The Traitors UK discussion thread *SPOILERS*

[RedTwoster]

12 hours ago, stumobir said:

I really like Minah, I think she’ll do well to go undetected but feel like she needs a stronger partner to go the distance. Linda’s days are numbered anyway, once a few of the more toxic players, who’ve controlled all the round tables so far, are banished or murdered, she’ll soon be sussed.

I do like Minah, but she’s made some shocking decisions - recruiting Anna was so obviously destined to fail. She was always going to know it was to throw her to the wolves. Writing ‘because you’re a strong, independent woman’ is a tell that she seems to have gotten away with. That adds credence to the theory it’s an all-female team, and it also sounds like wording that would have originated from one of the younger female contestants.

She also murdered one contestant because another voted for them, in an attempt to frame them. If anything, that indicates the person you’re trying to frame is a faithful. 

She’s very fortunate that the most competent players, for the most part, are either being eliminated or marginalised, and the daft players are ruling the roost. 

And yeah, I totally agree on Livi. I’d imagine she’s cringing watching this back.

[BomberPat]

Everyone seems to be an idiot this series.

I'm convinced that Lisa telling everyone she's a priest has to be because she's fed up of it and decided she wants to go home, because "I do a job that means I can't lie, so you can definitely trust me, even though we're playing The Traitors" is a mad call to make otherwise. I assume telling the production team you'll lie about something means you're more likely to get on the show, because I don't understand people lying about their jobs or faking their accent - it just means one more thing for you to have to lie and pretend about, for zero in-game benefit. I have to assume that the other contestants will all think that Lisa is lying now about being a priest, rather than lying about it before, because it's a bonkers and pointless thing to either cover up or make up.

[FLips]

Plus you know, in this day and age are priests really trustworthy paragons of virtue? Especially ones that came in the game immediately lying about it.

I can’t wait for the welsh accent reveal though. It’s such a pointless lie, it’s insane.

[Slapnut]

2 hours ago, FLips said:

Plus you know, in this day and age are priests really trustworthy paragons of virtue? Especially ones that came in the game immediately lying about it.

I can’t wait for the welsh accent reveal though. It’s such a pointless lie, it’s insane.

Personally I’m hoping the reveal is well before she’s voted out and we see an episode dedicated to her gradually dropping it like Ross in that one episode of Friends.

[stumobir]

2 hours ago, FLips said:

I can’t wait for the welsh accent reveal though. It’s such a pointless lie, it’s insane.

I love that her reasoning is because it makes her seem more trustworthy, ignoring the fact there have been two Welsh traitors before, both banished.

Edited January 10, 2025 by stumobir

[Wideload90]

"I am an ordained Anglican priest" ... *insert Alan Partridge gif here*

Linda is not a strong traitor and seems to offer nothing throughout. That said, the 90s curtains have gone and I'm amazed by how stupid this lot are.

Great television. 

[FLips]

9 minutes ago, Wideload90 said:

"I am an ordained Anglican priest" ... *insert Alan Partridge gif here*

Linda is not a strong traitor and seems to offer nothing throughout. That said, the 90s curtains have gone and I'm amazed by how stupid this lot are.

Great television. 

I imagine it’s only a defense mechanism or tactic but Linda comes off as very spiteful as well. She’s becoming the villain of the series for me but not for the reason she’s a Traitor.

[TheBurningRed]

Livi was so ott with her reaction to Freddie when the clique discussion came up. And then how she was at the round table, maybe she should leave the process. She seems to be struggling mentally with the whole thing far too much. Did love when yer man (can’t remember his name) rolled his eyes.

Freddie is fucked now come next banishment.

It’ll be a terrible shame if Fozia is murdered. 

[Frankie Crisp]

I’d love to play Poker with Alexander.

[FLips]

It’s shocking how bad this group are at the game. They’re in a game where a quick few seconds of rational thinking would show that it would be best to pick strong players you think wouldn’t suspect you, and then everyone goes on to immediately take it personally even though they’re doing it to others. That gunk must have been rotten though because two people in and they must have had a word because it was in eyes and mouths and everything.

I actually really turned around on Dan this episode. He was forward with them, they’re fannies who are all taking the game personally and it’s backfiring on them. When you’re in a group that emotional you’re absolutely not going to grass yourself up because they cry at everything and everything is a personal vendetta.

Linda can’t keep getting away with this. She has it in for Fozia and I would be shocked to see her survive the night. 

Edited January 11, 2025 by FLips

[wordsfromlee]

Linda must love the fact that they all have memories of goldfish and forgot all about her fake crying at the breakfast table the moment Dan confessed to lying at the round table. 

They were all convinced she was a traitor because she is so obvious and awful at it. But that all went out of the window five minutes before the vote when Dan said he did what every normal person playing the game would do, and lied about who he chose.

They're all thick as pig shit.

I'm also suspicious of Fozia and she isn't even a Traitor.

Edited January 11, 2025 by wordsfromlee

[Mr_Danger]

Fuck sake. I couldn’t be doing with Dan but then he changed my opinion by being the only normal rational person on the gunk challenge and Minah changed my opinion that she’s a good player with her reaction to getting gunged. Had it all been an act I’d have taken my hat off to her but the fact a fucking traitor got so emotional about being betrayed and it wasn’t for effect is ridiculous. Turning them on to Dan who at least had some method to his gameplay  was the right play but she did it only out of spite and no other reason.

[FLips]

The thing about Fozia is she’s came in with her magnifying glass and clues ready to go and if everyone was like her you might get some reasonable investigations or constructive discussions, but she’s the only one doing it so it comes across as being a suspicious busybody. 

The last thing you want to do in this game is stand out. I didn’t even know Anna was on the show until the third episode and now she’s in deep shit every episode because she tied a rope wrong once.

[Chris B]

17 hours ago, FLips said:

I didn’t even know Anna was on the show until the third episode and now she’s in deep shit every episode because she tied a rope wrong once.

She fucking knew it. Haven't seen someone so convinced they're the main character in anything other than Hamlet. Her big reveal about the recruitment letter at the round table, followed by yer man doing the 'well, anyway, let's move on' was hilarious. 

[RedTwoster]

17 hours ago, FLips said:

The thing about Fozia is she’s came in with her magnifying glass and clues ready to go and if everyone was like her you might get some reasonable investigations or constructive discussions, but she’s the only one doing it so it comes across as being a suspicious busybody. 

The last thing you want to do in this game is stand out. I didn’t even know Anna was on the show until the third episode and now she’s in deep shit every episode because she tied a rope wrong once.

If I were a Traitor I’d try to recruit Anna again, if she accepted this time great, she might be useful. If she doesn’t, no problem.

What the Traitors don’t seem to consider is that the more the pool thins, the more likely it is they’re caught. So they’re as well as to attempt to recruit people who might say no, or even purposely murder people with shields to keep the numbers up and generally bamboozle the faithfuls.