/23/2002
A special delivery is brought by Kathryn Price, the original Mole. The contestants play a game called High Card, in order to see who has to sleep in Anderson's Funhouse.
#7 - Part the Eighth
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/27/2001
Now that only three players are left, the remaining players take part in some final games. One mean game forces the players to answer revealing questions about each other, in the hopes of using information earned this way to find each other and earn money for the pot. In the final game, the players are locked in hotel rooms and try to decipher clues working together in order to escape and earn a large chunk of money to the pot. They fail, leading the two actual players to wonder if it was the mole's work.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#8 - Part the End
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/28/2001
Montages reveal moley action, previously-unknown alliances and more. Recaps offer a look back at some of the best moments of the first season if the show. The viewers are informed that hidden clues to the mole's identity were placed in episodes throughout the series and these clues are revealed.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#9 - Part the Fifth
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/6/2001
The players are divided into "Stupid," "Resourceful" and "Smart" teams for various games. Transportation dilemmas hinder the progress of all of the players. The players then take part in a game that tests how well their loved ones know them. Successful answers earn money for the pot and a chance for the players to see their loved ones, while incorrect answers lead to heartbreak, but only for a short time.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#10 - The Fifth Betrayal
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/11/2002
Heather, Al, and Myra must escape from jail cells using equipment provided or face missing phone calls home. The others must complete a series of questions then unscramble a final puzzle using the letters of the answered questions, while others players tread water with weights over their necks.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#11 - The Twelfth Betrayal
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/30/2002
The final three players play “Three Questions” to find each other and earn money. In the next game, they race to be the first to find the mole’s dossier by searching for a hidden GPS that will direct them to the final location. After the final quiz, the execution determines the final two.
#12 - The Tenth Betrayal
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/16/2002
A shopping spree game features the women shopping for items and the men trying to make a profit off them in a market. Later, the players play a game called Evader. This game offers some valuable money for the pot, but also exemptions to a couple of lucky players.
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - Celebrity Mole: Hawaii Finale
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2003
In this final episode of the first Celebrity Mole: Hawaii, viewers learn which celebrity is the winner and which is the mole. They also get a look back at hilarious scenes as well as molish moments throughout the show. Some interesting information is revealed about coalitions. All hidden clues are revealed, some more obvious than others.
Watch Now:Amazon#15 - Part the Fourth
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/30/2001
A sniper game provides a player with a choice between money or an exemption. A losing streak gets the players down, but a school-style challenge gives them an opportunity for big money. Some prove rather easy, while others are too much of a challenge to handle. The game becomes more complicated in a twist in which correct answers lose money for a new group answering the questions. One player claims to have psychic visions about the night's execution, but ends up being executed instead.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#17 - The Fourth Betrayal
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/4/2002
The players have their memory tested in a game in which they try to crack a safe. The players receive a secret telegram that contains a vital, secret and unpicked-up-on clue. A secret game tests the moral integrity of the players and they are then separated into "dumb" and "smart" groups as brainteasers test whether the players in this edition are worthy of the "MENSA" tag the show has earned. One player's rule-breaking actions lead to a fine being levied on the entire group.
Watch Now:Amazon#18 - The Sixth Betrayal
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/18/2002
The first challenge divides the players into groups. One must make at least three 12-inch pizzas before 7 o'clock. Another must ride a bike uphill to get 2 bottles of wine for dinner. The players each rank the others from favorite to least favorite.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#22 - Final Hawaii Games
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2003
As the games continue, coalition partners Kathy and Erik struggle to regroup, as their main mole suspect, Michael, has been executed and has left the game. Games include the classic "Three Questions" game and a cooperation game called "It Takes a Thief." This is a high-money earning episode, so the mole seems to be laying low. The players then prepare to take the final quiz to determine the winner of the game pot.
Watch Now:Amazon#23 - Departure #3
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2003
While some of the celebrities participate in a raft-building game, another celebrity is put in a secret game in which they are tempted with an exemption. The celebrities also play a game called "Looky, Looky, Hot Pepper." In a little mousey business, the celebrities were chosen hot peppers to eat based on which directions mice ran. There were some standouts and some surprising and suspicious behavior.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#24 - Part the Sixth
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/2001
The players compete in a game described as a variation of "capture the flag." The game raises many suspicions as to who could be the mole and causes some finger-pointing. In Spain, the players attempt to decipher Spanish clues to search for books. Alleged verbal abuse causes one player to despair and they are executed.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#25 - The First Betrayal
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2001
The second group of Mole contestants come together and meet each other. They deal with a series of tasks in which they receive money in a group pot. They all receive journals where they are to record their ideas, thoughts, etc. The players must answer a series of questions to keep their belongings from being burned.
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