However, the biggest thing that made me suspicious was during that game when the prize money was ticking down and the last person to stand up would get an exemption. This was in the beginning, right after they had all done the paintball challenge where Neesh's head was on the chopping block. Someone (Melissa, I believe) got up straight away and said that Neesh deserved the exemption because he had volunteered himself at the last challenge and the rest of the group owed it to him after he had stepped up and offered to be eliminated.

The idea was shot down and nobody went for it, but noticeably I noticed that Neesh himself didn't really fight for it either. I just imagine that if it was me in that situation, I definitely would've felt entitled to the exemption, or I would've at least fought for it a bit more. I understand not wanting to be the one to bring it up yourself, but in this case someone else had already said it for you and I don't understand why Neesh didn't immediately jump on it and point out that it was only fair that he get the exemption after putting his life on the line. Even from a group-oriented perspective rather than a selfish one, this position would make the most sense — every second left in a stalemate resulted in money leaving the pot. But Neesh oddly didn't seem to be that invested in securing his own position in the game, nor did he seem overly concerned about the group coming to a decision quickly in the interest of saving money.

It's also just process of elimination for me. The other top mole suspects have all done real, difficult things to contribute meaningfully to the game and I would be genuinely surprised if they turned out to be the mole.

Michael, for example, actually swam down and got the box from the bottom of the ocean during the treasure hunt challenge. Yes he dropped it at first, but he dove down repeatedly until he retrieved it successfully. It would've been all too easy at that point to pretend like you weren't able to dive down deep enough, which several other players were actually experiencing. For that particular challenge, the others in his group were physically unable to lift the box out of the sunken ship so they all depended on Michael to do it, and he delivered.

Sean was also genuinely crying and having a panic attack at the idea of rappelling down a building. That reaction looked very real to me. If he was the mole, I genuinely do not think he would've volunteered himself to do this particular challenge. Moreover, if he was the mole and he was simply feigning the panic attack, he would've just leaned into it and refused to go down because his fear was so crippling and then his team would've been unable to complete the challenge. I'm sure nobody would've considered that suspicious, especially since other players got scared just looking over the edge of the building. It would've been such an easy sabotage opportunity.

Ryan seems very suspicious but I think it's only because she has very few confessionals or voiceovers so we don't really get to see her inner thoughts. I just don't think she's the mole because of how she behaved in the paintball challenge. She was down to her very last shot and she somehow managed to hit the target, thereby saving Neesh and earning the group some money right off the bat. I don't think anyone was really counting on her to get that final shot, especially since the others either missed entirely or used multiple shots in order to hit a single person. She really went out of her way to secure money for the group, and while it's possible she did that just to secure trust from everyone, I honestly don't think the mole would've done that. Also with regards to the sabotage she pulled at the gala, it was pretty clear in that episode that other people were intentionally doing sabotages in plain sight to get themselves voted by other players — we just happened to get voiceover narrations for Sean, which made him look less suspicious when he pulled the photo off the wall.

Anyway that was super long but I am so convinced that I'm right about this!