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The Traitors

Who can you trust?

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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.

Alan Cumming hosts the 10-episode series, which is set in a castle in the ​​Scottish Highlands. The list of reality stars competing includes Parvati Shallow, Dan Gheesling, Phaedra Parks, Larsa Pippen, Shereé Whitfield, Chris “C.T.” Tamburello, and more.

  1. 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.
  2. Episodes 7 - 8 The Mask Is Slipping / Cabins in the Woods
    The Traitors Recap: Kate the Great The traitors are finally starting to stumble.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  1. 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.
  2. Episode 10 The Weight of Deceit
    The Traitors Recap: Dead Woman Walking Is this the end of the Bravo alliance?
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Episode 6 Backstab and Betrayal
    The Traitors Recap: The Silent Slaughterer Dan waited this long to take this shot?
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  1. 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.
  2. Episode 10 The Power of the Seer
    The Traitors Recap: Send in the Clowns Danielle finally gets to play her game … to mixed results.
  3. Episode 9 A Silent Assassin
    The Traitors Recap: Queens & Pawns The battle between Carolyn and Danielle finally comes to a head.
  4. 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.
  5. Episode 7 Til Death Us Do Part
    The Traitors Recap: Bugging Out Even Sandoval suspects Rob of being a Traitor.
  6. Episode 6 A Dysfunctional Family
    The Traitors Recap: Powder Keg Rob, Carolyn, and Danielle are a total mess.
  7. 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.
  8. Episode 4 I Will Bury You Under the Sand
    The Traitors Recap: Heads Will Roll This is why you cast Boston Rob.
  9. Episode 3 Nail in a Coffin
    The Traitors Recap: Miss Guided The Faithful are starting to put the Traitors’ puzzle pieces together.
  10. 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.
  11. 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 Latest on The Traitors

  1. game theory
    The Traitors - Season 3
    The Traitors Has a Glaring Flaw When It Comes to the Actual GameAnd producers could easily address it with a few small tweaks to the competition.
    By Joe Reid
  2. chat room
    Dylan Efron Is Still Cool With Being Known As Zac’s BrotherThe Traitors star is waiting for his call from Survivor now.
    By Louis Peitzman
  3. fashions
    In Memoriam: The Traitors Season 3(’s Hats)This cast came to play — at least when it comes to murder-mystery fashion.
    By Caroline Framke
  4. chat room
    The Traitors - Season 3
    Tom Sandoval Went on The Traitors to Make Friends“When you’re a Traitor, it’s isolating. I wanted to have camaraderie and work with a bigger group.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  5. my wives
    Gabby Windey and Robby Hoffman Got Married in a ‘Hopeless Place’Tying the knot after fleeing the California wildfires in January
    By Jason P. Frank
  6. best of 2025
    The Best TV Shows of 2025 (So Far)Great television will not be confined nor defined by genre.
    By Jen Chaney, Roxana Hadadi, and Kathryn VanArendonk
  7. chat room
    The Traitors - Season 3
    Carolyn Wiger Wanted to Be Underestimated. She Also Wanted Respect.“I have so many people who reach out to me to say, ‘I didn’t even think a freak like me could go on TV until I saw you,’” says The Traitors star.
    By Nicholas Quah
  8. hear me out
    The Traitors - Season 3
    In Defense of Tom SandovalNo man’s suffering has ever been funnier.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  9. several people are typing
    The Traitors - Season 3
    The Traitors Are So ScrewedVulture’s Traitors obsessives have some notes on how the cursed turret trio can manage their current PR crisis.
    By Vulture Staff
  10. chat room
    Ciara Miller Thought Her Co-Stars Were SociopathsOn The Traitors, that is. As for Summer House: “Let’s get through the drama so that Paige and Amanda and I can go sit in the bed.”
    By Zoë Haylock
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