The Traitors (on Peacock)

I am LOVING this show!!! In a way though I sort of wish we didn't know who the Traitors were and had to guess like on the Mole

I haven't had a chance to watch it yet, I need to, though. I loved The Mole.

I wish we didn’t know who the traitors were.

And cold-hearted! Sheesh!!

I loved the U.S, version. Loved that Hubris takes out those who can't keep their mouths shut. Very happy with the winner. About time she won a reality competition.

Right after that and an Andy Cohen Discussion aired, the next up on Peacock was the Australian version shot in a lonely converted hotel near the outback. Also good. Enjoyed getting to know the contestants.. They had 4 original Traitors rather than the three of the American or English version. The contests were all tied to Australia and I enjoyed listening and trying to relate to their speech (namings, etc.)

Last, but probably should have watched first is the English version. A female presenter - Claudette or Claudine was the host. It used the same Scottish Highland castle as USA and most of the contests were the same except of a few twists. Everyone getting on the train which puffed through the mountainside of the Highlands looked like it was taken right out of Harry Potter. Luckily, in this version, the Traitor was sent home at last camp fire and the three
non-traitors split L 100,000+ .

All Three were delightful, Glad I ran across them on PEACOCK.

I just finished the Aussie season and OMG, that finale was brutal! I felt so sorry for the F2. They just looked absolutely blindsided.

The thing I've found, after watching two seasons of this format, is that the finalists end up feeling betrayed and it's sort of sad. I preferred the Aussie version too, FireWoman .

I may watch the UK version too, but I'm going to take a break and watch other things first.

Luving this show. I am starting episode 9 and all I can think of is that Christian is the worst player ever. He is such a liability and lose cannon.

Reunion:

Stephanie was a bit hot about Cirie being a traitor however "Fields split the $100,000 prize with Big Brother and The Amazing Race alums Janelle Pierzina and Rachel Reilly after they correctly determined that LaGrossa Kendrick was the Snake" in "Snake in the Grass".

Cody saying Cirie was a backstabber was a bit much. He was trying to lay the blame of all the eliminated on her. Cirie didn't have to do much just vote with the majority the other players did her work for her.

Andi and Quentin were still hot that Cirie fooled them and used personal family information. Like they would never? It is a game.

So Far:

1. Watched the Traitor US version first and loved it. I did not mind that it was campy.

2. Started Traitor Australia and got up to episode 6 ... the episodes tend to be longish aroun 58 minutes to some well over an hour and I feel that drags the episode.

3. Finished Traitor UK. Wow that was brutal. I was very angry at the last traitor. The last traitor on the UK show was similar in temperament to the young male traitor on the USA version. I felt they were taking way too many risks and making a lot of moves without telling his partner traitors. In my opinion the older women traitors were good, being quiet and making big moves but not being foolish and risky. The dumbest traitors were the younger men, just huge risktakers that their own people would take them out.

I just found this show the other day and binge-watched the whole thing. I really enjoyed it, but I did feel sad for Andie. They were just too guileless to be playing this game. It was sad to see how much they trusted Cirie and know how heartbroken they were going to be when they found out that she was a traitor. Like someone else said, the people who had experience in competitive reality shows like Survivor and Big Brother were used to being able to separate the game from the relationships. It was hard to see some of the others not quite know how to cope.

I didn't get Cody and Christian being so pissy with Cirie at the reunion. They both made serious mistakes in their gameplay that made it necessary to get rid of them. What happened was their own damn fault. I thought she was totally justified in turning on them to protect herself. And Christian at the end was throwing out both Arie's and Cirie's names, so he was hardly loyal to anyone.

I did think it was kind of weird that Quentin (at least) didn't pick up on the subtext of what happened between Cirie and Arie at the final fire. Cirie said so clearly that she wanted to do another banishment, because there was someone who hadn't earned their reward (or something like that). In response, Arie withdrew and said as clearly as he could, without saying too much, that he was a traitor and that he had been recruited to be a traitor at the end. I thought he offered some pretty good breadcrumbs to help them figure out the connection to what Cirie said so they'd realize she was a traitor, too. But I guess maybe when emotions are that heightened, critical thinking goes out the window. I was really hoping that his sacrifice would end in Andie and Quentin getting the money. (Not that I was mad Cirie got it. She played a perfect game.)

I'm tempted now to watch at least the Australian show. Sounds like the British one might be too intense.

New season! Dan and Janelle from BB I didn't watch the first season, but I might have to watch this one

Oh yay! I’m looking forward to this one!