This all-too-familiar herd mentality gathering momentum is fascinating to watch pan out, even if it leads to totally ridiculous decisions such as banishing Kas simply because he’s a doctor (“You’re basically calling me Harold Shipman!” remains one of the best clapbacks of this series) or collectively suspecting Anna because, as Linda put it so very poetically, “you don't need to be a sailor to know how to tie knots.”.
Despite transparent attempts to drum up additional drama by shaking up the format, a cast of fairly inept Faithfuls and a last minute curveball that rendered almost all strategy useless prevented The Traitors’ third season from feeling like a classic.
By inadvertently exposing her most nailed-on Faithful as a fraud, Frankie has changed the entire course of the game, and upped the Faithful’s chances of victory tenfold; if she can dodge Charlotte’s impressive waterworks and valiant attempts to throw her under the bus, that is.
The Traitors finale on BBC One review: weak Faithfuls, bad twists... is the show losing its spark?
Apart from the very rare occasions where the Traitors make hugely obvious slip-ups, the Faithfuls have very little actual concrete evidence to go on.
