Warning: This publish incorporates spoilers for the primary three episodes of The Traitors, season 4
NEED TO KNOW
- The Traitors season 4 premiered on Thursday, Jan. 8
- Within the first couple of minutes of episode 1, host Alan Cumming revealed a brand new twist: a secret Traitor
- The key Traitor was revealed in episode 3
The Traitors’ new season is already not like any that is come earlier than.
The primary three episodes of season 4 of the hit Peacock collection premiered on Thursday, Jan. 8, and launched a brand new crop of 23 gamers. Shortly after the group’s arrival at Ardross Fortress in Scotland, host Alan Cumming revealed to them that the “recreation will start quicker than ever earlier than” and, in simply moments, he’d be choosing his first-ever secret Traitor.
“This recreation is filled with surprises,” Alan stated. “I’m about to choose my very first Traitor proper right here, proper now. Gamers, 23 chests stand earlier than you — one [for] every [of you]. Inside your chests, 22 of you will notice nothing and stay Devoted for now. However one participant will see the Traitor card, and a lifetime of scheming and sabotage begins as they develop into my first Traitor.”
“By no means earlier than in my recreation has a Traitor been chosen in plain sight,” he continued. “Use this chance: research and observe your fellow gamers’ strikes from this second on. Allow us to start.”
The Actual Housewives of Potomac’s Candiace Dillard Bassett was the primary forged member referred to as as much as her chest, adopted by the remainder of her castmates: Natalie Anderson (The Wonderful Race), Yamil “Yam Yam” Arocho (Survivor), Mark Ballas (Dancing with the Stars), Rob Cesternino (Survivor) , Monét X Change (RuPaul’s Drag Race), Stephen Colletti (Laguna Seashore), Ron Funches (comic), Maura Higgins (Love Island), Donna Kelce (Jason and Travis Kelce’s mother), Kristen Kish (Prime Chef), Tara Lipinski (Olympic determine skater), Dorinda Medley (The Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis), Tiffany Mitchell (Large Brother), Eric Nam (singer), Michael Rapaport (actor), Rob Rausch (Love Island USA), Lisa Rinna (The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills), Caroline Stanbury (The Actual Housewives of Dubai), Ian Terry (Large Brother), Colton Underwood (The Bachelor), Johnny Weir (Olympic determine skater) and Porsha Williams (The Actual Housewives of Atlanta).
“Gamers, I hope you paid consideration as a result of my first Traitor has been chosen,” Alan instructed the group. “The deception has begun, and now I ask you this query ahead of ever earlier than: Who right here are you able to belief? Later tonight, we will convene on the roundtable the place I’ll decide the remaining Traitors. However, for now, it’s time to enter my fortress. The sport has begun.”
Later on the roundtable, the contestants had been blindfolded as Alan tapped the shoulders of the three different Traitors: Candiace, Lisa and Rob R.
When Candiace was tapped, she stated she felt like she “gained Miss United States.”
“The sport known as The Traitors — it’s not referred to as The Faithfuls,” she stated. “The sport is about primary characters, and I’m clearly a primary character.”
Lisa and Rob R. had been equally thrilled with their new positions as Traitors.
“This feels actually proper,” Lisa stated, including that she wished she might name her husband Harry Hamlin to “inform him.”
Rob R. stated he thinks he’ll “make a superb Traitor.”
“I am laborious to learn,” he stated. “I’ve been instructed that by each woman I’ve ever dated, and I’m extraordinarily aggressive. I prefer to win.”
That night time, the three Traitors took their oaths and got their cloaks. They then met for the primary time in secret, whereas Alan gave the key Traitor their very own particular cloak and instructed them to “attempt to keep within the shadows.”
When Alan reconvened with Candiace, Lisa and Rob R., he instructed them that the key Traitor “won’t know your identities, nor you theirs.”
“The Secret Traitor will work alone, however don’t be scared, they’re in your aspect,” he stated. “Every night time they’ll resolve which gamers are on the brief listing for homicide. You could choose who to homicide solely from this listing. Another factor: the key Traitor will proceed to supply the brief listing till you’re given an opportunity to unite with them as one. Traitors, the murdering begins tomorrow. Good night time.”
The subsequent day, the gamers launched into their first mission. They had been break up into three teams and needed to compete to search out the 12 coffins “value gold” out of 100 on the loch (or lake), to tow again on their boat and place in an empty grave. They got 45 minutes to get as many coffins into graves as doable.
On the finish of the mission, Ron, Rob R., Donna, Eric, Michael, Ian, Dorinda, Rob C. and Mark all had coffins of their graves, placing them in danger for elimination. The key Traitor then selected Rob R., Ian, Mark and Eric for his or her brief listing for homicide.
Ian was in the end chosen for the primary homicide. For the Traitors’ subsequent homicide, they selected to homicide Rob C. in plain sight after the key Traitor put him on a brief listing with Monét, Tara and Kristen.
The key Traitors’ identification remained a thriller to each their fellow Traitors and to viewers till episode 3, when Donna was voted out on the group’s second roundtable.
“I do know I’m the sacrificial lamb, and I do know that I had a blast assembly each single certainly one of you,” Donna instructed the group. “On that observe, I feel I’m gonna go, however you bought your self a Traitor!”
Donna’s reveal was met with a lot of cheers from the gamers. She revealed that her plan was “to be this candy mother on the aspect, after which at night time be this devious Traitor that’s going to be murdering folks.”
“It’ll be only a hoot,” she stated. “I can’t wait.”
After being voted out, Donna stated “enjoying a Traitor was powerful, however I gave it my finest shot.”
“This has been a dream come true,” she stated by way of tears. “These are joyful tears that I get to do that at this level in my life. It’s simply the enjoyment of being within the recreation.”
All through the season, the gamers will work collectively on a collection of missions to construct a prize fund value as much as $250,000. Hidden amongst the Devoted are the Traitors, whose purpose is to get rid of the Devoted and declare the prize for themselves. The Traitors homicide the Devoted one after the other every night time in secret, whereas the Devoted attempt to uncover the Traitors and banish them from the sport. If the Devoted contestants banish all of the Traitors, they’ll share the prize fund, but when a Traitor (or Traitors) makes it to the top, they’ll steal all the cash.
The primary three episodes of The Traitors are streaming on Peacock now. New episodes air each Thursday.