Sunday, June 08, 2008

1839 Thud

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Re: the TV show "The Mole". I've never watched it, but I believe it has to do with a team that has to work together on some tasks, but one of them is a secret mole appointed by the producers, whose job is to sabotage the rest of the team, and the individuals on the team get points/money for completing tasks and for identifying the mole. One way to prevent others from identifying the mole is to pretend to be the mole yourself.

The promos for this next season have each of the contestants saying "I'm not the mole", except for one contestant who smirks, "Of course I'm the mole". The announcer intones, "One of them is lying."

Do you see a problem there?

If that's the whole team, then either none of them are lying, or two of them are lying. Or else not all of the team are in the promo, which would make this a dead giveaway, since then the "I'm the mole" guy is the one who's lying, and the mole must be one of those who did not appear.

Nothing like a major spoiler before the show even begins, eh?

Thud.
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