The Mole

The Mole

2001
★★★★☆ 7.0/10
📺 5 Seasons
🎬 45 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 60 min/episode
Reality
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.

Seasons

Season 1
2001 • 9 Episodes
Viewers meet the players and learn the concept of the game. The players begin forming coalitions in the hope of making further in the game and learning more about who is the mole. The players all take part in a sky-diving challenge. The players' banking skills are tested in an attempt to earn money for the pot.
Season 2
2001 • 13 Episodes
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.
Season 3
2003 • 6 Episodes
Seven celebrity players stand to win $1 million in Hawaii, but one of them is working against the others. Who'll dodge the Mole — and win the cash?
Season 4
2004 • 7 Episodes
Eight celebrities embark on an adventure in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula in hope of winning $1 million — but a saboteur lies in their midst.
Season 5
2008 • 10 Episodes
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.

Network

ABC

Production

Stone Stanley Entertainment, Stone and Company Entertainment

Keywords

competitionsecret identityundercovergame showquizsaboteurmissionsabotagestrategyreality competition