More Mayhem, Mystery…and Murder
Since I wound up keeping my Peacock subscription (thanks cheap renewal), I was able to catch the third season of The Traitors this winter. As before, I waited until it was almost done before I started so I wasn’t annoyed by the cliffhangers. And it was another fun ride.
The premise, if you’ve missed it, is that a group of people arrive in a castle in Scotland. A few of them are the Traitors. The others are Faithfuls. Each night, the Traitors pick one Faithful to “kill,” aka kick off the show. During the day, everyone competes in a challenge to try to win money for the prize pot. Early evening, everyone gets together and the Faithfuls try to vote out a Traitor. And the cycle repeats. It is similar to the party game mafia, just with a big prize pot and reality tv cameras.
Speaking of which, like with season 2 of the American version, the cast is almost completely made up of reality TV vets. We have people from Survivor, Big Brother, and the various Real Housewives shows. Honestly, outside of the former Survivor players, I didn’t know who most of them are. The biggest get, at least in my eyes, was Boston Rob from multiple seasons of Survivor.
There are very few clues to go on as the Faithful try to figure out who is eliminating them each night. That means, they can make wild accusations based on a weird look. It’s fun in some ways and frustrating in others. After all, we know who the Traitors are.
I’ve got to say, the way the Traitors treated each other this season was weird. Clearly, they didn’t think through strategy at all. But it made for great tv.
Alan Cummings is the host, and he is definitely part of the fun. His outfits and delivery are delicious.
On the other hand, there’s the swearing. Seriously, it is so over the top. I always forget how bad it is until I start a new season and I just cringe. And they start swearing over nothing.
As I hinted at above, this show has some weird and mean cliffhanger endings. As we are about to find something out, we cut to the preview for the next episode. I highly recommend this as a binge rather than a once-a-week show.
My only real complaint was the overabundance of shields. These are used to keep the Faithful safe from elimination by the Traitors overnight. Maybe I’m not remembering how many there were in previous seasons, but in most episodes, about half the people were safe. It’s much more interesting when the Traitors have their pick. It can also be much more revealing who the Faithful are. Although the Traitors did a good job of giving themselves away even with all the shields in play.
All told, season three was another entertaining season of The Traitors. If you’ve enjoyed the show so far, you’ll enjoy this season as well.
New UK season was much better. Would love to see US version move away from reality stars. However, still loved this season. Gabby has a local connection. She had classes with Kyle in high school. Given her last name, they sat by each other in class and she called him Winky. Caitlin didn't know her.
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