Stop telling me to watch The bloody Traitors!

We tried it but it was so tedious and drawn out. I’ve decided I must be weird because everyone loves it and seems hooked. Then they are shocked when someone stabs someone in the back (following lots of dramatic pauses so long I could go and make a cup of tea only to return to nothing having happened). Why are people shocked? It’s literally the point of the game. I feel like an alien.

I’m baffled by it too. Tried to watch an episode of the last series and it didn’t grab me at all. It’s weird that certain shows seem to gain a cult following despite being no more interesting than the next reality show (imo!)

I also never got on board with Bake Off, Masterchef, or I’m a celeb.

I’m certainly no TV snob mind, I’m hopelessly addicted to MAFS and sometimes Love Island...

Oh I hear you OP!!

EVERYBODY at work was talking about the celebrity one. At every team meeting on every morning.

"Oh TheFireHorse, you MUST watch it!!"

As their manager I felt I should show some willing and watch one episode. Fuck me! Ended up watching the whole thing in a week! Loved it! Hahahaha

'One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other'. I'm happy to leave it at that. 🙂

I loved it but its not everyone's taste!!

I agree. I tried the celebrity version after much prompting by friends and found it boring and stupid.
That said I don’t like any game show type things at all hence why I had never watched the ordinary series.

I dont get it either, and I do watch every series.
Its ok but not unique TV that they go on about .
Its a glorified guessing game and its mildly entertaining seeing all their theories based on NOTHING because there hs nothing to base them on. Its just herd think.
Mildly interesting TV of a winters evening with good scenery. But nothing great.

I'm with you OP. I've been told I need to watch it and that I would love it and when I looked it up I was a bit baffled. I rarely watch TV and I don't watch this kind of TV because I... don't like it. I don't enjoy it. I'm not opposed to it existing or to other people enjoying it, just stop trying to beat me over the head with it. I didn't harass them when they didn't watch Game of Thrones!

A lot of people manage to read AND watch some TV.

I was talked into watching a repeat of the first series. Long drawn out crap.

Really laughing at ‘I don’t even have eyes’ 🤣🤣

My neighbour manages to shoehorn into every chat the fact that she doesn’t own a tv - but she watches all the usual shit we all watch on her laptop 🤣

Oh come on: Alan is great viewing!

If you want to see the worst of the human condition, just watch the News... 😟

I’ve watched all the series up to now and for some reason, when DH told me it started yesterday and we should watch, I felt very ‘meh’. We’ve watched both episodes and I have to admit, it bores me.

I'm generally not interested in Reality tv so didn't bother with the first few series of The Traitors.
Then I saw a bit of an episode of the Celebrity series when I was channel hopping and was hooked straightaway.

I've watched the first 2 episodes of the new series and am finding it very enjoyable. I wouldn't say it's something that anyone "should" watch but would encourage anyone who hasn't watched it to watch one episode. It's not for everyone but I don't think that people can give an informed opinion on something that they haven't seen.

I get ya. I don't watch any TV.

I thought maybe the children would like it, tried an episode and turned it off. Very dull. It reminds me of the hype around Fifty Shades, I couldn’t understand that either.

Joke. Don't take my tongue in cheek seriously. I have many great, intelligent friends who, for some strange reason watch this shit , but they are still great people. I just don't watch much TV. I enjoy reading more.

Don't feed the troll

Yanbu. I don't want to watch it either. I just can't get that excited about a reality tv game show type of thing. I do watch bake off tbf, but that's nice and calming to me. I do not want to watch something which I think is kind of trivial yet is also a little bit stressful with all the backbiting and back stabbing. I hate love island too and I did actually watch some of that as people kept telling me to. I didn't like it at all, so I am trying not to fall for Traitors! I'll read my book or blabber on mumsnet or WhatsApp instead thank you!

"the council telly"?

Rude.

I agree with you. I have no intention ever to watch the traitors or the love island or whatever else pish is on the council telly... I'd rather stab myself in the eye with a fork, the truth be told ... I quite like looking down on people who watch these programmes 😁😁😁. I'm sorry but I'm just more intelligent than the common folk 🤓🤷

These threads appear every time a new series starts, filled with people who are falling over themselves to tell us all just how cool and uninterested they are in the Traitors and competing to be the least interested "I don't watch TV", "well I don't have a TV", "well I don't even have eyes" etc.

Traitors is great. No one actually cares if you aren't watching it, it's just fun to discuss it with other people that are.