On the July 14, 2008 episode of The Mole 5, the remaining contestants had to find wine bottles hidden throughout 1 of Argentina's largest vineyards for their 1st mission. There were a total of 7 wine bottles hidden in the vineyard. Craig and Nicole were responsible for solving the 7 brain teasers which if correct gave Paul the exact geographic coordinate of where 1 of the wine bottles was hidden. Paul was then responsible for sending the corresponding signal to Alex and Clay. Alex and Clay were then responsible for running to grab the wine bottle with help from an arrow on their GPS units that pointed in the direction of the geographic coordinate that was given by Paul, and giving the wine bottle back to Jon Kelly. At the same time, Mark had to run on a treadmill which increased in speed every time a wine bottle was found if he stopped or fell off the treadmill the mission would end. Fortunetly, for everybody except for the mole, Mark managed to stay on the treadmill until all 7 wine bottles were found and brought back to Jon Kelly which was an incredible accoplisment considering the fact that after the 6th wine bottle was found Mark had to run at maximum speed. The highest I ever ran on a treadmill was 6 miles per hour, and considering the fact that most treadmills have a maximum speed of 15 miles per hour I most certainly couldn't run at maximum speed myself. Additionally, I usually just walk when I go on the treadmill, not to mention that I rarely go to the gym. Each bottle of wine found was worth $10,000, increasing the pot by $70,000 to a total of $247,000.For their 2nd mission, the contestants had to bungee jump from a bridge that was 90 feet above a gorge. While they were bungee jumping, they had to toss a teabag into 1 of their targets. The bullseye was worth $10,000, the inner ring was worth $6,000, and the outer ring was worth $4,000. Each of the contesants were the opportunity to earn an exemption by guessing the total amount of money that would added to the pot in this mission. The contestant who guessed the closest to the actualy amount without going over would win an exemption. If all the contestants guessed too high, nobody would win an exemption. Alex was the only contestant to toss the teabag into any of the targets. He hit it in the outer ring, increasing the pot by $4,000 for a total of $251,000.
Clay and Mark came up with a plan to try to get Alex drunk by giving him an extra glass of wine at dinner so he would have a harder time at the quiz. Alex shockingly accepted the extra drink of wine from Clay without even thinking that it could possibly be a trap. At the execution meeting, Clay and Mark's plan worked perfectly with Alex being executed. Indeed the extra glass proved to be too much for Alex to handle, not to mention that if Alex actually thought about why Clay would be giving up a glass of wine for Alex, he could of easily realized that there was a strong possibility it was a strategic trap to get him executed. While I strongly discourage the idea of drinking alcohol entirely, you should especially never drink alcohol while driving, or before taking the quiz if you drink alcohol at all.
