Wie is de Mol is one of my favorite TV-shows of all time. I get that that is hard to believe to an outsider, regarding all the amazing series that could never be bested by a mere "game-show".
But Wie is de Mol is no ordinary game-show. It's an experience! When all of the Netherlands is tuning in and trying to solve the mystery of the mole, you can not help but get pumped! The show is made so cleverly, with small clues hidden in every episode, which make you sit on the edge of your seat during every scene! The views are spectacular, the cinematography is outstanding, and every game adds a new layer of cleverness and excitement.
The most interesting thing, in my opinion, is the way the hunt is put together. While the mole has to deliberately sabotage the assignments, he has to also stay undercover to seem a normal player. But next to that, it's favorable for the others to send each other into the wrong direction (in their search for the mole), which they achieve by making themselves look suspicious. This way the viewer will never know if a suspicious play was an act of sabotage by the mole, making yourself look suspicious by someone else, or if it was just a stupid mistake.
All in all, this show is so much more than it seems from the start. It is a game-show. But it is also an adventure full of mind games. It's a detective plot in which you yourself are the detective. It's clever, it's thought-provoking, it's funny, it's beautiful and it's an experience, not just worth a watch, but worth 100% of your attention.
10/10 for sure!
