Though I freely admit that my taste is not topnotch, I'd definitely give "The Mole" the number one spot in the reality show glut. If you watch it, you'll know why I make that statement. If you don't (or have never) watched it, stop reading and try another blog.

It's been four years since the show has last been on the air. My guess is that's it's been sitting in a vault, waiting to be put in the schedule when there was a strike and an opening had to be filled. So I could easily be talking about a show that was made four years ago although the promo put out by ABC says it was made earlier this year. There were two "Celebrity" Mole bombs dropped between the first two shows and this one.

The first Mole series of nine episodes was great. Made around 2001, it's still selling well in a 3-disc DVD set on Amazon and carries a five star rating. I was completely hooked when it originally showed and completely fooled by the Mole's identity.

The second series, for some reason, was taken off the air around half way though and gossip on the Internet was that the rest of the show would never be shown. But it came back on in the spring of around 2002, but by that time it had lost its momentum.

The winning contestant, who can win up to a half million bucks, is the person who instinctively picks the mole and follows this person faithfully through the complex voting process that comes at the end of each show. Most contestants appear to shift around and often their would-be Mole is "executed" from the show causing them to have to start over.

So, having nothing to lose, I picked the two who I thought were the Mole on the first show-a man and a woman. Until they got into a couple of episodes of the show and I saw the direction it was taking, I really believed that the Mole was the man.

Now, as of last night, four shows are over. Three women and one man has been executed. One woman was bribed and left the show voluntarily. The first question on the weekly quiz always concerns whether the Mole is a man or a woman. The final question is the name of the Mole.

Though five people have so far been eliminated, both my Mole selections are still on the show. Since four of the six women are gone, I'm making an informed assumption that the Mole is a woman. Why? The men (and also the women) tend to bond as a group. So when looking for the Mole, the men answer the first question with "woman" while the women answer it with "man." So women are automatically missing 10% of the quiz on the first question and, due to this error and the faulty follow-up that it causes, three women have been eliminated and one non-Mole female wisely took $30,000 and run.

If you're still reading, take a look on Monday night at 9:00 p.m. There's six episodes to go. I think the real Mole is Nicole. Kristen, the only other female, just doesn't fit the Mole format. My second pick was Mark, who I think will be the one to take down the Mole and take home however much is in the pot.

So if you're a molelamanic, give me you're best shot at the Mole.