History TheMole / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/AshesToAshes2008'': It is revealed near the end of season 2 that [[spoiler:Chris]] has been blackmailed into being a mole. He is however not a bad guy, so he redeems himself promptly with a FaceHeelTurn.

* ''Film/PerfectAssassins'': Leo turns out to be working for [[BigBad Greely]] to bring TheProtagonist to him.

* ''Series/TheNewAvengers'': In "To Catch a Rat", a former agent recovers his memory after having amnesia for 17 years. He remembers he was hunting a mole known as 'the White Rat'. Realising the the Rat is still in the department, he resumes his hunt.

** Then there's the time when [[spoiler:who we believe to be Doctor Bashir is revealed to have been a Changeling impostor for the last several episodes]].

* ''Series/AshesToAshes2008'': It is revealed near the end of season 2 that [[spoiler: Chris]] has been blackmailed into being a mole. He is however not a bad guy, so he redeems himself promptly with a FaceHeelTurn.

** In "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS01E22Chrysalis Chrysalis]]", Garibaldi uncovers a plot to assassinate the president of the Earth Alliance. Before he can deliver a warning, he is shot in the back by [[spoiler: his aide Jack]].

** Throughout the first half of Season 2, it is repeatedly mentioned that Sandstorm has a second mole, meant to monitor Jane in case she defects. The midseason finale reveals it to be [[spoiler: Dr. Borden]].

%%* ''Series/BreakoutKings'': [[spoiler: U.S. Marshal Colburn]] is revealed as one in "Where in the World is Carmen Vega?".

* ''Series/TheCloser'': In the final season, a leak in Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson's department traces back to [[spoiler: Lieutenant Gabriel's girlfriend Ann. Goldman hired her to cozy up to Gabriel for inside information about the LAPD and Brenda's cases especially. Gabriel is legally cleared of wrongdoing, since everything he shared with Ann was said in confidence. He's still heavily scorned by members of the team for his accidental role in the leak.]]
* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': Emily Prentiss is added to the team by Section Chief Erin Strauss with the purpose of being the mole in the BAU and feeding Strauss dirt on leaders Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner and Jason Gideon so she can sabotage their careers. [[spoiler: Instead, Prentiss resigns instead of betraying Hotch and is later reinstated on the team.]]
%%* ''Series/{{CSI}}'': [[spoiler: Undersheriff [=McKeen=]]], revealed in the final episode of season 8 in spectacular fashion.

* ''{{Series/Dollhouse}}'': The early episodes set up that there's a spy somewhere in the House, eventually revealing it to be [[spoiler: head of security Dominic]]. Notable in how the character was practically the only one fans ''hadn't'' suggested The Mole to be...''because it was such an [[DevilInPlainSight obvious choice]], assumed that it ruled them out.'' Oh, Joss Whedon, you insane genius. In the final episodes it is revealed that in fact [[spoiler:Boyd]], a trusted figure in Adelle's house, was the one in charge of Rossum Corporation.

* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': Quinn, Santana and Brittany, the three Cheerios who join Glee Club, are secretly spying for Cheerios coach Sue Sylvester, who is trying to bring down the club. As the series goes on, though, and Quinn's popularity and [[spoiler: membership in the Cheerios]] are destroyed by her pregnancy, [[HeelFaceTurn this gradually changes]].

** In "War Cries", [[spoiler: the boy, his sister who the Marine was dating, and their mom were all sleeper agents for the Shining Path, and weren't even related to each other.]]
** In "Brig Break", [[spoiler: Gunnery Sergeant Gentry]].

** In "Brig Break", [[spoiler: Petty Officer Quinn, who turns ou to be an agent from Naval Intelligence working undercover.]]
** Happens in "Scimitar". One complication though is that Harm and Austin do not know who the Reverse Mole with codename scimitar is, and they must find out without revealing themselves. Scimitar's [[UndercoverCopReveal identity is finally revealed]] when [[spoiler: she arrives at Harm's room and [[spoiler: turns on the shower so they can talk in private.]]

* ''Series/{{Lost}}'': Seconds after Flight 815 crashed, Ben dispatched minions to infiltrate the survivors. They later turn out to be [[spoiler: Ethan]] in the main group and [[spoiler: Goodwin]] in the Tailies. In season two, [[spoiler: Michael]] is forced to act as a mole. In season three, an elaborate ruse is utilized to let Juliet infiltrate the survivors, but she [[HeelFaceTurn turns]] pretty quickly.

* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': [[spoiler: Very Special Agent Lee]] is coerced into being a mole and learns, naturally, that [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath.]]

* ''Series/{{Neverwhere}}'': Used to good effect, where the BigBad's [[TheDragon Dragons]] inform the heroes that there is a traitor among them. The viewers are led to believe that it will turn out to be [[spoiler: the Marquis de Carabas, and it is made clear that the heroes believe this as well, but it's really the bodyguard, Hunter.]]

** Titan in season 4 serves as one to Ares on one occasion, visiting the Kayi tribe under an alias and gaining the trust of the locals so they won’t suspect him of [[spoiler: trying to abduct Ertugrul's son Gunduz in order to lead Ertugrul into a trap]].

** Hamza Alp and Abdurrahman Alp both pretend to side with [[BigBad Baiju Noyan]] in order to gain vital information for the Kayis and Dodurgas. [[spoiler: Even though Abdurrahman manages to pull off the ploy as intended, Hamza sadly ends up [[FaceHeelTurn succumbing to greed]] and actually betrays Ertugrul in the process]].

** [[spoiler:Nate Walker/Jason Neville]] is revealed to be a militia spy as soon as they get to Miles in the [[Recap/RevolutionS1E1Pilot pilot episode]]. In [[Recap/RevolutionS1E5SoulTrain episode 5]], it is revealed that [[spoiler: he is Tom Neville's son.]]
** In [[Recap/RevolutionS1E8TiesThatBind episode 8]], [[spoiler: Mia Clayton, Nora's sister, is not only this, but also a BountyHunter who captured Nora's fellow rebels and was working for that Sergeant Will Strausser]]. Nora was so disgusted that she abandoned her, even though they had made a promise to look out for each other.

** [[Recap/RevolutionS1E17TheLongestDay Episode 17]] had Miles quickly realizing that a mole has tipped off Monroe to the Resistance's whereabouts. [[Recap/RevolutionS1E18Clue Episode 18]] has Miles trying to find out the mole's identity, and [[spoiler: Jason Neville]] is the prime suspect. However, it turns out to actually have been [[spoiler: Jim Hudson]].

** Uses this with Michael Eddington. Originally a by-the-book secondary character who is more loyal to Starfleet than the rest of the cast, Eddington is eventually revealed to be a Mole for the rebellious Maquis.
** There's the time [[spoiler: Doctor Bashir was revealed to have been a Changeling impostor for the last several episodes.]]

* ''Series/TwentyFour'': This show has probably the most famous example of this. Over the course of eight seasons, there have been ''fifteen'' named and confirmed moles, not counting the [[spoiler: hundreds of unnamed ones in Day 7]]. This figure also doesn't include double and ''triple'' moles. Amazingly, even by the eighth season, the characters are still astounded when a mole within CTU is uncovered. This has prompted many fans to suggest that Jack Bauer needs to have a [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique long talk]] with CTU's director of Human Resources. Not just CTU itself, every agency in the series is plagued by numerous moles.

* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''
** Multiple moles appear in "Turn, Turn, Turn": [[spoiler:HYDRA has so thoroughly infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. that they are able to stage a coup, capturing multiple S.H.I.E.L.D. facilities. In addition, Agent Garrett turns out to be the Clairvoyant and a HYDRA operative, and Agent Ward turns out to be his right-hand man.]]
** In Season 2, Episode 3, "Making Friends and Influencing People", it is revealed [[spoiler: Agent Simmons is undercover in HYDRA, leaking their projects to Coulson]], and in Episode 5, "A Hen In The Wolf House" [[spoiler: Bobbi Morse a.k.a. Mockingbird, Head of Security for HYDRA is also a mole... put in charge of finding moles.]]
%%* ''Series/{{Alias}}'': Has done this.
* ''Series/{{Andor}}'': In episode 10, we discover that Luthen has a Mole [[spoiler: in the ISB- Lonni, the one with the mustache. Luthen is willing to sacrifice an entire crew of rebel fighters he bankrolls in order to preserve his Mole's security.]]

* In the ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' episode [[Recap/ArrowS5E7Vigilante "Vigilante"]], Artemis is revealed to be a mole in Team Arrow for Prometheus.

* ''Series/BabylonFive'':
** A couple of examples turn up:
** At the end of the first season, Garibaldi uncovers a plot to assassinate the president of the Earth Alliance. Before he can deliver a warning, he is shot in the back by [[spoiler: his aide Jack]].
** In "Divided Loyalties", Lyta Alexander delivers a warning that someone on the station has a deep-cover personality implanted by Psi Corps. [[spoiler: It turns out to be Talia Winters.]]

* ''Series/TheBarrier'': [[spoiler:A nurse from the registry office]] tricks Álex into coming in her appartment by pretending to be part of LaResistance. She turns to be working for the PoliceState and to have lured Álex so she could use radical means to keep him from joining the real resistance.
* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'': Played with. From the beginning of the first season the audience is aware that Boomer is a Cylon, although the crew of the ship, and Boomer herself, are not. The [[StoryArc season arc]] features her struggling with self-doubt over whether or not she's human, attempting suicide, and ultimately learning that she is in fact a Cylon. In the season finale, she seemingly sides against her kind and sets off a nuke destroying a Base Star full of other copies of her, and at that moment [[WhamEpisode the Wham]] hits; [[spoiler:as Commander Adama is meeting her in CIC and praising her for a job well done, she draws her sidearm and shoots him twice, point blank, in the chest.]] The reveal of several other characters in the season three finale includes [[spoiler: two significant moles, as well as two lower tier individuals.]] [[spoiler: Not really moles though -- their presence in the fleet turns out to be more like a punishment -- or a joke.]]
* ''Series/{{Blackadder}} Goes Forth'': One episode has Blackadder look for a mole within the military hospital. He takes the opportunity to torture...I mean interrogate Darling for kicks, and gets cozy with the hospital nurse, while a man with an obvious German accent is a patient in the hospital. Come to find out in the conclusion, though, the nurse was the actual mole, and the 'German spy' was, to Darling's embarrassment, a ''British'' mole who picked up an accent during his time in Germany. [[spoiler: Then the TwistEnding reveals that ''George'' was inadvertently the mole, writing letters to his German uncle.]]

** Jane's handlers in [[NebulousEvilOrganization Sandstorm]] force her to be this for them in the FBI throughout Season 1, under threat against Kurt's life.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Shows up a few times.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E5TheWebOfFear "The Web of Fear"]] concerns the fact that one character in the group is working for the Great Intelligence. Oddly for anyone who knows anything about ''Doctor Who'', the character clearly intended to be the primary suspect for most of the story is (then-)Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart. (The novelisation alters this by clearing him of suspicion early on.) The viewer's primary suspect is probably Chorley. The actual suspect turns out to be [[spoiler: Arnold, a MauveShirt who got killed in an earlier episode and is [[TheUndead still moving around as a possessed corpse]].]]
** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E1TheMasqueOfMandragora "The Masque of Mandragora"]], Sarah Jane is hypnotized into doing this.

** In [[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride "The Runaway Bride"]], Lance — the fiancé of the eponymous bride — is revealed to be working for the sinister Empress of the Racnoss.
** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E1AttackOfTheCybermen "Attack of the Cybermen"]], one of the gang is actually a police officer. [[spoiler:And it turns out that Lytton was using the Cybermen to get to his real employers and help them against the Cybermen.]]
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E7TheLongGame "The Long Game"]]: It turns out that [[spoiler:Suki [=MacRae=] Cantrell, one of the reporters that the Doctor, Rose and Adam meet on Floor 139, is actually Eva St. Julien, last surviving member of the [[LaResistance Freedom Fifteen]], who infiltrated Satellite 5 to try and bring an end to the EpiphanicPrison it was keeping humanity in.]]
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E5RiseOfTheCybermen "Rise of the Cybermen"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E6TheAgeOfSteel "The Age of Steel"]]: [[spoiler:The AlternateUniverse version of Pete Tyler appears to be TheQuisling as a high-ranking executive working for [[CorruptCorporateExecutive John Lumic]]… but he's actually Gemini, the informant feeding [[LaResistance the Preachers]] information. However, he thought he was assisting someone more impressive than "Franchise/ScoobyDoo and his gang".]]
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia "Utopia"]]: A [[DisasterScavengers Futurekind]] woman has infiltrated the bunker amongst the throngs of refugees in order to sabotage the base. The fact that she lacks the tattoos and piercings sported by the others certainly helps.
** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E13LastOfTheTimeLords "Last of the Time Lords"]], [[spoiler:a scientist Martha gets help from turns her over to the Master. {{Exploited|Trope}}, however, as Martha's actually counting on her doing so as part of her plan.]]
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E3PlanetOfTheOod "Planet of the Ood"]]: [[spoiler:Dr. Ryder]] eventually reveals himself as a member of Friends of the Ood who spent ten years infiltrating Ood Operations to try and free the enslaved species.
** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd "Journey's End"]], it turns out [[spoiler:[[MadOracle Dalek Caan]] is one. When he last escaped the Doctor with his time jump, he accidentally saw ''all of time'' and realized just how wrong and evil his own kind are. So, he set it upon himself to destroy them, leading the Daleks to a point where the Doctor could destroy them for good.]]

* In ''Series/{{Dominion}}'', the humans now face a serious threat of this from [[EliteMooks the Powers]], who don't need to possess human hosts, and can thereby get past the angelic detection equipment. And then there's the [[LesCollaborateurs Black Acolytes]], the cult that worships [[BigBad Gabriel]], and are far reached enough that one of them is [[spoiler: William Whele, leader of the [[FantasticReligiousWeirdness Church of the Savior]] and son of the second most powerful person in Vega.]]

* ''Series/FlashForward'' executes a perfect Reverse Mole when [[spoiler:Janis is first revealed to be a mole, then revealed to be working for the CIA. Technically, she is still a [[TheMole Mole]] as she is supposed to be working for the FBI.]] This is also an example of LampshadeHanging, as the character's name recalls [[spoiler:the guardian Roman god with two faces, Janis (also known as Janus)]].

* On ''Series/TheInsideMan'', main character Mark Shepherd is this, working inside the company to get the details on the merger, until he does his HeelFaceTurn. [[spoiler:Charlotte]] is revealed to be this at the end of the first season.

* ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'': Morgana was The Mole for most of season 3, and now [[spoiler:Agravaine has taken over the role, working for Morgana]]
* ''Series/TheMole'': This TV-program is the RealityShow version of this trope. The contestants engage in various challenges, and the better they do, the more money goes in the winning pot; at the end, the winner gets the pot, and the Mole gets the rest of the prize fund as a measure of how well they screwed things up. The contestants are also periodically quizzed about the Mole's identity and actions, with the poorest scorer eliminated. Played with: as a {{metagame}} strategy, non-Mole contestants also [[NiceJobBreakingItHero screw up]] on purpose, to [[RedHerringMole fool others]] into thinking ''they're'' the Mole and thus do poorly on the quizzes. Sure, it decreases the winner's take, but it increases your chance of ''being'' the winner. (Better yet if you can just ''look'' like you're trying to screw up.)

* ''Series/NCISNewOrleans'': Season Four's "The Asset" had [[spoiler:FBI agent Sarah Barns, who was revealed to be a DoubleAgent aligned with the Russians. Her [[FaceHeelTurn heel turn]] came when she shot Eva Azarova (who survived due to wearing a vest) and attempted to kill a former Russian operative who had information on other operatives, including Barns.]]

* ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}'':

* ''Series/OnceUponATimeInWonderland'': The White Rabbit is reluctantly working for the Red Queen.

* ''Series/RobinHood'': A series 2 subplot in the 2006 BBC adaption features [[spoiler:Allan a Dale]] working as an informant for Guy of Gisborne, resulting in his exile from Robin's gang and the end of all his friendships when his treachery is unmasked. He ''is'' technically a good guy, so he also occasionally acts as their mole though this is much more rare [[spoiler:until the season finale, in which he deliberately contradicts Guy's orders in a semi-suicidal bid to save the gang's lives and rejoins the band.]]
* ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'': [[spoiler: Mr. Smith, though he turns to good for series 2.]]

** The Romulan [[StateSec Tal'Shiar]] is shockingly prone to moles at its highest ranks. [[spoiler:In "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS03E21TheDieIsCast The Dies is Cast]]", Colonel Lovok reveals himself as a Changeling. And in "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS07E16InterArmaEnimSilentLeges Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges]]", General Koval (the ''Chairman'' of the Tal'Shiar) is a double agent for the Federation.]]

** [[spoiler:[[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk The angel Uriel]]]] turned out in their last episode to have been joined [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]]'s cause, trying to [[spoiler:recruit fellow angels to join him]] and killing those who refused. Note that the mole's successful conversions are never brought up again, making it possible that Lucifer loyalists may ''still'' be present in [[spoiler:the ranks of the Heavenly Host]] in show canon.
** The presentation of [[spoiler:angels as a whole, not just Uriel,]] may qualify, at least in [[spoiler:Season 4]]. They are initially portrayed as allies to the heroes whose differing view of what constitutes an "acceptable" sacrifice causes them to clash somewhat with the latter group. While they all turn out to still be reasonably sympathetic in their own ways, the season finale reveals that [[spoiler:the higher-ups in Heaven want Lucifer freed in order to kill him and create "Paradise," which is suggested by an actor for one of the characters to be a {{Dystopia}} of brainwashed human slaves, as opposed to Lucifer's vision of a [[KillAllHumans human-free]] universe]], and in subsequent seasons, even [[spoiler:angels not involved in this ploy]] are often enemies to be killed.
** ''Also'' revealed in their last episode, [[spoiler:[[TokenHeroicOrc the demon Ruby]]]] was ''another'' mole for Lucifer (not that they knew they were on the same side as the above mole or would have gotten along even if they had, due to FantasticRacism). More accurately, [[spoiler:Ruby was secretly working for demon queen Lilith, whom Ruby sent Sam after to kill on Lilith's own orders, as the other demon's death was the last seal needed to be broken to release their master, Lucifer, from his prison]]. While the character's true loyalties and agenda was ''long'' suspect by fans and by other characters, making this twist somewhat of an [[TheUntwist Untwist]], the way it played out was a satisfying resolution.
** Abaddon played this role 50 years before the series proper; she possessed and [[DevilInDisguise impersonated]] an inductee into an ancient mystical order in order to infiltrate and spy on them, planning to destroy them completely after learning all their secrets. [[TheBadGuysWin She succeeded on all counts.]]
** "Folsom Prison Blues" has Dean and Sam get themselves arrested so they could investigate a haunting at a prison. One of the prison guards asked for their help and helped them escape once they finished the job.
** In "The Spear", Garth makes a show of betraying Sam and Dean to Apocalypse World Michael in order to find out more about what he's planning with this world's vampires and werewolves. (This comes a few years after his conversion to werewolf.)

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "Room 2426", Dr. Martin Decker's cellmate Joseph is an agent of the State. He was instructed by Dr. Ostroff to convince Martin that [[{{Teleportation}} teletransportation]] was real so that he could learn the location of Martin's bacteria research.
* ''Series/{{V 1983}}'' had a fair amount of [[LaResistance The Fifth Column]], some of them high-ranking. Seems a lot of the Visitors weren't very happy with their orders.
* In ''Series/{{V 2009}}'', Joshua and several other crew members on Anna's ship are members of [[LaResistance The Fifth Column]].

* ''Series/WhiskeyCavalier'': The final scenes of the episode, "Good Will Hunting," revealed [[spoiler:Tina Marek]] as this.
* ''Series/Whodunnit2013'' is very similar to the mole in this respect, as one of the guests in secretly the killer.
* ''Series/TheWildWildWest'': The episode "The Night of the Bleak Island". West's old friend Sir Nigel Scott turns out to be the BigBad.

* ''Series/TheXFiles'':
** Has this trope all over the place, PlayedWith and from various points of view.

** It pops up from time to time that Mulder and Scully's direct supervisor, AD Walter Skinner, might be dirty and collaborate with the shady conspirators. [[spoiler:Nope, he's allright and one of Mulder and Scully's strongest allies.]]

*** Deep Throat was involved with them and claimed that he wanted to atone for his deeds, therefore he helped Mulder in his quest for exposing the truth.
*** Mr. X was very pragmatic. He never made it a secret that he does what's best for him. He worked for the Cancer Man, and was informing Mulder behind his back.
*** [[spoiler:Marita Covarrubias]] played it on both side. [[spoiler:She]] was helping Muldler, and telling on him to the conspirators
** Scully's replacement for a brief amount of time in season 2, [[spoiler:Alex Krycek]]. He was an FBI agent assigned to work with Mulder when The X-Files division as shut down and Scully was sent back to teach at the FBI Academy. Mulder never fully trusted him, but it was a bit of a surprise when he was revealed to be telling on Mulder to the arc villain, the Cigarette-Smoking Man.
** In season 5, [[spoiler:Section Chief Blevins]]. He appeared in two episodes in season 1, and in one MythArc trilogy ({{WHAM Episode}}s par excellence), he was revealed as the dirty figure at the FBI who closely collaborated with TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness.
** In TheMovie (''Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture''), [[spoiler:Well-Manicured Man is revealed to be one. The conspiracy group are in fact Well-intentioned Extremists, and he gives Mulder vital information, as well as a vaccine to save Scully.]]

* ''Series/MotherlandFortSalem'': Scylla is secretly a member of [[FantasticTerrorists The]] [[WesternTerrorists Spree]] infiltrating the US Army.

* ''Series/MotherlandFortSalem'': Scylla is secretly a member of [[WesternTerrorists The Spree]] infiltrating the US Army.

* ''Series/TheTraitors'': Another RealityShow version of this trope, in which, much like ''Series/TheMole'', contestants engage in various challenges, and the better they do, the more money goes in the winning pot. However, in addition, three of the contestants take on the role of "The Traitor", while all other contestants are "Faithfuls", with the Traitors' identities unknown to the Faithfuls. By the end of the game, if all remaining contestants are Faithfuls, then they split the prize pot, if there are any Traitors remaining, however, they win it all (or split it, if there's more than one of them left).

* ''Series/{{Andor}}'': In episode 10, we discover that Luthen has a Mole [[spoiler: In the ISB- Lonni, the one with the mustache. Luthen is willing to sacrifice an entire crew of rebel fighters he bankrolls in order to preserve his Mole's security.]]

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': [[spoiler:Seska was a Cardassian [[WeWillNotUseStageMakeUpInTheFuture deep-cover agent disguised as a Bajoran]] and]] Tuvok was a Federation agent (but [[FirstEpisodeTwist that's made known pretty early on]]), both infiltrating the Maquis on Chakotay's ship (much to his chagrin). When [[spoiler:Seska]] defects to the Kazon-Nistrim, a minor Maquis crewman (Michael Jonas) is her collaborator who remains on board ''Voyager'' (though the Kazon do their damnedest to play the middleman).

** In a heroic example, the alternate-universe Pete Tyler is revealed to be a spy inside Cybus Industries, anonymously sending information to [[LaResistance the Preachers.]]

* ''Series/MajorCrimes'' has LAPD Detective Wes Nolan, who's been undercover with a white supremacist group connected to several recent murders. When Nolan reveals himself during a member's interrogation, he realizes that [[OhCrap they're screwed]] and starts telling the squad '''everything''' he knows.

** Multiple moles appear in "Turn, Turn, Turn": [[spoiler:HYDRA has so thoroughly infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. that they are able to stage a coup, capturing multiple S.H.I.E.L.D. facilities. In addition, Agent Garrett turns out to be the Clairvoyant and a HYDRA operative, and Agent Ward turns out to be his right-hand man.]] Later in Season 2 Episode 3 "Making Friends and Influencing People" it is revealed [[spoiler: Agent Simmons is undercover in HYDRA, leaking their projects to Coulson]] and in Episode 5 "A Hen In The Wolf House" [[spoiler: Bobbi Morse A.K.A Mockingbird, Head of Security for HYDRA is also a mole...put in charge of finding moles.]]
** Simmons becomes one for SHIELD within HYDRA in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' Season Two. The episode [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E5AHenInTheWolfHouse "A Hen in the Wolf House"]] reveals she's not the only one, [[spoiler: the head of security hunting for a mole within ComicBook/{{HYDRA}} is really ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} agent [[ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}} Bobbi Morse]]]].

%%* ''Series/{{Intelligence}}'': Half the cast is, at any given time, a mole for one or more members of the rest of the cast.

* ''Series/{{Whodunnit}}''" Is very similar to the mole in this respect, as one of the guests in secretly the killer

* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': ** Yolanda/Saffron/Bridget made a living out of being The Mole. She was introduced as an innocent and submissive young woman. She claimed she's a reward as wife for their captain because her people couldn't pay them in a standard way [[spoiler:while in fact she's a trained companion and criminal mastermind who tried to kill the crew in order to sell their ship. She also ratted out her husband who loved her deeply and thought she was kidnapped from him.]]

* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': Yolanda/Saffron/Bridget made a living out of being The Mole. She was introduced as an innocent and submissive young woman. She claimed she's a reward as wife for their captain because her people couldn't pay them in a standard way [[spoiler:while in fact she's a trained companion and criminal mastermind who tried to kill the crew in order to sell their ship. She also ratted out her husband who loved her deeply and thought she was kidnapped from him.]]