The American Mole

Episode 2

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http://www.themestream.com/articles/296063.html (written by Brian Smith)
http://www.themestream.com/articles/296064.html (written by Brian Smith)

Manuel was the first victim of the Mole. Who will be next?

Day 5
That morning, the contestants meet each other at breakfast. But someone's missing. Where's Steve? Anderson (the host) calls them and tells them Steve has been taken away and the group has to find him. They get 2 hours to do so and can win $50,000. They find a note which says they have to meet Anderson at the Monaco Heliport. There they watch a tape how Steve was taken captive. They also see Steve chained and with an iron mask, telling them he was taken away and thinks he's in some kind of castle. The group has to divide up into 3 groups: 2 people who are not afraid of heights, 3 who don't get seasick and 3 who are good at directions. These are the groups.
Helicopter: Jennifer, Henry
Boat: Kate, Wendi, Charlie
Van: Jim, Afi, Kathryn
They get a free call to Steve, who tells them he sees canons and water, hotels and mountains. Actually it's the same prison where Louis XIV was held captive, the Man in the Iron Mask. If they decide to call Steve again, it will cost them $5,000. There are clues in the vehicles. Jennifer and Henry find a key in the helicopter. The van team finds maps. In the boat team, Kate looks through a brochure but doesn't find anything. They can't find any clues. The helicopter team finds canon balls. Since Steve told them about canons, they check the place out. But there's not a single canon to be found. The van team and helicopter team are at a castle. The helicopter flies close to the castle. They call Steve to ask him whether he can hear the helicopter and he says he does hear it. Afi and Kathryn get out of the van and check the castle on foot, while Jim tries to reach the top with the van. One hour is left.
They decide to meet back at the heliport. They all want to continue in the van. But Jim is nowhere to be found anymore. Henry wants to land because Jennifer is getting sick, but she says she isn't. Then suddenly, with 42 minutes left, Kate finds a brochure about a restaurant in Cannes, which is about 30 minutes further away. Kathryn is suspicious that it took Kate so long to discover the clue. The van team has something about Cannes on their map too. So everyone goes to Cannes. Some wonder how Steve could have heard the helicopter all the way in Cannes. The helicopter arrives at the right place first. Steve waves a green flag to let them know where he is. Henry and Jennifer see Anderson on the roof and call him as instructed. He tells them every vehicle contains a key to free Steve. All three keys and all 8 players have to be present when Steve is freed. The van team gets on the boat and the boat heads to the castle. Jennifer goes down to the pier to help the 6 others find the way. As she runs down, Henry says she's going the wrong way, but he wants to wait to see what'll happen. Six minutes are left. The contestants are running up to the top, but Jennifer is nowhere to be found. She went to the heliport to meet the boat instead of to the docks. They all yell her name, but they run out of time. The challenge is lost.... No $50,000. Kate says the place isn't that big and Jennifer should have heard them calling for her. Jennifer arrives 5 minutes late and out of breath. Henry asks her why she went the wrong way. Jennifer on her side wonders why Henry let her run away without a walkie-talkie.

Day 6
The group has to split up:
People who have good eyes: Henry, Kathryn and Kate
Leaders: Steve, Afi and Jim
Followers: Charlie, Wendi and Jennifer
Henry, Kathryn and Kate get two cartier watches. One is real, the other one is fake. Their challenge is to find out which one is which. The watch they think is the fake one, will be destroyed. Kate finds that one watch has a staggering second hand and the other watch has a sweeping second hand. They write down the numbers on the back of the watches and go to town, where they try to get some help from the locals. They end up in a jewelry shop, but they don't have cartier watches there. Although they are set to a time limit, Kathryn wants to call for some more information. Then they decide to go back up the hill to the watches. Kate gets tired and is breathless. Kathryn tells her they will follow her pace and keeps asking if she is ok. Kate is huffing and puffing up the hill. They get on top on time and think the silver/platinum wtch is the fake one. A sniper shoots it and paint comes out, indicating they were right. They win $20,000.

Meanwhile we see Charlie snooping around for some information about the Mole. He is looking around in the van of the production crew. But he gets caught on camera though.

Late at night, the other players are woken up for a night challenge. They have to do the maze challenge. The leader has to guide the follower to a cornfield maze via walkie-talkie. But there are 2 hunters in the maze, who try to catch them. They get $20,000 for each team that manages to get through the maze, without being caught.
Steve guides Charlie through the maze. But Charlie gets caught. Whose fault was it?
Afi is next and she tries guiding Wendi through. It goes rather well, but suddenly Wendi says she can't hear Afi anymore. The group doesn't know whether she's telling the truth or not. After a while, she can hear again, but she gets caught...
It's up to Jim and Jennifer to still win $20,000. Jennifer runs very fast, but sometimes ignores Jim's directions, who had to repeat himself a few times. Jennifer gets caught too. No money won in this challenge...

Suspicion
Kathryn finds it strange that Steve could hear a helicopter, although the heli was in Monaco and he was in Cannes.
Wendi suspects Kate because of the brochure in the boat. Kate found the clue very late.
Steve suspects Kate too.
Henry suspects Jennifer and wonders why Steve got abducted and not someone else.
Kathryn has some doubts about Kate huffing and puffing up the hill to slow them down.
Jim has Kathryn as a prime suspect.
Charlie and Steve are trading information with each other.
Afi thinks Henry isn't the Mole.

Suspicious
It took Kate a long time to find the clue in the brochure on the boat.
Steve said he heard the helicopter, although it was 30 minutes away.
Jim disappeared with the van and couldn't be contacted.
Not a single team managed to get through the maze.
Wendi said she couldn't hear Afi.
Kathryn held up the group when she wanted to call Cartier for more information.
Jennifer ran to the wrong side of the prison in search for the other contestants.

The execution
It's time for the second contestant to leave. Click to see who has to go...

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