The show opens on confessionals. Al says someone’s gonna bite the dust. He doesn’t care who. “Whoever goes down, goes down.” Katie doesn’t want to go home. She’s more into the game than ever. Dorothy says she’s no longer worried about the team. Elavia, who seems to have been placed in the echo chamber interview room says, “It’s it’s it’s a game game game, people ple ple. Why why why aren’t you enjoying ing ing yourselves elves elves?”
Enough of that, let’s move on to breakfast. The players are gathered around the breakfast table as Cooper, our bland host, explains to us, by way of voice over, that the first game is about to begin. Cooper informs the players that they’ve missed an obvious clue saying, “Your powers of observation leaves something to be desired.” The mole’s journal has been sitting in the middle of the table and none of the knuckleheads have noticed.
New Dork picks up the book and opens to the first page, which says, “Top Secret, property of the mole. If found, destroy. Do not read. That means you.” New Dork gets scared. Rob, the magician, says it’s a trap and they should destroy it. Patrick says they’ve walked right into every trap the mole has set. The Great HydroPeroxo snatches the book from New Dork.
Dorothy demands the journal and rereads the warning.
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“Round one,” Mini Me recites, Bob “was too easy. He spent too much time schmoozing the ladies.”
As we listen to Mini Me read the mole rip into Boob, New Dork covers his mouth and Elavia laughs.
Okay, back to Mini Me’s description. We cut to a black and white shot of Ali Mini Me continues her flavor-free, monotone, mundane recitation with, “Her drink cost them. She drowned her sorrows over Boob’s execution. Well, she joins her buddy now. Hope the rest get serious.”
“Round 3: “To Do” List,” Mini Me says. She then ticks off the mole’s upcoming tasks, one by one. They include, sabotaging the pot, pitting one against another, putting a chill down their spines and making them beg.
In their journals, the players write down this new information furiously. Cooper notes this and asks if their journals are important to them and what they write in them.
Patrick answers for the group , “Secret stuff.”
Cooper asks them to give him a number from one to eleven. Lisa’s got her work clothes on (a Sox jersey that I imagine smells of beer and red hots). The group settles on the number four.
Let’s-Hang-Mr.-Cooper tells them to hold up their journals and explains that they’ll all have the opportunity to gain insight into what one other player is thinking. Heather looks scared. New Dork hides his face. Myra sips her coffee?
Cooper instructs the players to rotate their journals four players to the left. There is a group groan, but the players begrudgingly comply. Lisa Rob Al Myra Heather Elavia Host Katie Bribs Dorothy Bill Patrick Darwin>
So, Lisa gets Bill’s journal. Rob gets Dorothy’s. Al gets Bribs’s. Myra gets Katie’s. Heather gets Lisa’s. Elavia gets Rob’s. Darwin gets Al’s. Patrick gets Myra’s. Bill gets Heather’s. Dorothy gets Elavia’s. Bribs gets Darwin’s and Katie ends up with Patrick’s journal.
When they’re done, Cooper tells them that the journals they are now holding are their new journals. They can do with them what they please. He adds that if there is anything juicy in there about him they should let him know.
Thumper was really expressive in her journal. New Dork is worried that his thoughts are going to someone else. Super Brow feels bad for Patrick who’s been keeping “copious notes.” She adds that his face went red Powder feels like he’s opened up his soul to DQ through his journal.
Powder asks Cooper if they can do with the books “what we will.”
Cooper says, “Depends.”
Powder asks, “Can we trade them back?”
Cooper says, “No.”
At this point, Darwin has either bitten into something rotten or he thinks Powder’s question is stupid Kojak is making the ugliest faces behind Powder’s back. Play nice, Kojak.
Cooper also adds that they cannot destroy the journals. DQ tells Powder that she won’t read his journal if he doesn’t want her to. Surprise! Powder doesn’t.
Kojak says, “If you don’t read that, you’re out of your mind, Katie.”