Episode 2

In my mind, there are two basic approaches you can take as The Mole.  You
can fly under the radar, befriend everyone and try to sabotage with subtlety
and grace.  Or you can screw up missions so badly that no one will actually
think you're The Mole ... because it's way too obvious.  I'm starting to
think Bobby falls into that second category.

He's been so completely inept that I can't help but wonder if he's taking
the "I'm acting SO ridiculous that I couldn't possibly be The Mole" route. 
But what if he's just doing that to make us think he's The Mole?  But what
if he really IS the Mole?  Clearly, the mind games have begun.

When we arrived at the soccer field, I have to say -- I totally agreed with
the "Goal Oriented" players:  I thought they were going to DESTROY those
kids.  And I wasn't alone.  More than a few of us thought it might turn into
an anticlimactic cakewalk.  In my mind, they'd pass the ball to CLAY who
would barrel Will Farrell-style through a sea of helpless adolescents.  If
it took longer than 60 seconds, I would've been shocked.

Fourteen embarrassing points later, it ended up being a trouncing of epic
proportions.  On a small, dusty field in Santiago ... America got served.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the mountain, Mark and Kristen
were just trucking along.  I loved their little exchange around the halfway
point.  Mark:  "I swear this is one of the hardest things I've ever done."
Kristen:  "I'm alright, actually."  Mark:  "Umm, you're not pushing the bike." 
He had a point.

But then Kristen innocently called him out: "Want me to push (the bike)?"
Mark's reply was a gruff, "No."  Did someone just get emasculated?  That's a
rhetorical question.  I think Mark was fully aware that Kristen could've
easily grabbed the bike and huffed it all the way up the hill.  I just don't
think his ego could've handled it.

When the mission was finally over, Paul went pitbull on Bobby and
deservedly so.  After all, Bobby DID say he was a soccer player.  I started
to notice that Bobby is one of those people that has great zingers -- but in
the heat of the moment --  he often comes up short.  I can sympathize because
I'm exactly the same way.

Perfect example:  when Bobby and Paul traded barbs at the execution.  Bobby's
burn on Paul?  "You can be competitive in this game and still be classy. 
Some people are competitive but not very classy."  Uhh, ok.  That's aight. 
The construction is a bit clumsy so I'll give you a B/B- on that one.

Paul's response?  A+  "Riding in a wheelbarrow, letting a woman push you
around is real classy ... let me tell you."  SNAP!  He just took you to
Yonkers, boy!  That being said, Bobby still has some of my favorite lines of
the season so far.  Like his take on Alex: "He's just so cocky and arrogant. 
We get it - you know Spanish ... but you suck at life."  I love that one. 
You suck at life.  It really doesn't get more straightforward than that.

When the execution finally rolled around and Liz was axed, I think we were
all a bit sad.  Sincerely.  Everyone really loved her spunky, "can do"
Grandma attitude.  Not to mention, she was probably one of the biggest
flirts on the show. I'm not even kidding.  Liz, don't be surprised if I show
up at your doorstep one day with a bottle of Chardonnay and Centrum Silver.

It's really too bad she went home so early because she would've had a field
day with next week's mission...