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| Post #16: 12th Oct 2022 10:18 AM | |
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Stargate that right there is the GAME WINNING vote bay bayyyyyyy
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Dyl
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| Post #17: 12th Oct 2022 9:02 PM | |
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Episode 1
- pretty crazy they flew them all to Australia for this.
- Osei holding the leaf over his head for the longest time was super funny.
- Greg and William are gonna be annoying
- How did they not notice the mole sneaking the cargo at night.
- That house is freaking sweet.
- Will: “gets money”. Joy “he’s definitely the mole”.
- man the elimination is so intense. I’d hate to be on it.
- I hope it’s not my boy Osei that’d be tragic.
- Episode 1 cliffhanger come on. That’s garbage I hate it.
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Curtis
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| Post #18: 12th Oct 2022 9:26 PM | |
Up to ep 5:
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I'm enjoying it quite a bit! I was a little nervous at first ofc. It starts off too...modern. And the confessionals are way too scripted, but I chalk that up to the producters/editors just wanting some buzz phrases to start the show, it hasn't been quite as bad since
I don't like the cliffhanger format but all it does it make me watch the first five minutes of the next ep and then stop so...no harm done. Unfortunately they're playing to the Netflix model, it is what it is
My blind pick at the start of ep 1: Kesi. I'm sticking with her for sure. She faded into the background in eps like 2 and 3 but has since reaffirmed herself as my top suspect. The bank sabotage seemed pretty blatant and then she fucked up hooking the bag on the train. And in general I just don't buy anything she says, it feels like she's acting. I would love it if she got surprise executed so I get thrown for a loop but right now she's far above anyone else as my #1
The cast is fine. Osei getting out first SUCKED, he was cracking me up. And then my next favorite was Dom....rip. Dom was just way too genuine, no way anyone thought he was the mole. I don't like the twist that someone can come back at all, but I did really like the awkward way it played out with mostly everyone stonewalling him. Thought it was interesting
Joi SUCKS. That 25k bet lol. I hate that shit. I would've been so annoyed if I was the others
The challenges are also solid. Some interesting stuff here and there. I do wish exemptions were a little spicier
The phone eliminations...not a fan of. Why change it! The TV screen and thumbprints were so classic. And my god do I wish they used the old music, it's some of the best TV music of all time. They probably couldn't get the rights or they just didn't care, such a bummer. I do like when the phone glow reflects on their faces, that's a little fun
I think it's really solid, I'm just glad it's back at the end of the day. Each episode is a fun watch
Winner picks: Avori or Greg
Mole pick: Kesi
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JJ
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| Post #19: 14th Oct 2022 9:37 PM | |
Watch it now!
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JJ
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| Post #20: 14th Oct 2022 10:01 PM | |
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Coming into episode 6 my pick for the mole was Pranav... Then he gets elim'd
My next guess was Casey and then... she gets elim'd
My next guess was Greg or Will and then... Greg gets elim'd
So F5 my guess is Will. They don't show the elimination. We have to wait until the final episodes that drop next Friday.
All this time I'm hoping Kesi gets elim'd since I know that's Curtis's choice... but she's still in it. (:
I really do like the show and the challenges as a whole. Pretty smart. The host is fine. Not great, not horrible. Not Anderson Cooper, though.
I think Avori is a top choice as the Mole for the majority of the audience (based on the spoilers I've seen) but I keep pushing back because she seems too obv and could possibly be the winner. I really dislike Joi, a lot. I feel like Kesi seems so bad and has seemed obvious at times, so I don't know about her. Jacob has been suspected so much by people and I keep discounting him as also too obvious. Will was a suspect early on but then not so much. I think I'm guessing more on the edit and who they want us to suspect/don't want us to suspect. It's been kind of balanced with this final five but much less against Will imo. His edit makes it seem like he's reallllly trying. idk.
I remember there were clues as far as who the Mole was in the previous series but don't really remember what they were and haven't really picked up on anything so I don't know if they have these clues in this show or, if they do, how to figure them out.
Just going with Will at this point. Obviously I'm terrible at this so I'm probably wrong. (:
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Dyl
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| Post #21: 18th Oct 2022 7:24 PM | |
Episodes 1 through 5
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Dyl
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| Post #22: 18th Oct 2022 8:11 PM | |
Remainder of thoughts
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I really like the show so far. I never watched the original show so this is my first mole exposure. I was surprised at how seemingly big of budget it has. Traveling to all areas around Australia. I thought that jungle place was gonna be the permanent hole but then they kept jumping around.
The challenges are good. I like how they split up. Makes it harder for the mole. I like how open they are with the strategy of the game. Avori talks about it the most. It is a complicated game in that it benefits to do mole like behavior. It is tough for me to fully wrap my head in it because it becomes kind of like do the ends justify the mean. If doing sabotage as the non-mole helps you win but over the season costs you 50 grand, is it worth it? Also maybe it’ll be revealed at the end but what is the guideline for the mole. Do they benefit being covert? How does that balance between hurting the pot but remaining a secret work. I’m trying not to Google too much in case I watch the OG show.
This cast is really fun. Osei going first was such a bummer. He was so good. Dom was great too though it was super interesting how they just stonewalled him from coming back. William has kind of grown on me too and the dynamic of Prinav and Avori has been really interesting.
I made the post about Joi sucking before she has another decision for money or exemption. I didn’t start episode 6 because I want this post to be authentic but I swear if she costs everyone 40 grand total. Other than that I think everyone is cool.
Kesi makes a lot of sense for the mole as Curt said and I hope I’m wrong but I think it’s Jacob. Jacob has made some pretty questionable decisions in the season. This last episode makes me a little worried because I do think Netflix is gonna play it safe and make it not hyper edit the mole which almost makes me think it’s Kasey.
Mole Pick: Jacob (Kasey runner up)
Winner Pick: Avori (Greg runner up. Good call Curt). |
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Curtis
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| Post #23: 20th Oct 2022 9:28 PM | |
Eps 6-8
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I watched these last week so I forget a lot of what I wanted to say
Greg’s elimination was tragic, I wanted him to win. He grew on me fast. I thought he was a lock for end game given his Mole suspect but I think Joi really threw him and he went in on Jacob
My Mole pick remains Kesi. Brutally obvious……though I hope I’m wrong still. I would be shocked. SHOCKED!
She really amped it up in these three episodes. Distracting from the doves, trying to get Joi to pick the wrong bird, trying to get Will and Greg to pick Avori as the liar, taking the exception straight away, having the money in her backpack during the hike. The list goes on lol, it’s kinda unfortunate
Final predictions:
Mole: Kesi
4th: Jacob
3rd: Will
2nd: Joi
1st: Avori
Keep going back and forth on Joi and Avori as winner. Feeling confident on Jacob leaving over Joi in that cliffhanger. Will feels like third place
Excited for the finish
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Kat
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| Post #24: 20th Oct 2022 10:44 PM | |
I'm excited for the remaining episodes
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Dyl
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| Post #25: 21st Oct 2022 4:06 PM | |
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JJ
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| Post #26: 22nd Oct 2022 12:38 AM | |
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| Post #27: 22nd Oct 2022 8:21 AM | |
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Curtis
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| Post #28: 22nd Oct 2022 9:41 AM | |
Finale
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That was......yikes. They fumbled the reunion and reveal so hard. The Mole s2 reunion is one of my favorite reality tv eps ever, the way they did it was perfectly with the montages throughout the season and secrets revealed and all that. Showing who went in on who and who would've left if x players didn't have exemptions etc, it was great. But this was glossed over so fast, why was the finale the shortest ep of the season lol
And my god, that Mole reveal. "The Mole is...............Kesi.........! It was so awkward. The spotlight was supposed to reveal it but then Alex just...said it? And the spotlight turned on like one or two beats too late. Almost as bad as that Aus Mole reveal where the Mole just takes a step forward lol. I also didn't like that the Mole and winner were revealed together. In the other seasons they reveal the Mole and then the winner less than a minute after but it's pretty tense and fun. I think the problem they ran into was that they decided to make it super clear who each person suspected as the Mole in the finale, so as soon as Kesi was revealed it was gonna be obvious that Will win. I think they could've just hid people's top suspects better in the final stretch and that would've helped things a lot
Kesi as the Mole, ezzzzzzzzz. I can't believe I got her in the first 30 seconds of the season lol. She's definitely down towards the bottom as far as Moles in seasons I've seen, she was kinda just boring and the way she talked was so fake, she did not seem genuine about anything once all season. I do think she wasn't helped by the edit I guess? But they can only do so much for her. To her credit she did take a lot of money out of the pot and she did seem to fool most people somehow. I cannot believe Joi made it to the finale without being right about the Mole lol, that is wild. I don't recall that ever happening, usually in the finale the two players know full well who it is and know that they're against each other and it's a quiz race (edited to not make it clear that they're both dead on with their Mole suspect tho)
Will winning was a surprise at least. I thought for sure he'd be the final surprise elimination before the finale
Overall fun season, anti-climactic finale. But always happy to have more Mole content and I still can't believe Netflix actually revived it. I think it's doing pretty good numbers? I hope so, I would love a s2 with a better finale and a cast with some older players and more every day people
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Dyl
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| Post #29: 23rd Oct 2022 10:04 AM | |
Finale
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Fun season fun watch. I didn’t like Will at the start but he kind of grew on me a little bit. It was interesting because out of the final 4 he seemed to be the only one that was not on purposely messing up the draw suspicion. Even in the final challenge he wasn’t able to. No idea why Joi thought he was the mole, he would have been a terrible mole. During his “suspicious montage” all of the clips of task failures were usually not his fault at all. I feel like the only semi legitimate one was him being so adamant about doing the climbing.
I was really happy that Joi didn’t win. Her strategy was uhh, interesting and I gusss it was successful but just the things she did were so brain dead. The 25k wager was absolutely ridiculous and all her confessionals were just grating. Still can’t get over the fact she thought Will was the mole. Come on Joi!
I thought Kesi was good as the mole. The mountain challenge was the one that made me declare that she’s the mole because opting to sit out right away with the money was a dead giveaway. But looking back previously there was a lot of things overlooked (the bank vault challenge, the train mishap). The contestants overlooked her a lot which I think shows she was doing good. I do agree looking back her confessionals weren’t the best but for the average fan I’d be curious if they saw it coming.
Overall it was a good watch. I thought the cast was good for the most part. I think Kasey and Samara were the only real duds. I do agree the finale left a lot to be desired, any sort of reunion would have been nice especially after reading what Curtis said. Especially find out what happened to Greg. Was he so misted by Joi that he gave up on Kesi all together?
Hope for more. The prize money wasn’t outrageous but I’m sure the coordination and travel wasn’t cheap. They have been absolutely cranking out the Circle like nobodies business so hopefully they do the same with the Mole. |
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Curtis
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| Post #30: 23rd Oct 2022 10:16 AM | |
Time for you to watch s1 and 2 Dyl. I’m surprised you haven’t | |
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