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The Traitors

Who can you trust?

Photo: Vulture; Photo: Peacock

Peacock’s new series — which is an absolute hoot — gathers 20 big-name Reality TV stars to participate in a competition that’s sort of like Mafia or Werewolf. While most of the players (“the faithful”) are trying to work together to win a big cash prize, three of them (“the traitors”) are trying to secretly screw everything up without being caught so that they can snag it for themselves.

Alan Cumming hosts the 10-episode series, which is set in a castle in the ​​Scottish Highlands. The list of reality stars competing includes Parvati Shallow, Dan Gheesling, Phaedra Parks, Larsa Pippen, Shereé Whitfield, Chris “C.T.” Tamburello, and more.

  1. Episodes 9 - 10 Trust No One / The Grand Finale
    The Traitors Season-Finale Recap: Faithful No More The finale delivers all the suspense, drama, and backstabbing we can handle. Plus, Kate’s incredible sass.
  2. Episodes 7 - 8 The Mask Is Slipping / Cabins in the Woods
    The Traitors Recap: Kate the Great The traitors are finally starting to stumble.
  3. Episodes 5 - 6 Getting Away with Murder / Suspicion and Sabotage
    The Traitors Recap: Barrels of Monkeys No one seems to care whether Kate is a traitor or faithful anymore — they just want her gone. It’s a losing strategy.
  4. Episodes 3 - 4 Episodes 3 and 4
    The Traitors Recap: Hitting the Wrong Note The game is getting good, but no one has any idea how to play.
  5. Episodes 1 - 2 Episodes 1 and 2
    The Traitors Season-Premiere Recap: Bravo Babes Reality-TV mobs form and host Alan Cumming chews up the scenery in Peacock’s delightful murder-mystery competition.
  1. Episode 11 One Final Hurdle
    The Traitors Season-Finale Recap: Big Faithful Energy A finale full of double and triple crosses ends in fireworks, but something about the ending doesn’t feel right.
  2. Episode 10 The Weight of Deceit
    The Traitors Recap: Dead Woman Walking Is this the end of the Bravo alliance?
  3. Episode 9 A Game of Death
    The Traitors Recap: This Is Not The Bachelor We finally get to see Kate work as a Traitor, but her partnership with Phaedra is off to a rocky start.
  4. Episode 8 Knives at Dawn
    The Traitors Recap: Duchess of Deception With her back against the wall, Parvati does everything she can to save herself — including forming an uneasy alliance with Peter.
  5. Episode 7 Blood On Their Hands
    The Traitors Recap: Predatory Headband A last-minute twist keeps Peter and Parvati from taking shots at each other, but it still has enormous consequences for the game.
  6. Episode 6 Backstab and Betrayal
    The Traitors Recap: The Silent Slaughterer Dan waited this long to take this shot?
  7. Episode 5 A Killer Move
    The Traitors Recap: I’m a Faithful, You Idiots Dan continues to be incapable of behaving like a normal human being, which isn’t great for his game.
  8. Episode 4 The Funeral
    The Traitors Recap: It’s Your Funeral With the faithfuls all but cooked, the traitors are now testing each other’s boundaries.
  9. Episode 3 Murder in Plain Sight
    The Traitors Recap: That Girl Is Poison The traitors start to feel the heat as the season kicks it up a notch.
  10. Episode 2 Welcome to the Dark Side
    The Traitors Recap: If I Only Had a Brain A reality-competition legend joins the traitors as the faithfuls lack any credible evidence to base their votes on.
  11. Episode 1 Betrayers, Fakes and Fraudsters
    The Traitors Season-Premiere Recap: O Come, All Ye Faithful Everyone’s favorite high-production-value game of Mafia returns by doubling down on our favorite reality stars.
  • close read How The Traitors Gamed the Edit Season two’s strategy of moments-based storytelling helped it win over reality-TV veterans and newbies alike. By Ben Rosenstock
  • finale thoughts C.T. Tamburello Made a Pact Going Into The Traitors “We’re The Challenge. We started this competition reality-TV stuff, and we’re gonna finish it.” By Roxana Hadadi
  • encounter Banish Me, Daddy Alan Cumming is reshaping the idea of a reality TV host with his unbending performance as the mad king of Traitors. By Rebecca Alter

Interviews

The Latest on The Traitors

  1. vulture lists
    Every Season of The Traitors, RankedYou’re not a real Faithful until you’ve seen all of them.
    By Ben Rosenstock
  2. important awards
    Las Culturistas Are *Alan Cumming Voice* TraitorsBowen Yang and Matt Rogers’s Culture Awards are colluding with Parvati and coming to Brooklyn.
    By Jason P. Frank
  3. best of 2024
    The Best TV Shows of 2024 (So Far)Women seeking justice, reality stars forging new alliances, and aliens who do not come in peace.
    By Jen Chaney, Roxana Hadadi, and Kathryn VanArendonk
  4. close read
    The Traitors - Season 2
    How The Traitors Gamed the EditSeason two’s strategy of moments-based storytelling helped it win over reality-TV veterans and newbies alike.
    By Ben Rosenstock
  5. finale thoughts
    C.T. Tamburello Made a Pact Going Into The Traitors“We’re The Challenge. We started this competition reality-TV stuff, and we’re gonna finish it.”
    By Roxana Hadadi
  6. chat room
    Peter Weber Took Pride in Being a Faithful“The level of satisfaction of being able to get to the end would’ve been much higher.”
    By Ben Rosenstock
  7. encounter
    Banish Me, DaddyAlan Cumming is reshaping the idea of a reality TV host with his unbending performance as the mad king of Traitors.
    By Rebecca Alter
  8. power rankings
    The Traitors - Season 2
    The Traitors Power Rankings: Who Is the Final Girl?Kate is in the power position, but can Sandra and MJ suss her out in time?
    By Brian Moylan
  9. this is not the bachelor
    We Have Phaedra Parks’s Mom to Thank for Her Turn on The Traitors“If you listen more than you talk, you can win it.”
    By Brian Moylan
  10. chat room
    Parvati Shallow Didn’t Bring Enough Headbands to The Traitors“The last one I had was my predatory headband, and that was the last-minute throw in my suitcase. I didn’t commit hard enough.”
    By Nic Juarez
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