Previously on The Mole: Steven and Jim had a "coalition," which wasn't a "conspiracy," but rather a "pooling of resources for mutual benefit." Somehow, this resulted in Jennifer's execution, but we still haven't been given the details on that one. Steven and Kathryn were found in Jim's room when they weren't supposed to be, and money was taken out of the pot as punishment. Charlie calls the three of them the "unholy trinity." Kathryn left her gun's safety on, and the team failed to defend their fortress. Kate blamed Charlie, and Charlie insulted her. Kate would be sad if she left and Charlie stayed. Kate got executed. Kim's hopes went down the drain, since she was sure that Kate was The Mole.
Man, the credits just keep getting shorter, don't they? It used to take me a while to fast forward through them, but now with only four players, they flash by, and I end up having to rewind because I miss the first few moments of the show. But enough about me.
Anderson tells us that there are only four players left, and all of them have "the brains and background" to win, or to be The Mole. In an interview, Charlie says that the remaining players are all much younger than he is, and in fact, they are younger than most of his children. Kathryn says that they are always saying goodbye to each other, because they don't know when they'll be leaving, and she jokes that Steven and Jim are sick of her saying goodbye. Then Steven says something interesting. I'm just going to quote it here, and allow you to draw your own conclusions: "Is it ethical, really, to be tricking these people? You know it's a game and it's not real, but how far do you take it?" Is he The Mole? Or is he just talking about his role in the second test tonight? Or is he just speaking hypothetically? I don't know. Jim wonders if Steven is tricking him, but says he can't deal with the "What if?" because he doesn't know. Well, he says it much more snarkily, but that's what he means.
As the credits roll, the remaining players walk across some sand. The on-screen text tells us that it's the twenty-third day, and that they're still in San Lucar, Spain. Anderson congratulates them on making it this far, and asks them to divide up into two groups of two. One group should be artistic, and one group has to be able to count to at least seven hundred fifty-one. Jim jokes that he's the "arty one," you know, because he's gay and all. Charlie wants to stay together with Steven, and they refuse to be arty. Jim says that he and Kathryn will be the "arty" ones. Kathryn wants to be in the counting group. Steve and Charlie both claim that they're not artistic. Jim tries to convince Kathryn that being a lawyer is creative. It is! Look at Ed Stevens! He's always creative. Anyway, after some standing around, Kathryn finally acquiesces, and she and Jim follow Anderson while Charlie and Steven stay put. Will this turn out to be like when Jennifer felt she was pressured into changing her mind? Even though she totally wasn't? Does this mean Kathryn will be the to go? Is this all part of Steven and Jim's evil plan? Keep reading.
As they walk away, Jim confesses to Kathryn that he's a "terrible artist," and Kathryn asks him frustratedly why he picked that group. Because it's part of his evil plan? Oh, he says that he's kidding. Charlie jokes that with fingers and toes, he and Steven can count to forty. It would have been funny if Steven had deadpanned that he has six toes on one foot, so it's really forty-one. I like to imagine little scenes sometimes. Sorry about that.
Steven and Charlie arrive at a field containing many, many sheep. Steven guesses that they have to herd sheep. Charlie starts trying to count them, but they're all running around, making it difficult. Damn those sheep. If this were Survivor, they'd be dead meat. Literally. We see a dog herding the sheep. In an interview, Jim says that maybe Steven knows that Charlie is The Mole, and he's playing Jim, or maybe Steve is The Mole, but hopefully, it's Steve and Jim against The Mole. Does that mean that Jim and Steve are convinced that Kathryn is The Mole? My brain hurts. I still think that Jim insisted on being with Kathryn because he's the official "tester" (like last week with the black book) who has been assigned to keep track of Kathryn, while Steve is assigned to mislead Charlie, since Charlie trusts him the most. Kathryn says that if The Mole is Charlie, "there goes the unholy trinity." Charlie explains that he calls those three "the unholy trinity because they are together quite often." Jim starts to ask Kathryn a question, but stops himself. Then he says that he was going to ask if she'd rather cut him or Steve. Kathryn laughs, but pointedly doesn't answer.
Anderson voice-overs that Charlie and Steven have to herd all of the sheep into the corral for $20,000, and they'll earn an additional $10,000 if they can count all the sheep. But first, three dogs are led over by a crew member, and Charlie and Jim get to pick one to help them. There's an English Sheepdog, a German Shepherd, and a mutt. Aw, they're cute. Anderson says that only one of the dogs is trained in sheep herding; the other two are useless. Well, they would make good pets! They're not useless! I would have totally picked the mutt because it looks like an Australian Shepherd (think Murray on Mad About You) crossed with a curly-haired lab. Charlie and Steven do pick the mutt, and Steve explains that they picked the mutt because Sheepdogs are not really used to herd sheep, and neither of them has seen a German Shepherd used for sheep herding. True -- German Shepherds seem to be used more for guarding or attacking. Unfortunately, they're wrong -- they should have picked the German Shepherd. Charlie claims that they'll teach the mutt to herd sheep. Steven hopes the dog will be his hero. They have an hour to finish their task.
Anderson leads Kathryn and Jim into an art gallery. Does anyone else find it telling that Anderson went with the group that Kathryn was in? I'm just saying. It's filled with conceptual art, like a noose arranged in the shape a question mark. Their test will be to create a piece of art to be displayed in the gallery. An art critic will visit, and try to pick out their piece. If the critic picks the wrong one, they get $20,000. As they walk to the studio, Anderson asks if either of them have ever created art before. Kathryn says she hasn't done so for a critic, and Jim says critics are "a bunch of phony-baloneys anyway." Phony-baloneys is a funny thing to say.
Back at El Rancho Sheepero, Steven comes up with a strategy, which is basically to be "slow and cautious, and not try to run and spook them in a thousand different directions." Steven and the dog start leading the sheep. Charlie starts running, of course, and spooks them. Steven voice-overs that he's frustrated because he and Charlie are trying to do different things. Some random guy walks over and Charlie gets a stick from him, and starts yelling out "Heche!" No, not like Anne Heche. It's pronounced "Hee-chay." Apparently, that random guy told him it's some magic sheep herding word. Steven voice-overs that he had no idea what Charlie was doing. Charlie yells it about twenty more times while running after the sheep.
Jim and Kathryn, meanwhile, are trying to create something using a bunch of items strewn around the studio. They start out with a wooden box, and Jim says, "Box is a trap. Box is hidden. Box is box." Anderson totally cracks me up by deadpanning, "I think it was Jim who said, 'Box is box.'" He's really having fun with this. Jim throws a plastic tube to the box, claps his hands, and says, "Genius."
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Charlie yells "Heche!" about a hundred more times. It's really annoying. The sheep seem to be just going wherever they want. The footage is sped up to make it funnier.
Kathryn and Jim work on their art some more. Kathryn puts a boxing glove halfway out of the box, and then another one, attached by a piece of rope, on the ground. Anderson notes that it "speaks of desperation." Jim says, "Exactly! The clawing." Anderson says, "No, it was actually more of your desperation." They laugh. Anderson observes that the boxing gloves say "Charlie" on them, and wonders if that means The Mole is Charlie.
Jim and Kathryn decide to create a few pieces, and then pick the best one. Their piece involves sawing one leg off a chair, and then replacing the leg with a mask, and some books. Anderson says that he's heard that Picasso found many of his materials in "a city dump." Jim asks if that's true, and Anderson smiles and shrugs, "So I've heard." He is getting a lot of entertainment out of this one. Kathryn interprets their latest work as "using your identity and learning and balance." Okay, that's a bit of a stretch.
Back to the sheep herding. Charlie thinks they should find the leader and "grab him by the ears and pull him." Oh, that's a good idea. PETA would be all over that one. Charlie voice-overs that they were trying to identify the sheep with bells, because they were the leaders. Unfortunately, that split the group. Steven points out that there are four sheep with bells. Charlie yells "Heche!" a few thousand more times. Steven groans in frustration.
Jim and Kathryn study their latest work -- a jump rope, some dumbbells, and two oranges. Jim likes this one the least so far. Me too. Anderson reminds them that they only need one piece for the exhibition. Kathryn says that they want to have options. Anderson "commends" them for "building an oeuvre." Seriously, this is the most fun he has had thus far. God bless him. Kathryn gets Jim to work on some pages of a book under some shattered glass. It actually looks pretty cool, to my completely untrained eye. They finish putting pages underneath the glass and add a sledgehammer, leaning on top. Oh, no. Overkill. Leave the hammer out, and it's perfect. Kathryn likes the box with the boxing gloves better. Oh, dear.
Charlie and Steven are still herding sheep. I know it sounds really boring, but the editors manage to make it entertaining. Charlie keeps yelling "Heche," but this time Steven manages to get some of the sheep into the corral and they shut the gate. Charlie decides to go after the stragglers with the "Heche bit," and manages to get them all in. Steven celebrates as Charlie yells at him to "close them gates." He does, and they turn to counting.
Jim and Kathryn are still deciding on their art piece. Kathryn thinks "less is more." They are focusing on the box now. They have put a piece of costume jewelry just out of reach of the boxing glove, as if the glove is reaching for it. Jim doesn't want the jewels in there. Kathryn thinks there should be "something being reached for," and she likes that it's "crappy, broken material goods." I see where she's going, but I think you should let the viewer decide what is being reached for. I can't believe I'm analyzing their art. All the other works in the gallery were very simple and stark -- this will make theirs stick out. Jim doesn't think the jewels fit. Kathryn likes the contrast. Jim decides to go with Kathryn. In an interview, Jim explains that he let Kathryn have her say. Jim proclaims, "Genius!" and hugs Kathryn.
The background music is "Mary Had A Little Lamb," while Jim and Charlie try to count. Charlie asks the random guy how many sheep there are, but the random guy claims he doesn't understand English. Charlie doesn't think they should let them out to count them (I guess they were considering letting some out to make the counting easier?). Steven agrees, since they only have twenty-five minutes. But wouldn't you at least try? I mean, what else are they going to do to kill twenty-five minutes? I don't think they get penalized for guessing, so it would be nice to have an educated guess. Charlie thinks "a bird in the hand, or a sheep in the corral, is worth two in the bush." Charlie and Steven shake hands and walk off, as we see the words "The Mole" burned in the grass. Interesting.
Jim and Kathryn's art piece is installed in the gallery. They sit upstairs and listen while the art critic tries to pick out their piece. She looks at the various pieces. She thinks Jim and Kathryn's piece might be by the same artist who made the noose in the shape of a question mark, because of the rope. The critic checks out a cross made of loaves of bread, and says that it's "too simple to be the nonprofessional piece," because "nonprofessionals always tend to do too much." Upstairs, Jim points at Kathryn, as if scolding her about the jewels. The critic has to make her pick. She thinks it might be a heart made out of orange and lemon slices, but it's too simple. She turns and picks Jim and Kathryn's piece as her final choice. Jim and Kathryn come downstairs. Jim steps on one of the art pieces, which is basically a rope on the floor. Hee! Anderson asks the critic about the jewels, and the critic says that it was "a giveaway." Anderson says that it was a loss for the players, but "a victory for art." In an interview, Jim says that he "made light of the process," but he eventually got into it. Anderson tells them to go back upstairs, because they have some other critics who want to see the work.
Steven and Charlie walk in and laugh at the "art." Anderson tells them that if they can pick out Kathryn and Jim's piece, they win $20,000. Charlie says that they're on a roll and feel very confident. Steven doesn't seem too confident. Charlie looks at the right piece (with the boxing gloves) and claims that it can't be Kathryn's because "anything with pugilistic overtones would not be her." Charlie calls the citrus-slice heart "fruity," a reference to Jim's sexuality, I guess. Steven cracks up. Upstairs, Jim jokingly gestures that he's going down there to kick some ass. Jim voice-overs that it doesn't really bother him, but at the time he wanted to run down there and Kathryn held him back so that they wouldn't lose. Charlie examines a ladder with a coat, hat, and boots on it. He jiggles a necklace, saying that it might be "Kathryn's input," and it breaks. Oops! They decide to flip for it -- heads is the noose question mark, tails is the cross made of bread. They end up picking the noose. Jim and Kathryn come downstairs. Jim jokes that he heard what Charlie said, and Charlie apologizes. Jim jokes further that they created the bread cross, and Charlie's face falls, since that was their back-up choice. Jim points out the correct piece. Kathryn yells out that she collects "antique sporting equipment." In an interview, Steven says that they were looking for a hint, and both missed Charlie's name on the boxing glove. Well, I don't think that Jim and Kathryn were trying to give hints, since they didn't know while creating the piece that Charlie and Steven would have to pick it out.
Anderson tells us that the art test is over, but the sheep test is not. He gives Charlie and Steve a chance to guess the number. Steve says their guess is four hundred seventeen. Anderson asks how they came up with that number. They says that they did "segmented guessing." Anderson tells them that it's incorrect. Charlie yells out "Six seventy-one," and if he had a better guess, why didn't he say so? It doesn't matter, because it's wrong too. Anderson tells them that the correct number is seven hundred fifty-one, which is the number he told them they would need to be able to count up to at the beginning of the test. D'oh! We see a flashback of that moment from earlier in the show. In an interview, Jim is incredulous that they didn't get the right answer, and he's "not really sure Charlie even remembered the number."
We see what looks like home-video footage, as Kathryn explains that Jim is cutting his hair. He hands Kathryn the clippers and she starts the shave his hairline in the back. He tells her not to "go into the hairline at all," as we see that she already has. Oops! She laughs and tells him.
Anderson voice-overs that the players were given the morning off to window-shop and relax. In an interview, Kathryn says that you start to think you're making friends and you let your guard down, and people prey on that, so she has to remember that she can't trust anyone here. Kathryn says that when she tries to sleep at night, she has strategy going in her head, but she wants to be able to trust someone "for a few minutes." We see Jim and Kathryn talking alone. In an interview, Steven says that Jim could definitely have a coalition with someone else, but Steven promised he wouldn't betray him. In an interview, Jim says that the players are "much more sensitive" about two people going off alone. We see that Steven and Charlie have joined Kathryn and Jim's little conference.
Anderson invites everyone up to a rooftop, because it's time for another test. Before it begins, they each need to make a list with the player they would most like to see executed at the top, and the player they would like to stick around most at the bottom. I'm guessing that they are to exclude themselves from the list. They are to go off and make their lists, and then stick the paper with the names in a vase on the roof. We see each player thinking and writing down names. Anderson voice-overs that the players might not want to reveal this information in case it is used against them. We see each player walking up to the roof and putting a paper in the vase. It's all dramatic with fades in and out and stuff. I think the editors were bored.
Anderson says that he's not going to announce the name of the person they all want executed, but he will announce who they all want to stay in the game, because that person will play a big part in the test. That person is Steven, who has to follow Anderson to get his instructions. Anderson tells Steven that he has to convince his fellow players to do tasks that are very risky, or appear to be very risky. The test is worth $60,000, and if all three players complete their tasks, Steven gets an exemption from the quiz. Wow, an exemption this late in the game is a huge deal. Anderson voice-overs that an exemption would mean that Steven would automatically make it to the final round. Anderson tells Steven the three tasks. One player will be blindfolded and placed against a board while a professional knife-thrower throws knives at him or her. One player will have to be blindfolded and walk over hot coals. One player will be blindfolded and have to walk a plank over a hundred-foot ravine. The words "over a hundred foot ravine" were totally dubbed in after the fact, and I have no idea why, or why they couldn't make it less obvious that it was dubbed. Steven has to decide first which players will do which tasks.
Anderson voice-overs that the players were told how important the test is. The players take turns explaining the rules. Steven will ask them each to do something. If all three do it, they earn $60,000 and an exemption for Steve. If only two complete their tasks, they still earn the money, but no exemption for Steve. If one completes the task, they earn no money, but that player gets an exemption. If none of them do the task, they get no money, but Steve gets the exemption. Wow. That's complicated, but genius.
Steven decides that Kathryn will do the knife-throw, Jim will do the hot coals, and Charlie will do the plank. We see the professional knife-thrower doing his thing. He's throwing little axes, not knives, but the show keeps referring to them as knives so I'll go with that. Kathryn stands nearby, blind-folded, and Steven reminds her about a story she told about a former teacher. Kathryn realizes that she hears knives being thrown, and announces that she can't do it. Steven tries to calm her down, and explains that only one knife has to be thrown. Kathryn wants to see it first, but Steven explains that she can't. Kathryn wants to know what the other tasks are. Steven can't tell her. Charlie and Jim sit and wait, and Charlie says that he thinks his task will be "on the brink of death [sic]." Kathryn is really mad that Steven picked her for this task. She tells him that she only put him last on her list because she thought he was The Mole. Steven tells her that she was last on his list, which is probably a lie, because it was probably Jim. Steven gets Kathryn up against the board. Kathryn asks for a second to think about it. Steven tells her again that she was chosen specifically for this task. Kathryn crumples to the ground. Anderson looks alarmed and rushes over because he loves her. Steven doesn't look upset at all that Kathryn has collapsed, and asks if he should pick her up. We go to break, not knowing what the hell just happened. Oh, the suspense! I'm kind of pissed that the previews made it look like Kathryn fell off a roof of something, but her fainting spell was awfully convenient, no?
Back from break, we see Anderson tenderly attending to Kathryn as she wakes up. Kathryn blearily looks around in slow motion and all the voices are blurred together and slowed down. I think one of them said, "All your base are belong to us." Steven stands nearby, looking conflicted and guilty. Kathryn "wakes up," and I'm not buying this fainting spell at all. I think she was just trying to make it easier for Steven to let her off the hook, so that when she didn't do the task, she could blame it on Steven. Anderson tells her not to rush and offers her a drink. Steven sits to her and asks if she wants to stop, but she says that she can do it. Her blindfold has been removed, so Steven puts it back on. Kathryn asks if she gets to tell the knife-thrower when to go, and insists that she think about it a little more. Kathryn keeps blubbering about how her fourth grade teacher used to throw darts at her, but she was stupid then, but that's why Steve picked her for this task. Suddenly, the knife-thrower walks up and sticks the knife in the board by her head -- he didn't throw it. He just walked up and placed it there. Kathryn screams and says that she thought she got to tell him when to go, but her task is successfully completed. I totally thought they were going to do like on Laverne and Shirley when Laverne took Shirley's place on the board, but she didn't know that it was all a trick and really the knives just pop out of the back when Shirley pretended to throw them.
Now it's Jim's turn. Steven leads Jim down a path, telling him about various rocks to avoid and such. At one point, he tells Jim to "high-step" and we see Jim doing so, and he looks really goofy. They go down some steps and Steven comments that it looks like they are dancing, and that "people are gonna kill me for this one." You know, because Jim's gay and all. Steven tells Jim that he'll be fire walking. Jim removes his shoes and socks, and then reiterates all of the conditions of the test about exemptions and money. Steven tells Jim to keep his feet off the coals, and that he'll be right to him, guiding him. While dramatic music plays, Jim runs over unburned coals right to the burning coals as Steven yells, "Go! Go! Go!" Afterwards, Jim removes his blindfold and sees that the coals that he walked on weren't hot at all. Jim realizes that he trusted Steven not to hurt him, and Steven didn't, and they hug. Aw.
Kathryn walks back to where Charlie is waiting for his turn. Charlie asks about her task. Kathryn reports that she stood blindfolded and had knives thrown at her, and first she passed out. She says that she kept trying to figure out the best tactic, based on the rules of the test. Charlie says that Jim would do anything. Charlie figures that if Jim comes back and tells them he was successful, then two of them succeeded and they get the money but no exemption, so Charlie doesn't have to do his task.
Anderson voice-overs that Kathryn and Jim both completed their tasks, so the money has been added to the pot, but now Steven has to try to convince Charlie to walk the plank over the ravine for his exemption. Charlie doesn't know that Jim was successful for sure. Steven tells Charlie to trust him, and Charlie says that he trusts him "explicitly." I think he meant "implicitly," but whatever. He's nervous. Steven leads a blind-folded Charlie to the plank. Steven tells Charlie that he was picked for this task because he's "mentally stronger than the other two." Steven tells Charlie that he has to walk along an eighteen-inch board, following Steven's directions. Charlie confirms that he has a choice, and thinks aloud about the implications. Steven can't tell Charlie if Jim completed his task. Charlie notes that if Jim didn't complete his task, and Charlie refuses, then they win no money and Kathryn gets an exemption. If Jim didn't complete his task, and Charlie does, they win the money. If Jim did complete his task, and Charlie refuses, they win the money with no exemptions. If Jim did complete his task, and Charlie does too, they win the money and Steven gets an exemption. Just thought I would lay out all the scenarios that Charlie has to consider. We know, of course, that Jim did complete his task, so Charlie is just deciding whether Steven gets an exemption.
Jim and Kathryn watch the scenario unfold from below. They wonder if Charlie is bungee-jumping. I wonder what the "fake" task is, since both Kathryn and Jim's tasks were fake. Jim tells Kathryn that his task was fake. Kathryn still doesn't know that no knives were thrown at her.
Charlie continues to ponder the implications of his task. He says that he's chicken, and he could use the implications as an alibi. Charlie says that he'll give it a go. Some crew members hook him up with a harness attached to some bungee cords. I worry that they're going to drop the plank out or something and old Charlie will have a heart attack. I mean, he's a jerk, but no one deserves that. Steven guides Charlie over a ladder and out on the plank. Charlie makes it to the end. Below, Jim notes that Charlie is doing it. Steven continues to give Charlie instructions on turning around, which is the tricky part, it seems. Charlie gets most of the way around, and announces that he's "getting shaky." We see his legs shaking. Steven instructs Charlie back and Charlie makes it back to the ladder. Steven tells him how to get over the ladder. Charlie completes the task, and $60,000 is added to the pot while Steven gets his exemption. Charlie explains that "to be blind-folded and walking around is eerie," but explains that he trusted Steven, more than he trusted his harness.
Jim and Kathryn walk up. Charlie asks what happened with Jim. Jim says that they all did their tasks. Anderson asks Steven to explain what happened. Steven says that he chose Kathryn for the knife-throwing because of her teacher story, and that she fainted, but that no one threw knives at her, and it was all fake. Kathryn looks confused, but then smiles. Jim says that he told her so. Steven explains about Jim's not-hot-coal-walking. Steven then talks about Charlie's task, which they all just witnessed. In an interview, Kathryn says that Charlie said he did his task so that Kathryn wouldn't get an exemption if Jim failed, but Kathryn isn't buying it, because they had discussed how Jim would do anything. Except get both legs put in a cast. Kathryn doesn't bring that one up. Kathryn deduced that Charlie could be The Mole, or that Steve is The Mole. I'm not sure where she got that. In an interview, Jim says that part of him hoped that Steven would get the exemption, and he hopes that in the same position, Steven would do the same for him.
Anderson voice-overs that dinner was strained as everyone realized another person was about to leave. In an interview, Charlie says that he really wants the last two to be Steven and himself. Steven says, "Charlie sacrificed a lot for me. He put himself in harm's way, and so did Jim, and I'm torn between the two." Um, what about Kathryn? Didn't she put herself in harm's way? See, I'm convinced that both Steven and Jim believe that Kathryn is The Mole, and that's how they've lasted so long -- because they're right. Steven says that he will honor his coalition with Jim.
At dinner, Anderson asks if the players are more superstitious now. Steven shows off his lucky rubber band around his wrist. Kathryn talks about how they have to knock in odd numbers. That sounds more like OCD than superstition, but whatever. Jim reveals that he has kept his shorn hair in a baggie as Kathryn explains that he thinks his hair contains his "mojo." Jim says that it's "like Samson." I have to admit that when they showed this part, I thought it meant that Jim was a goner. Was he? Read on. See, I'm all about the end-of-paragraph cliffhangers.
Charlie goes off to take the quiz. In an interview, Steven say that the exemption means that he makes the finals, and he feels "a little guilty about having it." Yesterday, each player told him that there was nothing that they wouldn't do for him. Steven breaks up a little bit, as Anderson notices that he's "pretty emotional about this." Aw, that's sweet. It's such a contrast, the relationships between the finalists on this show and shows like Survivor, where they all hated each other by the end. Of course, the starvation and exhaustion could have had something to do with that.
Time for quiz footage. Kathryn voice-overs that she knows that this is "just a game," and if the others outplay her, then "more power to them." Charlie says that he thinks Jim has an advantage in his "tight relationship" with Kathryn. Jim says that Charlie could be The Mole, but Jim doesn't think he is, and if Charlie is, then Jim is screwed. See, Jim totally thinks it's Kathryn. Kathryn says that she thinks it was odd that neither Charlie nor Steven got the number of sheep right. Jim says that it would be perfect for The Mole to form a tight bond with another player, as we see footage of Charlie walking the plank for Steven. Kathryn says that it's hard for her to figure out if Jim is being played or if she is. Charlie says that he would rely on or trust Steve. Kathryn says that Charlie will not beat her. Jim says that it will be difficult tonight, and he's met "some real cool people and some real asses," but he's had a great time. We see shots of the four remaining players and then we go to break. Notice that they did not include footage of Charlie bidding goodbye to his fellow players, as they have done for the past two weeks or so. I guess that means he's the one leaving. Just a guess. Keep reading. Please?
The players file in to find out which one of them is leaving. Anderson reminds us about Steven's exemption. Anderson congratulates them for making it this far. Steven shakes all of their hands. Anderson explains once again about entering the names into the computer. Kathryn goes first -- green thumbprint. Jim goes -- green thumbprint. As always, it's the third person entered who gets eliminated. Charlie gets the red thumbprint and sits there for a moment, dumbfounded, before picking up his bag and leaving. Steven hugs Kathryn, who is crying.
Steven says that he feels a little guilty over his exemption leading to Charlie leaving, saying that Charlie "committed Mole suicide for [him]." Well, that's a little dramatic. Kathryn says that she would have been "very upset" if there had been any other outcome. Jim says that he thinks he picked the right person to ally with in Steven. Steven thanks the other two for putting him last on their list. They joke that they really didn't know what they were doing, and all laugh.
It's time for the "We'll Miss Charlie" montage. Charlie voice-overs that his "detective skills are…rusty," and "some of these young whiz kids have sharper minds than [he] does now." Aw, they show when Charlie's wife came to visit. That's the one time I really liked him. They don't show the parts where he yelled at Kate about a million times. In an interview, Charlie jokes that he's going to put an ad in the papers about "sheep herder available; dog not required." We see Charlie's van pull away.
The previews for the episode states: "One will feel the sting of defeat. One will feel the thrill of victory. And all of America will at last discover who is The Mole." Apparently, Tuesday will be a regular episode with one more person being executed, leaving two -- The Mole and the winner. But we won't know which is which until the finale, airing on Wednesday, February 28. See you week!