- Network: Peacock
- Series Premiere Date: Dec 1, 2022
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I identify as someone who avoids getting sucked into all TV elimination contests, but may not resist this one. Episode one passed a basic sniff test: I snuck straight on to the next episode.
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The Traitors (BBC One) is the Highlands Hunger Games. It is terrible – a pandering to our basest, most voyeuristic, atavistic instincts, an exercise in exquisite cruelty lasting 12 weeks. You’re going to love it.
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It does get better (or at least more brain-scrambling for the contestants) once the Faithful begin guessing the identities of the Traitors and publicly voting to expel one another. That starts in episode two. My advice would be to take a break during the “missions” and enjoy the rest of the show while trying not to be too depressed by humanity’s innate capacity for bare-faced deceit.
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The Traitors definitely isn’t a perfect reality show, or even the best in its genre right now, but it is pretty entertaining.