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The Traitors

Who can you trust?

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Photo: Vulture; Photo: Peacock

Peacock’s new series — which is an absolute hoot — gathers 20 big-name Reality TV stars to participate in a competition that’s sort of like Mafia or Werewolf. While most of the players (“the faithful”) are trying to work together to win a big cash prize, three of them (“the traitors”) are trying to secretly screw everything up without being caught so that they can snag it for themselves.

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    Episodes 9 - 10 Trust No One / The Grand Finale
    The Traitors Season-Finale Recap: Faithful No More The finale delivers all the suspense, drama, and backstabbing we can handle. Plus, Kate’s incredible sass.
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    Episodes 7 - 8 The Mask Is Slipping / Cabins in the Woods
    The Traitors Recap: Kate the Great The traitors are finally starting to stumble.
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    Episodes 5 - 6 Getting Away with Murder / Suspicion and Sabotage
    The Traitors Recap: Barrels of Monkeys No one seems to care whether Kate is a traitor or faithful anymore — they just want her gone. It’s a losing strategy.
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    Episodes 3 - 4 Episodes 3 and 4
    The Traitors Recap: Hitting the Wrong Note The game is getting good, but no one has any idea how to play.
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    Episodes 1 - 2 Episodes 1 and 2
    The Traitors Season-Premiere Recap: Bravo Babes Reality-TV mobs form and host Alan Cumming chews up the scenery in Peacock’s delightful murder-mystery competition.
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    Episode 11 One Final Hurdle
    The Traitors Season-Finale Recap: Big Faithful Energy A finale full of double and triple crosses ends in fireworks, but something about the ending doesn’t feel right.
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    Episode 10 The Weight of Deceit
    The Traitors Recap: Dead Woman Walking Is this the end of the Bravo alliance?
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    Episode 9 A Game of Death
    The Traitors Recap: This Is Not The Bachelor We finally get to see Kate work as a Traitor, but her partnership with Phaedra is off to a rocky start.
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    Episode 8 Knives at Dawn
    The Traitors Recap: Duchess of Deception With her back against the wall, Parvati does everything she can to save herself — including forming an uneasy alliance with Peter.
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    Episode 7 Blood On Their Hands
    The Traitors Recap: Predatory Headband A last-minute twist keeps Peter and Parvati from taking shots at each other, but it still has enormous consequences for the game.
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    Episode 6 Backstab and Betrayal
    The Traitors Recap: The Silent Slaughterer Dan waited this long to take this shot?
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    Episode 5 A Killer Move
    The Traitors Recap: I’m a Faithful, You Idiots Dan continues to be incapable of behaving like a normal human being, which isn’t great for his game.
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    Episode 4 The Funeral
    The Traitors Recap: It’s Your Funeral With the faithfuls all but cooked, the traitors are now testing each other’s boundaries.
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    Episode 3 Murder in Plain Sight
    The Traitors Recap: That Girl Is Poison The traitors start to feel the heat as the season kicks it up a notch.
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    Episode 2 Welcome to the Dark Side
    The Traitors Recap: If I Only Had a Brain A reality-competition legend joins the traitors as the faithfuls lack any credible evidence to base their votes on.
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    Episode 1 Betrayers, Fakes and Fraudsters
    The Traitors Season-Premiere Recap: O Come, All Ye Faithful Everyone’s favorite high-production-value game of Mafia returns by doubling down on our favorite reality stars.
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    Episode 11 The Day of Reckoning Is Upon Us
    The Traitors Season-Finale Recap: Fire Away History repeats itself in a surprisingly anti-climactic finale.
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    Episode 10 The Power of the Seer
    The Traitors Recap: Send in the Clowns Danielle finally gets to play her game … to mixed results.
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    Episode 9 A Silent Assassin
    The Traitors Recap: Queens & Pawns The battle between Carolyn and Danielle finally comes to a head.
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    Episode 8 A B*tch Is Lying
    The Traitors Recap: A Doll’s House Danielle and Carolyn realize that figuring out life after Rob won’t be as easy as they thought.
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    Episode 7 Til Death Us Do Part
    The Traitors Recap: Bugging Out Even Sandoval suspects Rob of being a Traitor.
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    Episode 6 A Dysfunctional Family
    The Traitors Recap: Powder Keg Rob, Carolyn, and Danielle are a total mess.
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    Episode 5 All This Murderous Power
    The Traitors Recap: Riddle Me This Danielle’s thirst for revenge against Boston Rob has totally thrown off her entire game.
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    Episode 4 I Will Bury You Under the Sand
    The Traitors Recap: Heads Will Roll This is why you cast Boston Rob.
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    Episode 3 Nail in a Coffin
    The Traitors Recap: Miss Guided The Faithful are starting to put the Traitors’ puzzle pieces together.
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    Episode 2 Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Cold
    The Traitors Recap: Fresh Meat My absolute worst fear comes true: The Traitors are targeting Housewives.
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    Episode 1 Let Battle Commence
    The Traitors Season-Premiere Recap: Rocking the Boat The newest season of The Traitors doesn’t waste a second turning the cast against each other.

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    The World Needs More Celebrity TraitorsThe U.K. version gets a second season, and it hasn’t even hit the U.S. yet.
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    Gabby Windey Is Reason Enough to Add a Reality-TV Performance EmmyIt’s time the TV Academy recognizes why we’re watching these shows in the first place.
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