The Traitors #9 - 'why am I still here?'

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Just two episodes to go until we find out who will be victorious - the traitors or the faithfuls.

Will Alexander save the faithfuls?

Will Charlotte lead Freddie like a lamb to the slaughter?

Who will feel Leanne's wrath tonight?

Will Frankie cry at the banishment?

Not long until we find out!

Thanks for the new thread, excellent title. I start The Archers threads and thinking up titles is a big responsibility, isn't it!

I've only seen the UK versions of The Traitors. How does the Seer twist work?

Freddie seems absolutely clueless but he was obviously blindsided by finding out the surviving traitor was Charlotte. Should be an interesting episode tonight!

I think she is ok. no big reason, just don't dislike her.
I don't she is as bad as Charlotte.

Thread title is the real winner here😁

Charlotte is the work colleague from 5 years ago you always thought was really nice, quiet, got on well with her work at the time, but you’ve just seen on LinkedIn today she’s now the CEO of a global brand.

I would have said Minah to win, but now Charlotte or Alexander, please.

I really, really don't want Charlotte to win because I just don't like her! Poor Minah.

Charlotte has played the game well, think she’s very genuine with it. Not sure she’d still be there if she’d been a traitor since the start though…

Interesting points raised about women working better as a team as traitors and on the apprentice. That starts soon as well.

No, but being a late-recruited traitor is a comparatively powerful position, though. I mean, part of the reason Charlotte is flying so successfully under the radar at the moment is that she was under so much suspicion right at the beginning and survived it, and because her most vocal critics have gone.

Though obviously not too late-recruited, like poor Aran-jumpered Freddie, who must know he’s been recruited to be discarded asap.

What would you do in Freddie’s position? You’ve been recruited very late in the day, purely because you’re doubly vulnerable because people have been suspicious of you for ages and you’ve been voted for a lot and now you’re falling foul of the ‘there must be a male traitor’ theory. You have no loyalty to the fellow-traitor who recruited you for purely cynical reasons. What can you do to to try not to get banished?

Best case scenario, I suppose is that Leanne bobs up alive and well at breakfast, Freddie doesn’t visibly blanch, Leanne says in front of everyone ‘Only Freddie and Alexander didn’t know I had the shield’, Freddie realises he’s been played and — does what?

Team Jake!!

Just checking in. Tonight's episode will be interesting, especially if Freddie realises that Charlotte knew about Leanne's shield all along. Then he'll be in panic mode trying to persuade the others that Charlotte is a traitor. I think he'll be banished either way though.

I don't like Leanne. Or Charlotte. I like the older blonde lady and Jake. But, I think in the final, final Charlotte will take it all. But that's the name of the game eh

I would prefer a faithful win - it's harder to be a traitor in the game, but overall the game is weighted in favour of a traitor win. I think Charlotte's idea of recruiting Freddie and trying to kill Leanne might be her downfall. Did she have to recruit? Seems like it would be better for her not to have recruited but maybe the producers insisted for more drama.

I think she had to recruit

@Innocentrailway I think she had to recruit. As otherwise if she got banished tonight, they'd be going into the final with no traitors. Every time it's down to 1, they recruit - except tonight I think as there will be no further opportunity for banishments.

@Coriol Best case scenario, I suppose is that Leanne bobs up alive and well at breakfast, Freddie doesn’t visibly blanch, Leanne says in front of everyone ‘Only Freddie and Alexander didn’t know I had the shield’, Freddie realises he’s been played and — does what?

He could say that Charlotte told him after Leanne told her - maybe because she suspects Alexander and wanted proof. Charlotte would either argue that she didn't, but it would split suspicion between them, or agree and put the suspicion onto Alexander. Either way, suspicion on Charlotte would increase

I wish she’d taken a risk and recruited Leanne, although the others knew she had the shield but there’s no way Leanne could have switched her personality to be traitor, think they would have sussed her before the final. Freddie is going to be sweating buckets when- and if- he realises Charlotte has set him up. Bless him sweating in those jumpers.

Who else has a secret?

Leanne - not a nail technician but an army officer

Charlotte - not Welsh but English

I think Claudia will make the contestants reveal their true selves either tonight or in the final to add to the “you can’t trust anyone” scenario.

I feel so sorry for Freddie, he's had quite a tough time of it with all the accusations against him for most of the series, and now the recruitment. I'd like to see him win but think it is very unlikely.

If Leanne reveals her shield at breakfast, he's in with a chance. He could point to Harry doing the same last season and claim she's a traitor, or start planting seeds about Charlotte with Frankie and Alexander.

My ideal winners would be Freddie, Frankie and Alexander at this point but I think either Freddie or Alexander is likely to be banished tonight, since Jake reckons he's some sort of rain man after catching Linda.

Ooh this would be interesting.

I don't think Freddy is devious enough to outsmart Charlotte. He may be able to dodge banishment tonight though as he was the chief Minah hunter which means Alexander is likely to go.
Frankie was on the ball last night re Minah's slip in the chess game re the most irreverent player which if she thinks it through further could also cast doubt on Charlotte. I'd like Frankie or Hake to win

Leanne - not a nail technician but an army officer

trouble is if she had said she was ex army. every one would have remembered Harry. its hardy keeping a secret not to say what your job was.
not the same in my opinion as pretending to have a whole different voice.

Leanne?!

I think Freddies best bet is to say Charlotte told him last night about the shield, she will possibly deny it, but might not in order for suspicion to fall on Alexander. Either way it doesn’t look good for Charlotte.
Also, if he does this, the rest won’t be as sure as Charlotte as they currently are.

Leanne doesn’t deserve to win after being so unbelievably stupid to reveal she had the shield at that stage in the game (also because of her attitude to Alexander).

I want Alexander and Jake to win now but I think Alexander is done for.

Team Charlotte!
If not her, Alexander.
I will be so mad if Leanne wins either as a team or singly.

For me, it isn’t so much about liking/disliking their ( apparent) personalities so much as how much effort and risk they have contributed to the game. In my view players other than Leanne have put more into the game.