We’re solely a few months into the 2025 TV schedule, although some would say we will crown The Traitors as the very best actuality present of the 12 months. Season 3 has been, for lack of a greater time period, “sloppy AF” in the easiest way attainable, although as I watch, I can not assist however really feel it could possibly be only a bit higher. After zooming by means of the primary two seasons and catching up, I’ve a wild suggestion for the present that includes letting the viewers really feel extra like a Devoted.
As I proceed to look at The Traitors Season 3 with a Peacock Premium subscription, I’ve an concept for make all future seasons that a lot better. It is rooted in so desperately eager to play the sport and get a really feel for what it is actually wish to be somebody utterly out of the loop on this bonkers actuality present.
The Traitors Is Nice, However I Dislike How I am Robbed Of What It is Like To Be A Devoted
Whereas earlier items on the location have coated rule adjustments concerning The Traitors, my grievance offers extra with the precise manufacturing aspect than something. As a result of we at all times know who the Traitors of the sport are from the very first episode, we will not be as in-the-dark because the Faithfuls are. It is an expertise that I desperately want, particularly after seeing a few of the wildly incorrect guesses I’ve seen contestants make these previous three seasons.
Simply as soon as, I might like to be simply as clueless as the opposite Faithfuls within the recreation, and in search of clues or tells that somebody is perhaps a Traitor. In equity, it nonetheless will not be excellent as a result of we’re seeing an edited-down lower of the occasions that occurred, and little doubt followers will group-think and make their guesses, however think about the joys one would possibly get appropriately guessing a Traitor from house earlier than it was revealed?
I am envious of the gleeful seems to be Devoted will get after they lastly determine that the sneaky Huge Brother participant was chargeable for all of the chaos. I wish to really feel that satisfaction of sniffing out a Traitor earlier than the reveal, even when it has zero affect on the sport. Clearly, we will not faux to be Traitors from house, so that is the one expertise I believe The Traitors may present reasonably simply.
What If We Did not Know The Traitors For The First Three Episodes?
Here is what I wish to recommend: when Alan does his seasonal journey across the roundtable, choosing the Traitors for the season, the display screen is blacked out. The scene resumes when the choice is made, and naturally, The Traitors wouldn’t do the standard confessional segments with the contestants chosen to be Traitors.
Then, for the following three episodes, we have now zero clue who’s who on The Traitors. The present, after all, will nonetheless proceed to do the challenges, present the murders, and all the reactions by the solid. Mainly, the one distinction is the episode cannot reveal who’s a Traitor and would attempt to hold it as balanced as attainable with who’s being highlighted. I am certain there will likely be diligent individuals who discover sure folks getting extra of a highlight from the edit, so it isn’t going to be an ideal system.
It is a wild request, however once more, I do not assume there’s any higher technique to make it really feel just like the viewers at house can expertise what it is wish to play The Traitors. Positive, all of us watch to expertise the backstabbing and different jaw-dropping moments, however I am certain I am not alone in being somebody who would like to see if they’d what it takes to focus on a Traitor and take them out of the sport earlier than they trigger an excessive amount of hassle.
The Fourth Episode Would Reveal The Traitors, Present Why They Made Their Selections, And Then Proceed As Regular
Persevering with on with this concept, after the three episodes are up, The Traitors would then use a fourth episode to disclose who was picked, after which recap the primary three episodes and clarify all their strikes and motives behind the individuals who have been murdered or taken out. It will be a recap episode of types, however is anybody going to be upset about extra episodes of The Traitors? And we might get to see the Traitors’ aspect of the beginning of the sport.
Let’s additionally do not forget that by the point Episode 4 would roll round, The Traitors could be a few weeks into the brand new season. Which means there could be time for loads of discourse amongst followers about who the Traitor is, who’s most assuredly a Devoted, and if Fergus is in some way concerned in all of this nonsense. I do not belief that man, and to be fairly sincere, I am undecided what position he serves on the fortress past being an errand runner for Alan Cumming.
After The Traitors does its reveal episode, the remainder of the season would proceed as we have seen in Seasons 1 by means of 3. It will positively be an adjustment for the sequence to alter up its format in that manner, however I believe it is excellent as a result of it would not subtract something that we have come to like from the fact sequence. Additionally, each season has been totally different than the final to this point, so I do not think about making this variation to how the episodes are offered would create that a lot of an issue the crew could not deal with.
Then once more, most reveals reside by the creed of “If it ain’t broke, do not repair it.” As a lot as I hope a producer of the present sees this suggestion, agrees that it is a terrific concept, and implements it right into a future season, The Traitors has little motive to alter something. It is one of many latest in style actuality reveals within the style and an enormous hit with audiences in a manner few different actuality reveals on streaming are. As a lot as I might like to see this wild format change, I can not blame the Peacock present if it could sooner keep the course and proceed to air seasons because it has earlier than.
The Traitors airs new episodes on Peacock on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. ET. Season 3 is within the again half, so make sure you binge the chaotic season now and catch as much as be there for the ultimate episodes as they unfold.