The Traitors
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Guys, Parvati happily chirps, My first murder!
Quick, somebody snap a photo for Grandmas scrapbook!
All that remains on the traitor docket tonight is the matter of selecting a victim.
Whos well connected and well liked?
Whos athletic enough to get all the shields they want?
If I were Marcus, Id sleep with one eye open tonight.
Anyway, Phaedra calls out, Who did you kill, John?!
when he walks in, and I crack up.
Marcus is declared dead on non-arrival.
Shit, Larsa says.
Yes, because I love you) and a polka-dotted ascot.
But for once, his isnt my favorite outfit of the day.
She knows itll be conspicuous if shes the only one in the room to defend him.
Larsa, meanwhile, suggests that a man must have murdered Marcus while staring Dan down extremely unsubtly.
There was a third party in the room: Maks.
He seems perceptive; Im curious to see if hell come out swinging against Dan.
But before he can, someone comes out swinging (figuratively, thankfully for Maks) against him.
Deontay asks Maks what he thinks about Marcuss murder, but Maks hesitates to weigh in.
This rubs Deontay the wrong way.
The next mission takes place at night in a cemetery.
1: Going up to a graveyard is my biggest fear.
To clarify, her biggest fear isnt ghosts, or zombies, or even the general idea of death.
Its not being trapped or lost in a graveyard.
Its … going up to a graveyard.
2: I do not [sic], and will not, be buried alive.
I do not buried alive either, for the record.
The contestants will have to use tools hidden throughout the cemetery to break into them.
Meanwhile, two searchlights rove around the grounds.
If a contestant is caught in a beam, theyll be eliminated, including whatever gold theyre holding onto.
Theyre off to a bleak start.
The searchlights are relentless, taking down player after player before anyone can find any tools.
Finally, CT spots a hammer, but hes eliminated just as he starts to use it.
And then a hero comes along.
When Bergie gets eliminated, hes celebrated with a big round of applause.
They have him to thank for tonights $19,000 addition to their prize pot.
By roundtable time, Dan is well aware the others are coming for him.
MJ nevertheless remains eager to put Dan in the hot seat.
If they all played the way he did, she says, then thered be no conversation at all.
There would be no show!
But before any more momentum can gather against Dan, his guardian angel, Deontay, takes the floor.
Deontay truly has a flair for the dramatic: This man is charming.
Sandra chimes in to add that she thought she saw Maks laughing after Peppermint was banished.
He shrugs it off.
Makss obvious deflection doesnt play well in the room.
I love my genius wife.
Ultimately, Maks gets 10 of the 18 votes.
Janelle and Peter each get one vote.
The Shirley Jackson of it all!
When Maks reveals hes a faithful, Dan emits the fakest What?!
Deontay, on the other hand, scream-exhales in frustration and bangs on a wall.
We eventually find him lying down, hardly able to talk.
I cant do this no more, man.
Phaedra, of all people, tenderly comforts him.
But before the traitors can rest too long on their laurels, theyre informed of a twist.
There will be no secret turret meeting tonight.
A poisoned chalice, hidden inside a hollowed-out volume of Shakespearean tragedies in the castle library.
There is no question as to which of the three traitors will screw her courage to the sticking place.
Parvati feels like a trained assassin, with zero adrenaline running through her veins.
The leader of the Black Widow Brigade was born for this.
But is that too obvious, now that shes gunning for him?
Forgiveness not permission, etc.
The kitchen would make a much more interesting crime scene, anyway.
Who should she kill?
For once, murder is as much about convenience as it is about strategy.
And time is of the essence she needs to act before the clock strikes bedtime.
