Celeb Traitors #2. Who will blink first under Claudia’s stare, will Alan crack under pressure and how good does Mark Bonnar look in a kilt?

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And who will be the first to be banished from the table?

I think when someone gets killed off on traitors that it needs to be more dramatic, so I suggested they get some wailing banshees in their room while they’re asleep… too much? 😂

Marks been mentioned as a traitor

Will there be a mumsnet meltdown

For those who have never seen another Traitors series my favourite ever is Australia season 2. Bloody brilliant.

That would freak me out. I was brought up with stories of banshees.

There was one in the front yard Aparently 🥴

Haha I did think it was a bit too far… eeeek!!!!

@NewAgeNewMe yes but equally so frustrating!!

It really was!

I agree. I think Stephen lets people perpetuate the "extremely intelligent," thing. But in reality I think he's probably just very well read, which is mixed in with privilege and an upper -class accent which bolster the image. I know plenty of people with PhDs from prestigious universities, he's not as special as he happily lets people think. I find him quite ungracious.

Joe M has a podcast. Well he’s just announced he’s stopped it now but I found it very interesting, he would interview people of all walks of life and different jobs. There’s some I didn’t think I would be interested in and those ended up the best one. It’s called things people do if anyone wants to listen to it.

I'm rooting for him as my favourite

Yep I’m always rooting for the traitors 😂

I'm rooting for Alan and Cat! I think JR will be out soon.

Never watched the original series, but caught the end of the first one of this one and we are now well and truly hooked!

I'm shocked they have to eat on their laps. They have the table at breakfast, why not at dinner?

I’m not surprised because he would seem to be completely overreacting if you weren’t certain he isn’t a traitor

Some of them do use it for dinner but I think it's quite cramped at this stage. I think they deliberately don't give them a table so they have to go off into little groups to do some chatting.

Gutted that Clare has gone, I really enjoyed her on uncloaked though loved seeing her competitive side and how she talked about her approach to the game. The traitors should be delighted that she's gone, in theory it should be another nail in JR's coffin, but I suspect it won't be.

The executive producer of The Traitors (who was wearing a beautifully ironed shirt under his suit jacket) has just been interviewed on Newsnight. He said it’s very hard to tell who’s lying in the first few episodes, and that Stephen Fry had said that at the time. It becomes easier as time goes on as the traitors start to give themselves away in little ways but the faithful may not notice.

He said this series is working because the celebrities are so serious about playing the game, but as they are all entertainers they are also very funny.

He also said that Stephen Fry signed up to do it quite early on, and was happy to let it be known that he had, which encouraged other celebrities to take part.

Totally agree with both posts. Especially the upper class accent and people being impressed by that.

The executive producer also said it’s a high -risk strategy for a faithful to go after a traitor at the round table, because if they are not banished the traitors are likely to go for them the next day.

I was a bit disappointed in the Irish one. Wasn’t very dramatic and very much lower budget than the UK one.
I really wanted it to be amazing

I completely agree about Stephen being well read, priveleged and posh.

David's gone down in my estimation with his continued adulation of Stephen.

Meanwhile, Nick, potentially the real genius in the room, quietly goes about solving puzzles whilst Stephen waxes lyrical and can't remember how many people died in a Shakespeare play! Something one might expect a genius to know or recall without too much trouble.

Instead, we cut to him wandering about looking for a book of Shakespeare's plays so he can look it up.

Just like the rest of us would do.

I cottoned on to that too about the Shakespeare thing. He even flicked to a page, saw a new name he hadn't referenced and said "oh maybe he died too, I think he did!" but clearly didn't know!

I am surprised the traitors didn't consider Celia. She is much more dangerous than David at this stage.

The vision of Celia Imrie screaming like a banshee is an image that will stay with me for a long time. Quite unsettling!

I'm old, and here's my resurfaced recollection of Ding Dong Bell...

Ding dong bell,
Pussy’s in the well.
Who put her in?
Little Johnny Flynn.
Who pulled her out?
Little Tommy Stout.
What a naughty boy was that,
To drown poor pussy cat,
Who ne’er did any harm,
And killed all the mice in the farmer’s barn.

Trouble is, they’re expected to eat while also discussing suspects and strategies with gobs full of food. It is a bit unedifying!

Maybe David think Stephen is a traitor and is flattering him? Clutching straws.