The episode opens with a series of interviews. Mark wipes his forehead and says, "Whew!" Angie sings and does a little dance to celebrate the fact that she's in the finals. Dennis chomps on his gum and says, "Chockablock Tracey, coolio foolio." Angie points out that she has a tattoo with her "lucky number seven on it." I have to wonder about people with the lucky number of seven. It's so unoriginal. Mark says that he's going to convince everyone else that he's The Mole by wearing a cape. That makes about as much sense as anything else Mark says in this episode. Angie scoffs that she should have fun with Dennis and Mark. Dennis just sits there silently, chewing. Much like a cow. If a cow were a cross-dressing, multiply pierced, former professional basketball player who was once married to Carmen Electra for a short period. And frankly, that's a cow I would like to meet.
Mark announces that from now on, he's going to be known as Mr. Danger. Mark walks around, wearing a black tank top and shorts, with a red cape around his neck and a black mask painted on his face. He explains via voice-over that Mr. Danger is "one of [his] alter egos." One of his alter egos? Do people normally have more than one? Do people normally have one? Mark is the new Corbin. And by "Corbin," I mean "crazy." Mark tells the camera that sometimes he can fly, and sometimes he can't. He asks Dennis if he needs a superhero. Dennis interviews, "He just made that up." Dennis has gone from kind of annoying me to really cracking me up.
The players walk up to Ahmad, who is relaxing on a chaise lounge. Dennis, Ahmad, and Mark are all smoking cigars. Mark is still wearing his costume. Dennis is wearing a fur-lined hat. In Hawaii. I don't know. Ahmad gives each of the players a silver metallic briefcase, and informs them that they each have to hang onto their briefcase all day, but can't look inside until Ahmad gives them the go-ahead. Ahmad says that the contents of the briefcases could be very valuable. Dennis pipes up, "Money?" Ahmad doesn't answer. The players say goodbye to Ahmad, and Angie tells him that he has cute shoes on today. They're just sneakers. Must be an inside joke, because everyone cracks up and Ahmad gives a very Cosby-like grin. Did I mention that I think Dennis is wearing black leggings?
The players returns to their rooms. Angie interviews that Ahmad told them not to open up their briefcases, and when someone tells you not to do something, you want to do it even more. Dennis interviews, "I figure that, you know, it's gotta be like a 007 type of mission." I didn't make that one up. Mark mugs and prances around all the way back to his room, failing to realize that no one is laughing. Mark interviews that he thought the briefcase might be a secret clue, but that he doesn't think it's an exemption. In the last remaining MUV, Angie asks the others if they opened their briefcases. Mark interviews that the briefcase has something to do with money's being in the pot. Mark yells that he peeked inside and laughs at himself, since no one else is going to, despite how hard he is trying.
“ At one point during the instructions, Dennis started explaining things to Angie. That's scary. ”
Ixcaret Park will be the site of the game. The players arrive, and Dennis has fashioned a sling for his briefcase that might be made out of toilet paper. Or, he ripped up a bed sheet. Ahmad gathers the briefcases and asks for two pop-culture buffs, and one person who likes to get to the bottom of things. Mark wants to be a pop-culture buff, and Angie wants to get to the bottom of things. Dennis just takes what's left, as usual. Ahmad explains the game, which is way more complicated than it needs to be. Angie will put on a dive helmet and go underwater. Dennis and Mark will get in a leaky rowboat. Angie will have to walk the ocean floor and pull the boat around to various "code rings" (life preservers) by means of a rope around her waist. Each code ring has a pop-culture question. Mark and Dennis have to figure out the answer, and relay it to Angie. She will use their answer to figure out which of two treasure chests to open at each station, and then pass the contents of the chest up to the boat. Each correct answer will win them $10,000 for the pot. There is no time limit, but there are the aforementioned leaks in the boat. If the boat sinks before they answer all four questions, they don't win any money. Ahmad gives them a sample code-ring clue: "Child Boulder." The players are stymied until Angie comes up with "Kid Rock." Too bad she's not answering the questions. At one point during the instructions, Dennis started explaining things to Angie. That's scary.
Angie gets suited up. She interviews that she has a phobia about the open ocean. That didn't seem to come into play when she was skinny-dipping. Ahmad voice-overs that Angie can hear the guys, but that they can't hear her. Mark interviews that the boat had four holes in it, but Mark and Dennis both have big feet, so they just blocked them that way. Is that really going to work? Did I mention that Mark is still wearing his stupid costume and Dennis is still wearing the hat and the leggings? Ahmad sits on the shore in a beach chair and announces (via megaphone) that the game can begin. Angie starts walking and tries to pull the boat, but it's heavy with two guys in it. I'm not going to recap all of Mark's stupid and unfunny jokes in this episode, because it would take too long. Just assume that each segment includes many clunkers from Mark.
Angie keeps talking to the guys, apparently unaware that they can't hear her. Dennis and Mark grab the first code ring, which says, "Celebrity Battles." They can't figure it out, and they don't seem to be trying very hard. Underwater, Angie is yelling at them and calling them morons. Mark talks it out while Dennis uses a pail to bail water from the boat. Mark finally figures out that it's "Star Wars," and Ahmad confirms that it is. Angie has to choose from two chests: "Debuted in 1977" and "Debuted in 1979." Angie interviews that she's lousy at remembering years. Angie keeps saying that she doesn't know the answer and finally just picks one, but we don't see which one. She doesn't know how to get the contents (a cloth bag containing something) up to the boat. Angie tries to hook the bag to the life preserver, with no success. Ahmad finally tells the guys to drop the metal basket so that Angie can send up the cloth bag. With some difficulty, Angie gets the bag into the basket and the guys haul it up.
Ahmad tells Angie to follow the underwater rail to find the clue. Angie tries, but seems to be having some microphone feedback in her helmet. She finally gets there; Mark pulls the code ring out of the water and Dennis reads it aloud: "Feline Forest." Dennis actually figures out that the answer is "Tiger Woods." Ahmad confirms it. Mark tells Angie, "Look for a black man who don't think he's black." Ha? See what I mean about the unfunny jokes? Angie reads her choices: "Won the Masters in 1996" or "Won the Masters in 1997." Angie makes her choice and sends the basket back. Mark pretends to be having a hard time pulling the basket out of the water and inadvertently pulls the rope connected to Angie's helmet. What an idiot. Mark and Dennis finally get it unhooked, and Angie takes off.
While they move to the clue, Mark continues mugging and talking about Mr. Danger. I wish Dennis would just kick him out of the boat. Finally, Ahmad tells Mark to stop pulling on Angie's rope. Underwater, Angie grabs onto her helmet to try to keep it on her head. Ahmad yells at Mark again. Seriously. Just kick him out of the boat.
Ahmad reminds us that there are two clues left. Mark nearly falls out of the boat (yay!), but finally reaches the third code ring (boo!). It reads: "A Volkswagen's Existence." Dennis keeps bailing but finally figures it out, with an assist from Mark. Ahmad confirms that it's "A Bug's Life." Angie says that she doesn't know who was in it, and we see that she has to choose whether it starred Kelsey Grammer or Kevin Spacey. Angie decides to take a guess and say Kelsey Grammer, but she seems to know immediately that she got it wrong. Angie sends the basket back up while Dennis and Mark continue to bail.
Ahmad tells the players that they have one left. Mark pretends he is leaning back so that he can paddle with his arms and help Angie move the boat, but in doing so, he just gets a lot of water into the already sinking boat. Mark notices all the water and snatches Dennis's bucket, so that he can go into "super mode." Ahmad comments that "you should never put two brothers from the 'hood in a rowboat." Angie interviews that Mark and Dennis were slow in getting the codes. Dennis interviews that Mark was throwing water into the boat, and we see Mark doing just that, using the bucket as a scoop. Dennis says, "Excuse me, Gilligan. What the fuck do you think you're doing?" Dennis was just funnier with that one line than Mark has been in the whole series.
“ Dennis interviews, 'You know, it's all for one and every man for himself.' Does he realize that he just contradicted himself midsentence? ”
Mark leans back and tips the boat so that more water comes in. Dennis interviews, "Hotsy totsy." Mark interviews that it was sabotage. Dennis tries to keep bailing, and Mark tells Angie to go toward Ahmad. Angie complains that she's underwater, so she can't see where Ahmad is. Ahmad uses the megaphone to point out that Angie can't see anything. Angie checks out the fish underwater. Dennis interviews that Angie wasn't really trying to help. Angie is impressed by some fish's teeth. Mark tells Angie where to go, but she can't see the chests. Angie interviews that there might have been some sabotage going on in that game, and that she sat down on a chest and tapped her fingers at one point. Mark tries to sink the boat some more. Dennis yells at him to cover the hole with his foot. The boat slowly starts to sink and Dennis starts humming "Taps." Finally, Dennis and Mark get thrown into the water. Mark gets out and twirls around to dry off his cape, soaking Ahmad in the process.
Once all the players return to shore, Ahmad says that they don't win any money, since the boat sank, but that they can still find out what they would have made if they had finished. For the first clue, Angie said that Star Wars debuted in 1979, which is incorrect. For the second clue, Angie said that Tiger Woods won the Masters in 1997, which is correct. For the third clue, Angie said that A Bug's Life starred Kelsey Grammer, which is incorrect. Ahmad hands the briefcases back. Mark interviews that Angie should have known more answers than she did. Angie interviews that Mark's superpowers were to sabotage that game. Dennis interviews that Mark was really trying hard to sink the boat, and sassafrass. Mark interviews that Dennis has huge feet, and that he still wasn't covering the holes in the boat. Ahmad says that the pot remains at $182,000. Angie is upset that she went through so much for nothing, and Ahmad promises that there will be more chances to put money in the pot. In interviews, Angie accuses Mark of being The Mole, and Dennis says that there are only three people left, so it's not that difficult. Maybe not for him! I still have no clue. ["Mark." -- Wing Chun]
Over a meal, the players discuss the last game. Mark wonders who sabotaged it. Angie says that she didn't, and Dennis accuses her of sitting underwater with her legs crossed, wasting time. Angie scoffs that she wasn't having a great time down there. Mark says something stupid (as usual), and Angie says that her job was hard. Mark asks who they think is The Mole, and Angie points at Mark. Mark says that he has suspected every player at one time, and Angie agrees. She asks who he thinks it is now. Mark points to Angie. She asks Dennis, and he says, "Me, you, him, you, us, whatever. It's one of you two guys." He really said that. It was pretty awesome. Dennis interviews, "Everyone's trying to figure out who's The Mole now. Who's trying...who's trying to figure out who it is." I don't even have to make up words for him. I just have to quote him. Dennis interviews, "You know, it's all for one and every man for himself." Does he realize that he just contradicted himself midsentence? Mark interviews that Angie is The Mole, because she lost money in every game and sabotaged every game, but that he and Dennis don't mind when Angie messes up, because she's pretty. Shut up, Mark. Angie interviews that Dennis would be a good Mole because everyone thinks he's too unpredictable to be chosen by the producers. I'm starting to come around to that way of thinking. Angie points out that Dennis didn't talk much, and just watched everyone else. Dennis says that you don't want to be The Mole, because only the winner gets the money. Suddenly, Dennis understands the point of the show? I'm suspicious.
It's time for the final game of the season, "Flashback." The players are led into a room blindfolded. Ahmad tells them to remove their blindfolds. Mark makes a comment about Ahmad's shoes, so that's definitely an inside joke. Ahmad tells them to decide who is the fastest, who is the best at cleaning up, and who has the best memory. Mark says that his memory isn't good, so he'll clean up. Dennis tells Angie to choose what she wants, and she says that she'll do memory and Dennis can be the fastest. Ahmad tells the players that there are twenty-seven photographs hanging on the wall behind them, and that they get to observe them for one minute.
The clock starts as the players turn around. Ahmad voice-overs that the players are looking at photos from all four seasons of The Mole, categorized and in chronological order. Angie starts to complain that she hasn't seen all of the seasons, and Ahmad tells her that there's no talking. Ahmad voice-overs that the photos are of Mole players and hosts, photos of this season's players in the order that they were executed, and photos representing the games of this season, in order. Aw, Anderson Cooper! Kathryn! I can't wait until the Game Show Network starts showing the old seasons. Dennis mumbles something, and Ahmad yells at him. Ahmad voice-overs that the first panel has photos of Anderson Cooper, host of the first two seasons; Kathryn, the first Mole; Stephen, the first winner; Bill, the second Mole; and Dorothy, the second winner. Mark interviews that he didn't know anyone in the first group. He's missing out. The second panel has photos of Ahmad, Kathy, Frederique, and two silhouettes with question marks. The third panel has photos of this season's executed players, with one question-mark silhouette. The fourth and fifth panels have photos of this season's games.
Time is up. Ahmad and the players head outside. Ahmad tells them what the photos were that they saw. The photos have now been taken down, mixed up, and placed in two boxes. Each player will enter the room, and has one minute to put the pictures back, in the correct order. Dennis, the fastest player, will go first. Mark, the cleaner, will go second. Angie, the good memorizer, will go third. Each correctly placed photograph will earn $2,000 for the pot.
“ Did you ever notice that Dennis sounds like the Cookie Monster? ”
Dennis follows Ahmad into the room. He hangs up only nine photos, and worst of all, only one is correct. Mark goes in . Mark interviews that he memorized the photos by looking at them in pairs and making up a story in his head, like since Stephen and Keshia's photos were across from each other, he pretended that they were married. That's a good strategy, but yikes! Mark adds that he didn't even realize that the second two boards were all of the games that they played. Mark's time runs out, and Ahmad voice-overs that he got nine more correct photos hung. He managed to get a lot more up than Dennis, although I don't know if it would be more difficult to start from scratch or fix someone else's mistakes. Mark also did something smart; he hung two photos in one spot, to indicate that he knows one of them goes there, and narrow down Angie's choices. At least I guess that's why he did it. Angie goes in, and immediately moves Mark's double-hung picture -- neither of them was in the right spot. Oops. Sabotage? Angie interviews that she got the ones on her side of the room all right, but she couldn't remember the order of the games. Angie manages at least to get a photo in every spot, and she finishes with twenty correct out of twenty-seven. She got the first three panels entirely correct.
The players enter the room to find out how they did. Angie tells Mark and Dennis that they did terribly. Ahmad explains how the photos were categorized, including that the question-mark silhouette represent the winner, loser, and Mole from this season, who are yet to be determined. Ahmad says that Dennis only got one right. Mark interviews that it seemed like sabotage. Mark got nine right, and Angie got ten right for a total of twenty. Ahmad says that they added $40,000 to the pot.
Now it's time to explain the briefcases. Ahmad says that inside each one were the answers to the game they just played, printed on photographic paper. If the paper was exposed to light, it will turn black when developed. Otherwise, it will stay white. Ahmad says that a person who opened the briefcase would have known the answers to the game ahead of time, and should have done well. He takes the briefcases away to develop the photographic paper.
Someone (do you think it was really Ahmad?) develops the photographic paper in a darkroom. Ahmad returns and hands back the briefcases. Ahmad tells Mark to open his briefcase, and reminds everyone that if the paper is black, it means that the person peeked, and they will not double their winnings. Mark's paper is white. So is Angie's. Dennis's paper is black. Dennis holds it up while chewing on his blindfold. Angie can't believe he opened it. Dennis is like, "What?" Did you ever notice that Dennis sounds like the Cookie Monster? He totally does. Ahmad asks Dennis if he opened his briefcase, and Dennis says, "Just a little bit." Ahmad says the worst thing is that Dennis opened it and still only got one right. Dennis doesn't say much. If Dennis isn't The Mole, I would buy that he just peeked inside to see if it was money, and didn't actually take the paper out and examine it. Angie and Mark express their indignation and disbelief in interviews. Dennis interviews that he did it to "manipulate it" and "throw the game in a big twist." I love when Dennis's interviews are captioned, as if he speaks a foreign language or with a thick accent. That's awesome. Dennis adds that he saw the answers and knew where the folders were. What folders? What is he talking about? Ahmad suggests that Dennis apologize, and Dennis does. Angie and Mark laugh because it's a first. Mark interviews that now he thinks that Dennis is The Mole instead of Angie. Mark also adds some more unfunny jokes that won't be recapped here.