The Smole: 63.20-Who cares? I won

Twelve contestants arrived in the quiet town of Mayumachi, unaware of the trials and tribulations that lay ahead of them. They experienced Japanese culture and lost their honour one by one as they were picked off by not only the Mole but their fellow competitors through voting. Three of them survived: Ashley Olson, Ashley Olson and Thelma Lasseter. One of them is the Mole. Who is the Mole? Ashley dominated the final mission, but is he able to add 100 points to the 276 points in the pot? Find out in the finale right now.

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Emmeline: "I completely overlooked Ash when I was on the season. Now thinking about it, I think he's the Mole. Which means Thelma will win."

Deo: "My analysis also showed that Ashley 'Ash' Olson has the highest probability of being the Mole at 60%. The other Ashley Olson has the highest probability of winning at 55%."

Emmeline: "How did you arrive at that? We saw that only Thelma was ever onto Ash."

Deo: "Lee had full confidence and did not split answers."

Clarabella: "It's good to be back. I feel that Ash earned the least and managed to slip by. He is the Mole. Thelma is the winner."

Gideon: "I think Thelma is the Mole. I would cast her as the Mole if I was a producer."

Clarabella: "Who do you think will win in that case?"

Gideon: "Ash. Sorry Lee. No chance she's winning."

Andre: "Thelma is the Mole. She seems like she tries hard but has so many sabotages that's hard to overlook. And I think Ash will catch her and win."

Kaeleigh: "My money is on Lee as the Mole. Chaotic and sweet is the perfect way to win everyone's hearts. Thelma saw through her act and will be the winner."

Jovan: "Lee is my Mole. She played an amazing game by just playing dumb. Thelma was the only one to notice this so she'll be a deserving winner."

Cassius: "I think it's Lee who is the Mole as well because we have seen a dumb blonde Mole before. But Ash will win. He knows her."

Jovan: "But Ash said he answered Thelma in the final quiz."

Cassius: "There's still all the other quizzes before that."

Octavia: "My Mole is Ash and I predict Lee will win."

"Welcome back contestants. It has been a while since we have seen so many contestants in one location. I'm sure you must all be filled with excitement about who the Mole might be. But first let's hear more about you."

"Emmeline and Clarabella, two elegant ladies who faced the boot early, yet neither of you deserved to go. Do you think the season's twist was your downfall?"

Emmeline: "I'll go first. I think that's just how the game is. Every season has its twists and we have to learn to adapt. Sure, we weren't the lowest lowest, but we were the second lowest, which meant we didn't know who the Mole was. I think it's fair that I left when I did, speaking for myself."

Clarabella: "I feel the same way. I have never played the Smole or watched the Smole so it was a new experience. I am not surprised that I was executed early. But I do not have regrets. It was a respite."

Emmeline: "I don't have regrets too. I have been receiving an outpouring of donations thanks to Gideon. He's really my benefactor and I can better help disadvantaged Sims find meaning and purpose in life."

"Well said."

"Deo, many thought you were either going to be the winner or the Mole since you are a robot. What do you have to say about that?"

Deo: "I’ll take that as a compliment—if Sims thought I could be the winner or the Mole, my presence clearly made an impact. Being a robot made me seem calculating and mysterious, but in reality I was just trying to help the team and understand human behavior. Getting eliminated second proves that even the most logical processor can still misread the game."

"Gideon, Kaeleigh, you were two of the oldest Sims in the game. Many fans applauded your determination running around town escaping the Yakuza."

Gideon: "I'd love to thank the fans, even those who were not my fan initially or didn't know me. I was given a hero's edit which helped."

Kaeleigh: "You were the hero of the mission."

Gideon: "I was only doing my best."

Kaeleigh: "For me, I always believe in being young at heart. Age is just a number and I won't let a number stop me from having fun and living the life I want."

"Gideon, did you gain fame from this season?"

Gideon: "I think I lost some. I know there were many Sims who bashed me online for not being appreciative about my position. I want to own that and apologise for being so privileged, especially to Octavia."

Kaeleigh: "Meanwhile I gained fame, hee. They knew me as the mother of Abbie. Speaking of Abbie, she thought I was the Mole! How hilarious."

"How does it feel to be executed for scoring the highest?"

Kaeleigh: "On one hand, it's a sign that I was on the right track, or at least that's what I thought. On the other hand, what use is that if I can't go on?"

"Jovan, Andre, you were best bros during the season. Do you still keep in contact?"

Andre: "I tried but Jovan didn't respond."

Jovan: "I saw the episode. I can't believe you did that to Lee. Not cool."

Andre: "Hey she consented."

Jovan: "She's stupid. You took advantage of her. It's like woohooing a child."

Andre: "Whoa whoa whoa. I'm not a predator. Don't make me out to be some monster.

Andre: "You're no better yourself. You kept advertising your stupid FireCoin."

Jovan: "It's only been going up since I took part in the mission."

Andre: "See? You're the one with a motive."

Jovan: "At least I was honest about it."

Andre: "I never wanted to woohoo her okay? It just happened."

"Let's move on to Cassius! Cassius, what a bold outfit."

Cassius: "I stay true to myself and close to nature. This is the best way I can pay respects to the land without being arrested by authorities."

Kaeleigh: "You had to wear a puffer jacket."

Cassius: "I was cold. Sue me."

"Do you still have plans to kill everyone here?"

Kaeleigh: "I was thinking the same."

Cassius: "I only eradicate those who show no intention to save the world. I've proven that I'm not to be underestimated in the season, so don't try me."

"Finally, our fourth placer Octavia. You were a highly targeted suspect during the season."

Octavia:" What can I say? I'm just not that competent?"

"You fell victim to the twist within the twist as the only one to be executed with the lowest score. How do you feel about that?"

Octavia: "It's well deserved. I thought I actually had the right Mole because of that twist where we had to stand or sit and reach a unanimous vote. I knew I scored the highest then and I managed to avoid execution. To then learn I was the lowest is a big oof. It made me realise I was wrong about my Mole."

"Could it be that the others just knew more?"

Octavia: "It's possible but in hindsight, I was overconfident."

"Speaking of suspicions, this season's suspicions is messy because of the twist. Different strategies were employed. Some of you ignored the twist, some of you tried your best to avoid the two key positions: highest and second lowest. Some were daring to suspect just one contestant early and some chose to suspect those they trusted. Some even chose to suspect themselves to guarantee that they took the lowest place."

Clarabella: "What do the colours mean?"

"Red text means you were tied for execution. Yellow background means you would have been at risk of execution if the highest scorer was voted. Blue background means you would have been at risk of execution if the second lowest scorer was voted. An underline means you scored the lowest in that quiz. Green means you had an exemption."

Octavia: "So in the third quiz, we can conclude there were only two scores: 2 and 3. The second lowest was also the highest. It's also good to have confirmation that I did indeed score the highest in Quiz 7."

Kaeleigh: "It's been so long. I forgot what I was thinking back then."

Gideon: "It looks like I overstayed my welcome. I should have been executed long ago."

Andre: "You and me both brother."

Jovan: "You suspected me? We were in a coalition!"

Andre: "I put your name down because I trusted you."

Jovan: "Oh. That makes sense. I remember now. I did the same."

Andre: "So you didn't trust me? You trusted Gideon more than me?"

Jovan: "He did earn more points."

Andre: "I was set up."

"Three contestants' scores are not shown. Or rather, two contestants and one Mole. It's time to find out who is the winner of this season."

"The winner of the Smole, Season 63..."

"...is Thelma Lasseter!"

Thelma: "I am the winner."

Thelma: "It wasn't an easy journey but the end result makes the process worth it. I played a strategic game, forming coalitions and controlling a majority of the votes to my favour. When the vote went high, I made sure to suspect those I trusted to save myself. And the best part is knowing how many of you thought it was me."

Andre: "From the moment I saw you I thought to myself: she's a winner. And I was right."

Kaeleigh: "That's not what you said earlier. You thought she was the Mole."

"Congratulations Thelma. You took a big risk in splitting in the final quiz. You were unsure but refused to gamble. This tactic worked for you. Both your fellow contestants were onto you. But of course, one of them has been lying the whole time. You were right all along: the Mole is Ashley Olson. But which Ashley Olson?"

"The Mole of Season 63 is..."

"...Ashley Olson!"

Andre: "Well duh. Which one?"

Ashley: "You can't tell by my voice?"

Clarabella: "It's you!"

Gideon: "You sonuva. You got me good."

Deo: "You were my suspect only in the final episode. I think your performance has been nothing short of exemplary."

Ashley: "It's a dishonourable win for you, Thelma."

Thelma: "Who cares? I won."

Ashley: "Yes, I am the Mole. Phew. It feels so much better saying it out. My strategy was to be deceitful and sneaky and I am glad it worked out. To learn that nobody really suspected me is a surprise but also a huge compliment."

"You did well, Ashley. We can now confirm that the last mission yielded 0/100 points for the pot, so it's now at 276/1000 points. Your name was put down 7 times, sometimes because they trusted you the most, so the final pot is 283/1000 points or 283,000 Simoleons! That goes to you Thelma. As for Ashley, you get the remaining 717,000 Simoleons. You will go down as one of the most successful Moles in history, having sabotaged the pot so brutally yet remain undetected."

"Let's bring in our losing finalist Ashley Olson!"

Ashley: "Where do I sit?"

Cassius: "There's only one seat left. Or you can choose to sit on the TV."

Ashley: "Oh the TV sounds good. Maybe I can channel some of its energy."

Clarabella: "Sit on the chair, Lee."

Kaeleigh: "So she really is like that. It's not acting."

Ashley: "Lee..."

Ashley: "Lee, I'm so sorry. I feel so guilty for lying to you."

Ashley: "Ugh, disappointment again. What's new? But ouch, this really hurts. I trusted you Ash. I trusted you with my life and you took a knife and stabbed it to my bleeding heart."

Thelma: "There's no need to be that dramatic."

Ashley: "I know. I really wanted to tell you. But I couldn't. I knew we had to work together because it would be strange if I rejected a coalition with you, but I also couldn't outright help you and tell you to choose me, but I also didn't want to be the one to send you home. I was so conflicted. I wanted to break off the coalition. But when you actually did it, I felt hurt rather than relieved. But it all worked out in the end. You're in the finale by your own merit, Lee. You took those last few quizzes yourself."

Ashley: "Will you forgive me?"

Ashley: "Forgive you? I mean...sure I guess. Forgiveness is like, part of my dark energy or whatever."

Kaeleigh: "Aw, I love a happy ending."

"The group is reunited and the roles are revealed. You must be dying to know how Ashley managed to sabotage without most of you noticing. Let's discuss them now."

Ashley: "I'm not the Mole though."

Ashley: "Me. I'm the Mole."

Ashley: "Oh."

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"The Mole made a bold sabotage right from the start. He cashed in 6 points but took 15 out and stood out as the only one to bring in negative points."

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Ashley: "I couldn't help myself when I realised that there were so many penalty bags left. I didn't need the exemption bag so I didn't want to take it. But when I was the only one to cash in penalties, I knew I messed up so I made sure to be more sneaky subsequently."

Clarabella: "Many of us suspected you were the Mole because of that. I was one of them. But then you faded."

Ashley: "Into obscurity~"

Clarabella: "Yes Lee. Into obscurity."

Emmeline: "I thought that was too obvious. I felt that the Mole was someone who had a low score."

Jovan: "I remember this mission. The sketching one was a bitch. It took up so much time. And to think you could learn from laundry."

Deo: "You were a suspect of mine for preventing 20 bonus points from entering the pot but I knew the optimal strategy was not to answer who I really suspected. Hence I answered myself. It was proven to work since I scored the lowest."

Gideon: "Why didn't you continue that then?"

Deo: "Circumstances changed as the next mission happened, prompting me to recalibrate my strategy. Unfortunately that was the wrong move."

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"The second mission required you to run a business together. You failed to meet profit targets for a variety of reasons, one of which being Ashley. He threw out ingredients when nobody was watching."

Cassius: "You what?!"

Clarabella: "I knew it. Something weird was happening with the ingredients. But I wrongly thought Kaeleigh was using too many ingredients."

Andre: "How did you manage to sneak out?"

Ashley: "It was really really nerve-wracking. There was a bsckdoor from the kitchen leading to the dumpster. Basically whenever I entered the kitchen I would slip out the back door and throw something out, then return and leave through the normal way. Or when I was going out to attract customers under the guise of free samples, I actually went one round and then through the back door into the kitchen and took some stuff out."

Jovan: "All without any of us noticing, especially with the store at the next block."

Octavia: "Speaking of that, I remember Jovan and Andre taking so long with the first store run that I thought something was up. Then I saw Jovan dancing with the cashier and I was convinced."

Jovan: "The cashier told me to dance so I did. It was fun."

Andre: "You were very clever to buy a Japanese dictionary. But it was with your own money. I wouldn't have done that."

Octavia: "That dictionary was a good investment. I could learn Japanese in my spare time. I still have it at home. It also came up in the mission with making Japanese words."

"We'll get to that in due time."

Ashley: "I had the excuse to attract more customers because we weren't getting enough."

Cassius: "Weren't you two in charge of that? You disappeared for a long while."

Gideon: "We did. But we were really hard at work trying to persuade customers. But many of them just didn't want to, especially when it was raining.

Ashley: "Plus we weren't Japanese. But I get it. I would rather stay in that weird shop with random stuff than go eat at a boring teppanyaki grill."

Ashley: "I remember Lee was telling me that she would answer the quizzes on me because she knew I wasn't the Mole."

Ashley: "Famous last words."

Ashley: "I was more worried about being accused of nepotism. I tried to dissuade you into thinking differently but I knew I was just feeding you rubbish."

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"In the third mission, Ashley barely put up a fight against the pro gamer and swiftly lost his game. He also dropped the discs into the pool a few times. At the sumo wrestling he occasionally tried to steer the group to the wrong direction."

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Ashley: "I didn't want to stand out or break my bones so choosing the online battle in the third mission was an obvious choice."

Thelma: "But I still won."

Ashley: "I was annoyed at first but then I realised you were the only one to earn points from the martial artists. I could get cover even though I didn't help."

Ashley: "I do wonder why you didn't announce that you knew martial arts."

Thelma: "I just didn't think to. It worked out for me because Sims like you asked this question and made me look suspicious for not volunteering this information."

Cassius: "We realistically were not going to beat the martial artist. But Gideon, you didn't notice the discs dropping into the pool?"

Gideon: "No. Everyone dropped it a couple of times. In fact I think when I was with Octavia she dropped it even more."

Octavia: "Can I just say that I think everyone's sumo wrestling moves sucked? It was not clear at all. It's a miracle we even got points from it."

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"The Mole continued to sabotage obliquely in the next mission. He went straight to the board in the mission and moved the strings around, connecting questions to different locations to confuse everyone else. In addition, he cleverly delayed the first clue from being given by meditating for 66 minutes. In this mission, time was of the essence."

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Thelma: "Damn. That's really clever."

Ashley: "Lee entered after me at the start and I was so afraid. But then she quickly left so I could do my thing."

Ashley: "It was boring."

Ashley: "I switched the Mount Fuji question from 12 Suiden Road to Suiden Fishing Spot, and swapped the locations of two questions around. I was worried I was taking too much time because I quickly stood out as the only one unaccounted, so I entered the sketch room as soon as I could so that I was accounted for."

Gideon: "No wonder. I thought it was strange that a firework went off the moment I arrived at the fishing spot."

Kaeleigh: "You are true evil Ash."

Cassius: "That's not evil. Making us run like dogs is."

Andre: "I wanted to play longer but I was quickly shot by the Yakuza."

"That was Kaeleigh. She set off a wrong firework at the main train station that alerted a Yakuza member to go there, and then you arrived."

Kaeleigh: "I caused Andre's elimination? Oopsie."

Thelma: "I remember watching Geishas with Jovan and then Kaeleigh suddenly appeared. I was wondering if it was a clue."

Jovan: "You weren't paying attention? You kept insisting the umbrella was blue! Wait, were you thinking of Kaeleigh's umbrella?"

Cassius: "I found Octavia highly suspicious here. She started in Suiden and said she explored the area. But I found so many unanswered questions there. Like the rice paddy."

Octavia: "I didn't expect one there. And there was no way I was going into mud in that attire."

Jovan: "That was a hard mission. I think it could have gone so much better if we communicated between the groups. That way, we could know which fireworks to set off for example."

Octavia: "It wouldn't have mattered because Ash was messing around with the board."

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"Ashley's tactic in the next mission was to give his partner a chance to earn few points. He only gave Jovan two questions while he himself only answered one."

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Jovan: "You deliberately missed?"

Ashley: "I deliberately missed. I wanted to keep you sober because two Sims had to be picked regardless. If I could keep both of us sober, then there will be two fewer correct Sims for Thelma and Cassius to pick."

Jovan: "But I got wasted."

Thelma: "You were so obvious."

Kaeleigh: "The alcohol limit was also lower in Japan so that's why so many of us were drunk."

Andre: "You can hold your liquor well Octavia. You fooled Thelma and Cassius."

Jovan: "I remember you said you were going to go all out on Lee again. Then you were executed so I was convinced it was Lee. I really trusted the wrong Sim."

Andre: "What? I did do that! I'm not even the Mole bro."

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"Ashley could easily justify staying hidden in Mission 6 as wanting an exemption. He dyed his hair and hid it in the cowboy hat and wore contact lenses for the first time to change his distinctive features. He stayed on the top floor throughout and was not eager to identify others. He kept close to real cosplayers and more notably, he had a deal with Lee to not identify each other. Does it get even more obvious than that?"

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Jovan: "Everyone wanted to hide except Lee. And when I saw everyone's costumes at the end of the mission I was so upset. I was clearly too noticeable. Everyone else had very different looks, especially Cassius."

Cassius: "I'm proud of that. Nobody knew what I looked like beneath the horns and beard."

Ashley: "I'm still amazed how fast it grew back. Did the demons help you?"

Cassius: "Mother Nature helped me."

Thelma: "The Kaeleigh lookalike was too obviously a red herring. I'm amazed how many of you fell for it."

Ashley: "This mission was quite bad, and it's because of your own greed. Only one of you could have the exemption but so many of you wanted to go for it. But I get it. I would have done the same if I was a contestant."

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"In the next mission, Ashley did not contribute much to the chilli eating. He also knew which pool had slime each time and made sure to avoid it."

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Jovan: "I just knew someone wasn't pulling their weight. It was like I ate one entire table of chilli."

Ashley: "I'm really thankful for Octavia. She was so desperate for an exemption that she wanted to mislead me. All I initially wanted to do was to lose the pool points myself but then Octavia helped me to lose my own points and Cassius's points."

Octavia: "I'm the seasons' biggest unwitting accomplice."

Thelma: "We managed to keep you and Lee out of the game so that's a win."

Ashley: "It's a shame but you did the right thing in voting me out guys."

Emmeline: "I want to know if you were really on fire."

Jovan: "The Japanese don't play with entertainment. It was 100% real."

Ashley: "I heard online that saiakudana means like, you're a loser or something."

Kaeleigh: "That feels high-key racist. The Japanese were mocking us."

Ashley: "Jovan, I want to know why you decided to vote for the second lowest when you heard so many clues that it could be you?"

Jovan: "One part of me was hoping it's just a coincidence. Someone else could have had the same answer. I also saw how low the pot was and how tense everyone was. I wanted to get it over and done with quickly."

Octavia: "I'm thankful for your sacrifice because it would have been me out otherwise."

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"In Mission 8, Ashley took the role of memorising words. He started with the most expensive words and took his time describing them badly. Towards the end he also slowly jogged back, ensuring that the last word could not be conveyed."

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Cassius: "You kept wanting to ignore the plaques."

Ashley: "But I couldn't convince you to ignore it so you were the biggest problem in that mission."

Cassius: "Too bad for you."

Thelma: "That mission was infuriating. I scolded you and Cassius over the walkie-talkie for describing it badly."

Ashley: "You and Octavia had a huge catfight. I should've taken pictures with my camera."

Thelma: "Because it was such a bad idea."

Octavia: "Yet none of us thought about just writing the words."

Ashley: "I thought we did with the paint and easel but Thelma refused."

Octavia: "All three of you were on my radar and your actions confused me."

Ashley: "I knew Octavia still had the dictionary and was the biggest threat wherever she was. I wanted to keep her out of hiking so I claimed that role quickly. I'm glad none of you thought to just take a photo of the words in the dictionary."

Ashley: "Is that even allowed?"

Cassius: "Hot take: it should be if it isn't."

Octavia: "I still want to know about the camera. If you weren't the Mole Lee, why did you delete it?"

Ashley: "I didn't."

"Actually you did."

Ashley: "Oh. It must have been by accident. Oops."

Thelma: "It makes sense in hindsight that it wasn't a Mole sabotage. That photo was so bad the translator was not going to get it anyway, so there was no need for the Mole to be so flashy and create this confusion by deleting it."

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"Mission 9 was once again a success - for the Mole. He wasted time asking irrelevant questions and tried to form false connections. He let chaos ensue and things go wrong, like letting Lee take charge."

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Cassius: "That can't be attributed to you. That's not your sabotage."

Ashley: "I had a hand in fostering the chaos."

Octavia: "I think the final exemption part is more interesting. Did you know about the twist?"

Ashley: "You mean that the lowest bidder would win and add points to the pot? I did. But I had no interest in an exemption nor earning points so I voted high knowing that it would have no impact."

Ashley: "You could've told me. I would have liked, voted higher. More than 17 at least."

Kaeleigh: "I saw some Sims saying online that the 17 points was a clue to Season 17. I thought that was convincing."

Gideon: "Good point. It's a weird number. Why did you bid 17 points?"

Ashley: "It seemed like a nice number. If it was gone from the pot then the pot would be left with a whole number."

Ashley: "Math isn't her strongest suit."

Octavia: "Your 136 point bid was strange too."

Thelma: "I was playing it like 'The Price is Right'."

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"We have come to the final mission. Ashley's sabotage was clear: he won every game and kept 100 points out of the pot."

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Ashley: "I practised beforehand."

Ashley: "No wonder you were so good."

Thelma: "You didn't think it was too obvious? Or pitied the pot?"

Ashley: "I was high on success. It was my last chance so I thought why not end with a bang?"

Thelma: "I was confused. There were two very viable suspects. I used the chance in the final mission to observe all of you. Points-wise you earned the least so I leaned towards you. I am glad that the stupid decision turned out to be the smartest decision."

Ashley: "Why did you split?"

Thelma: "I thought about it. If Lee was not the Mole, she made it clear she suspected me. If you were the Mole, you were also likely to suspect me more than Lee. I know I'm not the Mole so either way, if I answered on both of you, I would have a shot at winning."

Ashley: "Very well played."

Deo: "Impressive work. There is so much more to learn about the Sim cognition because so many actions are irrational yet make sense in hindsight. A robot like me cannot compete against Sims."

"This season was about balancing short-term survival with long-term success. For Ashley and Thelma, their overall placings were determined by all the quizzes they took to date. The first two quizzes contributed 1 each%, the third quiz contributed 2%, the next two quizzes contributed 3% each, followed by 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and the final quiz made up 40% of the overall score. It was a rocky journey for our two finalists but Thelma edged ahead to claim the win, with a very critical decision to put Ashley's name down in the final quiz, otherwise Ashley gets the whole pot."

Ashley: "Do you hate us or something? Why don't you just call us Ash and Lee like normal Sims?"

Ashley: "Yeah. I'm getting confused with all the Ashleys...hey, did you just do a quick change? I could have sworn that's not what you wore."

Ashley: "I only just realised everyone was wearing formal attire so I decided to change into something more macabre to fit the occasion. Do you like it?"

Jovan: "You mean that when I was executed, it could have been Lee? I was just slower. Damn it."

Andre: "I'm not sure either of them should be finalists now that I look at this. They scored the lowest so many times. Thelma even scored a big fat 0 late into the quiz."

Octavia: "That's true but don't forget about the twist this season. Some of them answered badly on purpose."

"Ashley concealed himself very well this season, leading many of you to not catch him. In the early quizzes, his name was only put down because he was trusted not to be the Mole. Clearly, you needed help, so here are the clues of the season."

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"The first clue would have allowed you to hone in onto Ashley, Ashley and Kaeleigh from the start. These are the twins of the season, and we saw many pairs of items. In almost every other episode, we saw a shot of the quiz location. There were two chairs in front."

"We also saw two plants in the dining room as early as Episode 2."

"The dining room also had two paintings on the other side of the room to reinforce the twin concept."

"In Episode 3, there were two 8-bit paintings hanging in the restaurant."

"In Mission 6 there were two cat clocks. Oddly placed, don't you think? It was clearly a clue."

"The following mission had more twin clues. We always only saw two Sims entering or leaving the stage. In addition to that there are two circular round rugs backstage."

"The final mission only had two skee-ball machines despite there being three finalists."

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"We are in Japan this season, so we follow the Japanese and count from right to left, top to bottom. The bags in the first mission were laid out in two vertical columns. The 8th bag had the exemption to indicate safety. Ashley was the 8th contestant to enter the school, implying that he was always safe. One can only always be safe is one is the Mole."

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"The next clue spans three episodes: Episode 2, Episode 4, Episode 6 and Episode 8. The first syllables during the quiz montage were: I, M, D, Mole. He was saying that 'I am the Mole' the whole time."

Ashley: "I think this is a mental game..."

Ashley: "Emmeline isn't it...."

Ashley: "Deo is also not the Mole..."

Ashley: "Mole or not..."

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"In Episode 5 we saw an ashtray in the martial arts dojo at the back of the sparring stage on ground floor. Ashley goes by Ash."

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"In Mission 5 the table tennis tables were very brightly coloured. The first one had an R-value of 177."

"The second one had a G-value of 190."

"The blue one had a B-value of 180. The RGB value for ash grey is (177,190,180)."

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"The Yanaka Print Store was important not only for Mission 8 but also as a clue. By the entrance hung three colourful designs on the wall. They were orange, purple and green. But not just any shade of orange, purple and green."

"These are the exact colours used in the logo of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, who are also famous twins. This is again a clue to the Mole being a twin."

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"One of the words in Mission 8 was 足, prounounced Ashi which sounds like Ash."

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"In Episode 16, I said the phrase 'The Mole is not black and white as you have experienced, yet at the same time it is.' This could have been taken somewhat literally. The Mole is not black and white because he wears grey, yet at the same time grey is a combination of black and white so you could also say the Mole is black and white. Ashley prominently wore grey this whole season."

"Contestants, the weather right now matches the mood of one of you. The Mole is not black and white as you have experienced, yet at the same time it is..."

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"The final clue is in Episodes 18 and 19. Zoom in on the cast photo with the executed contestants. There are 3 red dots: one is on Octavia's T, one is on Clarabella's E, and one is on Jovan's N. Again, reading it in a Japanese-style from right to left top to bottom spells TEN. Ashley is the tenth contestant on the cast photo."

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"Just for fun, there were also rejected clues, such as a Pokemon clue for the third mission as a reference to the main character Ash Ketchum, because we couldn't get the IP rights. Another rejected clue involved burning the kitchen so that there would be ash remains."

Ashley: "Ugh, our blood blinded me. If not I would have caught you as the Mole."

"Do you regret trusting your brother?"

Ashley: "Definitely. Like, I had no idea he was so cunning. Now I'm questioning everything. Like, is he even my brother? Or is he actually Satan reincarnate?"

Ashley: "I'm still Ash, Lee."

Ashley: "Oh. That's great to hear."

"Thelma, looking back, is there anything you could have done more for the pot?"

Thelma: "If I knew I would win the season then yes. But there are too many variables at play. We have to consider things holistically. Maybe I would have been disregarded as a potential Mole and that may put me at risk of being executed. But I am satisfied with my own performance. I think the pot's low score is because everyone else's performance needs improvement."

"Finally, our Mole, how do you look back on this season and what is your advice to future Moles?"

Ashley: "It was great and a big relief now that it's over. It was really stressful but I won 717,000 Simoleons so I can't complain. My advice is to try and enjoy yourself. Oh, and don't join if someone else you know is also joining. It really messes you up and creates dilemmas you don't want to be put in."

"With that, we have come to the end of the..."

Cassius: "WAIT!"

Cassius: "Give me a moment. Everyone stay here. Where is Vera? She missed her cue."

Cassius: "Vera! Where are you? You're supposed to set off the bee smoke before the finale ends. Then we could put them all in biodegradable body bags and throw them into the sea."