“Maybe I Should Have Been Murdered.”
January brought us another season of lies, betrayal, and murder. That’s when season 4 of The Traitors premiered on Peacock. And I once again enjoyed every second of it.
The set up is the almost the same as always. Twenty-three contestants, mostly from the world of reality TV, are bought to a castle in Scottland. Host Alan Cumming picks a small portion of them to be traitors, whose job is to “kill” one contestant each night. During the day, everyone competes in an over-the-top challenge to win money for the pot. Then, all the contestants meet at the round table and vote on who they think is a traitor to banish from the game. Really, it’s a game of Mafia, but spread out over several days and with bigger stakes.
The contestants this year are the usual mix of reality franchises. There are several from Survivor and Real Housewives. Mark Ballas from Dancing with the Stars was here as were figure skating commentators Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski. The one civilian (aka person with very little TV/media experience) included was Donna Kelce, soon to be mother-in-law to Taylor Swift. And then there were a lot of people I wasn’t familiar with until I started watching this season.
The show really only tried one new thing format wise. It was an interesting idea, and I hope they try it again. But the pay off here didn’t quite work out the way they wanted it to.
On the other hand, I did enjoy the dynamic between the traitors this season. And one was absolutely brilliant. I got caught up in watching what would unfold each week.
And yes, I did watch it every week. Unlike previous seasons when I binged it near the end of the season, I watched week to week. I’m happy to say that I didn’t find the cliffhangers as annoying as I thought I would. Will I watch this way going forward? We’ll see.
Unlike season 3, where the swearing was out of control, here, it wasn’t as extreme. It still happened, and still felt gratuitous, but it wasn’t so over-the-top, which I appreciated.
One aspect of the ending didn’t sit quite right with me. But we’ve seen in in a couple of previous seasons, so I guess I shouldn’t be that upset by it at this point.
Overall, I really enjoyed season 4 of The Traitors. I still need to make the time to watch other iterations of the show. If you haven’t watched it yet, you’ll find yourself caught up in events unfolding as well.
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