The Traitors‘ Season 3 finale, which aired amid the 2025 TV schedule, was the very best of the sequence in my humble opinion. Nevertheless, as I watched the ultimate moments with my Peacock subscription, I could not assist however really feel the sport was nonetheless flawed in some main methods. Past the truth that followers may desperately use episodes to indicate simply how troublesome it’s to be a Devoted, I even have a problem with how the sequence rewards objectively awful gameplay. With that, I additionally wish to provide a repair.
Dylan Efron, Delores Catania, Lord Ivar Mountbatten and Gabby Windey turned the biggest group of Devoted to win a season of The Traitors. But I daresay solely about half of them earned it. Even Andy Cohen known as out Delores through the reunion for her weird voting document, which I’ve even speculated was intentional due to how the sport will get simpler for Devoted whenever you faux you are clueless.
The Traitors’ Format Constantly Rewards Individuals Who Are Horrible At The Sport
CinemaBlend has written at size about Delores’ questionable gameplay all all through Season 3 and our relative shock that she in the end received a piece of the prize cash on the finish. She solely accurately voted for a Traitor 2 out of 5 occasions and would intentionally goal an individual — like season darling Tom Sandoval — once they weren’t doing something however sending out nice vibes. Was she deserving of that share of $204,300?
I say no however, sadly, The Traitors rewards Devoted for taking part in the sport poorly. It is within the titular contestants’ curiosity to maintain folks round who aren’t concentrating on them or are at nighttime about what’s taking place within the sport. Due to this fact those that compete like Delores does are sometimes spared when it comes time to homicide somebody, whereas different extra energetic gamers are chopped down.
I believe some Devoted know this and intentionally come throughout as ignorant to allow them to get to the tip the place their odds of removing Traitors is way simpler. I’ve even urged to fellow followers of the present that Delores was deliberately throwing votes to drift to the tip, although that concept has been met with skepticism. In any case, it is one thing the sequence wants to deal with.
How The Traitors Season 4 Might Weed Out Ineffective Faithfuls
Whereas it would not utterly repair the difficulty, a method The Traitors may fight horrible gameplay by Devoted is by granting security to those that accurately vote out a Traitor when the time comes. Utilizing this season for instance, anybody who voted out Bob The Drag Queen after his showdown with Boston Rob would’ve been granted a defend stopping their homicide the next morning. In the meantime, those that dissented could be up for elimination. That means, it might stop gamers from fence-sitting and immediate them to make significant strikes moderately than skate to the tip.
That stated, I may see this “repair” creating points as nicely. The Traitors‘ Roundtables have largely prevented unanimous votes within the sequence so far, however that might occur extra usually when security is on the road. Maybe this function would solely final for the primary half of the sport after which be taken away within the latter levels?
Regardless of the repair could also be, I do hope the folks on the present are brainstorming methods to enhance the sport additional as we sit up for Season 4 and past.
All three seasons of The Traitors can be found to stream on Peacock. As talked about, we all know that Season 4 and 5 are on the way in which, so keep tuned for extra updates on when they may air.