The Mole (American TV series) season 7

The seventh season of the American version of The Mole, which is the second instalment by Netflix, premiered on June 28, 2024. The season was produced by Eureka Productions, with Ari Shapiro as the new host, and was filmed in Malaysia. The cast were revealed on Tudum on 31 May 2024.

The Mole
Season 7
Presented by	Ari Shapiro
No. of contestants	12
Location	Malaysia
Release
Original network	Netflix
Original release	June 28 (2024-06-28) – July 12, 2024 (2024-07-12)
Season chronology

Format

Following a similar format as several versions of the franchise, twelve players are gathered to complete assignments to earn money for the group pot. However, one of the twelve is the titular "Mole", a player selected by production to secretly sabotage the assignments and cause the group to earn the least amount of money for the winner's pot as possible. Every few days, players would take a multiple choice test about the identity of the Mole and the Mole's actions over the course of last few days. Once the test is complete, the players await their results in an elimination ceremony. The player with the lowest score is eliminated from the game, while in the event of the tie the player who completed their test the slowest is eliminated. Contestants are eliminated until there are three remaining players (two genuine contestants and the Mole themself), where they must complete a final test about the identity and actions of the Mole throughout the season.

Contestants

Contestant	Age	Occupation	Game Status
Deanna Thompson	50	Don't F**k with Cats star
Hannah Burns	23	Marketing consultant
Michael O'Brien	30	Parking manager
Muna Abdulahi	24	Software engineer
Neesh Riaz	30	Marketer
Quaylyn "Q" Carter	41	Bus driver
Ryan Warner	33	Volleyball coach
Sean Patrick Bryan	42	Stay-at-home parent and retired undercover cop
Antonio "Tony" Castellanos	24	VIP host	4th eliminated
Melissa Lummus	34	Poker player	3rd eliminated
Andy Mintzer	65	Forensic accountant	2nd eliminated
Jennifer Dasilva-Hassiman	28	Programme analyst	1st eliminated

Elimination chart

The chart reflects the results of each quiz, and not reflective of which episode it took place in.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Deanna	IN	IN	IN	IN
Hannah	IN	WIN	IN	IN
Michael	IN	IN	WIN	IN
Muna	IN	IN	IN	IN
Neesh	IN	IN	IN	IN
Quaylyn	IN	IN	IN	IN
Ryan	IN	IN	IN	IN
Sean	IN	IN	IN	IN
Tony	IN	IN	IN	ELIM
Melissa	IN	IN	ELIM
Andy	IN	ELIM
Jennifer	ELIM

Key

  The player won the game

  The player was the Mole

  The player finished as the runner-up

  The player completed the quiz and was safe

  The player won an exemption for the quiz

  The player won a correction on the quiz to correct a wrong answer and was safe

  The player scored the lowest on the quiz and was eliminated

Episodes

Episode	Airdate	Title	Amount in Pot	Location	Eliminated
1	June 28, 2024 (2024-06-28)	"Nobody's Safe"	$0 → $30,000	West Malaysia	—
2		"Treasure Island"	$30,000 → $10,000	Tioman Island	Jennifer
3		"Money Tower"	$10,000 → $60,000	Forest City	Andy
4		"Powers of Observation"	$60,000 → $30,000	Kuala Lumpur	Melissa
5		"Special Delivery"	$30,000 → $0	Port Klang	Tony

Notes

Season summary

Missions are listed in this section in chronological order.

Episode 1

Episode 1
Original airdate: June 28, 2024 Location: West Malaysia
Mission	Money earned	Possible earnings
Mission 1	$30,000	$30,000
Mission 2	$0	$5,000
Current Pot	$30,000	$35,000
Advantages earned
Muna	Correction for Quiz 1 (earned in Mission 2)

Mission 1

The 12 contestants meet for the first time at a clearing within a grassfield. There, it is announced that five "intruders", applicants who missed out on being selected for the season, will attempt to cross an assault course within 30 minutes to earn a place on the season. The 12 contestants must use paintball guns to fire at intruders crossing the course, eliminating any intruders they hit. If the group hit all five intruders, $20,000 is earned for the pot. However, the first intruder (if any) to enter a car earns a place on the season, replacing one of the current 12 candidates.

Before the intruders run the course, the group have five minutes to select a leader to coordinate the mission. If an intruder reaches the end of the assault course, the leader's place on the season is taken by the successful intruder. The group earns a bonus $10,000 for the pot if they select a leader within five minutes, otherwise a leader is chosen randomly with no money earned. The group selected Neesh as the leader within the time-limit, meaning $10,000 was earned to the pot.

Then, the intruders must unlock themselves from a chain by solving a clue, then cross the three Zones of the course without getting hit. At Zone 1, the intruders must cross a series of obstacles while four contestants use two slingshots to fire paintballs at them. At Zone 2, the intruders, now armed with smoke bombs and shields, must collect a key from the top of a tower before proceeding to the next zone. Meanwhile, four contestants swivel a platform to aim the paintball gun mounted to it and fire at the intruders. At Zone 3, the intruders must cross a series of obstacles while three group members use a paintball gun, loaded with only 10 paintballs, to fire at them. Nearby is also a screen with a birds-eye-view of the course where one candidate can communicate information to others via walkie talkie.

The group successfully eliminated all five intruders, earning $20,000 in addition to the $10,000 earned by choosing a team leader.

Mission 2

The group must select the three contestants they deem to be the "most trustworthy", who each privately receive an offer from host Ari Shapiro via phone. They can either dial "1" on the phone to potentially add $5,000 to the pot, or to dial "2" to earn a Correction, an advantage which corrects an incorrect answer, for themselves in the next quiz. If all three selected contestants dial "1", $5,000 is added to the pot. Otherwise, the contestant(s) who choose the Correction earns it for themselves.

Deanna, Muna and Tony were selected as the most trustworthy contestants. Deanna and Tony dialled "1" while Muna dialled "2" meaning she received a Correction for the quiz and no money was earned for the pot.

Episode 2

Episode 2
Original airdate: June 28, 2024 Location: Tioman Island
Mission	Money earned	Possible earnings
Quiz 1 & Elimination
Mission 3	$15,000	$15,000
Mission 4	−$35,000	$0
Current Pot	$10,000	$50,000
Advantages earned
Hannah	Exemption for Quiz 2 (earned in Mission 4)
Elimination
Jennifer	1st player eliminated

Mission 3

The group have two hours to use a map to find a clue leading them to two treasure chests on Tioman Island, and build a raft to transport the chests to a buoy in the water.

The group can find each half of the clue at two locations on the map: "Smashing Rock" and a shipwreck. At Smashing Rock, contestants must figure out that they must follow numbered rocks to find their half the clue in a hanging cargo net. At the shipwreck, contestants must dive to collect a first aid kit from a sunken ship and collect their half of the clue inside.

After combining both halves of the clue, the group must figure out that it requires them to fold the map to reveal an 'X' where the chests are buried. After finding the treasure chests, the group must then transport them to a buoy using a raft which they must assemble using items along the beach. If they bring the treasure to the buoy within two hours, $15,000 is added to the pot.

The group successfully transported both chests to the buoy within two hours, meaning $15,000 was earned for the pot.

Mission 4

Before the quiz, it is revealed that one contestant has the chance to win an Exemption, giving them immunity from the next Quiz/Elimination. The value of the pot ($45,000) is displayed on a screen begins to depreciate. The pot only stops losing money when only one player remains in the room. However, the last player remaining in the room also receives the Exemption for the next quiz.

Hannah was the last contestant remaining and received the Exemption. The pot's value depreciated to $9,870, which host Ari Shapiro rounded to $10,000, meaning that overall $35,000 was removed from the pot.

Episode 3

Episode 3
Original airdate: June 28, 2024 Location: Forest City
Mission	Money earned	Possible earnings
Quiz 2 & Elimination
Mission 5	$5,000	$20,000
Mission 6	$45,000	$50,000
Current Pot	$60,000	$120,000
Advantages earned
Michael	Exemption for Quiz 3 (earned in Mission 6)
Elimination
Andy	2nd player eliminated

Mission 5

Contestants travel in two cars, which form their group for the assignment, to an apartment complex in Forest City. Along the way, each group must select one member who is "most capable of performing under pressure" to be their group leader.

Upon arrival, it is announced that each group has one hour to complete a "heist" by entering a specific apartment unit, unlocking a safe, and stealing the jewellery inside. For each group that successfully opens their safe and steal the jewellery, $10,000 is added to the pot.

To do so, each group leader must rappel down the side of the building to identify their group's designated apartment floor, distinguished with a red chair on the balcony. After finding the apartment, they must enter through the balcony and open the door for their remaining group members to enter with a bag of supplies. Afterwards, each group must search their apartment for a safe, and determine the combination to unlock it and steal the jewellery inside. To determine the code, groups must figure out that they must input batteries found in the apartment into the UV flashlight in their supplies, then use the UV flashlight to find two two-digit numbers on household items which illuminate when shone upon. These numbers form the four-digit code to the safe, and teams only have three attempts to input the correct code. Inside each apartment is also a clue which groups can open at the cost of $5,000.

One group opened their safe within the time limit, however one clue envelope was also opened, meaning that in total $5,000 was earned for the pot.

Mission 6

Each contestant chooses one fortune cookie at random. Five fortune cookies contain slips worth varying amounts of money ($50,000 in total) while the other five contain an exemption slip.

Each round, after a brief discussion, the group must vote out one contestant, eliminating them from the mission. This process repeats until only five contestants remain. Each contestant who was not voted out then reveals the contents of their fortune cookie. If their fortune cookie contains money, the money is added to the pot. However, if the cookie contains an Exemption, that contestant receives an Exemption for the upcoming quiz.

Hannah, Michael, Neesh, Quaylynn and Tony remained by the end of the mission. It was revealed that Michael had an Exemption, earning it for himself for the next quiz, while the other four contestants had fortune cookies containing money, with a combined value of $45,000 which was added to the pot.

Epiosde 4

Episode 4
Original airdate: June 28, 2024 Location: Kuala Lumpur
Mission	Money earned	Possible earnings
Quiz 3 & Elimination
Mission 7	−$40,000	$25,000
Mission 8	$10,000	$30,000
Current Pot	$30,000	$175,000
Elimination
Melissa	3rd player eliminated

Mission 7

Before the season began, each contestant competed a casting interview talking about their strategy if they were selected as the Mole. Each contestant is privately given the chance to watch another contestant's interview, at the cost of $5,000 from the pot. If all contestants decline the option to view an interview, the group earns $25,000 for the pot.

Eight contestants viewed an interview, meaning $40,000 was deducted from the pot.

Mission 8

As waitstaff, the group attend a gala at the Petronas Twin Towers where three out of sixty guests have brought a cash donation of $10,000 each, while the remaining guests brought other gifts. The group have one hour to determine which three guests brought the cash to earn the money for the pot. To do so, the group must select four members to be at the back of house and five members to attend to guests at front of house during the mission.

The contestants at the back of house are given photos of each guest, their table number, access to their belongings in the cloakroom, and RSVP cards containing guests' dietary requirements/preferences and gift/donation of choice. The contestants at the front of house must serve food and beverages to the guests to determine which guests do not match the dietary requirements/preferences of those who brought cash (red wine and vegetable dumplings) and communicate the information to the back of house team so they can eliminate the incorrect guests. Additionally, the front of house team can identify guests' cloak tag numbers for the back of house team to match with their belongings in the cloakroom. Each guest's belongings hints at their occupation, with the group looking for an artist, a doctor and a pilot who brought the cash donations. For each guest who brought a cash donation correctly identified by the team at the back of house, $10,000 is added to the pot.

One guest was correctly identified, meaning $10,000 was earned for the pot.

Episode 5

Episode 5
Original airdate: June 28, 2024 Location: Port Klang
Mission	Money earned	Possible earnings
Quiz 4 & Elimination
Mission 9	$19,500	$100,000
Mission 10	−$49,500	$15,000
Current Pot	$0	$290,000
Advantages earned
TBA	Exemption for Quiz 5 (earned in Mission 10)
Elimination
Tony	4th player eliminated

Mission 9

Contestants have 60 minutes to search the North West Shipping Depot for U.S. shipping containers containing boxes worth varying amounts of money inside, which add up $50,000 in total. They must load the boxes into one of three trucks, each labelled with the name of a contestant. However, only boxes loaded into the correct truck - the one labelled with the contestant most selected as the Mole during the previous quiz - add money to the pot. Additionally, inside one shipping container is also a “Doubler” box which doubles the earnings of the truck it's loaded in, if that truck is correct.

After the mission, it was revealed that Michael was most selected as the Mole during the last quiz, adding the $19,500 from his truck into the pot.

Mission 10

Contestants take part in an auction, bidding money from the pot, for three advantages: 15 minutes to read another contestant's dossier, a Correction for in the next quiz, and an Exemption. Each contestant may only bid for one advantage, with the highest bidder earning that advantage. For each advantage not bid for, $5,000 is added to the pot.

The first two advantages were not bid for. The Exemption received a $59,500 bid (the entire pot at the time, including the $10,000 earned from the first two advantages), reducing the pot to $0, meaning that overall $49,500 was removed from the pot for the assignment.

Notes