Molloot about episode 5: ‘Would those two moles know about each other?’

The candidates stood on a truly beautiful unspoiled Italian beach, looking out over large wooden boxes with slats representing puzzle pieces. Those boxes had references to previous assignments, and if they just put them in the right order, the seventh box would have $ 1,750. A piece of cake, I thought, because after all they had just completed all those assignments. How hard can it be? But that turned out to be Very Very Complicated.

Very strong hint

As has happened before, Nikkie took the lead here by using all her thinking powers, planting her hands on her hips and letting the others pull those slats. Ron had just sloshing armpits at the idea, Tygo started to lug around like an overloaded pack mule, Patrick cursed when a box came on his toes, Peggy turned out to have a fabulous condition and Jeroen, well Jeroen did his best too. But when the group did not listen to Nikkie, or listened but did not immediately do what she said, she let her irritation run free. “I’ve said it 26 times already!”

A mole does that, I thought. Then you can be sure that valuable time will be lost, confusion will arise and no money will enter the pot. When I later looked at Moltalk, it turned out that Nikkie had not passed on the correct order (Mol!). But the same broadcast showed that all other candidates also had no idea of ​​the order in which they had carried out assignments the days before.

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Despite this, one of the chests reminded me of a possible hint. It said ‘I am the mole’ on a mirror and that referred to the first assignment in the first episode which was called ‘Spiegelbeeld’. It contained quotes from candidates on all kinds of mirrors. On the Instagram account of Wieisdemolhintsnl the statement of Nikkie was printed in mirror image and there, with a little good will, the word ‘Mol’ could suddenly be read. I thought that was still fairly far-fetched at the time, but now it fits completely into my tunnel and I think it is an iron-strong hint.

Red car

There was even more when a van opened and Nikkie ran like swift lightning into a building. Yes, she ran! I really hadn’t seen her run as fast as in this shot. And as it turned out, those who arrived first could take an envelope and put together a duo to get into a car attached to that envelope. Only a mole knows in advance that whoever gets in quickly will benefit from that, I thought. And especially which car is useful.

Nikkie got into a red car with Tygo. And wore a green scarf (isn’t that a mole color?) While she had to pass directions to the others on a conference call and meanwhile was very annoyed at the lack of aether discipline (where’s Ellie when you need her?). But that irritation also provided an advantage for the mole: delay, lack of clarity. Smart, very smart.

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The final destination of the red car also turned out to be a helicopter with which Nikkie happily circled the entire Italian country together with Tygo to land on the island of Elba. The other four were left behind. They were given 24 hours to find them. And if that fails, there will be a double execution from which Nikkie and Tygo are exempt: two of the four will then be sent home (the denouement follows in the next episode).

What an advantage Nikkie and Tygo had had in all. I mean: I’ll watch the other episodes, but the fun is over now because it couldn’t be clearer. Nikkie has just released make-up for a reason ‘Underground’ and ‘Plottwist’ hot, as Shownieuws recently emphasized. Nikkie. Mol. Ready.

Jeroen

Until my other half took a sip of wine and casually remarked that it would be much more helpful to a mole sitting in a van with the remaining candidates than getting into one of those helicopters. “Because,” my love said quietly. “Then you can still exert influence if money can be found along the way. And the mole always continues. He doesn’t need a helicopter for that at all. ”

I swallowed and felt internally that it was right. That I had been too soon. Now if I got into that helicopter myself and watched this episode, who else was exhibiting strange behavior? There was actually quite an easy answer to that: Jeroen. Jeroen can take a picture with a couple of Asian tourists in front of a railway crossing. Also likes to take a break during an assignment. Questions everything when it suits him. Secretly listens at the door as Ron and Patrick try to strike a half-hearted bond.

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Well, in my notebook I summarized it with the right words. It says: ‘Jeroen talks a lot.’ And so it is. That’s nice for a mole. That disturbs, it sows confusion, it costs money. Moreover, Nikkie was the first to run into the building with the envelopes, but Jeroen panted after her and perhaps even grabbed an envelope a millisecond earlier than Nikkie (Mol!).

So I was left with the strange feeling that two moles have been working here. Now the only question is whether they know about each other and work together. Or that they will only find out in the final themselves.

Ivo van Woerden is a journalist and writer. Every year he looks at Wie is de Mol? and secretly hopes to one day be a CN’er enough to participate, but suspects that he will be out after the first episode.

Watch the third episode of Wie is de Mol? here back

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