The Traitors is back with a bang, as BBC’s much-loved game show gets off to a treacherous start.
The New Year’s Day premiere saw 22 contestants enter Ardross Castle, but already four have exited including nursery school teacher Netty and Judy, who was banished – much to the dismay of her secret daughter Roxy.
Saturday’s episode (3 January) kicked off with the revelation that the Traitors – Hugo, Stephen, and Rachel – had chosen to kill off former Navy man Ben.
It was Hugo’s melodramatic reaction to Ben’s death announcement that proved to be his downfall as Harriet began compiling a compelling case against him – which she voiced during a heated roundtable that ultimately saw Hugo banished as the first Traitor of the season.
Episode three ended with the remaining Traitors tasked with marking the family tree poster in plain sight. They had to use red ink to indicate the names of their potential next victims.
The duo succeeded in their challenge, and for their reward will be united with the mysterious Secret Traitor – who will be unmasked in next week’s episode.
The Traitors continues on BBC One on Wednesday (7 January) at 8pm.
And that’s that…
A quick recap of everything that happened on tonight’s episode…
– Hugh made a serious faux pas at the breakfast table, making everyone suspicious of him
– The Faithfuls and Traitors together added £5,000 to the prize pot in a Pictionary-esque mission
– Harriet made a superb case at the roundtable against Hugo, leading the way for him to be banished as the season’s first Traitor
– The remaining two Traitors Rachel and Stephen were tasked with marking the family tree in plain sight, using red ink to indicate nine potential victims for their next murder
– Rachel and Stephen succeeded in their task, meaning they will come face to face with the Secret Traitor in next week’s episode
Knock, knock
Of course, that episode ended on a cliffhanger! We’ll have to wait till next Thursday to discover the identity of the mysterious red cloak.
Reece will definitely be suspicious of this duo given that he was there when Rachel and Stephen were lingering near the family tree poster…
That was very impressive from Rachel who made quick work of that daunting task.
Stephen and Rachel have made a pact not to ever write each other’s names down… though, I do feel like both of them said at the beginning of the competition they’d happily throw anyone under the bus, so you do the math.
That’s twice now that Rachel has said she’s delighted Hugo is gone!
The twists and turns keep coming! There’s no murder tonight but Rachel and Stephen must shortlist nine players for murder by blotting red ink on the family tree in the hopes of uniting with the Secret Traitor on equal footing.
Of course, though, it’s very suspicious walking around with a red thumb.