Tonight's Episode 8/6 Final Show
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Egbok

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 10:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Leftcoaster here. I finished watching The Mole about a half hour ago and even though a lot of us were sure Bill was The Mole, I found the show to be enjoyable. Al was the best and he made me laugh the most. Wasn't it amazing that Dorothy would have been "executed" if Elavia hadn't taken the 50K??? Wow!!

Did any of us ever see the apples as a clue to the state of Washington? (Where's Juju, that pup would have sniffed this one out!!) Or how about the zodiac sign with the nighttime sky?? I don't recall reading about these clues, but then sometimes I just had time enough to skim through the posts.

Anyway, this was fun and the best part of all was being here and sharing The Mole experience with all of you on the board!!

Rosie4040

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 11:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I had thought that the apples were some sort of clue because one was red and one was green. Didn't think of the "Washington Connection".

Marameko

Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 05:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Th finale was a bit anti climatic. The Mole I ending was exciting with the way thet entered the venue that was used. Bill did a good job, I missed all the clues, even when I noticed the swimming session and the gnome fiasco. He had me fooled..........On ward to BB as the plot thickens .

Discoinferno

Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 07:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
And wasn't Dorothy eating an apple in her intro picture?

Chyang

Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 02:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Donut, since no one here answered you , I'd like to give a shot if it's okay with you, I didn't post here until now 'cuz I came in very late and just enjoyed reading you all.
Congratulations on your ability to figure out the end results way back when.(Wasn't it hilarious how the telegramm did not help Patrick at all even thou he'd hogged it for a long time?)
As a Chinese female, I totally understand how easy it was for Dorothy to put on the Mole persona and kept her true feelings under wrapped, basically remain an outsider to built up suspicious.
Just as how all the seemingly-too-obvious "Bill" clue had many of us turned away from him, I thought all Dorothy's Mole act were too "readily-available" also. So as the truth comes out now, I was actually pretty much clueless ala Patrick!!
I do feel bad for Heather, Briggs and even Al(I didn't like the way he'd imply about women sometimes). But I've enjoyed watching both Mole shows way more than the BBs! --You're right, at least none were picking zits or playing with PB!

On to your ?s:

was Elavia and one other person missing and WHY???? hubby said that Anderson said 9 of 11 were there....
Did you find out any different from that only 9 out of 11 being there? I thought they were all there, could check tapes for you later, but Elavia was definitely there!

what was that clue about what is a dollar worth in Italy? a bill is a dollar in Italy???
some of the clues were as lame as last years, but some were good! I am surprised noone got the opening words clues. did they do that last year??
I think Anderson had a real compact sentence which basically said that, one American dollar is not worth anything in Italy or could not be viewed there as anything other than a dollar BILL.---- Chuck it as one of those lame clues.
I did not know about this board last year so didn't even know to look for clues in strange places. I positioned myself where the players were and never gave any thoughts to the opening of shows or stars in the sky which the players couldn't see.

do you think they all really had such differing opinions tonite or were they told what to say so they didnt all say bill/dorothy?
I think Al and Darwin looks really surpprised when Bill walked out. But Kati did give a hint as if she didn't want to just repeat the same answer.

and to me, all the bill sabotages seemed SOOO obvious vs. other peoples. Do you think that they intentionally made him be obvious as their main ploy this year to make him seem to obvious to be the mole, or do you think he/they just stunk at it by accident??
Bill said something about how it was rather difficult for him to do the Mole mission since, as a Navyman, all his life he had to work in a team but this time "against" a team! (I didn't understand his almost blunder involving Heather though, ~ ...sitting here as I always do...??...~ could you help me on that one?)

I like the ending of the first Mole better, too....
I also think they should have "dig" a little more on Elavia, give her more air time, she did play a great big part on how the whole thing turned. Remember<.....Elavia and the Mole just left the house....>?
I did think the Pisces (fishes to me, lol) mean something but didn't have a clue that was Bill's birth sign....
Heather was admirable for being a good player!
Did I miss anything?....

I almost didn't care to go back to the rather bumbling play of some of the BB3 hgs!

Kitt

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 01:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought all the evicted contestants were there, Elavia certainly was. I don't recall Anderson saying only 9 was there, but I'll check my tape later.

The thing about them having to write their favourite players on a dollar bill, it was nothing to do with it being in Italy, other than the fact that it wasn't an Italian note, it was the fact it was a dollar BILL that was the clue.

I think Bill "stunk"(!) by accident, and the producers might have even suggested he tone it down a bit. In my opinion he was far too obvious in the beginning - at least to those of us watching it all on tv, it might be a different matter if you were only privy to a small part of the game - he was really the main suspect for the first four or five episodes. By the time the others had started being more sneaky we'd already had that telegram clue and therefore were pretty set on it being Bill.

Donut

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 01:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
chyang- thanks so much for all the comments and answers!! which blunder of heathers are you asking about? i cant remember now! I thought last year's final episode was better too, when they were stuck in their rooms and had to help each other. I think they were told to make this year less smart, because they think tv viewers are dumb...To answer you question in the other area, i kept bill the whole time cuz of the telegram, his obvious sabotages and the pisces.... and i just had a hunch about dorothy, cuz she was a good combination of smart, and mysterious and acted enuf like a mole to make everone suspicious. i just didnt think that anyone could outsmart her.
i have never been right on any of these shows before!
i agree about al, i liked him a lot, but then he was so mean to katie, but then i started to like him again anyways....
and yes, it is the best reality show i think too...

Rissa

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 08:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I keep waiting for someone to point this out to those who keep asking about 9/12 but haven't seen it yet so....... there WERE 9/12 sitting in chairs at the beginning of the show, the other three were Dorothy, Heather and Bill behind the doors!!! No one was missing although they sure didn't spend any real time talking to most of them. I agree that Elavia was as important to how this game played out as the mole himself and it would have been great to talk to her. I always felt sorry for her being pegged as the most-disliked. Got the feeling that she wasn't comfortable just gabbing and that made her an outsider. Probably the type of person that it takes a while for her to relax/let her guard down and it worked against her.

Is first place the only one who gets money btw? (Besides the Elavia bribe). Did Heather get ANYTHING for 2nd place?

Kitt

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 11:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
There were 11 chairs and 11 contestants on the chairs in the final show, as there were 14 in all, and like you say, Dorothy, Heather and Bill were behind the doors.

I don't think Heather got any large sum of money at all, although it wouldn't surprise me if they each got a stipend, like they get on Big Brother.

Chyang

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 11:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Donut, good thing I decided to take a break from those crazy HGs, or I'd never seen your post.

I'm glad you did get to read my thoughts and seem to find them alright.
The blunder was on Bill's part. When he discribe the difficulty of being the Mole, he said he almost sliiped chatting with Heather one time after they took the excution test. He recalled the whole exchange between Heather and himself, how he nearly gave away his Mole identity, he said he turned himself around in the middle of a sentence and stuck something like "...just sitting here as I always do...(PP)". Bill was really nervous, actually thought Heather might have caught on to him and all. Don't worry about it, I'm just silly, I'm one of those who'd like to know every word spoken in the show, I litterally worn my vcr out once by pushing those Rw, Ff, play buttons too much. (That vcr will only play a tape from start to finish now, if anyone tries to rewind, it jumps and shut down!!)

Well, we know now that Heather suspected him for a long time, even before Dot was totally sure and essencially helped Dot win. That kinda make Dorothy a very lucky girl, (even though her smart head did a lot of the work) first Elavia walked, then Heather came along and gave her the answer, on top of all, she won by ONE point.(I assume itmeant one more question correctly answered than Heather, did they ever reveal their answers on web site? Inever bothered to look yet, too busy with BB3.)

I did go do the on line petition, saw Bill there too, thanks! Hope we do get to see more Moles, I'm shaking with exitment!
Again, thanks for your answer, see you on BB's.

Rissa

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 06:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Kitt. Oops. LOL I read 9/12 somewhere and without thinking repeated the same number. My bad. :) Thanks for the correction.