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Baulder wrote:

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I didn't have a problem with the cast, challenges or the music but with the editing/pacing. I felt that it was a big mistake to not show us the cast meeting and interacting for the first time. Who cares if they all think Marcie is the mole when we haven't seen her do shit yet. Instead of the host blandly saying their names for the intro, show us them meeting and display that information on the side of the screen or later in the show. I also felt that each segment was very short. For a show trying to come back after 6 years I found it strange that they had so many commercial breaks giving people ample time and reason to tune out. I felt like they had the same editing team as American Gladiators who chopped the show into unbearable short segments. I love the Mole but I just don't feel like ABC and the editors do.


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This post hits the nail right on the head. I couldn't agree more with the statement about the beginning with Marcie. I just don't know why they would think she is, so why should I care? Now I understand you can't have a lot of suspicions that early on, nor did the contestant probably. But starting with "Who Is The Mole" poll within the first 90 seconds of the show seemed odd.

And the music may be by the same composer but it is very different. I hear undertones of the old score, but this new stuff has lost the espionage feel and it's dramatics. I found the execution anti-climactic, because we have to watch the host push a bunch of buttons. I actually prefer the building suspense of seeing a person's name on the screen, while cutting back to their nervous face in the crowd.