Four Celebrities

Previously on Celebrity Mole: Erik won an exemption, but gave it up so that $60,000 could go into the pot. Frederique refused to eat a hot pepper and lost a potential $25,000 for the pot. Ahmad read some journal pages and Corbin weirdly insisted that the final page read was not his, even though everyone else's page had already been read. And then Corbin was executed.

I just want to state for the record that, halfway through this episode, I announced that I was changing my Mole pick from Michael to Frederique. I know none of you have reason to believe me, but I swear it's true. I'll explain my reasoning at the end of the episode.

Episode-opening series of interviews. An exhausted-looking Michael says that Corbin was their captain and a lunatic, and now he's gone. Kathy is genuinely shocked, but adds that he should have known because she's The Mole. Erik didn't like Corbin's "cocky persona," but now he thinks Corbin was a good guy. Frederique lists off the remaining celebrities and laughs. That was weird.

Big Island. Hawaii. People (and a dog) surf. In an interview, Kathy says she saw some hula girls and thought they would have a luau and compete to see who could eat the most poi. Ahmad welcomes them to their next game and reminds them that they have $151,000 in the pot. Today's game is worth $20,000. Ahmad says that Michael is a strong swimmer and that Erik is "one of the world's great surfers." Really? Is he? Ahmad says that the two guys will do the hula, and the women will do some surfing. Kathy thinks there must have been a typo, and that they're really supposed to be having lunch. Ahmad says they have thirty minutes to get up on the surfboard with their hands out and stay up for five seconds. Kathy clarifies that it doesn't have to be the same five seconds. Hee. Synchronized surfing, the next Olympic event. Ahmad tells the guys that they will be doing the hula continuously, and if one of them stops, the game is over and no money is added to the pot.

First, Michael and Erik need to learn how to hula. Michael pronounces this "the worst moment of [his] life." Erik and Michael are given grass skirts and coconut bras. Michael talks about how humiliating it is and asks if he can get executed on purpose. Erik starts practicing his moves, and Michael says, "Oh, don't help them. Don't help them." Erik and Michael line up with their two female instructors, and Michael gripes, "Not a happy face. Not a happy man." Okay, dude, we get it! We understand that the outfit is a threat to your masculinity. Get over it and complete the mission. Did you see the pink corset Al had to wear last season? Speaking of Al, one of the instructors announces that the song they'll be dancing to is "Tiny Bubbles." Some dude with a ukulele sings the song as the instructors demonstrate the dance. Kathy stands by and critiques. In an interview, Michael says he felt "as clumpy and ungraceful and uncoordinated as you can imagine." The song finishes and Michael says, "I smell something burning. Oh, it's my career!" He's funny, but also, we get it. Isn't this the same actor who played a gay guy on Spin City? You'd think he'd be cool with the whole stereotypical-sex-role-reversal thing. Michael asks if they can't do a more macho Polynesian dance, where he gets to "hump a palm tree or something."