Waching daily Jan 29 2017

Wow! Waaauw!

Way too small, way too smal!

I thought: We'll take everything we find

No don't take the cardboard!

A lot of strange things are happening

To the left, we'll go left

No! What the fuck…

Guys! Mind the red and green lights!

It's not very handy what you did Thomas

That went wrong…

Ooh!

Roos leaving made a big impact

With herself but also with the group. Tears for the people who stay behind

Especially with Imanuelle who saw her friend leave

Even the mole seemed silent

Also because with Roos, a great cover has left the game

The remaining 7 travel to the Wild West

The land of the cowboys. First destination: Pendleton

The city where they are proud of their history and identity

There are no modern things here

but old fashioned, straight-up Western culture

Where are we going guys? To the Wild West

I think Diederik has the best idea of geo-graphay

See I can barely say it… Where do you think we can go?

The Wild West really runs in the south. From California…

via Arizona, Texas, Lousiana etc. It's very southern.

If we're doing that by bus, we'll be there in 2 weeks

I think we'll just go to a big open prairie. In Idaho or something

Cowboys. We're going somewhere that's not really the Wild West

If it's Wild and we're going… east right now…

We drove through the already known Oregon landscapes

Big mountains, tall green trees

Valley's and lots of water

We drove through curvey roads

we saw a lot of waterfalls. It was incredible

I'm hoping for a country and western karaoke.

Oh and if we're going to ride horses, I'll be the coach

The group seems to be divided in Sanne and Jeroen

Diederik and Thomas, Sigrid and Jochem.

And Ima is a bit alone

I'm like a parakeet that dies of loneliness

I think the biggest battle is the battle with myself

Will this parakeet fly without other birds?

With the parakeet function without the tjirps of others?

I think that's most important for me in this episode

Will I survive this?

Slowly but surely it became a bit warmer

more of a land climate

The land became flatter after driving mile after mile

along the rivers

I noticed the land became more like a prairie.

It became more brown and dustier. It became more desolate

The Wild West was really here

Welcome to the Pendleton Round-up.

This is the most famous rodeo arena of the United States

The biggest rodeo stars give the biggest shows here

It's also the location for your next assignment

A sort of rodeo but a little different

Yes, horses! I've been looking forward for that the whole trip

Take a look with me

I always get goosebumps when I'm at a statium

A football stadium is awesome but a stadium is obviously the greatest arena

And this was a real American wooden arena

THOMAS: Rodeo, stadium with a big green field in the middle

A round it sand and seats, in all sort of colors

In the middle of the arena were all of these hay bales

You have to reach the other side of the arena

In the field are 6 lassos

Per person you can take 1 lasso and if you reach the finish

that will give you 250 euros for the pot

But there is a cowboy or cowgirl

that are going to try to stop you

If they succeed you're out of the game and the lasso will be put back

One by one you'll enter the field but the 7th person has another job to do

That person can double the money, if they make it to the finsih

The cowboy or girl can only work with the lassos

that you left in the field

I honestly wish you a lot of luck

'Let 'er buck', like they say here.

I want to introduce you to cowboy Taylor

and cowgirl Bailey.

Wow! Woow!

Yee-haa!

So impressive that all you think is: How am I ever

going to compete with that?

Does he have to catch us? It's so horrible, being chased like that

And then it got exciting

Lassos, cowboys, cowgirls!

This is going to be exciting. Important is who's going 7th?

Who volunteers Not me!

I actually want to see how it goes and maybe I won't do it at all

These are my nightmares, that someone is trying to catch you

That you have to hid behind something

and that he looks at you. And this one has a lasso

He has to be quick and carry a lot of lassos

I want to do it, I'm doubting…

We had to take our best horse… sorry…

the best candidate to go last

You'll decide in the end who goes 7th.

We decided the other 5 will go first

and then see if Imanuelle or I

see who will go last

Who's going first? Jeroen?

Yes, very much…

There I was…

The others were in the seats, cheering me on

I have to admit, that did feel good

Then I just had to go

Come on Jeroen!

Yes, way to go!

What also was important was that the field also had 4

sort of little bunkers made of hay

You were safe in there and couldn't be roped

Did he skip two ropes?

No the first ones are there

It's a game of cat and mouse - Come on Jeroen!

Yes!

This isn't going well

You're almost there

Those animals have so much strength

then you feel very small

He doesn't have a lasso, oh yes he does!

I crossed the finish line with a lasso and wasn't hit

Hero! Nice!

Yes, 250 in the pocket!

Was it scary?

It's… it's awesome! Really cool!

Man oh man. Eye to eye with that animal, you have to intimate them

You have to look at them, make them crazy

Who's up next?

Will you go?

When I was little I did a running competition in a Dutch safari park…

which of the kids could run the fastests

from a big eagle, and that kid could run the bird show

I won that, so that was my frame of reference…

The woman is horrible, she's so fanatic

Has some sort of fire

I was very intimidated by her look

I just thought: You're not going to let me go

The cowgirl was so fanatic!

Gorgeous, but also very fanatic

This is intimidating

Come on girl!

You have to take a guess

I actually wanted to take a lasso and go for the finish at once

to the end. I thought this is heroic and tactical

I don't suspect her, but again, she failed

I'm starting to notice

The look in that woman's eyes, you can't beat it

I don't think she's very nice, it's not you

And then it was my turn

Jochem is a man of thought

Get that lasso! Good!

Jochem you can go! What is he doing?

Now Jochem! Not that way!

Is he making the horse fall asleep?

What are you doing?

It's like Jochem thought: I'm going for the sun

and wait behind this hay bale a bit

This is psychological warfar…

Go, run for it!

Well… why is he waiting?

Every hay bale, every bit of grass, was a new lead

to analyse the situation thoroughly

Serious growmoment for Jochem

On the other hand, it worked fine. In a straight line

From the second bunker you could get to the next

or you could go to the finish

The cowboy thought: I'll get you, you joker

What is he doing?

Ah, crawling, it's working

No around his leg!

He was caught on his foot

With his legs in the air

How can you put your leg…

Not a great technique, he came pretty far, but bad technique

Come on!

And then I thought, let's just try it

If I survived the fair, I'll survive this

And maybe I'll win some money

I thought will we do this, or will we do this?

Come on Sanne!

I didn't hear the candidates, I didn't hear anything

It was like it all happened in a big air bubble

Well don!

I am seriously wondering if Sanne

is really so scared of it all

Or if she plays that card as a diversion

Because maybe she's molling

That's why she's still a suspect

Watch out

Number 5 was Diederik

And Diederik is promoted to main suspect

So I took a good seat

Come on Diederik, go go go

He had to go or he was screwed

Obviously the crowd went wild

Six people that were euphorically cheering.

Imanuelle! Nice!

We decided to let me go as the 6th

and Thomas last as the 7th

Imanuelle we know, done deal

Better yet: The cowgirl should be lucky

to still be on her horse

I went for it!

Running like crazy, as fast as I could to a lasso

That woman is scary, she's after you

And she's fanatic!

How is she doing this?

I looked at her and she smiled so friendly

Whip in her hand, kept turning it and swinging it

And she looked at me

I made it to the finsih

What are we doing to do? We have 1000 now

Shall I go with 2, we have 4

Yeah I'd go with 2. 1500 or 500

Fine, that's a fair deal

How much do we have? 1000?

Two is easier to carry. More will be difficult

I'd go with 2

There I went. But the cowboy behind me didn't start with a lasso

He had to go and collect one first

And then he could try and catch me

Come on Thomas!

Go go go

Go Thomas, run!

The horse was very high and on top was a cowboy

waving a lasso around

I looked up and thought, I seem like a dwarf

Yes, very good. Watch out

Now!

Keep looking, keep looking.

Right! Well done Thomas

Ok I'm going for a sprint to the finish line

It's just a small bit and the cowboy is always late

Yes! He just crossed it!

We didn't know, did he make it?

Was he on time or was he caught?

And did we lose the money?

It's a special rodeo you showed this afternoon

When Thomas started you had 1000

That could be 2000 if you betted eveything

and if Thomas made it

You didn't bet everything, just 2

So it could be doubled

Thomas was on the brink of passing…

when he was caught

Oh so bad. On your hand, just before the finish line

Too bad. Almost there

He was caught before the finish line

It means no 1000 in the pot

but 500 euros

Ok oh well..

Is there a treasurer. I see Imanuelle coming

Thank you Here you go

I wish you a good night

It's ok, it's ok. You did your best

We still have 500 euros

It's ok but it's too bad

In the mean time we're in a phase where it's important

that all the information you can give

you really really need for the test

I've decided to make another bond

I have a bond with Sigrid now

And she doesn't share much

So that bond, won't get me anywhere

I give her information but I don't get much in return

Alright, you lost your ally

Interesting

Jochem was my main suspect but also Roos' main suspect

So that's turning my world upside down

First of all

I want to know who you're at now

Name or names and I'll give you mine

During the last elimination

Maybe it's a strategy of his

to divert the attention

That he seems trustworthy, that I won't vote for him

and that I'm cut next round

Before you go, I want to ask

if you want to sign your autograph three time

Sign my autograph 3 times?

That was weird

Why. She said to sign three times

Ok

See this autograph? I don't have my glasses

That's not yours

I think it's the moles signature

Mabye he's still lying but I need to be sure

I'm choosing to make you my ally

I won't make it on my own

Then we have a pact, we won't talk to anybody else about it

And that you say when you want to share it

So I have two pacts going. I have more to remember.

Yes, it's a fun game

Guys, who has the pot? Imanuelle

Diederik has the biggest part

Isn't it a good idea if we switch? Shall I do it?

Ok let's do it

Like it's supposed to be

Ok guys I promise sincerely

That I will lose everything and throw it out of the car

We'll throw you after

We've recounted and I have to say

that, for as far as we are in the game

we have a pretty good pot

A small applause for the new treasurer?

Already? He hasn't proven himself, for the old

JEROEN: It's just like a movie

Endless American landscapes through these roads

with a long dust cloud behind the van

Ah, amazing

JOCHEM: After a relatively short night because I had a few cowboys chasing me

with lassos and guns…

This morning another new assignment.

Again, on the American country side

And what do we see?

Bales of hay

Good morning

In this mountain of hay are 4 bales with money on them

Total: 2000 euros

You'll try and find money in a haystack

You have 15 minutes, time starts now

What?!

Gloves here guys - Ok put them on

Before we could say anything people were off

In the burning sun - I'm going with Jochem

I'm going in the middle, who wants to lift with me?

I'll go with you

I think it's easy if one person lifts and one person looks

It was difficult to come up with a system

Because there are layers of hay

And you have to remove bales to get to the next

Where are we going to put them? Here?

15 minutes is not a lot of time, we have to pull them apart

Nothing here

So I thought let's start by pulling away bales

Can we pull these as well?

It can be deeper - I just think the top

We just randomly start pulling bales

Those bales were on top of other bales

That we couldn't lift

While you wanted to know what was under those bales

I think it can be pretty deep

Here I can almost go through

Ah it's so stuck

There were no clues, no strategy

Pure physical strenght

Sigrid, Art said in the middle

In the middle? This is the middle

That's not the middle, that's the side

No these are the sides and everything in between is the middle

Here! Do you have something?

Did Art say middle or did I fantasise that?

This whole thing is the middle because these are the sides

So it's not centered

If the mole knows where they are

it's not so difficult to go look somewhere else

He said the middle, can't go wrong

Diederik, do you have any idea

calculating wise with the biggest chance?

No idea

There were about 20 by 7 hay bales

That makes 560 bales of hay

Divided by 7 people means 7 bales of hay per minute

So that couldn't be done

Jesus, money in a haystack

There is something, we missed something come Jochem.

I'm thinking: Come on!

There must be some sort of structure

I thought that Diederik, with his red face

kept pretty quiet and distant

Yes guys, we have money!

250 euros. On layer two.

This is it. Find this guys. Pretty obvious

I was very happy that when Jochem yelled he found something

Thomas reached it very quickly and yes 250 euros

Now we know what it looks like I'm starting to get tired

You get short of breath because it's so huge

to pull it out

And especially with my, let's say mediocre stamina

That was a challenge

It's on my leg, it's ok leave it

Finding one on level two is no guarantee

that's they're all there

Not digging but almost literally a mole assignment

But really deep, you can't go very deep. What should we do

This

I'd stop here. But we've come so far

Yes, but there is nothing here. It's lose

One more…

Nothing. God damnit

Just keep going, we have to lift them

With an assignment like this you don't pay attention to others You want to work

You want to find the money but I noticed that Sanne…

was pulling on that part by herself

And she said it was very heavy Role what you can role

Jochem and Diederik are the people

that are just pointing at assignments like this

While, it didn't bother me as much because I thought

We need the corners, nobody is pointing to corners

If everybody is agreeing to go for the middle

isn't the mole agreeing too?

And that it's likely on the sides?

The other 6 think: Fine…

It was already chaos so an ideal situation for the mole

to take a minute to rest

And in the mean time pretent to be as invested as the others

They just found it there, in the middle

It's not weird if it's in the middle

I just keep working alright Us too

The most annoying thing is that you don't know what to do

It's just running through each other pulling out hay

If we can all make sure this is gone?

Then we can roll one row

The next one you can role, let's see if there is anything underneath

Yes I see something!

I see something, quickly!

Here, take this one

500!

Wauw. Cool.

Right at the end of the 15 minutes a great find

Sigrid who was happy to have contributed for a change

Again, with Thomas, he was in great shape

Where did you find the other one? Here

So here, maybe it is in the middle

Candidates the time is up

Well, half

Assignment over. 750 found

It's fine by me. Fifteen minutes 750 euros

Without any form of collaboration

Congratulations, I think…

Art gives us the feeling we've acted like fools

And with 750 took home a measly prize

I thought we did ok. Or am I just happy with very little?

Will you put it back now?

Yes, you can forget about it Art Rooijakkers

We have to form a strategy with our bond

There is another elimination coming, we have to share information

Sanne and I took a little walk

To level all of our information

I've always said in the beginning of a test

The mole is a woman, and I've always voted for Sigrid

Why Sigrid?

Because Sigrid had never before or after a test,

shown any nerves. Or more nervous than she's already been

Also she's done three assignments without bringing in any money

Yes, that's for sure

I think the good thing about our pact

is that we have totally different suspects

He didn't have Sigrid as a suspect at all

Imanuelle a little

He had Roos, he suspected Vincent

He had always been wrong

He should be happy with the bond he has with me

I have to say Diederik is also a contestant for it

I always find him very cool…

Everybody is always very nervous

Is walking around, studying, not saying much

Are sighing with nerves

Diederik is just always himself

He's never really nervous. What's that?

I'm going to watch Diederik and Jochem today

So you're team Diederik and Jochem and I'm team Sigrid and Imanuelle

Let's do it like this And leave Thomas out of it?

That's a good idea

We made a deal. Sanne will watch the women, I watched the men

At the end of the day we'll share our findings

Maybe it'll bring us some information about the test

Hi Sigrid.

We're almost halfway through our trip

There are still no jokers in the game

One joker will fix a wrong answer in the test

You know that right?

It could be important in this phase

How much would 3 jokers be worth to you?

Quite a lot I need a number

1500 euros Per joker or in total?

In total 1500 euros

Ok thank you You're welcome

For me 3 jokers aren't worth that much

because I think I can make it without them

Hi Imanuelle. Hi Art

Three jokers, how much are they worth to you

I don't have a lot of money for that

We've already picked up a measly amount of what we could have had

Nohting Zeo euros?

Ok. How much will you spent on 3 jokers?

2000 euros. Nothing.

3500. 3500 euros?

250 in total? Or per joker?

Per joker. 750 euros

We raised 750 euros with the hay this morning

Let's say, that can be taken out

Jeroen, the brand new treasurer

I've asked the others how much 3 jokers are worth to them

We reached an average of 1300 euros

This is the traditional live stock exchange

Here cows, horses and other animals are bought and sold

There will be 3 jokers in the mix

The rest can bid on them

Until 1300 euros it's free

Even better, if you spend less, you win 500 euros

If you bid more, it'll be taken from the pot

You can insure the pot as treasurer

You can decide for how much

Half of it is paid in premium

You lose that for sure. It's not cheap but at least you'll be sure

I'll give you an example

They can spent 1300 euros for free

If you're scared they'll spend more

you think they might spend 5300 euros

that means it's 4000 over, 4000 will be taken from the pot

You can also say I insure for 4000

I get 2000 from you

Then they can bid without consequences to that

And everything above 1300 is insurable right?

Yes, that you can insure

I think there are people who will go crazy

because you can earn something

They'll think: Who cares if it's taken from the pot

Let's say to 1500 euros

So you insure for 200 euros

You don't have an all risk insurance on your car either right?

That seemed a fine insurance

I thought: I can't empty out the pot either

to pay for the insurance

And I also believe that the group as a whole

and the individuals will take responsibilities

And won't empty out the pot for a joker

We'll go inside

One deal. You won't say anything to the group

That's clear right

There was also an extra bit…

If I would insure more than wat the group spent

I would get a joker too

Because as a treasurer I would have done a good job

Candidates. This is the Livestock Auction of Hermiston.

Inside a lot is auctioned

You can have a look. Maybe you'll see something interesting

You can bid on it. Until 1300 it's free

Everything spent over that is taken from the pot

Have fun

We entered a weird auction room

There were bleachers with cowboys

With their hats, just slouching.

That would loosely move their hand for every cow which apparently was a bid

In an American auction the presenter doesn't want silence

Which means tht the whole time he's just

repeating every bid and the bid he wants

I couldn't understand a word

And yes, there was the first calf with a mole necklace

The bidding started

Imanuelle started bidding right away

I want it, I want it, I want it!

Within 20 seconds we were at 1300

It was really left, right another 100 and another 100

I thought: I seriously failed as a treasurer

I thought guys guys, this is 700 from the pot

We so had this coming

This can only be a slaughter

And then Diederik went crazy

I saw him in the corner of my eye. He was very uncomfortable

He was nervous, he turned completely red

It was the first time we could see the mole

What the fuck! How much is this. 2700 euros. Who has it!

27. Who?

Who do you think?

I've really looked around in amazement

at the amounts that were pulled from the pot

I can bid but the money in the pot is worth a lot more to me

than one joker

Then I thought. Ok I'll go…

I think something clicked with Sanne

Sanne thought. Ok screw it

It went towards the 2000 and I thought I won't do this

I pulled out

I won at 2000 which wasn't so bad

in comparison to the others

2000 for a joker

Then the 3rd joker entered

I knew: This was the last one

The tone was set so one after the other after the other

And I thought: Blink spot, I want it!

I thought: Ok hold on Thomas…

If you keep bidding, I'll go against you

I won't give up. Jochem has to give up

This is my joker

Whatever happens, that joker is mine

It's shameful what happened

It's human kind at it's lowest

I knew it

Jochem. Jochem, thank you.

You just caused the pot 2200 euros

I didn't expect this from Jochem

I think it went really far

Or you're a very cocky candidate

or you're the mole. I don't know

What happened? You have a joker right?

But I thought we had 1300 euros per person

I thought so too. That's why it went so fast

But maybe we had 1300 in total

Then it's empty. Then we have 0 euros

No it's per person or I wouldn't have done it

That was an interesting auction

Record amounts bid for jokers

Sanne, 2000 euro. But it's for you

Diederik, 2700 euro, One joker.

Here you go

And Jochem. 3500 euros.

But it's a beauty

Necklaces are free

Let's update the administration

It's quite a calculation so I have a note

You had 8080 euros in the pot

Jeroen as treasurer had the chance to insure the money

He could protect the pot

He had so much faith in you

Thought you wouldn't spend more than

1500 euros.

Oh honey…

Until those 1500 it was free

But you spent 8200 euros

Minues 1500 means 6700 is taken out

It wasn't per person

Hold on. The insurance costs 100 euros

It's never free so 6800 euros

Treasurer

He misjudged human kind

Jeroen is way too good for this world

You spent way more than 200

Insure more!

It's the other way around

They spent the money and I'm blamed. But it's ok

Thank you

It was a lot of money we spent

Just to get 3 jokers

How much of an advantage do we have? 1 question

And no joker for me. But that was so far out of my reach

totally out of reach

Who thought it was per person. Not me

I did. It was the first thing I thought

I bid 500 over. That's what I said

You stopped at 1300 with bidding?

I bid once…

And you Sanne, we were going against each other

I'll explain. I bid 500 over

because I thought I personally had 1500 in the pot

I thought they specifically said for the group

You have 1300 to spend, not you per person

I swear I thought it was per person

I thought it was 1300 per person - And yet you want so far

Yes because eventually you put yourself in that position

To very bad numbers

I don't know if this can be a treasuer

or if I should use it as a noose

In one hit, the group, that was going so well, lost almost all of the pot

And that while beforehand they got all the information

to keep it from happening

They knew they had 1300 to spend.

some seemed to get an unclear vision once they were inside

The jokers were too tampting

and worked as a red cloth on a bull

Everybody bid along, thousands of euros

Treasurer Jeroen took a risk by only insuring 200 euros

End result, 3 jokers in the game

and almost 7000 out of the pot

And someone is about to go home

It's a good day for the mole

The test is coming. What to do.

I have room for a bond

Impie?

Because I have one with Jochem

I finally had a one on one conversation with Sigrid

I don't know how it's going with your bond

but I'm open for new collaborations

Ok and what do we mean by that?

We can decide now. I know who Roos voted for

Ok so that's valuable information

My bond with Imanuelle doesn't mean anything

Because I wanted to use it as collateral

for my bond with Jochem. So we were stronger

There is one condition

That is that I want nobody to know

that we exchanged this

I agree. Not even Jochem

Now he did something really stupid

I share with him that Imanuelle wants a bond with me

And he just goes:

Oh by the way I also have a bond with Imanuelle

So I ask him: Did you tell her who we're on?

I can't believe it. He says: yes I did

Time for the test

Twenty questions about the identity and actions of the mole

Whoever knows least, is out of the game

Except the mole, who never goes home

The test

I'm taking the chance to go to a different spreading

I honestly think I'll relieve Jochem from the list

Even though he was very suspicious

And I still don't trust him, even though I have a bond with him

But ehm…

Diederik, that big liar

With his bevers, I don't trust him

Jeroen is something else

That man cost us a lot of money, but not insuring right

He was the only one that could keep this all together

I'll keep suspecting 2 to 3 people.

I'll throw a lot at Jeroen

He insured us very badly

It could have been a great mole action

so he's at the top of my list

I'll also keep an eye on Sanne

It's really easy to say

Jochem took a lot from the pot

That has to be a mole action

You can also say: It's so obviously moling, I don't suspect him anymore

But he can also be the mole that's very obvious

that people think. It's so obvious, he's not the mole

Jochem said to me he would go way further than Diederik went

To pull the suspicion on himself

So put people in the wrong mindset so we could be safe

I really don't want to vote for Jochem…

because that would create so much confusion

I don't know anymore

Maybe it's good that 3 people already left

So they don't have to deal with this pot

It seems that the loser for today

will go home with an even bigger hangover

Whoever it is

Sanne.

The treasurer, Jeroen

Let's look at the person who spent most on a joker

Haha. Jochem.

Sigrid.

Siggeltje.

He.

SHE WHISPERS: Fuck this.

It was, I really think so, the most devastating moment until now

And you think: I wish I had, I wish I did

But I wish I… doesn't exist

The move I made, which is understandable

maybe a bit of a panic move

I think Imanuelle took advantage of the situation

and to create a bit of confusion

I think that lead to Sigrid going home

Sigrid, you're quiet

Tell me

There is one person who I can't look at

and that person knew…

how much this really meant to me

I'm not ready to go back to my normal life

And yes, I'm a little angry

How did you experience this?

It's one of the greatest things I've ever done

Knowing you're in America

For me a place from my dreams

I really enjoy it when things are thrown at me

that in my normal life could never happen

Like, the eternal helicopter that was mentioned before

And things like that

It sucks.

It really sucks.

I think so too. Have a safe trip

You're at the beginning of a special trip. Oregon Trail.

I feel like a cowboy

The first one is fire, with fire you can cook food

Ima, how's our bond?

What are we doing?