leeta

I didn't realize there's a Canadian version? I haven't seen it listed on Peacock..

dex14

It's not on Peacock.

windom

There's also one from New Zealand. I hope Peacock can get that one and the Canadian one, but they probably would have had them by now if they were going to get them. I hope they get the second seasons of the UK and Australia versions also, since I've now watched all Traitors content on Peacock. I don't really want to have to look into other means of getting them.

dex14

DailyMotion has a lot of them.

dex14

Amazing that Trishelle is the one to figure it all.

Phodg

The UK and Australian ones are fantastic. Absolutely no need for "celebrities" in the US one. I'm over pushing reality "stars" into every other show.

brainee

Too bad she's off to burn that notebook.

I liked having Parvati on the show, but her lasting 8 episodes is more than I thought. Kate takes the offer for sure ... and hopefully Peter gets voted out next. The players have to still be thinking about the morning where no one was killed. Peter changing targets from Parvati to Phaedra after that has to look like exactly the sort of thing a newly recruited traitor would do (especially since Parvati's been confirmed as a traitor).

I'm still working my way through UK season 1. The tone feels very different ... much more serious and melodramatic. Having "real" people as players is a big factor. And as much as I enjoy Alan Cumming, he does camp it up a great deal (while Claudia Winkleman plays it pretty straight). The first banishment was so stupid:






RichC2

I started the US version and am enjoying it. I don't watch reality shows so I'm not familiar with any of these people outside of Ryan (I swam against him as a kid) who is more or less a non-entity on the show.

I like how cut throat it gets, but agree the theatrics are corny. Kate's from home hometown and just fucking sucks.

Goldberg74

I’m now caught up on season two. I thought season one was great with half reality and half real people. The end was telegraphed except for the self-removal at the end.

Love this concept.

Season two is being played a little smarter, but I wish there were a few more real people.

Alan is a hoot.

Finisher

Just discovered this show and binged Season 1 in a few days and caught up on Season 2. Plays really well as a binge, hopefully the week to week doesn't kill the appeal.

So it's basically a variation of the party game Werewolf. I think Mafia is similar. I prefer the reality stars, since I'm familiar with most and their personalities are established i.e. no boring randos. Probably too many Housewives this season but otherwise a nice mix. So many shows to draw from.

Anyway, fun show. Peter and Trishelle are killing it but you kinda want to identify and befriend and leave in an obvious traitor to get around the recruitment wrinkle.

Goldberg74

Started watching the UK series... and I like the thought of 22 random people... and that first twist was brutal.

brainee

The UK series makes it clear that no one stays overnight at the castle ... instead they're carpooled in from a hotel. The US show pretends like they're staying at the castle, but now it's clear they're doing the same thing. I feel a bit like I found out Santa Claus isn't real I loved the idea that they were really stranded in this middle-of-nowhere creepy castle, playing out something out of an Agatha Christie novel.

The UK players get so emotional when there's a murder. They do know they aren't really dead, and they can see them again in a few days, right?

dex14

Just got done with Season 1 of Australia. Marielle. This season was pretty twisty. They had some really good daily missions too.
There is one player who basically got edited out of the whole season. It was weird.

Goldberg74

Tonight’s US Season 2 episode was great. Good edits… and this cliffhanger, ugh!

Goldberg74

I’m almost done with The Traitors UK Series 1, and have a major gripe:

Are you willing to murder your fellow players every single night?And, do you vow to keep your identity and the identity of your fellow players a secret?

It’s that second line that bugs me.

If you’ve watched any of the seasons, you’ve seen a traitor bring attention to a fellow traitor when the heat is on them… and it’s resulted in the fellow traitor’s banishment.

That’s not right.

If someone else calls them out you can agree and help with the removal by your vote. I think that’s okay.

According to a producer, “As a Traitor, you are absolutely allowed to call out another Traitor as long as you are under the guise of being a Faithful.”

I don’t agree.

brainee

While it seems like a reasonable stance by the producers, when you have two people going at it and one is voted out as a Traitor ... it makes the surviving player awfully suspicious as another Traitor.

I just finished up UK Traitors season 1. When you finish I'm curious to hear what you thought:


The UK show doesn't do reunion episodes, do they?

Goldberg74

I would agree with that thinking.

Oh... that was sooooo juicy...


If you have seen the end of Season One of the US version:


I don't think they did. If they did, there is no mention of it.

leeta

Good news! The Traitors UK S2 is coming to Peacock on March 8th. S2 Australia and S1 New Zealand are arriving March 28th.


https://mashable.com/article/traitor...ason-2-peacock

brainee

This episode pretty much went how I thought it would. People may still not have gotten to it so I'll spoiler hide:

Goldberg74

I just finished Season 1 of the The Traitors Australia... and I quite liked the poshness of the hotel setting and Roger Corser was a great host.

The end was telegraphed for me after the third traitor was banished and was not surprised at the way it resolved.

Having 24 contestants was weird, but that meant there were 4 traitors, which made it interesting.

Funny how they all but cut Paul out of all of the edits. Come to find out that he was edited out because his footage as useless. He would always mention the cameras and the production and they said he brought props to banishment and made people swear on all sorts of things.

Setzer

Agreed, I think he's a great host. I actually like him better than Alan Cumming. It's too bad the show didn't get renewed for a third season.

Setzer



Goldberg74

Season 2 is wrapped… and wow…



And as a reminder, UK Season 2 drops Friday!

Edit to add : They only dropped the first three episodes.

dex14

Man... the ending was wild.



windom

Yeah, I saw that too. It says new episodes on Thursdays, so I'm guessing they're doing the same thing as with US season 2. First 3 episodes drop, followed by 1 episode each week after that. I'll probably just wait until all episodes are up to binge it.