Who wants to try it? - Yes, come on, Isabel.
Yes. - Isabel, be careful.
Are you easily scared? Do you scream? - No.
I'll probably scream. - You think so?
(Dries and Isabel screaming)
Mamma mia. - Mamma mia, from what?
From ABBA. - Yes.
(enthusiastic shouts)
(little scream)
How on earth do you get this out? - Watch out.
Whoever produces the most decibels, gets info about the mole.
Farts. Farts.
You hear the mole.
For money? - Yes.
We are the most reliable duo, so we're going to make that happen.
Come on.
That means that this extra information about the mole
goes to Yannis and Isabel.
To use the information, you will first have to survive the elimination.
Abigail.
Welcome. - Sit down.
Glad you're here.
Is still water okay? - Yes, that's perfect.
We do have news, though.
We have chosen the contestants.
Yes. - And you are one of them.
Oh no, really, you mean it? Oh no, wow.
And you are one of them.
Really?
Yes. Hello, Gilles.
We are currently in conversation with Yana.
It's for you. Gilles wants to speak to you.
Hello. Hi Gilles.
Have you just received good news? - That's right, very good news.
I hope you're not going to say now that it's the wrong Dries.
No, no.
Are you going to be there this year too? - Naturally.
But I actually have a pretty crucial announcement for you.
You're not alone there, are you? - They are looking at me with two now.
Maxim, for the next thing that I'm going to tell you,
you're going to have to keep a poker face.
Yes. Okay, all right.
It is important that the people opposite you don't notice anything.
You know, the program is obviously called The Mole.
So we need a mole. - That's right.
I'm going to let you know now
whether you are a contestant
or the mole.
Wow.
Today the contestants travel a long way to the south.
They are swapping the region around Porto for the fantastic scenery
of olive orchards, rolling hills and picturesque villages:
the Alentejo.
(music: 'Vou morar no teu sórrisó' by Trio Ternura)
It has been since elementary school that I've eaten this,
so I'm trying to remember how I ate it.
First the edges and then... - With my teeth, the chocolate out.
The chocolate out.
Along the way, they drive past one of the many riding schools in the area.
Oh my God, what a dream. I see a horse standing there.
And they pause for a moment, much to the delight of Julie.
Look. - I find that so nice.
Is it a gelding or a mare? - A gelding.
I have a horse in Belgium, but he is completely black.
Are you into horses, Maxim? - Scared.
Scared, really? Not petting them? - I'm not crazy about them.
Come on, pet it once.
One, two, three.
(Yana screams and laughs)
I knew she was going to scream. - All those decibels.
All those horses awake. - I'm on a horse for the first time.
No, my blouse is going to get dirty like that.
Oops, it's between my breasts.
Are you allergic to horses? - Yes, hugely.
Your eyes are already starting to swell up a bit. - It's a top day for me.
(music: 'Just like heaven' by The Cure)
Bless you.
Three times, guys.
After a long travel day, they arrive in their new place of residence,
a beautiful country house among the almond trees.
I don't know if I'm allergic to almonds.
I wouldn't try it, if I were you.
(doorbell)
Should I open it? - Go ahead and open it.
And we're not buying anything at the door, Dries.
We've received a new book.
Blindness.
I'm waiting for you at the church of Terena. Cheers, Gilles. With a kiss.
Make sure the string doesn't fall out. - Maybe there was something still inside.
Okay. - Let's go.
Everyone done?
Yes.
Yannis isn't here yet. - Here, Yannis. He's with us.
Ah, you're with us. - Hey, hello.
I'm sitting next to you.
This isn't possible.
(music: 'Let out early' (feat. Love Axe) by Joey Joesph)
Are you readers?
I have a book with me here.
I've only read page 1 so far.
My husband gave me a book: I know you're lying.
Everything about lies and deception for professionals.
My favorite book is
Pluk van de Petteflet.
But no. - Come on, Pluk van de Petteflet.
I forgot my pills for my balance.
No, really. - Really?
Friends, welcome to Terena for a literary day.
Everything revolves around the masterpiece by José Saramago.
The most famous Portuguese book of all time,
Blindness.
We need:
three writers and four readers.
Does anyone read a lot of books?
The newspaper sometimes.
Sometimes.
Personally, I do like writing. - I do that too.
Reading... Rather writing than reading for me too.
I would also rather be among the writers. - I'll read otherwise.
Me too. - We are the three writers then.
We are the three writers. - Yes.
Good, you may go to the fortress.
And the readers, you play here, in the city of the blind.
(music: 'Communion dress' by Claudio Ianni)
The main street in Terena is littered with books.
The task of the readers is to find a specific book each time
for 1500 euros.
Which book that is, that info comes from the writers.
A whole arena. - Wow.
They are playing today in the thirteenth-century fortress
on the edge of Terena.
A pair of headphones with a very long cord.
They themselves go just a little bit less far back in history,
more specifically to their own school days.
Welcome to the great dictation of Blindness.
It's a dictation. - Oh no.
Getting the old grammar rules out again.
Is anyone good with -dt? - It's fine.
Usually I reformulate my sentences so I don't have to write -dt.
Our three writers are presented with a dictation one by one.
Come on, Dries. - Come on, Dries.
And the text of that dictation describes one of the twenty books
that are lying in the main street.
(clock chimes once)
Julie kicks things off and has five minutes
to find a book that is described in the dictation,
worth 1500 euros.
Julie, Yannis and Wout here. - Yes, I hear you.
You just have to describe what you see on the book cover, that's it.
Yes, that's what I'm going to do.
This book is a major bestseller
in late 20th-century literature.
This book is a major bestseller...
Yannis and Wout cannot hear the dictation,
but they can see what Dries is writing down.
Guys, I need your help already.
Late 20th-century, is that with a hyphen?
Late 20th, hyphen, century.
I have a first book here and it has a very big lemon on it.
Big lemon then? - There aren't any titles on the books, though.
So I can't pass on all the titles.
Another book that I see, is The Diary of Anne Frank, I think.
Julie is meanwhile by the first books
and indeed has to recognize them without title or author,
because it's not on there.
And that's not the only difficulty.
Julie is not alone here, you see.
The city is guarded by blind people.
If they can tag Julie, she's out of the game.
So she has to stay as quiet as possible
to not attract their attention.
I have another book here.
There's a lobster on it.
The book we're looking for was created by a British author.
Crea...
It was created?
Created: three e's, a dieresis on the middle e.
No.
(consecutive beeps)
Every mistake in the dictation sets off the alarm for Julie.
That naturally causes unwanted attention.
Then I see another book.
That's exactly in the Netherlands, because there's a windmill on it
with a cowboy riding a horse and the other is on a donkey.
Don Quixote. Don Quixote fights against windmills.
Pretty much everyone has already binge-watched the detailed film adaptation.
Guys, I don't know what you are doing,
but stop making mistakes for a moment, because I'm going to need to grab a book.
Should I take that Don Quixote book with me?
There's already a film adaptation of it, of Don Quixote.
Binge-watched?
How, watched? - Binge-watched, with a -ed at the end, I think.
And then watched: w-a-t-c-h-e-d.
Say that about the windmill again. - Once you stop making mistakes.
Because otherwise I won't have a book soon.
After losing his parents
the main character lives in a foster family.
In a foster family.
He and his magical colleagues take it on
against a fascistic wizard with a nose-free facade.
Oh oh. Guys.
Wait, wait.
Julie, is there anything there somewhere with Harry Potter?
No, nothing with Harry Potter. Should I grab the book with that donkey and horse?
Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling as author and such.
That must be it. - But time is almost up.
With less than a minute left on the clock
they realize they must have 'Harry Potter'.
But that book is at the end of the street.
And not Jommeke or something? I also see a book here by Jommeke, with a rocket.
Julie, once again, you have to go look for Harry Potter.
Colleagues, with an -e that goes down? - E goes down, indeed.
I have the book here: Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Julie is now right by the right book.
And she escapes by the skin of her teeth from two blind people.
Oh yeah, I got it.
Yes, she has it.
Yes, I got it.
Julie is just in time and conjures 1500 euros into the pot.
Do we have it? - We have it.
Created, isn't that with a -d? - It was created.
I think you're right. - It was smurfed.
The k-f-s-c-h-i-p rule, man, the rule.
On to the next one. Yana is going to look for the book,
Wout gets ready for the dictation.
You've outgrown your desk a bit, I have to say, Wout.
I don't know if I can even get out from under here.
This book is about a rock 'n' roll legend avant la lettre.
Rock 'n' roll legend? - Rock and then an apostrophe, n, roll.
(beep)
Yana, we're looking for a book that is about a rock 'n' roll legend.
I see a book with a blue cover with a little red man on it and a red hat.
Maybe look for Elvis Presley, Paul Anka, Chuck Berry.
(beep)
A book about driver's licenses.
This isn't a book about driver's licenses. Come on.
The first edition dates back to the fifties,
but it has been updated several times.
Updated?
U-p-d-a-t-e-d. Updated.
Definitely a -d at the end.
(beep)
A book with a red eye on it from Big Brother is watching you.
Isn't that 1984 by George Orwell?
That big eye could be it. We're not sure yet.
That's George Orwell.
Should I take Big Brother is watching you?
The author was European,
but not from our parts.
The author. Shit. - Author.
No, never mind, Big Brother is watching you can go.
Which one then?
The red-haired main character jumps in puddles without rubber boots on.
In puddles without...
Is that squash?
What is that, quadshoes?
Rubber boots. - Rubber boots.
The book about the red-haired girl who jumps in puddles,
is the classic 'Pippi Longstocking' by Astrid Lindgren.
But they haven't realized that yet.
Or is it a turquoise children's book with feet on it, with two stockings?
You have to give something.
With feet, blue feet? - Blue feet?
Blue feet.
(beep)
She lives in a little villa with a domesticated monkey.
Th...
Could it be...
...That one from Sweden. The one in Sweden, come on.
Pippi Longstocking.
Pippi Longstocking, I know that one.
* Pippi Longstocking.
* Pipilota...
* Pippi Longstocking, yes ma'am, that's me. *
Her unparalleled antics lead to adventures full of mischief.
(beep)
Fuck. Shit.
Yana has been tagged by a blind person and will not bring in a book.
Yana, are you still there?
Dead?
No book. Did it not work? - No.
Did it beep a lot? - Yes. For you too?
For me too, I was going crazy. I was a walking beeper.
Well, I had that too. - I genuinely wonder what they're doing there.
Wow, my Dutch teacher is going to be so mad at me now.
Sorry, Mrs. Kluppels.
Yannis gets ready for his dictation.
(bell rings once)
Maxim heads into the city of the blind.
Hello, Maxim, can you hear us?
Yes, I can hear you.
Can you say which books you see, which covers?
I see a white book here with a yellow lemon.
The author of this book is from the Mediterranean region.
Mediterranean region. - The author is from
the Mediterranean region.
Mediterranean region.
I see a book with two feet on it and colored stockings.
That must be Pippi Longstocking. We don't need that, we've already had that.
The work presents an eclectic mosaic of delicious ideas.
Eclectic?
Is that with two c's or one? Eclectic.
Two c's maybe. I would pick two c's.
(beep)
The work presents an eclectic mosaic of delicious ideas.
Is that a cookbook or something? - A cookbook?
Maxim is definitely looking for a cookbook, 'Simpel' by Ottolenghi.
But that's all the way at the beginning of the street.
I see the book The Hunger Games lying here.
The Hunger Games, no.
The stylistic preference of the author is simplicity.
(beep)
It's not a complex book. It has to be something simple.
Something simple.
It is definitely a cookbook.
Look for a cover that has food on it, or plates or something.
Could it be a book with a lobster on it?
That might be it.
Is that lobster prepared?
I think so, but I'm not sure.
If he doesn't see any other cookbooks, just take that lobster.
Just take that lobster.
To properly follow the book,
you'll have to stock up on some eccentric spices,
like ras el hanout...
(beep)
...or dukkah.
Does anyone know dukkah? - Like the footballer: d-o-u-k-a.
That's Doku. - Ah yes, Doku.
(beep)
It was something with food, a cookbook or something.
That's the only thing with food that I saw.
Have you guys seen any cookbooks? - I have...
I saw a book at the beginning with a lemon on it.
Yes, but that doesn't seem like a cookbook at all to me.
Only Isabel hasn't had her turn yet.
She's now heading into the city last, with a special assignment.
Who among the readers is the biggest bookworm?
Because they can bring in the most money.
I can read quite well.
Isabel?
I do read quite a lot, but I don't know if I'm a good reader.
I also have confidence in Isabel for that.
That seems like a good choice to me too.
Okay.
Isabel was designated by the group as the biggest bookworm.
She may pick up as many books as she can.
For every book for which she can give the correct title,
she earns 300 euros.
But if she gets tagged, she loses everything.
Lemon. Don't know it.
For now, she can go through the city in silence.
Here, yes. Yes, that children's book.
The woman who is so bad to those children.
But as soon as Isabel picks up her first book,
she has to get out of the street within a minute
and her alarm will continue to sound without stopping.
Here, Crusade in Jeans, I know that one.
Pippi Longstocking. Driving test, I know that one too.
Tintin. Tintin. Oh, Tintin.
But what's that one going to do? Tintin Destination Moon?
This one? I'll just take it. Yes, right.
(beep)
What is this? Yes, that's that TV series.
I'm not going to risk that.
Nice, look at that. - Wow, so many books.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
Hello. - Hello.
And, difficult? - We did make a few mistakes.
Yes, I heard. - It wasn't obvious.
We're back together. What did it all yield?
Maxim, you have this book with you.
I suspect it's correct.
Still with the lemon. - The lemon.
This is The Dinner by Herman Koch.
On the middle pedestal, that's where Pippi Longstocking belonged.
But the blind caught you, Yana.
Then Julie. You ended up with Harry Potter.
(contestants cheering)
That's already 1500 euros.
There could be more added, of course.
Isabel, you brought six books.
You earn 300 euros per book for which you can give the correct title.
Don Quixote.
The Diary of Anne Frank.
Pippi Longstocking.
Crusade in Jeans.
The White Guide.
And...
Driving test, or something like that.
It's called Driving A to Z.
You didn't have The Diary of Anne Frank either, but the other four, yes.
If I can count correctly, this wonderful day yields 2700 euros.
(the contestants cheer)
That's nice, but the day can get much nicer.
Oh no.
You can trust me, I really won't look.
Wow.
I don't know anymore, guys. I'm exploding here.
The contestants are in the city of the blind...
...and have just earned 2700 euros.
Nice. Look at that.
That's nice,
but the day can get much nicer.
Because, friends, after the book, there is now also the film, titled:
The exact moment when the mole is told that he or she is the mole.
And for once I assure you
that the film is better than the book.
Would you like to see that film?
Very much. - I think so.
The screening starts in a little less than five minutes here behind me.
But before we can go inside, Yannis and Isabel,
you are still entitled to something.
At the race challenge, Yannis and Isabel
could blow the trumpet the hardest.
Now they get to reap the rewards.
That benefit belongs to you.
It is time to open it.
Blindfolds. - Oh no.
This is and remains the city of the blind.
The film starts as soon as five of your seven are blindfolded.
Taking the blindfold off is allowed, because it's a fantastic film.
But it costs 500 euros from the money that you have earned here today.
The very first reaction of the mole
at the exact moment that he or she receives the news.
Not a film you want to sit through blindfolded.
But every contestant who takes off the blindfold in a moment,
costs the group 500 euros.
Then everyone will just take their blindfold off.
No, I think I'm genuinely going to keep it on. - I don't need that information.
You can trust me, I really won't look.
Isabel and Yannis, you choose which five will be blindfolded.
There are five of them, so it's logical that those five get the blindfold.
Or do you want to put that blindfold on? - Preferably not.
Who is going to keep that blindfold on?
I promise, really.
I actually don't know.
I get it. - Isabel, would you keep it on?
I wouldn't keep it on, no way.
No? - No.
Therefore, I assume that no one is keeping it on.
Okay, I'll take mine off too if someone else takes theirs off.
Sorry, but then I'm taking it off too.
But then we do that as a group, guys. - I personally think that too.
(music: 'You want it darker' by Leonard Cohen)
I find it very difficult not to look,
because I expect Yana and Dries to look.
I don't want to be the only idiot with a blindfold,
while everyone else takes that blindfold off.
In my eyes, those images could confirm your mole.
On the other hand, they can completely throw you off track.
Our team spirit is really, really strong.
I also think that if the mole is among the blindfolded ones,
it would be very noticeable if you took off your blindfold.
I would expect that a blindfold would come off, though.
But if that doesn't happen, I think the mole
might be sitting at the front of the church.
Hello. Hi, Gilles. - Hi, Julie. I thought: let me just call.
Wow, I think it's really cool to have you on the line, because I'm a huge fan.
Julie, I'm going to tell you now whether you'll be a candidate or the mole this year.
Wow.
But it is very important that you don't let anything show
to the people sitting across from you.
Julie, you are coming along as...
Ah, that's awesome.
Bye. Bye, Gilles.
He didn't ask if you wanted to be the mole?
No, not that, so...
Yeah, no.
Yannis, keep this a secret from now on. - Yes.
Because you are participating this season as...
Okay.
Yes, super. Thanks for the opportunity. Thanks for the opportunity.
Really, absolutely. Super.
He didn't ask... - If you wanted to be the mole?
No, he didn't ask that. No.
I did expect that. I thought: why is he calling me?
He's going to tell me something for sure. That wasn't it.
Hi, Gilles. - Hi, Yana. Good afternoon.
Good afternoon.
You are coming along as...
Yana has already told me, that when she's nervous,
she starts to cover it up by laughing really hard.
I don't know. No, no. It was just a pleasant conversation.
So she's not going to disappear from my sight.
Hello, Wout here. - Listen closely, Wout.
I'm going to tell you very quietly now, you are coming along this season as...
They have always told me that someone who lies
often does a small action, like taking a sip of water.
Did he ask anything about the game? - That I can come along as a candidate.
That's the only thing. - He didn't say anything about the mole?
No, at least not to me.
Maxim, you are coming along this year as...
Yes, okay, all right. Good.
Sure, of course.
It felt a bit acted.
While Maxim normally has a mischievous face.
And he didn't even frown.
Not that he asked anything about the mole?
No.
Okay. - No.
Dries, your role will be that of...
I assumed so.
Do a good job, man. - For sure. I'm already doing well.
He said I can just come along.
I assume you guys will still say if I can come along.
Whether I can be the mole or a candidate.
I know, I think it's all... No, no.
We don't know that, but we know you can come along.
Say, Isabel, ready for it? - I hope so.
You are from now on...
Did he ask if you wanted to be the mole?
He didn't say anything about that.
The film is over and nobody took off the blindfold.
Oh my God.
So they aren't losing any money.
The full amount for the city of the blind remains earned.
Guys, well done. - This warms my heart, really.
(music: 'Tijdsgeest' by Abel, Sef & IJSLAND)
Money earned. - Money in the pot.
I think it's already a nice amount. - A very nice amount, absolutely.
But the 10,000 euro milestone is beckoning.
Yes. - But that's good.
For tomorrow. - That's for tomorrow.
Are there no chips at the front?
Do you know why Pringles have that shape? - No.
So they don't fly off the conveyor belt.
Really? - That's really true.
If they were just flat, they wouldn't fly off either.
That's true.
What a bad fact, man.
The fact is true, I just can't verify it.
It was really a fantastic day today.
A beautiful location and above all a very good team atmosphere.
Come here. - Guys, well done.
I am currently sitting here with a super euphoric feeling.
We have shown with the group that we stand super strong
and that we are much stronger than the mole.
It actually couldn't be better than this.
I really expected that someone would look.
At least the mole.
But yeah, that would have been suspicious.
The mole thought: that 500 euros, I won't reveal myself for that.
I think.
If the mole had been in the group with the blindfold,
the mole couldn't have done anything else but take that blindfold off.
So in my opinion, the mole is in Yannis or Isabel's position.
Who is going to keep that blindfold on?
What struck me is that Yana tried to convince the rest.
I don't really know.
Yeah...
Like: maybe I will take a look.
So that people would start thinking about it themselves.
Okay, I'll take it off too if someone else takes it off.
Sorry, but then I'll take it off too.
When Maxim had to go get the book for us...
Would it be a book with a lobster on it?
It was also bizarre that the book said novel,
while we had clearly told him that it was about a cookbook.
Yana let herself get hit.
She only had to aim for one little book.
And then get hit on top of that.
A bit strange.
The book we are looking for was created... - Creat...
I think there was sabotaging during the dictation. Dries is very smart.
It was created?
But writing created with a -t, that seems very strange to me.
It was smurfed. - 't Kofschip, man, 't kofschip.
Yannis, put your swim trunks back on.
(music: 'Dancing girl' by Terry Callier)
You haven't sorted yet?
Just threw everything in a pile. - Mom always does our laundry.
You are exactly like my children.
After a few days that should be going better by now.
They were given the task a few days ago
to sharpen their hula-hooping skills.
Believe me, that pays off in the final.
A task they take to heart. The hoops are working overtime.
And with the nice movement too. - You're even doing it while laughing.
I'm on tonight you know my hips don't lie
Yes, voilà.
(music: 'Only you' by Steve Monite)
And then they head out again.
The candidates get to discover Evora today,
the capital of the Alentejo.
A wonderful place to stroll around for an afternoon.
No, no.
Bom dia. - Hello.
What is that? - All little skulls.
I feel like I'm in the Danse Macabre at Efteling.
Would you want to lie here? - I wouldn't mind that, actually.
Then everyone will come to look at my skull.
That's true, but then I'd prefer to hang here in the corner and not at the top.
Nobody sees you then.
3, 4, 5, 6.
106 stairs. - Nice view, though.
Are we going to practice some more?
You can keep doing that non-stop.
I don't have the technique down yet. - Not quite? Just not yet.
Have a drink?
It's roasting in here, guys.
Hello.
White sangria. - Sangria.
Two sangrias.
Okay, I'm just going to the bathroom.
Ah, look at that.
Put some in Julie's too.
Cheers.
Hello. Someone ordered a glass of water.
Does someone have water? - Anyone need water?
Oops.
Hello. Someone ordered water.
Water again. - That's not right.
Ah yes, where is Julie?
Did Julie fall into the toilet? - She's been in the bathroom for a long time.
Okay, I'm just going to the bathroom.
Oh, oh.
Press the red button to stop the money clock.
If you leave the toilets, the money clock jumps to zero.
Oh no.
Julie is stuck in the toilets
where a money clock of 5000 euros is counting down.
That's going pretty fast.
That money can go to the group pot,
but only if the red button is pressed in time.
Someone ordered a glass of water?
The unsolicited glass of water from before came from Julie.
Because every time she runs the tap,
the waitress brings a glass of water to the candidates outside.
Something's not right here.
Ah, the red button is outside.
And through this small message in the toilet
Julie knows now that the red button is somewhere else.
But she cannot leave the toilets,
because otherwise the money clock jumps to zero.
So she must find a way to get the attention of the rest.
Isn't it that something happens here?
Hello.
I hope they quickly find it strange that I stay away so long.
Did Julie fall into the toilet? - She has been in the bathroom for a long time.
Shall we see what it does if we drink the water?
Do you think if you drink the water, that suddenly something will happen?
That's possible. - You get a glass of water.
What more can you do than drink it?
Drink it, guys. - Drink?
Just drink it.
Just tap water, there's nothing in it. - Just tap water. And now?
Has something happened?
It's not that the light goes out and I don't hear anything there either.
That money clock keeps running, of course.
Julie went to the toilet, guys. She went to the toilet and didn't come back.
Is it intended that we go to the toilet? - One person.
We're not going into the women's toilets. - Are you going or me?
You go. - It could be that I won't come back.
Then someone else can drink my sangria.
Yana, okay.
Oh my God. - There is a money clock that is counting down.
I can't go outside, because it jumps to zero otherwise, so you can't now either.
Yana and Julie are now both stuck in the toilets.
Have you been to the bathroom here with all those cameras?
I have obviously not been to the bathroom yet.
But being in the toilets as a pair can also be an advantage.
Do you see anything if I lock us in? - Ah, okay, yes.
No, nothing happens.
If you leave the toilets, the money clock jumps to zero.
And if I run that water?
She comes with a next drink. - We're in trouble again.
I don't know anymore, guys. I'm about to explode.
Yana isn't coming back, that's clear. - We've lost Yana.
Close them, lock them.
Locking does nothing.
Then we see a camera. - Really?
I'll close them too, then you see what comes.
Do you see it? - Oh, yes.
Is something stuck under the table?
I don't see anything. - No.
I'm going to do everything possible here.
Here she comes again, men.
Wait, a large glass of water.
I'm getting a bit paranoid here.
I'll flush too. - Yes, do it.
No, nothing changes. They're just drinking something.
Something is definitely changing.
Every time they flush the toilet, the money clock drops by an extra 100 euros.
But we're getting loads of glasses here.
Are we doing things that cause the water to come to our table?
Or are we saying something, a word we say?
If we say the word water. - Water?
Do you hear me? Yana on the line.
Should I pee maybe? - I don't think so.
However, that might bring some relief.
Sort of, because when Julie lifts the toilet lid,
this happens.
Not that person shouting?
What else is happening here, guys? Come on, think.
What else is happening? What else have we experienced here?
If I turn my head, would she come?
Turned my head twice now.
The suitcase opens. - Ah.
They now realize how they can get the attention
of their fellow candidates.
That button is going to be in that suitcase.
But outside they are still focused on their glasses
and they don't realize that their car is doing weird things.
Maybe we should stop drinking the glasses empty.
I don't think it's a good idea.
That's empty. - That's empty too.
I'm going to flush again. - Ah yes.
I don't see anything happen when you flush. - I throw that in and flush.
The suitcase is open.
That car's suitcase is open, I saw that a long time ago.
That's ours. - The suitcase is closing.
That's closing. - Oh no, have they been kidnapped?
The suitcase opens. - Come on.
Wait, Isabel and Yannis are on their way there now.
I'm just doing everything.
I'm going to flush again, maybe that does something too.
Damn, now it's closed. - Shit.
Open.
Car open.
Excuse me. Someone ordered water.
Yannis, we have water again. - Drink.
Drink? - Yes.
Put the glasses up again, because they're standing in front of that suitcase.
Now it's opening. It's opening.
In the suitcase, the candidates find a screen
with live footage from the toilets.
That's Julie.
Poor thing.
Hello, do you hear us? - Do you hear us?
I'm going to wave.
Put your thumb in the air.
Ah yes. Oh my God, they see us.
I'm going to make the sign of a button. Maxim will get it.
We have to knock.
Julie tries to make it clear to them
that they have to search for a red button.
Red. - Cap.
That is the only thing that can make the money clock stop.
And that red button is closer than they think.
Excuse me, someone ordered water.
A button.
Julie's message doesn't really get through.
What they don't know yet, is that there is
another crucial tip to be found in the toilet that points to the earring.
I'm going to do this too.
What sign is she doing? - Elbow.
Clock, clock.
No, they are looking at that church. I mean a time clock.
Water again.
Excuse me.
Someone ordered water. - Oh no, damn.
They keep bringing drinks. Otherwise, we have to send someone over there.
Go, go. - Another glass is coming.
Wait, give that to me. Do I have to drink that?
No, go ahead. - Keep going, man.
Someone ordered water. - I can hold my bladder really well.
Do I have to drink that?
I'm going to flush again. - Yeah, go ahead.
Oops. No, Yana, suddenly a whole lot is gone. - Okay, we'll leave that alone, then.
That's not a bad idea, because by flushing so much,
they've already lost 1000 euros.
Come on, Wout. Pull.
Okay, come in. I'm going to explain it very briefly.
Is Wout here?
The water, the tap. Yes, now we're not going to see anything for a moment.
What? How?
Here, press the red button to stop the money clock.
Wout immediately gets a crash course in toilet usage from Yana.
Flush, then the amount goes down. We'll leave that alone.
Water, then water gets brought in. We don't know the effect.
But there's one important detail they haven't noticed yet:
the towel dispenser.
Here, that screen is changing. - Ah, yes.
Because every time they pull on the towel,
the billboard shifts for the contestants outside.
On it are three explicit tips to read.
Push the button, so that they have to push a button.
This is a lady with a tray with two glasses.
Water.
And an earring.
They have to look at the earring of that waitress.
Excuse me, someone ordered water.
They have to watch along. Let them turn around.
What is that?
Isn't it an idea to send someone else? - Then I'll go.
But no, Yannis isn't coming here, is he?
We have to communicate better. - You're not allowed outside anymore.
Is that so? - Once you're inside, you're not allowed back out.
Come on, close. - Do you have any more info for us?
Let him go inside. Here, in the toilet.
That's a timer. - Yannis in the toilet.
The lock closed. - Communicate better.
Communicate better with the table.
They want to tell us something, but you guys aren't listening.
We can't hear them.
Soon there'll be seven of us in that toilet. That's not doable.
Turn around. Turn around, they're saying here.
Do we have to turn those glasses around? - Ah, okay.
Yeah?
Isabel has to turn around. Isabel.
Look at that screen. - Long hair. Turn around.
Voilà, like that, that's what you have to do.
Communicate, try to make it clear who has to do what.
Isabel has to turn around.
And you pull the paper. Yannis, pull the paper.
Is that that thing here? Yes, that thing, The Chemical Brothers.
Yes, yes. Pull that paper again.
Again, again. - Yeah, again.
Here is a lady with two glasses of water.
Pay attention to the waitress.
Watch the waitress.
What is that? The Chemical Brothers. What songs do they all have?
Push the button. - Push the button.
(music: 'Push the button' by The Chemical Brothers)
We have to observe someone. The earring, no idea what that is.
Earring. Ear.
Ear? That lady's ears, there's an earring hanging on them.
That lady's earrings, okay.
Yes, Dries got it.
Yeah, Julie is...
Everyone knows where the button is now.
It's just a matter of pushing it as quickly as possible.
When is the waiter coming?
Do you want to come look, Yannis?
I'm going into the booth, then the screen turns on. - And let the water run.
Let the water run.
Yes, water is running.
Press it.
Excuse me.
(they cheer)
It's weird that I'm touching her ear. - That is very weird.
The button has finally been pressed and the money clock stops at 1920 euros.
The contestants can finally comfortably leave the toilet.
Sangria. Sangria.
Yana? Yes, okay.
Hello friends. - Hello Gilles.
Wow, Gilles, you really startled me.
Fun afternoon at the cafe? - Mostly in the toilet.
Rarely was a mission in De Mol simpler.
Push the button.
You've earned 1920 euros. Excellent job.
Even though quite a lot of money was also flushed away.
That's for sure. - 1000 euros down the drain.
But still, from on the pot straight to the group pot.
That jumps well over 10,000 euros, friends.
Nice. - Let's go.
That is a milestone.
With that, we are also slowly approaching the half-way point of our trip.
And so it is time again to gauge
how far you are in your search.
We'll see each other later at the elimination.
I wish you all seven of you, of course, the best of luck.
But for now, congratulations. - Thank you.
All right, guys. - Well done.
Top.
10,000 bucks. - Very nice.
That's good, guys.
May I please have ice cubes for in my sangria?
In today's mission, the mole was in an ideal position.
Just keep flushing and flushing, and doing and doing. And that clock ticks.
I'll flush once too. - Yeah, go ahead.
Julie apparently flushed ten times, which I find truly absurd.
That's 1000 euros gone immediately.
I throw that in and I flush.
Everyone knows not to immediately start pressing all the buttons,
because you don't know what they do.
No, nothing happens.
When Yana came into the toilets earlier, it was a bit chaotic, I thought.
Do you hear me? Yana on the line.
She did help search, but not in a super constructive way.
Then I hear afterward that she still pressed that button three times,
whereas I thought she had only pressed it once by accident.
Look at me, turn around.
Do we have to turn those glasses around? - Ah, okay.
I think the mole was in the best position at the table today.
It was also there that time could be stalled.
In the toilet, they were trying really hard. Simple.
If I turn my head, would she come?
But yeah, maybe the mole wanted to sit outside and stall a lot of time.
There were two people who really had a view of the billboard and the suitcase.
That opened and closed ten times, I think. They didn't see that.
Every day I think I'm becoming more and more certain.
I'm a bit in danger of tunnel vision, but yeah.
If you're in the right tunnel, you shouldn't get out of it.
I really wouldn't know now who's going to be eliminated.
It could be that it comes down to time tonight.
I think it's very tense.
Oops, error.
I'm getting an error.
Hands on the buttons.
I think we should keep up the group feeling. So no one press.
Do you all trust that everyone is going to do that?
We'll see shortly, Isabel.
Oops, error.
During the filling in of the elimination test, something goes wrong.
Oops. - I'm getting an error message.
The test is aborted
and so they haven't been able to answer all the questions.
But that can still change.
(suspenseful music)
Dear friends, there is a problem with your elimination test.
There were only seventeen questions instead of the usual twenty.
So we cannot start the elimination right away.
You all have a push button.
Invisible to the rest.
If everyone leaves it alone tonight,
you earn a very nice sum of money
and all scores remain what they are right now.
If someone does push it, then it becomes different.
Then money comes out of the pot and the fastest one to push
can continue the test.
An elimination test normally consists of twenty questions,
but the contestants have all filled in only seventeen so far.
They are now given the chance to fill in the missing questions
and thus still increase their score.
In the first round they play for question 18,
in the second round for questions 18 and 19
and in the last round for all three missing questions.
At this moment, one of them is the eliminated contestant.
But if someone seizes the chance to fill in extra questions,
that could still change.
Time for round 1. We are playing for one question.
If no one pushes, 1,000 euros will go into the group pot.
If someone does push, the fastest one can fill in question 18
and 1,000 euros will go out of the group pot.
But I suspect everyone will stay away from the buttons, right?
Keep in mind that these are not pass questions.
They are questions you have to answer, which you might get wrong.
I think we should maintain the group spirit. So no one push.
Are you all confident that everyone will do that?
We'll see right away, Isabel. After round 1, we'll know.
I'll just join the group then.
Let's go for it then. Come on. - All right.
But be careful,
your button only works once.
If you push and you're not the fastest, then you're out of the game.
Over the three rounds,
every contestant will be able to push more than once.
If you push and you're not the fastest,
you won't be able to fill in any extra questions
and you won't play in the following rounds.
Hands on the buttons.
Ten seconds from now.
Time is up.
1,000 euros will go...
into the group pot. - Come on, guys.
Come on. - Well done.
Come on. - Trust.
Let's continue this straight line and we'll make it.
That's a huge amount added.
The first round is over and for now, no one has pushed.
But will that team spirit hold
when it comes to two missing questions?
I don't think there's any need to discuss it anymore.
We just don't push.
I also don't think we should waste too many words on it.
You're all sure of yourselves, I think. Or not?
I'm just as sure as I was when I entered the elimination earlier.
Voilà.
If you don't know what you've done by now, it's not going to get better with those questions.
You don't know that. I think these are questions that would help me out.
Because I really applied a certain tactic
and because it stopped at 17, I couldn't continue my tactic.
You also all went for the trumpet, for personal gain.
We're talking about 2,000 euros here. Out of the pot.
Then we'll drop below the 10,000 we just reached today.
Let's just be honest. - I think so too.
Don't push. - All right, don't push then.
Everyone still in agreement? - Yes.
Okay, don't push.
The second round. If no one pushes, 2,000 euros will go into the group pot.
If someone does push, 2,000 euros will go out of the group pot.
Hands on the buttons.
Ten seconds...
from now.
2,000 euros will go...
out of the group pot.
It was to be expected.
One of you has pushed
and can now fill in two missing questions on the elimination test.
And that person...
is Wout.
Sorry, guys. At this moment, I don't feel confident enough.
You shouldn't say sorry if you're not sorry.
Wout, the floor is yours.
(music: 'The world retreats' by David O'Dowda)
Wout can now fill in two questions.
Two chances to increase his score
and thus perhaps gain a significant advantage over the rest.
The last round.
Whoever pushes now and is the fastest gets to fill in all three missing questions.
3,000 euros into the group pot if no one pushes,
out of the group pot once someone does.
Now the game is on for me. - If Isabel pushes, I push too.
So you want to do the walk of shame to that laptop immediately?
You call it a walk of shame, I call this a game.
It even rhymes.
Suppose you get half of three questions right,
then you actually have one pass question.
Who was so sure of their pass question during the previous elimination
for an 8.4 out of 10?
I didn't take them. - Isabel, then we lose 5,000 euros.
Yes, and what about that? Wout is allowed to, but I'm not?
The moment the game has started, it has started.
Hands on the buttons.
Ten seconds
from... now.
The 3,000 euros...
go...
out of the group pot.
Because it was pushed.
By multiple contestants.
And the fastest was...
Julie.
Sorry, guys, it is purely tactical because we knew...
I really didn't want to push either, but I knew Isabel would push.
Purely because of that, because I didn't trust Isabel.
That is honestly the only reason why I pushed.
I also really... I feel very bad about it.
But you did push. You can talk around it as much as you want, but you did push.
I think that is a very weak excuse: Isabel was going to push, so I'll push too.
If that's how the world works, we're in a fine mess.
I think it's good of Julie that she did that.
It remains a game here, guys.
I have to admit, I was doubting myself too,
but I still think the group atmosphere comes first.
Isabel, I expected it from you, honestly, but Julie...
I'm a little disappointed in you.
(music: 'Work' by Charlotte Day Wilson)
The elimination leaves deep scars, not least on the group pot.
In the first round they still earned 1,000 euros,
but after that, it was pushed every time
and 5,000 euros were lost.
Dear friends, rarely was a challenge in De mol simpler:
don't push the button.
But it was pushed
and more eagerly than you perhaps might have expected.
Almost everything you had earned in this otherwise fruitful episode
is gone again.
And above all, the elimination scores are now all final.
Some have received seventeen questions for that,
others a few more questions.
And that makes it, dear friends, very unpredictable.
Julie, shall I start with you?
(rhythmic ticking over suspenseful music)
Wout.
(rhythmic ticking over suspenseful music)
Maxim.
(rhythmic ticking over suspenseful music)
Dries.
(rhythmic ticking over suspenseful music)
It is what it is.
Yeah, that's true. - Gambled and lost.
I didn't see that coming. - No.
No.
And that guy isn't pressing.
Pity. Pity it's over. I thought it was super cool.
For sure, it was a real challenge. But I wish the others all the best.
We have to continue without the Kempen people. - I know, all the Kempen people out.
Isabel a little bit. Voorkempen, but that counts too.
I honestly think that during the whole adventure
I won't laugh as hard again and haven't laughed as hard
as with Operation, how he jumped three meters in the air.
Stop.
What did you consider the highlight?
I actually found it very cool to be buried.
I found that something unique.
They better be quick, because I can already taste the grains of sand.
Oh my God, come here.
Piet.
You're known for your big guitar. - From now on, yes.
I'm going to hear about it at home.
He is so crazy about his wifey or his girlfriend.
He is so crazy about her.
They haven't been together that long, but she's the woman of his life.
We still want to get married.
And we want two kids.
Eventually.
Come on, give it here. - No, it's good.
Traditions must be respected.
Thanks. - You're welcome.
It's with head held high. - Certainly.
Be proud and we'll see each other in a few months.
Then you'll obviously find out everything. - I'm very curious. Extremely curious.
Come here.
Bye, mate. - Thanks.
Byebye. - Byebye.
Come on, damn, I think that's a pity, honestly.
There is a visit coming.
Oh no. - What the hell?
Yeah, now. Later, baby.
Anyone want some pasta?
What?
No, no.
We're coming.
Mom, sit down.
I can't see a thing.
Oh my God. - That's impossible.
That's impossible.