The American Mole

Episode 3

Now Afi is gone, 8 contestants are left. (On the picture you see 9 people. The host is with them.)

Here you can find summaries of the third episode:

http://www.themestream.com/articles/317813.html (written by Brian Smith)
http://www.themestream.com/articles/304736.html (written by David Nation)

Day 7
The contestants travel to Spain. In the car there's a slight argument between Charlie and Kate. They arrive at the hotel.
The next morning they are taken to a secret location along the road and have to find their way to the next challenge. Each player has to go in a bullring and fight a small bull. If they can all avoid the bull 2 times with the cape, they win $75,000. For every tienta they do, they get an extra $5,000. A tienta is getting the bull on the ground.
Henry goes first. He avoids both charges of the bull and can perform a tienta easily. When it's Charlie's turn, kate yells he just has to imagine the bull is her. Charlie avoids the charges and then wants to go for the tienta, but gets hit by the bull.
Kate is next. She falls after the first charge of the bull, but still is able to succeed. Steve wants to go last to make sure evryone will go. Jennifer doubts about his reason for going last. She is next and the bull charges her and drags her down. She can get up and performs a tienta. Then it's Wendi's turn. She gets some help of the matador and succeeds in avoiding two charges. Jim too avoids the bull twice, just as Kathryn. Steve is last. He grabs the bull in its first charge and easily does a tienta. So there were three tientas. The total of the pot now is $200,000. Afterwards they have a great fiesta, but it gets less great as Charlie starts calling Kate some names. It's obvious he doesn't like her, but do you have to pick on her in the open?

Day 8
The group has to choose three people: One who is fearless, one with a winning smile and one who everyone trusts with their belongings. Henry, Charlie and Jennifer are chosen. They have to wash the other contestants' clothes. They have 8 bags of laundry and each bag has to be washed at a different place. The laundry must be done by 8.00 pm to win $10,000. They get a dictionary. They can wash the first load at a running reservoir. After that they have to get help from the locals, which isn't easy, because no one wants to help them. Eventually they do find a place, where they can wash the second bag of laundry. At 6:45 pm, they already have washed 7 of the 8 loads. They think they're almost done as Jennifer suddenly finds a pair of unwashed socks in the bottom of Charlie's bag. Now they have to go all the way back to the house where they had washed Charlie's laundry. And they also have to get the final load washed and dried before 8.00 pm. Luckily, at 7:45 pm, all laundry is done and they win $10,000.
During that challenge, the others have had a rather unpleasant challenge. Each contestant has topick an envelope with a challenge on it. Then they have to roll the dice. If they throw 1 to 3, they have an easy challenge, but 4 to 6 is a little bit harder. Three of the tasks have to be completed to win $40,000. The contestants don't know in advance whether the others did their challenge or not.
Steve goes first. He picks an envelope: '1 to 3: paint a nude portrait. 4 to 6: pose nude'. Steve throws a ... 5. He sighs but eventually says he'll do it. He is taken to the artist. Steve asks how he is supposed to pose. We don't see anything yet, 'cause the next shot is of Jim, who has picked the envelope:' 1 to 3: cast one leg; 4 to 6: cast both legs'. Jim asks how long he has to wear the casts. Anderson tells him it's until the next day.
Then we see Steve again, who changed his mind and decided not to pose nude.
Jim rolls the dice and has a ... 5. He says he has never ever worn a cast before, he decides to do it and is taken to the doctor, who is already preparing the cast.
Meanwhile, the others (Kathryn, Wendi and Kate) are told about the two possible challenges Jim and Steve have to do, but they aren't told whether they did it or not. They think that wearing casts wouldn't be that bad.
Kathryn:'1 to 3: dye your hair; 4 to 6:shave your head.'. Unfortunately for Kathryn, she rolls a ... 4. She absolutely doesn't want to shave her head, because she gets married in a few months.
Now that Steve and Kathryn have refused the challenges, it's up to Jim, Wendi and Kate to win this challenge.
Wendi:'1 to 3:wear a ball and chain; 4 to 6: wear a stockade until tomorrow.' Wendi rolls a ... 4. She decides to wear the thing. It's a weird thing and it's rather uncomfortable.
Kate is last. She can do all 4 challenges. She doesn't know whether the others have succeeded, but if they do and she does the 4 challenges, she can win an additional $40,000. If they others failed, she can still win $40,000 and receive an exemption for the next execution. She rolls the dice four times. She has to pose nude, wear both legs in casts, dye her hair and wear a ball and chain.

That evening the laundry team is waiting for the others. Steve shows up first and explains them he didn't want to pose nude. Then Jim appears and he admits he didn't go through with wearing the casts. Next is Kathryn, who tells them she didn't shave her head. Then suddenly Wendi comes hobbling to them in the stockade. Her neck hurts and she says the others suck for not continueing with their challenges. Then Anderson appears and he explains how Kate could get herself an exemption today. Everyone wonders if Kate would shave her head, but then she appears with two legs casted, green hair, a ball and chain and holding her portrait. So she won herself an exemption and $40,000 for the group.

Suspicion
Henry:"Wendi seems to be the least copious of all the notetaking. She just sits back and doesn't have much to say. I don't see how she can make it through the executions with her technique."
Wendi:"Kate has confused me because I thought she was the Mole. Then with this last challenge I'm less suspicious of her."
Charlie:"Kate still is the Mole. Although she did get $40,000, I think it's a throw-off of her."
Kathryn:"Jim says he doesn't think Steve is the Mole. I think he's being played by Steve. I don't trust him at all."
Jennifer:"My hunch is that Steve was the Mole at work. For some strange reason he opted not to be painted in the nude, which I find very interesting for a guy that is never short of conversation when it comes to sex. Then all of a sudden he became shy."
Charlie:"I suspect Jennifer had something to do with those socks. She blamed me, but I think she withheld them."

Suspicious
Jim, Kathryn, Charlie, Kate nor Wendi did a tienta for an extra $5,000.
Jennifer found the pair of socks in Charlie's bag.
Steve didn't pose nude.
Jim didn't wear casts.
Kathryn didn't shave her head.

The execution
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