Tell Me Lies Tell Me Sweet Little Lies | Traitors 2026 | Thread 7 | Spoiler Free!

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Welcome to Thread 7 of Traitors 2026.

This thread runs at TV pace so do not read any further if you are not up to date with the live broadcast. Whilst most discussion will be on the current series, inevitably people will refer to previous series/players/winners so reader beware if you’ve not seen the 3 previous editions, or the celebrity version.

While we welcome posters discussing their theories and speculating on relationships/connections between players, please don’t post spoilers from elsewhere that may ruin things for those of us who like to see things unfold over the course of the series.

The story so far (as at end of Ep 6):

Traitors
Hugo
Rachel
Stephen
Fiona (Secret Traitor)

Murdered
Netty
Ben
Maz
Reece

Banished
Judy (Faithful)
Hugo (Traitor)
Ross (Faithful)
Amanda (Faithful)
Fiona (Traitor)

This thread is starting mid-way through Episode 7, so goodness only knows what is going to happen in the Round Table Showdown that is brewing.

The floor is yours…

She didn't seem to love the show much. If she had stayed under Rachel's radar and built up a following she could have won it for the faithfuls. A more successful Jaz from Series 2.

Instead she seemed outraged at the idea anyone would think they could fool her which was odd bearing in mind the game.

Yes, Harriet was FURIOUS and RUDE at breakfast, she really went full on Fiona there.

Then at the round table she didn't actually present a shred of evidence against Rachel which she'd been promising to do all day, and was just rude.

Harriet really shot herself in the foot at the round table and lost the thread of the game. - if she'd played it calmly and intelligently without losing her temper she could well have won the game.

She was right though. She knew Rachel was
a Traitor. How she worked it out, I don’t know but she was bang on

I'm not usually a fan of recruitment but think they should've tonight as it's very risky with all the shields. I reckon they've gone with Jessie. I imagine she'll tell everyone but if she doesn't they will suspect recruitment.

Was tonight the first ordinary murder?
The first few were chosen by the secret traitor, then the murder in plain sight, then the questions?

Stephen showed himself to be very clever tonight in the turret.

I actually would love it if he and Rachel won together but not sure how likely that would be. Could you ever truly trust another traitor?!

I wouldn’t be pleased if my Barrister spoke like that.

You’re right but I don’t think likeable or ordinary enough to win.

Difference between Harriet and Amanda is that Harriet was right about 2 traitors, helped get rid of one and certainly didn’t make a traitor her best pal.

Agree she was willing, but I think everyone under estimates how stressful the shoot is. I thought about applying for about 2 mins until I realised that I just can’t spend that much time around other people!!

100%. Harriet didn’t really want the opportunity to speak with The Traitors; that much was clear. She wanted to play the game her own way and not be thrust into the confessional. I think this was a production manoeuvre to ‘make good TV’ and Harriet knew it, hence wanting an exit. I think she also felt that she was never going to be listened to as a middle-aged woman in a younger cohort and, having seen other people of a similar age-group be banished or murdered, decided to control her own exit rather than be ‘done to’.

Even if she'd kept her sights on Rachel she could have made it very uncomfortable for her going forward. Instead she widened her focus and confused the table. She left and achieved nothing.

Yes, her bad-tempered outburst at breakfast was not nice to watch – definitely had an element of "you will all listen to me and do as I say!" I do think she suffered though from not staying to socialise after the round tables – she wasn't forming as close alliances as the others.

As my DD pointed out, after a run of people of colour being voted out, it's now the turn of a succession of batshit menopausal white women to go!

At the beginning I thought either Rachel or Stephen would throw the other under a bus but at this stage they might hold together.

Was I imagining it or did Rachel look at Stephen in surprise when he suggested recruiting Matt as the sacrifice?

I meant to say a minimum optimum amount of time.

I definitely don't think you can fully plan or foresee everything, but what I meant was that you can come up with a range of options. She's a crime writer, a plotter, she'll have thought it through.

I think she knew she was unlikely to win, (always stacked against the traitors), this was a good opportunity for her to have a big moment, and she went for it.

Totally agree. On this thread also. Women - outspoken! Older! Fck me they’re all witches!

Is Rachel now the oldest left in? She's 42 i think.

It’s never the interchangeable cohort, is it?

Nice misogyny from your DD.🙄

It’s not the being outspoken or older, it’s the way that Harriet spoke at breakfast in particular.

I’d be equally uncomfortable with a younger woman or any age man speaking in the same way.

‘Citing FBI training’

😂😂

So who’s next for chop?

I agree it seems weird but they all behaved a bit strangely - especially Fiona!

Yes - totally agree. Very eloquent against Hugo but just rude and belligerent in this episode. Made her very unlikeable.

The "batshit menopausal women" () all did do a kamikaze move though.
Fiona would have stayed under the radar had she not turned on Rachel.
Harriet offered herself up on a plate, and that was definitely a controlled move on her part. She said herself on Uncloaked she went out on her terms and how many can say that.

So it's hardly like they were picked off simply because of their age.

Harriet, extremely intelligent yes, socially intelligent? Perhaps not so much. Yes she may have been frustrated and irritated but a wise woman would have known to keep her frustrations in check. She seems to have prioritised being right, over being liked, which eventually lead to her leaving, and rachel staying. Rachel’s plan of befriending some good faithfuls is working. Harriets outbursts at breakfast did her no favours with some wanting her out simply because she was rude to a popular player.