We’ll Meet You At The Fire Pit | Traitors 2026 | Thread 13 | THERE WILL BE SPOILERS

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If you haven’t seen the Final of this year’s Traitors then stop right there and get yourself over to iPlayer.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

Players, the floor is yours…

i am always disappointed in the final full stop

Very true. Molly realised this but I don't think Jack did!

I loved Rachel from the beginning and would have been gutted if Stephen had taken everything for himself. They got each other to the final and it was brilliant that they stayed faithful to each other.

Yes, there's a weird sense of anticlimax for me in the final (even though it's actually the climax )
I think I just prefer the larger cast and the round table discussions etc. The final is a bit too small and intense.

Re watching series 4, like you do, and it just struck me. Fiona is one year younger than Diane in Series 2. WTF was she on about with her women of a certain age rubbish?

I think she made her age up. In the beginning she said she was 28, jokingly. But I find it hard to believe she is 62. I don't mind / care if she did, but if she has 'lied' then the 'women of a certain age' comment would be out of kilter.

I can't decide whether she was lying about her age or whether she thought that acting ancient would help. Either way she had strong Sonia energy!

De finitely older than 62 - prob 72

TBF she IS of an age that could be described as 'a certain age'.
But I do agree she overegged the 'old lady' thing.

Maybe it's because I'm closing in fast on that agree that i don't like the phrase!

The old lady schtick, like Sonia's "devious" play would have been far more tolerable to me if it actually worked. Instead it just left me not really liking either of them as players.

I'm early fifties and I think it can be applied at any age from fifty on, so I've (sort of) made my peace with it

I don't remember Sonia. Which season was she?

Series 2. She kept making a great play of being devious and got voted out either first or second. It was very like Fiona's game play in that she delighted in it but it didn't work at all!

Oh yes, I've googled her (should have done that in the first place!) and remember her face now. Don't remember actually watching her though, probably because she went out so soon.

To me ‘woman of a certain age’ means those of us who are menopausal and fed up with everyone’s shit.

And for Claudia to talk about Fiona as a sweet, twinkling woman who wanted women of a certain age to be heard - Fiona is only 8 years older than Claudia.

The only climax I really enjoyed was the celebs one! Although this last series was slightly better than the previous 3.

Like a few others, I actually appreciated the way Rachel wasn't crying her eyes out every 5 seconds, or acting as though the people in the castle were her closest friends in the world despite having only known them less than 2 weeks. Bring back the stiff upper lip I say 😁

Definitely fed up of Fiona's shit! She is the only contestant who didn't come across better on Uncloaked as well.

It was totally mad. Having said that though I've noticed that Claudia often makes a point of calling female contestants lovely who haven't gone down well with the public. It's nice that she is protective of them but I don't believe her comments.

They haven't really cracked the ending. The celebs ending was nicer because they were all there, but it was probably easier to pull off as they didn't lose the money personally. I felt for Harry left to try and celebrate alone, at least Rachel and Stephen had each other. I'm not sure how they could end it differently but it does often fall a bit flat.

SPOILER FOR AUSTRALIA SERIES 2

I remember reading that, at the end of the second Australian second series, the players who deemed they had been cheated out of their rightful winnings went into such a massive sulk that the crew sought out the person they blamed and were refusing to talk to, and had the champagne party with them.

I wonder if they could bring back the other contestants on their 'team' for the ending, this season was nice but yeah the Harry year was really really awkward.

I think the ending just needs to switch over to the live studio with all the contestants and winners walking in to celebrate with everybody. I like the fact that no one who is banished or murdered know who won in the end and find out with all of us so wouldn't like that to change.

Don't think so my mum is 75 and all her kids are mid 40s and one 50. Fiona's kids seemed a lot younger than that in how she spoke about them

The trouble is that some (like Jack) will be understandably upset, and the production team want to present everyone as one big happy family, which is easier to do once everyone has had a chance to calm down and process what has been an intensely weird experience.

Some people are just happy to age themselves before their time. I have a friend who has been saying for years 'Oh how are we do old now (47), our best years are behind us' etc.