The Traitors (UK)

[J-Ster]

Season 3 Episode 10

I liked that chess mission and thought it was rather interesting. Funny how by Frankie gets selected by Minnah as the most irrelevant one, only to catch her by carefully listening to what she said. That was good observation by Frankie. 

Charlotte is taking a massive risk bringing in Freddie to throw under the bus right away. Freddie will surely know why Charlotte brought him in to instantly banish (and this will especially be known to him when Leanne reveals Charlotte knew about the shield), so he'll probably try to take her down with him and go for her at the round table. And even if he does get banished in the next episode, some people will probably realise that Freddie and Charlotte are two traitors trying to take each other out, so then the Faithfuls work out Charlotte is a traitor too.

Next episode I think Leanne will announce about the shield at breakfast,so then her and Charlotte will fully push for Freddie, he'll try and push for Charlotte. Freddie will be banished, but then the Faithful will wonder "Why has Freddie full-on gone for Charlotte out of nowhere?" So then they'll realise it's two traitors going for each other, and then they banish Charlotte. 

[Kyng]

Series 3 Episode 10 ( )

My favourite episode of the series so far, for three reasons.

First of all, the Traitors did us all a favour by getting rid of Joe! I'm confused as to why the contestants were so upset, because he just seemed to be a jerk. Granted, it's possible that he was nicer off-camera, and he got the "villain edit" - but, based on what I've seen, I'm not sorry to see him gone.

Secondly, the chess challenge! Even though it didn't involve any actual chess being played, it was still intriguing to see how the contestants' thought processes matched up with the Traitors. And I would like to know how some of these new pieces (like the Wolf and the Snake) would move .

Finally, that scheme by Charlotte... deliberately sabotaging that night's murder, in order to implicate Freddie. Of course, at some point, Leanne is going to say something to the effect of "I told Jake, Francesca, and Charlotte that I had the shield - so it must be Freddie or Alexander". And then, Freddie will know that Charlotte set him up... so, how does he respond to that? I feel like there's a chance he'll have an outburst (thus outing himself), or even outright say that Charlotte set her up (thus violating the Traitors' Oath). But even if he doesn't, I imagine he'll be determined to drag her down with him!

[Opal Fruit]

Spoiler

Not too much to say, but ...
(Previous episode) Those chess pieces were cool!

Poor Freddie didn't have a chance. Totally thrown under the bus there. A traitor was traitorous -- well that's the game! What a twist afterwards... I was hoping Frankie might choose Charlotte so to rock the boat. How will that alter the final? Really can't know for now... But not long till we find out!

[J-Ster]

Series 3 Episode 11

What a great episode that was!

Alexander has just made one of the greatest decisions I've ever seen a Faithful make on this show for sure. Helping Frankie get the coins has almost certainly guaranteed a Faithful result (unless the other Faithful manage to do a massive slip-up and decide not to banish Charlotte, which would surely be the biggest mistake any Faithful has made on this show.  )

Charlotte’s only real option is to claim that Frankie’s a traitor lying about Charlotte saying she's a Traitor. However, Charlotte was saying "maybe, we've caught all the traitors now" literally minutes before being chosen. So surely it would be so obvious she's changing her tune? And after Freddie came at Charlotte out of nowhere (after never going after her at all in the entire game), surely they'll work out it's Charlotte. My prediction for the final is that after voting out Charlotte I reckon they'll vote out Frankie, since they'll have suspicions on her after Charlotte starts claiming Frankie's lying, so they'll vote both out just to be safe. And then I reckon Leanne will go for Alexander (who she seems to continually have a petty grudge against and dislikes) and Jake will probably join her in voting out Alexander. I hope that doesn't happen, since it would be very unfair on Alexander to be banished after being the person getting the Faithful in such a great position in the game. He deserves to win after this episode. But, sadly, I can't see Leanne wanting to end the game with him due to her grudges with him.  So I think it will be Jake and Leanne who win it. 

I thought that was one of the best missions yet in this series for sure. The seer role being at stake made the challenge way more interesting to watch. I like how some of the missions this series have had incentives other than just shields added to them. It makes them more enjoyable to watch.

I'm so excited for the final!

[Kyng]

Series 3 Episode 11

Another great episode !

So, the special power is that one player gets to become the 'Seer': they are able to know the true status of one other player. That's certainly less game-breaking than knowing all of them, but more interesting than just knowing how many Traitors are left. However, it does suffer from the same issue as those other two proposals: if it goes to a Traitor, then it's a complete waste. I feel like there should've been something for if a Traitor gets it: as it is, the only reason for the Traitors to compete for it is to deprive any of the Faithful from getting it, which is rather underwhelming for the viewers !

Of course, Freddie couldn't hold it together after it turned out that Charlotte was lying. He tried to invent his own story (about how Minah told him that Leanne had the shield after the previous night's Round Table), but that fell apart when Frankie pointed out that Minah had been already banished by that point . Total blunder by Freddie - and he didn't last long after that.

But, I feel like Charlotte's backed into a corner now that Frankie's about to find out that she's a Traitor - especially since she only just speculated that there might be no Traitors left! How does she get out of this one?

[Cool Cory]

Series 3 Episode 11

Alexander deserves to win after literally handing the Faithfuls the win in the last episode. I hope he wins. Leanne will probably stop him though to her grudges.

Charlotte looks screwed now. Can't see her winning at all. 

Poor Freddie. That was the worst round table defence ever right there. He made a rigjt blunder and couldn't hold it together at all.

Can't wait until 8:30 tonight. 

[Kyng]

Series 3 Episode 12

To be honest, after I enjoyed the last two episodes so much... I found the finale a bit underwhelming. (The consensus on Reddit is that it was an awful final episode: I wouldn't go that far - I did still enjoy it - but it didn't live up to the previous two episodes, and it was the weakest finale of the three series so far IMO).

The main problem I had was that, after Frankie and Charlotte told conflicting stories at the breakfast table, it took all of the tension out of the episode. It was clear, at that point, that both Charlotte and Frankie would be going: one of them was clearly a Traitor, and therefore it was too risky to allow either of them to pass through the end game (if the Traitor got banished first, and revealed themselves to be a Traitor, then that would probably have saved the Seer - but in this series, finalists don't reveal their affiliation when they get banished !). Thus, it was obvious from then on that the Faithful were going to win: the only remaining question was which Faithful.

I do think this highlights an issue with the 'Seer' mechanic: if a Faithful Seer finds a Traitor, then it's really a death sentence for both of them. The Seer cannot keep quiet about it, because then they'll make the Traitor look like a confirmed Faithful - but if they do tell everyone, then the Traitor can just drag them both down by telling a conflicting story (indeed, it's the only real defence that the Traitor has).

One thing I did enjoy, though, was the mission. It was a real spectacle - as final-episode missions always are. I don't think I would've done it myself, though: I'm too scared of heights!

And then that brings us to the final Round Table, and subsequent end game. Of course, Charlotte got banished first - and then, all four remaining players were Faithfuls, which was a bit of an anticlimax. It was pretty frustrating to watch two of them then getting banished - especially Alexander, who I thought would've been the most deserving winner of the four! With that being said, I do think Frankie misplayed the end game: her only chance of survival was to hold firm with Alexander - but she instead tried to forge a last-minute alliance with Leanne (based on them both being mothers), only for Leanne to not care.

Congrats to Jake and Leanne on winning, though. It was a bit odd, because Leanne won essentially by being ruthless: even though she wasn't a Traitor, it felt as though she won by playing like one ! As for Jake, he didn't do a whole lot - but he did at least spot Linda's head turn at the beginning, so it's not like he was completely underserving . I feel like this series had some interesting ideas (most notably, the Seer and the finalists not revealing their affiliation), but they didn't quite work in practice: the implementation of one wound up ruining the other. It'll be interesting to see whether any changes are made for Series 4.

[Cool Cory]

Series 3 Episode 12

That was so predictable. If only a Faithful had been chosen by Frankie, then the episode would've been more exciting. It was so obvious the Faithful would win.

Alexander was robbed. He deserved to win the most and was the reason the Faithful won in the first place. He played so well.

Leanne. One of the worst winners. So rude at times, and didn't contribute much to the Faithfuls and was lucky to be at the end. 

Frankie should've stuck with Alexander, rather than vote him off. He prooved he is a Faithful to her and trusted her. Jake and Leanne obviously had an alliance together. 

The seer role ruined it big time.

The mission looked epic, tho. I'd love to do that mission.

[J-Ster]

Series 3 Episode 12

Well, that episode went mostly how I predicted it would. :p 

That seer role made the finale so predictable. It killed any chance of Charlotte or Frankie winning it. Because when both started claiming the other was a traitor, it was too risky to only banish one. So, it was obvious both would get banished. And of course Leanne was always going to refuse to share with Alexander due to her having personal grudge against him. 

Alexander deserved to win the most out of all of them, IMO. Why would Frankie think he is a traitor when he helped her with winning coins for the Seer power and begged her to use it on him to proove he's a Faithful? Frankie's best chance of winning was sticking with Alexander, but instead she tried to make an alliance with Leanne (who already had one with Jake)

Leanne didn't deserve to win at all, IMO. Because I don't think she played a good game, and the she got to the end because she was no threat to The Traitors by having wrong theories and not being correct in any theories about who the traitors were throughout the series. And she was annoying with how rude she was towards Alexander with her snarky comments and angry tone. And it was especially rude when she wouldn't even let him talk at the roundtable.

As for Jake, he did work Linda out right away for correct reasons, and did suspect Armani very early on too. After those two, he didn't get much else right and had a lot of wrong theories. Still, he wasn't a terrible player, so I guess he sort of deserved to win.

I think the seer role should be changed, or not used, in the next series. Because the way it was used in this series ruined the finale.

That mission was great!

[Kyng]

Spoiler

Part of me wonders whether Frankie realised that finding a Traitor would kill her game - and thus, she decided to go for the person she thought was most likely to be Faithful (i.e. Charlotte). But of course, it completely backfired!

As for Alexander, I have seen some people suggesting that he might make more money out of having been on The Traitors, than the winners did from winning the show. It's entirely possible that he parlays this into a presenting career - while Jake and Leanne just appear on a couple of game shows and then go back to their normal lives. If that happened, it wouldn't be the first time a reality show runner-up has done better out of their appearance than the winners did: it's pretty common on The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent, after all!