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 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - The Mole 3.0, Episode 2
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/9/2008
The remaining contestants try their best to compete and gather information, but must remain ever-watchful for signs of possible sabotage from the one mole amongst them.
#4 - 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.
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Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2003
With four players left in the mix, the contestants take part in some surfing, some tumbling and some fighting for exemptions. The surfing game also brings a little hula-hoop action and the return of "Tiny Bubbles." Later, the celebrities try to exert their brainpower towards basic arithmetic in the hope of money for the pot and/or an exemption. Then comes a general knowledge test, followed a by matching card game for the best player and a seek-and-find game for the others.
Watch Now:Apple TV#6 - The Mole 3.0 Premiere
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/2/2008
Jon Kelley hosts the return of The Mole, a reality-competition that follows twelve players on a worldwide adventure. One of them is the mole, a saboteur that could thwart their efforts at anytime. The games began immediately with a challenge that required each of the players to dive waterfall and grab for money -- with the exception of a single player who was left to determine which should jump for real money, and which for fake. When only a small portion of the available money is put in the pot, suspicions immediately flare as to who could be the mole. That evening, some contestants are less than satisfied with their sleeping arrangements when a set of players is told they must sleep outside. One player thwarts the rules by staying awake all night. Later, the teams are sent to a beach to participate in a scavenger-hunt style game. Though they fare somewhat better, winning a majority of the available money, evidence of possible sabotage leads some to wonder if the mole is already at work. The players nervously face the evening's first execution after airing a series of ten challenging questions regarding whom they believe to the be the mole. One player, who seemed to have been given an early advantage, is eliminated in a surprising execution.
#7 - The Mole 3.0, Episode 8
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/28/2008
As one contestant deals with losing his coalition partner, the contestants are all put to the test in a series of "kid games." Split into two teams, one member of each acts as the other's eyes by manipulating a camera that sends backwards images to goggles that they are wearing in a series of challenges. The final challenge of the set proves much tougher than the others, testing the mettle, speed and balance of the players in the goggles. Later on, the results of a puzzle challenge determine the sniper in a game of paintball with both money and a potential exemption on the line. Later, the penultimate quiz reveals the final three.
#8 - The Mole 3.0, Episode 9
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/4/2008
Most likely both knowing the identity of the mole in their midst, the remaining two contestants try to thwart that mole so they may succeed in their last chances to earn money for the pot. The pressure is amped to the max in a challenge that requires the contestants to defuse a bomb in order to add $50,000 to the pot. The contestants are offered a chance to look at the mole's dossier. The nerve-wracking final quiz determines who wins the money, who is the runner-up and who is the mole.
#9 - The Mole 3.0, Episode 7
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/21/2008
The five remaining players put their money to the test while keeping their emotions in check.
#10 - The Mole 3.0, Episode 4
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/23/2008
The contestants face a challenge involving an arduous climb. One contestant appears to require medical attention while another seems to disappear during a key moment.
#11 - 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.
#12 - The Mole 3.0 Finale
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/11/2008
The results of the final quiz are revealed, determining who is the winner, the runner-up and the mole. The contestants and host reunite to review the season. Hidden clues that indicated the identity of the mole are revealed.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - The Last Betrayal
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/6/2002
The players of The Mole II: The Next Betrayal are reunited to take their guesses at who won the game and who is the mole. The answers to burning questions are revealed.
#16 - Celebrity Mole: Hawaii Premiere
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2003
We meet the celebrities and watch as they learn right away that they won't be playing "fakey half-games." Right away, they're tossed into a game in which they had to fill buckets with water to raise bags of money. There's some money winning, but also some failures. The players also play a very special game of blackjack involving sheep.
#17 - Departure #2
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2003
The celebrities play a game in which they are assigned "occupations" and then are asked to perform crazy stunts based on those occupations. Watch walking on hot coals, wild plane-riding and more. In another game, one set of celebrities searches tombs at a graveyard while another set gets clues underwater to figure out what tombs to look at it. The result is something a surprise, leading to questions about molish behavior.
#18 - Celebrity Mole: Yucatan Premiere
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2004
A game called El Taxi Loco introduces the viewers to the celebrities competing in "Celebrity Mole: Yucatan." Other games include "Salespeople Game" and "Moon Over Yucatan." $31,000 is successfully added to the pot, however, the celebrities wonder if possible sabotage by the mole might have kept them from earning more. Two celebrities successfully earn exemptions.
#19 - Departure #2
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2004
A piñata game features the celebrities in a fierce battle for both money in the pot and a prized exemption. The classic game in which the celebrities must pick one of their own to receive an exemption or lose money from the pot is revived with the same result as the previous installment: money is lost from the pot. Tensions flare as players are accused of deliberate sabotage leading to loss of money for the pot. The second execution ceremony has a surprising result.
#20 - Departure #3
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2004
The celebrities play a game called "Clucks for Bucks" in which they must catch chickens that match numbered hats. A maze game proves a challenging taks for most of the celebrities. One celebrity is given a rather fattening opportunity at an exemption. As suspicions continue to grow, a third celebrity is executed and sent home.
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Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2004
The executed players return for a game called "Tequila Shooters" in which the celebrities try to deliver wine while being pelted with dodgeballs. Afterwards, a gross food challenge sends most reeling, but one is able to stomach it. Later, the celebrities take part an artistic game that leads to some of the strangest artwork ever. The quiz results in a tie, but the result is still the same: a fourth celebrity is executed and sent home.
#22 - Departure #5
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/2004
The celebrities are sent on a shopping spree that involves donkeys and reading clues in Spanish. The individual effort nature of the game leads some players to wonder if others are sabotaging by not providing proper information. The celebrities are taken to a school, where they participate in a Night School game that tests them on basic elementary school knowledge. After some correct answers and embarrassing mistakes, one celebrity is given a twisted exemption offer. The celebrities then attempt to identify the noses of other well-known celebrities and then a fifth is sent home.
#23 - Final Yucatan Games
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/2004
Mark Curry dons a cape, as promised and gives himself a superhero nickname, "Mr. Danger." The celebrities take part in aquatic games. Later, one celebrity is called out for breaking the rules. The three remaining celebrities take the final twenty question quiz to determine who wins, who loses and who is the mole.
#24 - Celebrity Mole: Yucatan Finale
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/2004
The final episode of the season reveals the results of the quiz, determining which celebrity wins, which loses and which is the mole. Video clips give viewers a look back at what happened during the season and reveal new information on previously hidden aspects of the game. Hidden clues pointing to the identity of the mole are unmasked.
#25 - The Mole 3.0, Episode 3
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/16/2008
With tension growing amongst the remaining contestants, they are asked to put what little faith they have in each other to the test in a challenge that pairs them into "Can't Trust" and "Trust Blindly" groups. Members from both of the groups pair up for a harrowing luge ride that also serves as a test of memory. A rules violation on the part of several contestants leads to a major penalty. Later, Jon Kelley sends the contestants on a spy day complete with luxurious massages. Though pleased at the opportunity to relax, the contestants are weary of an upcoming catch, and rightly so. They find that their clothes have been sent off for dry cleaning and are challenged to find suitable clothes within a short time-frame in order to join host Jon Kelley in time for a fine-dining dinner. Two contestants make a suspicious move by choosing to simply opt out of the challenge. The contestants are presented with an intriguing offer at the evening's execution.