BBC The Traitors legend exposes major flaw in 'Last Faithful' fan theory
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Ivan Brett, a legend from BBC's The Traitors, has clarified why the 'Last Faithful to breakfast' theory is flawed. In the show, contestants known as 'Faithfuls' aim to identify the 'Traitors' among them. The 'Last Faithful to breakfast' theory proposes that the last few people to arrive for breakfast following a murder are usually Faithfuls and the Traitors had been considering murdering them the night before.
However, Ivan has explained why this theory doesn't hold up on X, formerly known as Twitter. Alongside several screengrabs of past series, Ivan wrote: "Quite often I'm told how because the final two or three players arriving for breakfast on #TheTraitors are always Faithful, this is a game-solving clue that the other players never use. Well, here's why the Late Faithful (Laithful) strategy is categorically wrong.".
He explained: "While it's true to say that in Season 1 this tended to happen, it didn't always. In episode 4, Amanda was last to turn up to breakfast. Nobody was murdered that night, but they still used it as an opportunity to break the Laithful pattern.
"But even without that, you only spot this pattern of no Late Traitors (lators?) if you *already know* who the traitors are. Faithfuls are sus of everyone and only discover traitors once banished. We all tracked votes, friendships, but breakfast arrivals were not being counted.
"Ok, you say, but when watching the show it's obvious. So why didn't Season 2's contestants use the same info? Well, I hope they didn't... In episode 3, when Kyra was murdered, Traitor Ash was amongst the last three to arrive. In episode 5, when Meg was murdered, Traitor Paul was last to arrive.
