The 3rd Dutch Mole
Episode 8

Prince had to leave the group last time. George:"Someone else needs to be positive all the time now."

Day 15
Because of the visitors, the contestants didn't really focus on The Mole anymore, but now it's time to concentrate again.

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Jantien:"It's as if you get more exhausted when you haven't really been into the game than when you're constantly occupied with it. This morning I sighed and thought 'Oh no, not again.'."
John:"The elimination was not fun. I didn't expect it at all." We get to see some flashbacks of the cosy picknick. "Yeah I do miss him. We had a lot of support wit heach other. Especially because you're in a group of people you don't know and we found each other pretty quickly and you can tell each other stuff. You support each other that way."
Jantien:"You also start to realize you have to go back into that weird world of The Mole."

Evora
They go to a circus and are split in two. Four people who think they are good at negotiating:

Jantien, John, George and Harry are the negotiators. And there's one person who is very good at concentrating: Ellen

The negotiators get in the circle of the circus where they find 4 briefcases. One has 5 minutes to phone The Mole, one contains 5 correct answers for the questionnaire, the third one has an exemption in it and the final one is empty. They have to negotiate with each other who can get which suitcase. For each person they get 5 minutes and in the end they will all have to choose a briefcase. If they all have a different briefcase, they win 5,000 € and they can keep what's inside the briefcase. Whether they win or not. Ellen can hear and watch everything. If she can predict who will choose which suitcase, she can an exemption if she predicts it correctly.
Each contestant gets 2 times 5 minutes to negotiate with someone else. George and Harry are up first. They will only speak once, so they have to make sure they come to an arrangement.
George:"What do you want to have?"
Harry:"I'd like to have the exemption."
George:"But that was mine."
Harry:"Do you think you'll need it?"
George:"I just want it, period."
Harry:"I know everyone will try to go for the exemption, so I'm prepared to sacrifice myself by choosing one of the other two briefcases I'd like to have."
George:"If I don't get the exemption, I want to phone The Mole. But we also have to appoint someone who takes the empty case. Why don't you take it?"
Harry:"I don't want it."
George:"Why not?"
Harry:"The risk is too big for me. Maybe you should take it?"
George:"I'm not going to take it."

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Harry:"I was prepared to sacrifice the exemption, because evryone would go for that. And the other one I wanted to have were the 5 correct answers. But when I was standing there, I thought 'More people will try and go for that'."

George:"If four people go for the exemption, we don't have the money and no one can call The Mole.... If I can call The Mole, then..." THE LIGHTS GO OUT! They can't talk anymore.
Both Harry and George would like to have the exemption, but agreed that if more people go for that, they will choose their second option.
Now it's Jantien and John's turn:
John:"I either want the exemption or the 5 correct answers."
Jantien:"I find that the correct answers have to go to the person who is most unsure about The Mole. If someone is absolutely sure about The Mole, he doesn't need the answers, because he's sure of it anyway."
John:"But I'm doubting between two people so I'd like to have the 5 answers... what do you want?"
Jantien:"I was thinking that it's important that The Mole has the exemption, because than the game will be fair for everyone."
John:"OK..."
Jantien:"I'm going for the exemption."
John:"You're going for the exemption? So you're The Mole?"
Jantien raises her eyebrows:"Do you agree with that? I think it should go to someone who can't do any damage with it. And that's The Mole."
John:"So either you're The Mole, or you know 100 % sure who is The Mole?"

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Jantien:"Maybe I'm The Mole or I'm very sure and then the rest needs information and I don't, so I go for the exemption, but I played it intimidating because I wanted them to be so intimidated that they wouldn't go for the exemption anymore."

John:"But you can't share the exemption."
Jantien:"No that's true, but you have to give the exemption to the person you think is The Mole. Because that can't spoil the game, The Mole knows everything already anyway."

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John:"She wanted to put the exemption safe so no one else would get it and that was a sign for me that she wouldn't be The Mole."

Jantien:"So the empty case and the phone are left."
John:"You go for the exemption and I go for the 5 questions. You talk to Harry..."
Jantien:"What does the person with the empty case get in return?"
John:"He should be allowed to listen to the phone call with The Mole. Or I donate some of my answers."
Jantien:"But you'll only get those answers during the questionnaire, so you can't..."
John:"You don't know that."
Jantien:"Yes I do."
Meanwhile Ellen is watching thel and listening.

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Ellen:"It was obvious that she wanted to prevent someone else getting the exemption."

The lights go out and they can't talk anymore. George and John have their second and last talk:
George:"Harry would first like to have the exemption and his second choice is the 5 answers. I want the exemption. And maybe the phone call with The Mole. And Jantien?"
flashback Jantien:"I'm going for the exemption."
John:"Jantien wants the 5 answers and I want the phone call."

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John:"I told Jantien I would go for the 5 answers" flashback John:"I will go for the 5 answers, ok?" "And I told George I wanted to go for the phone call."

George:"I'm going to take the exemption and nothing else. Who do you want to give the empty case to?"
John:"Jantien will tell Harry he has to go for that one."
George:"And Harry said Jantien had to go for it."

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John:"George was very nervous and too honest and I want to abuse that."

George:"What did you two think I would take?"
John:"We didn't talk about that."
flashback John to Jantien:"So Harry and George will have to share the phone call."
George:"We did think about what you two would choose. Everyone would probably go for the exemption so we also choose a second option."

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George:"I thought it was a kind of puzzle which we would solve together."

George:"I agreed with Harry that we would go for our second options, which was the phone call for me and the answers for him."
Ellen is still watching everything.

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Ellen:"George wanted everyone to take a different briefcase so that the challenge would succeed. A succeeded challenge for him would be if everyone had a different briefcase and they would win 5,000 €."

George wants to go through with his agreement with Harry. John lied about both his choice and that of Jantien. Harry and Jantien both want the exemption. Will they get an agreement?
Harry:"I want to have the 5 answers."
Jantien:"I think they should go to someone who is absolutely not sure about The Mole. Are you not sure?"
Harry:"No."
Jantien:"I'll take the exemption because people are suspecting me."
Harry:"George is also going for the exemption."

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Jantien:"I didn't want anyone to have the exemption, because I need all of my rivals. So I wanted to impress him."

Harry:"His second choice is the phone call with The Mole."
Jantien:"So it's between you and John now then?"

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Ellen:"Jantien's aim was making sure no one would get the exemption, no one would get the 5 answers and I also think she wanted no one to have to phone call with The Mole."

Jantien:"Would you agree to share the phone call with George?"
Harry:"No."
Jantien:"And what if you are the one who has to inform George with a voice changer? And after the test the 5 correct answers get."
Harry:"If I'm still in it."
Jantien:"That's a risk you'll have to take."
Harry:"But I don't want to take that risk."
Jantien:"What do you think about me taking the exemption."
Harry:"I didn't think you'd go for it, because you were sure about The Mole."
Jantien:"Yes, so I don't need the information."

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Harry:"She said she didn't need the information, so she didn't need that phone call, nor the 5 correct answers."

The lights go out. The contestants have been kept separate from each other and have to write down their choice on a card now. If they want to succeed, they will have to do what they said. But who can you trust?
We see John writing down '5 correct answers'. George goes for the 'phone call' and Harry writes down 'empty case'. We don't see what Jantien writes down. If she chooses what she promised, namely taking the exemption, they have succeeded.

They come together again and say what they have chosen. It turns out Jantien chose the 5 correct answers, just like John. The challenge has failed, but George can call The Mole. No one has the exemption and Harry has the empty case.

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Harry:"No one chose the case they said they would take. So it's very confusing."

Ellen's assignment was to predict who would go for which case.
Ellen:"Jantien and George would both go for the exemption, George because he would be very glad with it and Jantien to prevent anyone else taking it. Harry would play it safe and would go for the phone call and John would take the 5 answers."
She only has John's choice correct and doesn't win the exemption. But Harry can still save the challenge. The empty case contains a circus act (three juggling balls). If he acts like a clown in front of an entire audience, he still wins 5,000 €. He goes for it. Make up and weird clothes are put on and he plays a clown. He thought he would get rewarded for chosing the empty case. He does save the challenge though and now they have a total of 29,300 € in the kitty.

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Harry:"I was hoping I would be rewarded for chosing the empty case and I thought their would be an exemption in it. I didn't expect there to be 3 balls in it and that I had to something with that. I feel like I sacrificed myself for the group."

Sao Manços
Harry arrives with the others and they congratulate him and all have dinner together. They are still talking about the challenge.
George:"So Harry, if you went for the empty case, why didn't you tell me?"
Harry:"Because I hadn't decided it yet. Do you really think that the person who got the 5 answers on the questionnaire will get very good clues on who The Mole is?"
George:"You don't actually get the correct answers, you just have 5 questions correct already, without even doing the questionnaire."

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Harry:"During dinner I said we didn't have to be looking at each other like traitors, but everyone was silent and I said 'We have to continue for another few days, are we going  to look at each other like that all the time?"

Harry looks at the women:"And what about you two?"
They start laughing nervously and Jantien says she thinks Ellen had a lot of advantage in the previous challenge. She asks Ellen and she agrees.

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Jantien:"Ellen's role today was great. She could watch every single thing we did, heard every word we said, saw the way we entered the circus. I wish I was at her place."

George is preparing himself for the phone call and asks the women what they would ask.
Jantien:"If we tell you questions you could ask, will you give us the answers?"
George:"But you're a reporter, can't you help me a bit?"
Ellen:"George, is this gonna be a phone call with yourself?"
George:"No not with myself..." and he looks confused. The women start laughing.

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Ellen:"I asked him if he was going to have a phone call with himself. He looked at me very confused. 'No with The Mole.'. And he said it in such a strange way. So I said 'Oh ok so you just told me you're not The Mole!'. His head got red and hedidn't know what to say."

The women are still laughing. Jantien:"Now you have to say 'But nothing is what it seems!', George."
George:"But nothing is what it seems!"
Ellen:"Yes indeed!" They all laugh.
George locks everyone in their rooms so he can quietly call The Mole. (apparently the crew was also making a lot of noise so no one would hear the phone call, nor the Mole's phone going off. George goes outside and is sitting in the dark. The screen fades.

Day 14
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Ellen:"Yesterday night George had the phone call with The Mole and I think he returned at about 11:45 pm and we asked him some questions, but we didn't really get any information out of it. I don't think George did either."
Jantien:"You should be able to recognize from that phone call whether the Mole is a male or a female and I think George didn't even find that out. It was reassuring for me."
George:"My phone call with The Mole? I have to tell something about that? ... that's difficult... I wanted to keep it to myself."
Harry:"We aren't talking anymore. Everyone for himself, very clear."

Montemor-O-Novo
For the first challenge they have to appoint 2 very strong guys. John and George are chosen. The host brings them to their location: a tree. The tree has to be cut down. There are 4 squares. One means minus 10,000 €, one means minus 5,000 € another one is plus 5,000 € and the last one is plus 10,000 €. They can't push or pull, they can only use the axe.
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The 3 others have to drive a van to the tree. The van is blinded, so the driver can't see where he is driving. One has to drive and the other two will be in the back, watching two monitors so they can see where they go. They have to guide the driver. However, the cameras are placed crossing each other. The camera filming the left side of the road is shown on the right monitor and the one filming the right side is shown on the left monitor. They investigate the van and Ellen already predicts she will have to throw up.
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Meanwhile, John decides to go for the 5,000 €, because the 10,000 € is too difficult.

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George:"John has done this several times before. He looked at the tree and estimated the centre of gravity of the tree. And it could only fall in that one square."
John:"I have cut down a lot of trees when I was younger, so this was the ultimate challenge for me."

They start sawing the tree. George says it's very easy, but John explains it's only the bark yet.
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The cameras of the van are crossed. Left is right and right is left.
Jantien:"You have to think reverse.... I'm already getting sick."
Ellen:"If I'm in the back here, I will block."
Ellen will drive and Jantien and Harry go in the back. Ellen gets in and notices she can't get any fresh air in the van either. She starts the van and they head off. They have an hour to reach their goal (the tree the other two are chopping, but they don't know that yet). They have to follow arrows which are placed alongside the road.
The host tells them their time starts now and Ellen starts driving. Harry:"Go straight ahead, Ellen."
Then they notice something strange and tell her to stop. Jantien:"Oh no, this is really nothing for me. The house was on the right side and there's the sign. So we have to go backwards."
Harry:"Ellen we have to drive the entire route backwards, because we're driving away from the arrow."
Ellen drives backwards. The host is still standing alongside the road and while driving backwards, she's suddenly on one of the monitors.
Jantien:"No Ellen, we have to drive backwards!" Ellen:"Yeah, that's what I'm doing."
Harry:"Oh then you have to drive forward." Jantien:"No she's trying to find the backwards gear."
Ellen:"I am driving backwards!"
Jantien:"Oh! Try driving forward then. We thought you were driving forward, but the cameras are placed in a strange way, so we didn't know it was backwards... You have to drive forward."
They advance quite a bit. Harry says that if he doesn't say anything, Ellen's driving ok.
Harry:"Just follow the road, you're doing great." Jantien:"A bit to the right!" Harry:"To the right, to the right, to the right." Jantien:"OK straight ahead now."
They almost drive against a tree. The branches of the tree scratch on the windshield and the side of the van and Ellen laughs nervously.
12 minutes have passed. Ellen is off the road, but they manage to get on it again.

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Jantien:"We just constantly had to stare in the shaking van to signs on either side of the road. I didn't really feel good anymore after a while."

Harry:"Naar echts Ellen, naar rechts." Jantien:"Links! Links!" Harry:"Now we are contradicting each other."
Jantien:"Yeah but I had to watch the left side." Harry:"But then just say 'A little bit to the left.' "
The drive onto a heap of branches. Ellen has started sweating like a pig. She's totally wet and suddenly burps. Jantien and Harry are sweating too. They drive against a fence and take along a pole. Ellen laughs nervously.
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Meanwhile, George and John are still chopping the tree. They don't have a chainsaw or anything. They only have the axe, but are advancing.
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26 minutes left. Harry keeps on giving Ellen instructions and Jantien comes in between at times too. Jantien sighs and says she's sweating a lot. They drive off the road and the it gets bumpy and the van starts shaking a lot. Ellen gets so very desprientated she gets unwell. She stops the van:"Guys I have to throw up." and runs out of the van.
Ellen gives up and Harry takes over, leaving Jantien alone in the back. Ellen will continue on foot. They have 17 minutes left. Suddenly they drive past a sign with an arrow on it that points to the left. But they are driving straight ahead.

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Jantien:"At a certain point Harry had taken over and those signs were really small on the screen. We missed the first sign and had to go back."

Jantien is the only one guiding Harry. Harry:"Where are we going?" Jantien:"I have no idea, I've lost track of those signs."
Meanwhile they are close to the tree George and John are chopping. They stop chopping and watch the van. The van drives into a ditch. Jantien:"Stop! Oh man." Harry:"Shit, it was..."
Jantien:"But, you know... I'm very sick... I... can't see it anymore. Try driving backwards."
Harry:"That's what I've been trying to do."
Jantien:"I'm so sick, I don't even know where that stupid road is!"
Harry tries driving:"I'm stuck! I can't go left, nor back. I think we're against a tree or something. I don't understand one bit of it anymore."
Jantien:"I've.... I... I'm really sick."
Harry:"OK then we quit." Jantien takes of her seatbelt and gets out. 50 meters till the end and they give up.
John runs to the van and encourages them to keep on driving because they're almost at the end.

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John:"Jantien getting sick just before the end... either she's The Mole or she's playing To be The Mole. If you know you're almost at the end, which I told them. Then you keep trying a bit longer. That's what I would do."

Jantien is getting some fresh air and Harry gets out too:"I didn't understand when Ellen said, the arrow is pointing straight ahead." Ellen arrives and John asks why she quit. Ellen:"Because I had to throw up." John:"Are you serious?"
Meanwhile, George is carving the letter G in the tree. On the other side we see John's initial too.
Jantien and Harry are standing somewhere away from the rest. The hour they got, has just passed, so they could have made it if they had continued. Harry:"Ellen sent us the wrong way, even though she couldn't see anything"
Jantien:"You know why it went wrong, because we went forward and backwards and at a certain point I didn't see the signs anymore."

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Harry:"Ellen got sick as the driver and then Jantien, who was guiding me, got sick too, so neither of them were a big help today."
Jantien:"Harry was driving straight ahead and backwards and... and I thought if we still have to go so far and I4m sick as hell already... and I also thought we were out of time too. But that's not nice if you see that you only had to go 50 more meters."

The host asks if they're ok and tells them they can still try to save the challenge, by parking the van under the tree. If the tree falls onto the van, they will still win the 5,000 €.
So they start off again, Jantien guiding Harry towards the tree. They park it right next to it.
George is anxiously awaiting the results. "Shall we chop now?!" John:"Nah, maybe we should wait till they are out of the van." Everyone laughs.

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John:"You have to be able to drive well, but the navigator has to be good too. If the navigation isn't great then the rest won't work out either. And I heard that they were just yelling 'Left left left left LEFT!!!' and it won't work like that, you just have to stay calm and left means slowly to the left and double left means hard turn to the left or something. But it's just very difficult. I think that if they had driven faster, they would have more time."

The host the three van contestants are watching George and John chopping the tree. It starts falling and they run away. The tree falls next to the van, missing it with just a meter. It lands in the plus 5,000 € square. They have 34,300 € in the kitty.

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George:"We thought we could use the van as a kind of roll, so it would land on the van and then roll onto the plus 10,000 € square."
Harry:"Everyone agreed that we had put the van on the right place. It's the tree's fault."

Suspicions
Ellen:"I went through the challenges of the past 2 days and thought about the different roles everyone played in it. I'm choosing John, because he's very strong and at the hydrocycle he didn't give much power. I also noticed that, when cycling up the mountain, he was behind from the start." Flashback John:"The next one needs to take over, this is too tough for me!" "And then with Kerstin's kidnapping, John was on the phone with the host and something went completely wrong with the briefing of what we had to do. Today I didn't really notice anything suspicious, maybe he knew how to let the tree fall onto the 10,000 € square, but he deliberately let it fall onto the 5,000 € one."
George:"Since the negotiating challenge, no one trusts each other anymore. No one did what they said they would do, except for me. Everyone did something unexpected. They're all pointing at each other or trying to make themself look suspicious. I choose Jantien as The Mole."
Harry:"I think Ellen's The Mole, although I'm not sure, because I'm doubting between Jantien and Ellen. But I voted for Ellen last time and that worked out fine for me. Today we were in the blinded car. Ellen got sick as driver and Jantien, who was navigating me, got sick in the back of the van. There's one thing that makes Ellen look suspicious. At a certain point she said 'We have to go straight ahead here.' even though she couldn't see it. But then she said she had opened her door a bit to get some air and that's the place we went wrong."
John:"My last vote was for Jantien and I've also been thinking about George, but he's not The Mole anymore for me, because he was too nervous and too eager to succeed at the challenge." Flashback George:"Then Jantien takes that case and you take the one that's left over." CC George:"I thought it was a kind of puzzle which we would solve together." "Harry isn't The Mole, he played safe and chose the empty case and Ellen is too nervous too, she just wants to be The Mole."
Jantien:"I'm still suspecting Ellen, but I'm also doubting that I'm focusing on the wrong person. I think we're all making the same mistake again, that we're all focusing on the one and the same person again. I'm focusing on Ellen from the start and I think I'm missing out on things. And now I think John could also be The Mole, but it's very difficult. Really really difficult."

Suspicious in this episode
No one choose the case they said they would choose, except for George.
If Jantien had taken the exemption as she said she would, they would have won the 5,000 €.
Both Ellen and Jantien got sick.
According to Harry, Ellen had told them where to drive too and then it went wrong.

Elimination
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