“The Mole” is on Netflix now. Maybe it’ll finally get the credit it deserves. The reality show, whose first two seasons recently arrived on the streamer, was part of the early-200…
The reality show, whose first two seasons recently arrived on the streamer, was part of the early-2000s boom in unscripted TV. Its greatest impact may have been introducing its audience to its host, a not-yet-famous. It didn’t match the explosive success of peer shows like “Survivor” and “American Idol” in its moment — but that might just mean it will feel fresh on a second look.
“The Mole’s” clever idea is that within a group of players attempting to win money as a group is one saboteur, who works to botch their group challenges and keep earnings low. Each episode, the participants are quizzed about the identity of the person working against the team; the person most in the dark is sent home. The show seemed to sense a certain fundamental lack of stickiness, because the second season amps up the number of immunities offered and twists in the game.
“Survivor” and “Big Brother,” for instance, both use extreme locations to pump reactions out of their social-experiment subjects; on the former, the peril and possibilities of a deserted beach elicit fear and wonder, while on the latter, the drudgery of being inside all day prompts the mind to race with paranoia. “The Mole,” instead, seemed largely set on giving its contestants a nice time.
“The Mole” let viewers in on the joke. Its game design had a knife-sharp efficiency, sheathed in urbane wit. Its re-emergence on Netflix during a challenging time has not merely meant the possibility of escape to fun foreign locations — although the delight these players feel in travel is real, and vicariously exciting — but also the nostalgic opportunity to replay a sort of game that this viewer finds very comforting.
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