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Danielle is the reasonBig Brotherjuries are now sequestered.
Why areBig Brothers strategic masterminds so consistently bad atThe Traitors?
Why are they in particular flopping in the role of Traitor?
So why does that all seem to fall apart in the Scottish Highlands?
At the risk of sounding reductive,Big Brotheris a long game, whileThe Traitorsis short.
Meanwhile, an entire season ofThe Traitorsgets filmed in about three weeks.
There is simply no time for the kinds of patient, elaborate strategyBig Brotherplayers enjoy.
If you shoot at the bear, you better not miss, et cetera.
Thats how you have to playThe Traitors.
At the risk of sounding like a college-football coach,Big Brotheralums also havent had enough practice.
This applies specifically in comparison to their counterparts from social-strategy gamesSurvivorandThe Challenge.
Cirie won the first U.S.Traitorsseason after competing onSurvivorfour times.
This was the origin point of her beef withTraitorscastmate Britney Haynes.)
It may be too late for Danielle to turn her game around.
Deciding to target Carolyn at the next banishment could backfire on her spectacularly.
It feels like Danielle is destined to follow the Dan Gheesling path into ignominy as a fallen mastermind.
History is working against them, but as Julie Chen-Moonves is wont to say, expect the unexpected.
