Wednesday 21 July 2021

Mini Mole: Season 3: Wrap Up Episode


WRAP UP EPISODE

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Well, this isn't the ending that Mini Mole Season 3 deserved, nor was it the ending that I thought I would be making a year ago when I started this project. As everyone has experienced, 2020 and 2021 has thrown many curveballs at everyone and sadly I have been no exception this last year, which unfortunately has put a wrench in the creation of this show. 

For many reasons, I have decided to cancel this season, but not without wrapping up a few loose ends and giving some insight into what has happened from the beginning of this game, and how I believe Mini Mole SHOULD have ended, had it continued.

In order to do that, we should probably start from the start! How about a quick recap!

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EPISODE ONE:


In episode one, we met our amazing cast of characters... Madelon, Lawrence, Nicky, Glen, Angelica, Sharon, Hayden, Carlos, Tina and Everett! Honestly, these characters have been some of the best I have had the opportunity to write for! It was fun to find ways for them to interact, and even more so knowing that one of the ten of these players was...
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THE MOLE
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But who was that player, you ask? 
Well, that's the hunt you've all been on!
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Episode one saw the contestants locked in cages! Each person passing questions and answers to each other along from Madelon, at the top, all the way down two different paths to Sharon, at the bottom.


Some of these questions got a little confusing... some confronting... and others just nonsense! 
The answers were a different question, ironically. Three people submitted incorrect answers by the time they got to Sharon. More information on who and how they were incorrect later!

By the time it got to the end, since all 10 question were not answered or guessed correctly, the pot stood at:
Players Kitty - $3,500
Moles Kitty - $6,500

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EPISODE TWO:

We met our first filming location! Oasis Springs Motel! A cheesy low quality motel, with a few reoccurring extras and a lot of places to hang out in public! 

The main focus of this episode was the first quiz and elimination!
In episode one, there were only 6 questions about the identity of The Mole.
The lowest scorer of this, would be eliminated from the competition, as they knew least about the identity of The Mole.

However, there was a twist! In order to earn money, each player had to choose whether or not to take immunity OR see their screen and earn $500 for the group pot.
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Four people chose to see their screen!


All of them safe from elimination. In fact, the person who scored the lowest scored only ONE point on the quiz, and subsequently saved themselves from instant elimination based on almost pure luck.
We will reveal and congratulate this lucky person soon!

As for everyone else, there were a few things to show from this episode.

Firstly...

Lawrence had the most suspicion on everyone's quizzes. Three people selected Lawrence as their top choice for The Mole.

Two people selected Sharon as their Mole.

Nicky, Madelon, Tina and Everett were all the top suspect by at least one person.

We'll keep a tally on this as we go!

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EPISODE 3:

Episode three was the start of a new challenge! A day of fun around the new motel location!

Each player had an envelope to hide somewhere in the precinct, each with a different dollar amount inside! Carlos had the most with $2500, and as you could guess, each of these numbers were selected by The Mole.

In fact, The Mole selected the list of people in a very specific order....

1. $2500 - Carlos
2. $1500 - Everett
3. $1000 - Glen
4. $750 - Madelon
5. $600 - Nicky
6. $400 - Sharon

7. $350 - Angelica
8. $250 - Hayden
9. $100 - Lawrence
10. $50 - Tina

The list is alphabetical. The first 6 people are the 6 people who chose NOT to see their screen in the last test, those who were more unsure of themselves.
While the last 4 were the four who DID see their screen, those who felt safe.

It was a good strategy to throw players off their track who were looking for suspects in the numbers, but did it work?

In the end, money was only found of three people's envelopes...

Hayden, Madelon and Carlos, which lost the group $3500! Was this because of player sabotage, or because of The Mole?

Players Kitty - $9,500
Moles Kitty - $8,000

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EPISODE 4:

In episode four, it was time for the second quiz of the season! Only this time there was no where to hide and no way to be safe... Except for getting the questions correct, of course!

Unfortunately, after taking the quiz...

It was Nicky who got the red screen! Scoring the lowest score of the season, with a score of absolute ZERO on the quiz. Our first causality hit the hardest...

The main suspects of this quiz were close to quiz one, only this time both Tina and Lawrence received TWO top spot quiz placements of possibly being The Mole.

With only ONE placement each, Hayden, Nicky, Sharon and Madelon, were at least SOMEONES main suspect...

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EPISODE 5

Episode five featured a new location, a fancy schamncy restaurant...

... with clearly too many cooks in the kitchen...

So we sent some of them in pairs to go for a run and find some ingredients!

Some of them had infamous phone troubles, which caused a lot of tension for the rest of the series!

Others had ingredient mix ups! Or just gave the cooks the opposite of what they asked for! It was chaos... But the keen of eye could definitely keep track of some sneaky Mole business in this mix.

At the end of the ingredient gathering, 18/25 ingredients were correctly used for $200 each! Plus the Xtra Hot Sauce was used for bonus money!

The special guest judges tested the meals, and as it turned out Glen and Sharon's meals were absolutely delightful and earned the group great amounts of money...

While Madelon's meal results made not only the judges recoil in sadness, the group lost of lot of money, and Madelon lost a piece of her soul...

 $3400 was added to the kitty from the winning meals, but unfortunately the Mole earnt themselves $2600.

Players Kitty - $12,900
Moles Kitty - $10,600

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EPISODE 6:

Quiz number three! Once again, no one was safe and everyone was desperate not to be the second player out of the game.

Unfortunately for Everett, after taking the quiz and narrowly missing out on scoring enough to stay, he was eliminated.

But who was suspected? Well in fact...
Madelon, Tina and Hayden each were suspected TWO times each!

While Sharon and Carlos each were suspected only ONCE.

Even after three quizzes had been taken and suspects had been tallied. No one had put Angelica or Glen as their main suspects. 

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EPISODE 7:

Ah, yes. Prison. Definitely the most appropriate filming location for a television show. We definitely went there and naturally the inside of the prison was weirdly ominous and made no sense whatsoever!

An ominous red room with four intimidating overseers.


The ex-moles, whose job it was to determine which of the contestants were telling the truth and which were telling a lie and which were telling the truth!

Some were tasked to lie, or tell the truth about absolutely nothing...

Some were tasked to tell the truth or lie about EVERYTHING...

And for one contestant, for whom the stars aligned, found themselves with an offer of exemption from the quiz! For reference, the real life players picked a number from 1-8 as an order to go, and after The Mole selected which number the exemption would be hidden in. Tina was the lucky contestant, and won herself immunity from tomorrows quiz.

It wasn't just Tina who got lucky this episode. Glen found himself company with his brother who was recently out of hospital twin brother, Floyd.

This heartfelt and candid conversation brings up a very unfinished storyline for Glen... and leads us to another fun unfinished storyline for another contestant!

While some contestants had been lying about what they saw in their rooms, this episode...
All season, Glen had been hiding his career, and is one of two people who were pretending to be in a different profession.

Glen and Sharon had an interesting connection, relatively unspoken. They both work in law enforcement. While Sharon might have been a police officer, Glen was actually a Police Detective, while only being a Coach in his spare time.

Which leads us to another contestant who was ALSO hiding their main profession.

Due to her being prone to judgement from her peers, Madelon claimed in episode 1 and for a few episodes after that, that she was a Caterer. It's true she had aspirations of being on a wellness and culinary television show...

... Madelon was also a "Woohoo Worker", and was relatively self-employed which lead her to be able to choose her clients. She kept this a secret, but it definitely caused conflict in episode one with Carlos' remarks.

At the end of this episode, the group won $3000 thanks to Hayden, Sharon and Tina... But thanks to the failures of the other five, lost $5000 to The Mole, with the help of The Moles.

Players Kitty - $15,900
Moles Kitty - $15,600

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EPISODE 8

Episode 8, means another elimination! This time, in a location. A fancy hotel as an upgrade because of the budget this year! 

Exploration was at a maximum fun setting, and alliances were formed, but this episode featured yet another quiz!

Tina was this quiz's main suspect. She got the top place for TWO contestants!

Angelica, Madelon, Sharon, Hayden and Carlos were each only suspected ONE time, proving that as of this quiz, EVERYONE was a suspect... 

Except for Glen, who until this point still hadn't been selected as The Mole on anyone's quiz...

Unfortunately for Hayden, this was the episode that ended his promise of victory...

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Since episode nine never aired, this is as far as we got. So we can check out the tally on who was the main suspect of the season...

With 7 quiz answers, the main suspect was Tina...
Followed by 5 suspected votes for Sharon, Madelon and Lawrence...
Four for Hayden...
Three for Carlos...
Two for Nicky...
One for both Angelica and Everett...
With Glen never being anyone's main suspect.

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Since we now know who did what and have had our recap of the season, I guess it's time to reveal some truths of the season, including answering the question WHO IS THE MOLE and put out some speculations onto who MIGHT have won, had the season ran its course.

So without further ado...
It's time to answer the question we've all been dying to know!


WHO

IS

THE MOLE???

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Nicky: Name's Nicky St. Clair. I'm 24. Been a DJ for about 4 years now and loving it. But would love to win this show and take home the biggest cash tip! I'd say I'm a bit of a night owl thanks to my work. So expect me up and about around the night. I can't wait to meet everyone. Who knows who I'll be getting along with.

???: Would you say you would make a good mole, Nicky?
Nicky: I guess we'll find out, won't we!
???: This is not how this interview works, Nicky.
Nicky: I would make a good mole, yes. I'm known for my ability to make people party, and I'm not just talking about my music.

???: Would you like to be The Mole, Nicky?
Nicky: ... Hell yeah! Let's do it!

???: I regret to inform you, Nicky. You are not this season's Mole.
Nicky: *sighs*... Okay...



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Everett: The name’s Everett Cameron, I’m, uh, only 23, and I’m excited to be here. I’ve done a lot of different stuff leading up to this, but, uh, I’ve never been on tv, I’ve never caught a mole, an imposter, I mean, because I did have to leap at a real mole once when I was helping someone make their garden look nicer, plus whack-a-mole…getting off-track, my bad. I’m Everett, we covered the important stuff, let’s have fun!

???: Do you believe you'd make a good mole, Everett?
Everett: Well, I'm certainly, uh, well-travelled for my youth. I like, uh, I really know a lot of stuff and I've got some wits about me! The Mole would be someone who blends in with the group, and uses their strategy to seriously undermine the efforts. I think that I've, uh, got the skills to pay the bills. I could be an excellent mole.

???: Would you like to be The Mole, Everett?
Everett: ... Yeah, I would, actually.

???: Well, I regret to inform you, Everett. You are not this season's Mole.
Everett: Darn. That's alright. I'm going to go into this playing hard anyway. Just watch.





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Hayden: Hayden Clay. I'm a cool dude from the city and work as a freelance graphic designer and program phone apps for fun. I'm loyal to a fault but if you mess with me you're going to get the bull cause I put up with nothing against me or mine. I've grown up playing video games, so you better bet that I'm in this game to win it. Watch out mole, I'm here.

???: Do you believe you'd make a good mole, Hayden?
Hayden: I'm competitive and I'll do anything to win. I'd be the kind of mole who would stop at nothing to get my way. I've got the brain of a gamer and the body of an athlete. As a mole, I'm a dangerous combination, know what I'm saying?

???: Would you like to be The Mole, Hayden?
Hayden: ... Bring it on, brother.

???: I regret to inform you, Hayden. You are not this season's Mole.
Hayden: All good, I guess. I'm in it to win it and ain't no mole gonna get in my way!





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Glen: The name's Glen, Glen Harrison, I'm a dad of 3, I'm married to my beautiful wife Helen and I'm a kids Soccer Coach for the local under 12's team. It's not something I do professionally, just something I do in my spare time. I enjoy a wide variety of sports, not just soccer but baseball, hockey, football, watching TV, you know Superbowl and such and, well, drinking an ice-cold beer on the weekends... Jesus, this is starting to sound like a dating profile! Haha! What I'm saying is, I'm just your typical guy, I like to work out, I'm quite fit despite my age, I may be going grey but I'm not a senior yet! I hope to get to know everyone one to one and I look forward to catching that pesky Mole!

???: Do you believe you'd make a good mole, Glen?
Glen: I'm undoubtedly going to be cast as the "old guy" role, right? Has there ever been a mole my age? I'm sure even if there was, they wouldn't be as convincing a liar, as I was when I told you I was a Soccer Coach, would they? I'm a team player, and as a mole, I'd be beloved by the group for my efforts. It'd be perfect for undermining everyone. You name me Mole, consider it done.

???: Would you like to be The Mole, Glen?
Glen: ... I'm a bit of a team player, but sometimes you've gotta go your own way and have fun. I think I'd do a solid job.

???: We regret to inform you, Glen, that unfortunately you are NOT The Mole.
Glen: That's alright. Just means I'll be going for the prize money, eh.





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Angelica: Hi, I am Angelica Rivers and come from Azcapotzalco, Mexico City. I am a singer and love to put my feelings into words. Yep, I’m also a poet.

???: Do you believe you would make a good mole, Angelica?
Angelica: I've never been one to lie, but I think I would be great at gaining trust. I've always been a listener, and someone people confide in. People trust in me. That's handy for a mole.

???: Would you like to be The Mole, Angelica?
Angelica: ... I think I'd be a really cheeky mole. I'd love to!

???: Unfortunately, you are NOT going to be this season's Mole.
Angelica: Okayyy... That's alright too.




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Carlos: The name is Carlos Escalante, you'll remember this name for as long as you live. I'm here for the challenge and the money. I'm going to win this, just you watch.
???: And your job, Carlos?
Carlos: Fitness Instructor.

???: Do you believe you would make a good mole, Carlos?
Carlos: The best mole. Not just a good one, the best one. I've got all the strengths. Fitness. Charisma. Brains. Cunning. You couldn't outwit a mole like me.

???: Would you like to be The Mole, Carlos?
Carlos: ... Of course, I would.

???: Unforunately, Carlos, you are only a contestant this season. You are NOT The Mole.
Carlos: Hmmf...




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We only have four suspects left. The four most suspected players of this season, Tina, Sharon, Madelon and Lawrence. One of these four players was our Mole... But who?



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Ava: One of us?
Ali: One of us!!

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Tina: I am The Mole.

The Mole for Season 3 is... 

Tina Woods!!!

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Despite being main suspects for a lot of quizzes, these three were NOT The Mole.

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Our Mole for this season was Tina, played by the wonderful lillibattenberg!

Tina was not only a wonderful Mole, but her character was so fun to play with, and I'm so glad she was chosen to be The Mole and represent this season!

Lilli had some amazing ideas for Tina's sabotages, and while other's only got to choose whether they would Save of Sabotage a challenge, I let Lilli decide what she wanted Tina to do in order to sabotage, as well as some other key choices in the season, such as the Exemption and money division in challenges like the envelope hiding!

I'm sad we didn't get to see the full season of Tina's sabotages and escapades, as well as her struggle as The Mole with her trait of always wanting to be liked and have friends.

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Did you pick The Mole?
If not, we are about to run through the season and see how Tina managed to sabotage the challenges!

Let's start with episode one!
The Shouty Game of Telephone!

Taiha: Now is the time to play. Your first challenge begins... Right meow!!!

Carlos: Yo! Lady in the red shirt! I'm talking to you! Beautiful lady. Sexy cowboy hat. Silky brown hair! You know I'm talking about you, doll.

???: Someone is describing me... Or hitting on me... but I can't for the life of me see them! Hello?! Who's there?!

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Tina: Hello, bonjour, konichiwa, et cetera! I'm Tina, your local Regina George - if Regina was a LOT nicer, I hope - maybe I'm more Gretchen then? Who knows. Buuuuuuut anyway, I'm a wealth manager on my on days, and a people manager on my off days, haha! I didn't come here to win, I came to make friends. And drinks. Might help loosen up a few tongues, eh? Me, I only drink in moderation. No matter how many times my bosses try to offer me refills. Gotta stay sharp, after all - and my social wheels are already plenty greased."
???: Do you believe you'd make a good mole, Tina?
Tina: I'm a people person, first of all. I don't know if I could do lying to people or risk losing my friends! It's what I live for. Though, this is a social game, and I certainly have unmatched social skills. I'm sure the mole could use that, definitely.
???: Would you like to be The Mole, Tina?
Tina: Sure! Let's do it!
???: Good. You have been selected as this season's Mole. Starting tomorrow, we will be briefing you on the challenges you'll be faced with in the coming season. Are you prepared for this?
Tina: I think I was born for this!

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Episode one we first saw Tina in action expertly placed in the centre of one of the chains. She had Carlos before her and Everett and Nicky after her, so she had the perfect cover to changing questions and answers midway through the chain.

Carlos: Tina. Send this question down to Everett. "What is his favourite holiday?"
Tina: Did you say favourite holiday or favourite hobby?
Carlos: Holiday!
Tina: Alright, gotcha!

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She first establishes a cover of not being able to hear.

Carlos: Tina, send the answer Three down to Sharon.
Tina: Free?

After a few attempts of not hearing correctly. She finally gets brave enough to send one down incorrectly.

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Carlos: Tina, send a question down to Nicky asking her max number of relationships in a month, and then bring the answer back up to me so I can prove a point.

Tina: Everett! Ask Nicky how many dates she's been on within a month. Then get her to send the answer to Sharon... and ONLY Sharon.

Despite the change of wording from how many relationships to how many dates, Nicky's answer does not change number value when it gets to Sharon. So it remained correct.

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Since this attempt failed, Tina stepped up her game...

Carlos: Tina! What is the first name of the place you work for?
Tina: Oooh! I'm in wealth management, but I guess that wasn't question. I work for a place called Mackay Investment, so I'm assuming that Mackay is the answer?

Tina claims she words for Mackay Investment. A six letter answer.
Tina in fact works for McKay Investment. A five letter answer.
Tina's answer cost $500 out of the pot and therefore the double of $5000 was also not added.
However, since no one has ever met Tina before, how could you have possibly known she was lying? McKay Investment doesn't exist, so how could you know that Mackay was incorrect?

Well, most people's answers to their questions weren't mentioned after this episode. 
The exceptions being Hayden, whose actual question was changed by Madelon from "Has Hayden ever been arrested?" to "What is Hayden's current occupation?", a fact that was mentioned in Episode 7. As well as Glen's answer, referencing his brother who was mentioned a few times in the season, most notably Episode 7 also.

Well, in fact it wasn't until Episode 8 that Tina's answer was referenced another time...

Tina: How did we get so lucky? This seems like a five star stay!
Taiha: I may or may not have cut some corners in the first few episodes when there were ten of you. Catering to eight... Well, eight soon to be seven, is a lot easier on the budget.
Tina: You don't gotta tell me about budgeting. Every day at I gotta look at silly budgets.McKay,

Match this with Episode 1, and you've found your Mole by Episode 8.

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In Episode 2, we had our first Quiz and potentially our first elimination.

Tina: Huh? What's this? ... Challenge #2: Dilemma? Interesting.
Option 1: See your result screen, and stay or go if it's red or green BUT take $500 out from the Mole's Kitty and put it into the Group Kitty.
Option 2: Take the offer NOT to see your screen and be guaranteed safety into the next episode BUT the $500 remains in Mole's Kitty and you will not know if you were meant to go home tonight.
Tina: Oh wow. There's a lot of layers to this dilemma. What do I do?

After everyone had completed the first Mole Quiz, they were offered a dilemma, which was kindly narrated by The Mole, Tina herself.

Only 3 Contestants took the offer of money, and therefore gambled their place in the game. They gained powerful information that they were not the lowest scorer.

However, Tina the Mole also attempted to cement herself as a team player, by also "seeing her screen" and earning $500. She did this knowing the majority would choose to not risk going home first, therefore losing money on her behalf.

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One person made a lucky choice in Episode Two. However, that person was not Everett.

Everett was the highest scorer for Quiz One with 5 out of 6, as he was the only person to put Tina as his main suspect in Episode Two.

In fact, it was Glen who made the right decision. He put Sharon as his top suspect, and only scored himself 1/6.

Glen: Sadly, I've chosen to go with my gut and keep myself safe today. No screen for me.
Glen was the lowest scorer on the quiz, and saved himself by following his gut. Had he chosen to see his screen, he would have gone home first.

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Tina's Mole Confessional:
Tina: "For a start, look at all that lovely cash! I wasn't expecting everyone to do my job for me... are you guys okay? And, and, I really think I pulled off the act. Helps that I was already halfway to screaming 'I'M THE MOLE I'M SORRY SOMEBODY STOP ME', so all I really needed to do was tweak my motivation.
Still not enjoying this though...
Wait, I'm lying. I am enjoying this. I just also have a conscience."

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Episode 3 introduced the concept of hiding envelopes of money, which turned into a game of espionage for a couple of players!

Tina selected the money values for each player, as previously mentioned, though she purposefully selected herself as the lowest scoring player ($50) to remain under the radar.

Tina: Do you think people are going to share ideas to each other? This is a team game, right? If we don't cooperate, will we guarantee The Mole will find our envelopes?
Madelon: I think in this challenge, subtly and secrets are the best option. 

At first, Tina's plan was to make everyone work together, so that she knew where the envelopes were, knowing in the night she would have to sneak out and steal them. This didn't pan out almost immediately.

Angelica: Well, we're doing a little game today and we're trying to hide some envelopes around the motel, in the hopes that no one will find them. A bit like a game of hide and seek. You know, the game the children play, where they hide around the place hoping whoever is "it" won't find them!

Later, Tina met up with Angelica, who quickly steered the challenge for them to hide their envelopes together, instead of Tina hiding hers to be found later separately. Since there were together, if either or both of them got found, Tina would be outed as Angelica's main suspect. So Tina kept them both hidden.

Though, since Tina was occupied with company during this episode. You might ask, how did she coordinate finding out anyone's locations?

Well, let's throw back to the first scenes of Episode 3.

In episode 2, we established who is sleeping in which room at the motel. The girls are all paired together, except for Sharon who is sharing with fellow officer Glen.

In the starting scenes of Episode 3, just before the beginning of the challenge. We see Nicky, Madelon and Everett busy in conversation, as well as Angelica and Glen in the background. The only female on the lower floor of the bedrooms is Tina, who is not seen in this morning scene.

Tina is not seen until after a DRE and later in the afternoon at the bar (once everyone had left the pool in the background). It can be assumed she might still be in her bedroom before this.

The Cleaner Lucy, who later is shown to have collected the envelopes on behalf of The Mole, is seen entering and exiting the girl's bedrooms, in which only Tina at this time is unaccounted for.
AKA. 
The meeting of The Mole to give her instructions to Lucy.

Lucy: This is the scariest thing a customer has ever asked me to do.
???: Did anyone see you coming, Lucy?
Lucy: No, I don't think anyone did... Who are you? I don't recognise you under that get-up.
???: I am The Mole, Lucy. You know who I am.

Since Lucy had met Tina, and Tina had instructed Lucy on how to help, she was able to find envelopes for her.

This included Carlos' envelope he handed directly to Lucy.
Hayden's envelope that was left behind the bar where Lucy works, in replacement of Nicky's.
And Madelon's envelope that Tina saw her take to the women's bathroom, which is normally accessible by Tina, but is also cleaned by Lucy.
An easy way to subtly get $3500.

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Episode Four meant it was time for another quiz, only this time someone was going home.

Glen redeemed himself, and managed to not score the lowest in his second life.

It was instead Nicky, who put all her money on Lawrence as The Mole, scoring the only 0 score of the season. She was eliminated.

Everett, the highest scorer from Quiz 1, lost confidence and split some answers to Tina, but only scored a 3.

It was instead Carlos who was convinced. He put all his answers on Tina, and scored the first full score of the season.

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Episode 5's kitchen challenge proved chaotic for everyone! Tina was not helping in that regard. 

When she teamed up with Everett, she was excited to cause trouble! The best position for Tina to be in was a runner, as being stuck in the kitchen and having all eyes on you made it impossible to sabotage the final meal without being caught out!

Tina: Dream Team is leaving the building!! Yahooooo!
Everett: You're a tonne of fun, Teens! I'm so glad we're a duo! Haha!

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Tina: There's something up ahead.
Everett: I sure hope so, this suburb almost feels void from a grocery store.
Tina: We're getting closer to the city centre, so there's bound to be something around here!

Tina spent her time leading the duo on a wild goose chase! Wasitng as much time as she could!

Tina: VoilĂ ! 
Everett: Tina, this is a gas station...
Tina: Exactly! Don't you go on road trips? There's always little foods and chips and stuff at these kinda places!
Everett: We need ingredients for nachos, not crisps and drinks?!

Tina: Oh ye of little faith! Have I ever done you wrong, Ev?
Everett: Uhh, well... No, not exactly.
Tina: Then this is no exception!
Everett: Okay, okay. I trust you!

She even took Everett on a detour to a Gas Station, knowing full well that there was a grocery store right nearby. She forced Everett to miss the store, by leading him away with trust.

Tina: Aha! What did I say?! I toolddddd you so!
Everett: Holy crap! There's so much here! What kind of service station is this?!
Tina: The miracle we needed! Quick, you search over there and I'll check for some of the items we need.
Everett: Tomatoes, Onions, Jalapenos, Corn Chips, the lot!

Tina split up Everett and herself in order to do some sneaky sabotage!

Tina: Yes yes yes! There is a lot here we can use! Fresh produce... Oooh! "From The Farm" too! I love it! Who doesn't want some fresh produce? 

Tina is notably in the fresh produce isle...

Tina: Wait?! Is that a Lime?!
Everett: We never put lime on our list?

Later, after running into Carlos and Lawrence, a lime magically appears to have been added to sabotage the L spot and cause some blame amongst the runners. 

It could have been assumed it was Tina, but people with a little keen eye might have noticed it was definitely her.

In Everett's anger and confusion at the cashier, he missed Tina sneakily sabotaging with the lime. Tina places it in Everett's side hip pocket (which hopefully you can see with the green tinge and missing fingers). This is how Tina gets the lime off her person and to the kitchens. 
Was it risky? Yes.
Did it work? Also yes.

Tina also takes Carlos and Lawrence's items to blur the lines of who brought back what items.

Tina: I guess we just didn't check thoroughly enough. I feel so dumb.
Everett: Sorry guys. We definitely trusted that they'd given us different stuff.
Tina: We spent a good five minutes searching through our stuff too! Ugh. I'm majorly bummed out.
And when they were asked to double check any double ups she made sure they failed to coordinate what items they shared, so some items double up, such as the onion and lettuce!

In the end, though only a few ingredients were messed up by Tina's control over the duos. Majority of the sabotage was thanks to Madelon, who sabotaged her own meal with bad ingredients. 

While also to both Angelica AND Hayden both pretended their phones weren't working to mess with Glen and make each other suspect the other person.

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Episode 6 meant the start of a new episode, a new alliance with Lawrence and Sharon AND another new quiz and elimination.

There were 10 questions on the quiz this time, and no exemptions meant someone was going home!

Carlos once again aced the quiz. Putting Tina as his main suspect and scoring 7/10.

Newly on the bandwagon was Madelon, who also put Tina in first place as her suspect, and also scored a 7/10. Tyng for first place with Carlos.

In the end, it was Everett who fell off the Tina bandwagon and instead put Hayden as his main suspect for the mole, only scoring a 3/10. He went home.

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In Episode 7, for some, meeting the ex-Moles was a fun privilege. For Tina, it was her first look at being part of the exclusive mole club!

Feeling like people might be onto her, and knowing that an exemption was up for grabs for someone who guaranteed $1000 goes into the kitty to get it. Tina luckily was able to go second, and have the chance that whoever might have had the opportunity, instead chose to sabotage.

Getting an exemption AND putting money into the kitty also might have solidified her innocent persona, which could be used to her advantage later in the game!

At the end of the episode, Tina comes off the hero, and since everyone else chose to sabotage except Hayden and Sharon, $5000 goes out of the group kitty and into Tina's pocket.

However, this wasn't the only time that Tina managed to sabotage this challenge. She also managed to give The Moles important information, which were later used to debunk Carlos' story.

Pacman: What was in that room that you entered?
Tina: Blank walls and a metal floor.
Pacman: How big was this room?
Tina: The room was about half the size of this one...
Ava: Just a blank wall and floor?
Tina: No.

She gave The Mole's the information about the room size, which they later used to match other people's stories as believable or lies.

Rob: So the room, how big would you say it is?
Carlos: It's quite large. There was enough space to create a nice backdrop for the romantic-style café setting. There were a few tables and chairs, I expected a waiter to come by.
Rob: What was in this backdrop?
Carlos: A sort of canvas awning. A chalkboard with French specialties on it. A flowery bush, with what I can only imagine was some variety of French rose. The smell was divine.

Rob: I agree with Alex. Though Melaine isn't made up, the room you put yourself into IS just a ploy to get the Twins on side. 
Pacman: The room you described is NOT the same size as the room others had been taken to before you.
Rob: I noticed that too. What you described was far too large from what we heard before.
Pacman: I'd like to formally accuse you of lying.

Tina is the only person to have mentioned the size of the room prior to this, planting the seed of information to make it harder for those who were lying, like Carlos.

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Episode Eight came with another Mole Quiz and Elimination. Only this time, Tina didn't have to pretend to take it.

Everyone else had to take it, and once again by putting Tina as his number on suspect, Carlos took out first place in the quiz with 9/10. The highest score of the season (if you don't count his full score of  6)

This time, Sharon also put Tina as her number one suspect, but since she split her answers, she only scored a 6/10.

In the end, Hayden got the lowest score of 2, and suspected that Carlos was the Mole.

With Hayden leaving, Episode 8 is completed, and since Episode 9 was never finished, this is as far as Mini Mole Season 3 had gotten.

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Tina DRE: Frankly, I'm about as confident as an octopus in a garage but I don't care! I'm in this đź’© to have fun, not necessarily to win - and since being the Mole gives me a clear path straight to the end, I'm relatively home and dry!

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Episode 9 Plan: 
Two contestants are the overseers. They must direct the players around a maze based only on radio contact. The players cannot see each other at all and must pick up money within the maze. If either player sees another, or two players meet, one player must forfeit their collected money and be eliminated.

The Overseers get to choose one person each to receive a secret Plus One, which will give them an extra bonus answer on the quiz but ONLY if they choose to Sabotage. The players cannot confer with each other on their choice, and the overseers do not know what they are picking players for.

Madelon chose Angelica (who would have gotten a +1)
Sharon chose Glen (who would have gotten a +1)

Tina's aim was to follow instructions wrong and get herself lost. Her aim was to run into someone if possible.

It was going to be pure chaos, especially since almost everyone chose to sabotage the challenge!

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Hints:
There were also hints this season that you could have or may have spotted throughout the season and on the thread! Some of them were unfinished, and there would have been a lot more had there been more episodes and opportunities! Let's have a look at some of the hints that were hidden in the first half of the show!

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Hint #1: - Metal Bars
Episode One had two major hints, one of which you might have noticed if you figured out the pattern! The second of which, is quite difficult to see, but it's there!

Firstly, the scene itself! While it's very hard to get a clear overview of the entire lot. Piecing together the rotated images of the towers could find yourself a clue in one of the very first images of the season!

I'll have Taiha eat her hat if anyone spotted this one!

The towers themselves aren't interesting, but if you look at the poles between them, they are at two different lengths. Small or Tall. The small ones representing dots, while the tall ones represent dashes.

If you piece together the order, starting at the entrance path and going clockwise. You will find the code...


The Code "Tina Mole"... The solution to the whole season.

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Hint #2 - Name Order
Sharon's answers to the challenge in Episode 1 may not have been correct, but they were in a specific order on her answer booklet!

Sharon: Alright, so in order, we've got:
1. Hayden - Freelancer = 9
2. Lawrence - Beyoncé = 7
3. Glen - Floyd = 5
4. Nicky - Sixteen = 7
5. Sharon - Valquist = 8
6. Tina - Mackay = 6
7. Angelica - Seventeen = 9
8. Everett - Easter = 6
9. Carlos - Three = 5
10. Madelon - Mojito = 6

The order of this was no mistake, however, there is one person who's name isn't correctly placed.
The contestants names are in order of the length of their full name (which can be found at the end of every episode and also on the main thread!) This is with the exception of Tina, whose full name Tina Woods, would place her first in the order.
However, she is placed correctly between Sharon George and Angelica Rivers, but only if her name is "Tina is The Mole".

Tina Woods (9)
Hayden Clay (10)
Lawrence Lee (11)
Glen Harrison (12)
Nicky St Clair (12)
Sharon George (12)
Tina Is The Mole (13)
Angelica Rivers (14)
Everett Cameron (14)
Carlos Escalante (15)
Madelon Deblanche (16)

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Hint #3 - Singled Out

It may not be much of a hint, but it was on purpose! During the quiz in Episode 2, Tina was singled out as the person to read the challenge Dilemma. This is to represent her knowledge of the challenges before anyone else, as well as singling her out as someone who can make decisions: The Mole.
It's cheesy! I know!  But it could lead you on the right path if taken the right way!

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Clue #4 - Guacamole!

Everett: We've got: Avocado, Onion, Corn Chips, Salsa, Tomato, Jalapenos... And now Nacho Cheese... Clever thinking!
Tina: All the stuff to make some spicy nachos with some guacamole! Heh... Guaca-Mole!

In episode 5, Tina is the first person to come up with the idea and to mention Guacamole for the Nacho dish, which she cleverly announces "Guaca-MOLE". A slight reference and sigh of relief to admitting she is The Mole.

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Other Hints Already Mentioned: 
Tina putting her lime into Everett's pocket.
Tina's implied meeting with Lucy in Episode 3.

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Hint #5 - Pointing Fingers

It's not often the host gets to point fingers at The Mole, usually it's the contestants who get to accuse and point fingers. However, in Episode 5, Taiha successfully points at Tina, The Mole, while standing outside the challenge. This clue is a little bit forced, but if it's intentional, I'm sure it counts!

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Hint #6 - The Mole Walk of Fame


Naturally, when there are Ex-Moles in town, there is bound to be a hint with the new Mole! In fact, there is something specific that relates to Tina about the old Moles.

The Ex-Moles are put on a stage, with golden fixtures  and red carpet to honour them and their achievements as The Moles of Mini Mole. 

To honour them, I chose these plaques in their colours However, these plaques also reference our current Mole for this season. On each of the plaques is a set of Hollywood-esque Palm Trees! Who might be related to trees, you ask? Well, that'd be our Mole, .
Tina WOODS

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Hint #7 - Light Reading
In episode 7, there was a book on the table in front of each other contestants during their interrogation. 


This book can be found in the Sims 4 game, and is actually a book entitled: "How to Be a Successful Socialite". Tina's main ambition in life is to socialise, and this is a nod to Tina's lifestyle and personality as she is a self-proclaimed successful socialite.

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Hint #8 - Episode Names


This season was meant to have a total of 16 episodes, which included an episode with a double elimination, as most people predicted. By the end of this season, the titles of the episodes would spell out a hint that even for those who might have been looking, may not have found!

Since only 8 episodes had been released, this clue is a bit unfinished and unsolvable, but half of the solution is there at least!

The first letters of each of the episodes titles spell out a secret phrase. Currently with 8 episodes it spells: 'Lone Hint" which hopefully could have clued you into checking for the intentional phrase.

By the end of the 16 episodes the phrase should have spelled: , which is absolute nonsense! However, put through a little bit of anagram rearranging will spell out some directions: aka. The Mole is in the North East.
"LONE HINT I SEE THEM""THE MOLE IS IN THE N E"


Tina can be seen on the thread with the episodes in the North East of both the Season 3 Header and the Cast Wall!



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Conclusion:
It pains me to put all this information out there, knowing that by revealing all of this, this season is officially over and unfinished. However, having wrapped up this season, it will put a lot of guilt and troublesome thoughts out of my head as I work on myself in this stressful, uncertain and busy times in my life!

Since this season never had an end, and while I did have a blast watching everyone play and see Tina/Lilli play a wonderful part in this show, I am very sad to see it go unfinished and without a final result. So I would like to nominate an ending in which I would have liked to have seen and which I predict would have been the case unless something crazy happened and changes to suspects and play styles were made!

Tina was an excellent Mole and had wonderful potential as someone who could fly under the radar with sneaky sabotages and a likeable and goofy personality, however, despite this, one person was able to see through her clever disguise and managed to be the consistent top scorer for three out of the four quizzes they took!

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Carlos Escalante!
Congratulations Carlos/Kitty! 
You did an amazing job at picking out The Mole, while a lot of people were unsure or throwing around wrong suspects or splitting between many to hedge their bets, you were set on Tina being The Mole and for that, I was blown away! 

I would like to think that Carlos would have a huge redemption storyline and also be crowned the winner over his opponent and Tina in the finale of Mini Mole Season 3. Unfortunately, we did not get to see this happen, but I would like to claim that as my official prediction for the ending of Mini Mole 3!

Thank you everyone for a marvellous season! The characters were great! The stories were amazing! And of course, I enjoyed creating this fun show for you all! It is sad for me to have to end this in such a way, but hopefully the surprise and insihgt is something entertaining and you enjoyed the season until this point!

Thank you to Ninja, Kitty, Alleen, Tiger, Shadami, Twiddle, Ice, Yannik, Vul for submitting awesome characters and for playing along with the game!  And of course a big thank you to Lilli for being The Mole for Mini Mole Season 3!

Thank you everyone!

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Contestants:
Angelica Rivers by @Alleenmens
Carlos Escalante by @kittymeow
Everett Cameron by @Tigerblu11
Glen Harrison by @twiddle3
Hayden Clay by @Shadami
Lawrence Lee by @icmnfrsh
Madelon Deblanche by @M13Vulpecula
Nicky St Clair by @ninjakid150
Sharon George by @YJB19299
Tina Woods by @lillibattenberg

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