23 people arrived at Slane Castle
to play the game of a lifetime
in the hope of winning up to 50,000 euro.
They must all work together to win that prize,
but concealed amongst them are the Traitors
who will secretly murder at night.
So it's up to the Faithful to get the Traitors before they get them.
The game is about to begin.
3 Traitors were selected.
The Traitors' selection process is not finished.
The three Traitors met for the first time.
You're going to decide
who will be joining you here as the 4th Traitor.
You will not meet them,
but they will have the final say on who will be murdered tonight.
Ooh.
Sean.
Laura.
Edelle.
So, who will be the fourth Traitor?
And who will they murder?
This is The Traitors.
Dear Edelle,
we have chosen you to join us as a Traitor!
Oh my goodness.
FIONULA: Edelle is a good, strong person,
and she's going to be trouble. I think I agree with ya.
Oh my God.
Are you both definitely happy with that?
No, I am very happy.
I think it's a strong, good decision for us.
Okay. It really is. Bring Edelle in.
SIOBHÁN: Do you commit to lie and deceive throughout the game?
Are you willing to murder your fellow players,
you are now officially a Traitor.
Tomorrow night,
you must meet your fellow Traitors at the conclave.
Until then, you will not know our identities.
Tonight, you will still play your part in the murder of a Faithful
by choosing one of these 3 players?
No.
Denis, Emma, or Kayleigh.
Oh no.
As morning breaks on a new day,
the players make their way to their first breakfast,
but only the fourth Traitor knows who has been murdered.
♪ PLAYFUL MUSIC
Oh my God, we're the first! Lovely!
We didn't get killed!
< To be the first two in,
it was like the king and queen at the castle.
Two of us were sitting in the middle.
Do you think they recruited a new Traitor last night?
I don't know.
Well, remember she said that something else is going to happen.
So... What did she say?
Because I think what she said was... (LAUGHING) I can't really remember.
She said, I've picked my Traitors, or have I? Or something, for now.
It's not over or something.
(DOOR CREAKS)
♪ MUSIC BECOMES LIVELIER
< I'm genuinely nervous
because I don't know who was murdered last night.
I haven't a clue.
I know who could be, but I don't know who it is, like.
I need to say something to you.
(WINCES) No, not a bad thing.
I believe that you're Faithful,
but you said something yesterday to me and you said,
I think you're 100% Faithful.
I promise you that I am,
but don't say things like that
because only a Traitor would say that,
because they'd only know they're 100%.
Does that make sense? Okay, yeah.
I say 100% all the time.
I'm gonna have to change my vocab.
I'm only trying to look out for you.
I feel like you're a little,, my little baby sister now.
(LAUGHTER)
(KNOCKING) Oh! Oh!
Morning! (CHEERING)
Good morning!
I woke up and I thought, "Did I actually dream that?
"Did I dream that?
"Did I put on a green cloak last night?"
And- and I did.
Oh my God.
< In comes Edelle, looks a little bit rattled.
It's awfully strange that she doesn't know
who she's sitting beside.
I think- Are you warm?
No, I have... my eyes I got moisturiser
on my eyes this morning, so they're both streaming, but I'll be fine.
(KNOCKING)
Come in!
(CHEERING)
I'm just so grateful that I didn't get murdered,
and I didn't get murdered first.
I'm like, "Oh my God, I got, I got to a breakfast!"
There's a good, there's a good chance, Ian...
Yeah. ..t hat the Traitors are here already,
I think there's two in here at least.
♪ MUSIC INTENSIFIES (KNOCKING)
Oh! Oh, the door, the door! Come in, come in!
(CHEERING)
FIONULA: I gave her name. I was delighted she was picked.
I'm shaking, and I don't shake. I know!
< I think she'll be strong.
I think she's a good addition.
Who's the person here who's not looking people in the eye?
And who went after this person? And...
DAVID: The only little thing I picked up on was Fionula.
Fionula is kind of on my radar, and she was just a bit hammy.
But we're here now.
Jeez. (KNOCKING)
I was confused, if I'm honest, first thing this morning.
FIONULA: Oh my goodness, I live for another...
< You don't know if they're being truthful about
being delighted to see you or if you were on their hit list.
You know that there's possibly a Traitor
to your left or to your right.
How you feeling?!
♪ LIVELY PIANO MUSIC
(KNOCKING) CARLA: Come in, come in, come in.
(SHRIEKING AND CHEERING)
The atmosphere in there,
it was more relief than anything.
I am absolutely wired.
I'd be good man now for a croissant or a pain au chocolat,
but I actually didn't have the energy to have even a croissant.
I was so nervous.
Who'd you kill, Edelle? Hah?
Who'd you kill? You tell us now. (LAUGHTER)
I killed myself, I think, with the stress.
(KNOCKING)
♪ MUSIC INTENSIFIES (SHRIEKING)
(CHEERING)
SEÁN A: 3 seats left and 4 people.
DIEGO: Kayleigh.
PAURIC O: Kayleigh. Kayleigh.
Denis.
Páraic.
Emma. Jesus.
Kayleigh, Denis, Páraic, Emma.
(KNOCKING)
♪ MUSIC INTENSIFIES
(CHEERING)
Emma's gone.
Emma. Emma.
SAOIRSE: Emma's gone. Emma's gone.
Who's... are we the last? Yeah, you're the last in.
What? LAURA: Yeah, you're the last.
It's Emma.
(FIRE ROARS)
♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC)
From the 3 people that the Traitors have given me the option of murder,
I'm going to have to murder Emma because
I know her the least and I have a better relationship
with Denis and Kayleigh,
and I think that will benefit me
more as a Traitor later in the game.
So I'm going to murder Emma.
I knew it.
Emma, by order of the Traitors, you have been murdered.
First one out. I'm raging.
I don't know what I could have done differently, but I enjoyed it.
I got to come into the castle, play the game for a day.
♪ MUSIC INTENSIFIES
It's a mad move.
< I don't know why the other Traitors put Emma on that shortlist.
That remains to be seen.
I can't wait to get into the conclave
to have that conversation with the other Traitors.
First of all, to find out who they are
so that we can all strategise together.
I think the Traitors are Janet, maybe Fionula,
and maybe Seán C.
Maybe.
I think our new Traitor definitely chose well.
That's a shock.
Emma was murdered.
God love us.
Why do we think Emma?
< Going into that breakfast room was horrendous.
And horrific, as I knew I was part of the first murder.
Edelle? Yeah? (KNOCKING)
Oh, oh! Come in!
Is it Emma? Is it Emma or is it your one?
ALL: Oooh!
Oh! It's herself!
Who were you expecting?
(LAUGHTER)
You're all very jolly for a crowd that's meant to be in mourning.
The Traitor selection is now complete.
As is poor old Emma's time here in the castle.
♪ DRAMATIC MUSIC
(GASPS)
(LAUGHTER)
Yikes! Brutal!
You think that's brutal?
(LAUGHTER)
May I remind you that this is the first of many.
The game is in full flow.
There's no point dancing around the issue.
Dancing!
See you at the mission.
You better get ready, I got them dancing shoes on.
I can dance, I can dance. This is your time, Edelle.
I got rhythm, I got rhythm.
DENIS: I was like, done.
EDELLE: Woo!
PETE: There's two people really close to your left shoulder.
And they're laughing like they're just having breakfast
at a café, like.
Sorry, you go ahead and then I'll tell you.
Sorry, sorry. We're all talking over each other! No, no. Go ahead.
They're chatting like they're out, like having a brunch.
It should be just looked at as in...
just be a small bit observant of it.
< I've told people here that my occupation is a personal trainer.
But I'm a military police investigator
for the Irish Defence Forces.
If people found out your occupation,
they might find you a threat. So it's best to keep that a secret.
I'll tell you something interesting about Fionula.
I spoke to her, I said, "You're from Cork." I said,
"Where are you from?" She said, "I'm from Ballyphehane."
So that's a location in Cork.
I goes, "Yeah, Jeez, I play rugby up there in Musgrave Park."
She goes, "Yeah, yeah, blah blah."
And then, "The Traitors have been chosen."
And then somebody goes, "Tell me about you."
She goes, "I'm Fionula, I'm from Frankfield."
Different story. Yeah.
Frankfield's like way that way of Cork.
Oh, so it means nothing to me. PAURIC: I don't know Cork.
Basically it's like, it's a slip.
EDELLE: I don't know who the Traitors are at this stage.
I do not know.
So any question that I'm asking is so
that I can find out as much as I can find out.
Traitor hunting here!
We are Traitor hunting! DIEGO: DJ is mine.
Is he? He's acting very weird towards me.
You were there. FIONULA: Was I?
We were just having a chitchat,
and then you asked him about his profession.
He was a bit vague. He deflected away and he went...
Remember that? Now that you say it, I do.
SEÁN A: I'm just bringing DJ up to speed
with about 5 guaranteed in my head Faithfuls.
Where am I, Sean? We'll get to that in a minute.
Sorry, sorry. And then I have a very short weak
list of Traitors, maybe 2, 1.6 Traitors, right?
And, eh...
SAOIRSE: To be specific. SEÁN C: I hope I'm the 0.6.
DJ: I need a calculator. Yeah.
PETE: Things changed this morning, as in people's personalities.
I haven't noticed anyone change personality-wise.
One thing I noticed is Páraic.
Oh, I know, he looks so tired. He looks wrecked.
Another thing was that when he came in here,
Edelle was where you are,
and he went over and he went, like, squeezed her heart.
To who, Edelle? Yeah.
(GASPS)
♪ MUSIC INTENSIFIES
< It's like a meeting of Traitors.
♪ LIVELY DRAMATIC MUSIC
Heyiz. (LAUGHS) Hey!
Yasss!
Lovely!
I wonder who the new Traitor is.
I think there was two picked up a table.
One was recruited.
Páraic: Who got the sloppiest today though?
< I am saying that I am an English teacher,
when in actual fact I am
an assistant professor who looks at conspiracy theories,
misinformation, disinformation,
and I'm hoping to
sow seeds of absolute chaos and mayhem in this game.
Like, Edelle was the sloppiest today, wasn't she?
DJ: I find I'd 5 written down last night
and the 5 of them are still here.
The 5 people? What are your names, so?
Diego. Right.
DAVID: Diego's name is being thrown around as well.
DENIS: Really? Oh yeah!
JANET: I just think he's quiet,
but like when you actually talk to him one-on-one, he was so bubbly.
And I wonder if it's like first language, like...
He's been here 15 years.
Okay. So, you know.
♪ TRAD MUSIC PLAYS
I didn't see the foxes!
CARLA: I can see people in masks dancing around like animals.
No, like, no, they weren't dancing like animals. (LAUGHS)
Like they had animal masks on.
Siobhán! Oh my God, I love this!
♪ DRAMATIC MUSIC Now for today's mission,
choose a partner.
(LAUGHTER AND CHATTER)
PÁRAIC: I know Edelle is a Traitor,
and Edelle turns around to me and selects me as a partner.
(DENIS SIGHS)
So me and Diego just end up as dancing partners. (LAUGHS)
SIOBHÁN: Now we have one band, 10 seats, 11 couples.
That seems to suggest to me perhaps a little game of musical chairs.
(EXCITED CHATTER) No way!
You stay in your combination of 2 dancing until the music stops.
Oh, and the money.
4,000 euro.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
In the form of money bags hidden in the haystacks,
which you can as a team look
for when the music stops
before returning to hopefully find a seat.
CARLA: What?
And it's only if you're seated on a bale
with a money bag will it go into the prize pot.
Now, there are also 4 shields up for grabs.
2 shields for the last couple left sitting at the end of the game.
And there are 2 shields hidden in the hay bales for anyone.
You ready to go? ALL: Yes.
Then a haon, a dó, a haon, dó, trí!
♪ TRAD MUSIC RESUMES
Come on, up we go! Leg higher up!
We'll wait, we'll wait.
< I kind of invent my own steps.
Which actually doesn't look too bad.
The old Jack Roger step there is always a good one.
We get money, try to grab money, or try going straight for the bale?
PAURIC: Keep close to the bale, keep close to the bale, yeah.
(SHRIEKING, CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)
< When the music stopped, we did not even look for money,
we just sat down. Fuck the money.
Páraic, excuse my French, was like, "Fuck the money,
let's go for the shields."
(LAUGHTER, SCREAMING)
DENIS: I sit down immediately
because I want to suss out how people are playing the game.
We wanted to raise as much money as we could,
so we weren't going back until we had a bag each.
We're still digging for the money, and then when we stood up,
everybody was already sitting down.
DJ: We got a bag each.
We came back and there was no seat for us, no bale.
So we were knocked out, gone the first fucking round.
I was like, Jesus Christ.
There we go, a bit of a short dance for ye.
We sit down, like, I realise we're still holding hands,
and then I kind of look around,
everyone else has dropped their hands.
Ya can let go.
SIOBHÁN: Thank you very much.
I think the people with no money shouldn't have sat down.
DONAL: This kind of started posing issues within the group of saying,
you know, why didn't you get money?
You just sat down, you're just trying to save yourselves,
you're not trying to work as a team.
GRÁINNE: Did you not get money? DIEGO: No.
Ah, guys, come on, come on. AOIFE: Don't just sit there.
DJ: That's the name of the game, guys, money.
♪ TENSE MUSIC
♪ TRAD MUSIC PLAYS
That's it! Shake those hips!
PETE: I can see one up here, look.
See up the top?
DENIS: Dancing with Diego, always lovely dancing with a Brazilian.
Like, they're known as great dancers.
The dance was céilí, which is definitely not my expertise.
MUSIC STOPS
DENIS: Sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down.
I did the same thing for the second round.
Sit down.
(LAUGHTER)
GRÁINNE: We went for the money.
We said we were going to get money each time,
but some other people weren't really playing the game.
IAN: People started just going for one bag,
and once one of them had a bag,
they were just running back here to see.
SEÁN C: Get two bags, one each, turn around.
People look like they've been sitting there an hour
at this stage.
So many people with no cash.
IAN: Bollox. Yiz wanna be getting the money.
< Pretty sure 3 of them seats, people didn't have any money.
It was just a bit like, "Come on, what are yiz at?"
SIOBHÁN: Alright, 2 couples gone now.
They need to be getting the cash, don't they?
ANNA: Yeah. What are they doing?
I dunno why they're just sitting there. DJ: What is the deal?
DONAL: Myself and Gráinne were now disqualified with money,
so we lose the money and people just sitting down
and not even bothering.
And it did, it kind of annoyed me a bit.
LAURA: I quickly realised as people were being eliminated
that they were sitting on the logs watching us.
PAURIC: Let's actually try this time if we can.
We have to get some money.
SIOBHÁN: Play the music!
♪ TRAD MUSIC RESUMES Come on, knees up!
Dance for Ireland!
TRAD MUSIC STOPS
♪ TENSE MUSIC
SEAN A: All the obvious cash was gone,
so I just threw myself headlong into the straw.
Hoping to find one.
LAURA: I didn't want to break a nail, okay?
So I was looking for money,
but I wasn't trying too hard, to be honest.
(SHRIEKING)
(AOIFE BLOWS RASPBERRIES)
< I had hay everywhere:
up my nose, in my mouth.
♪ MUSIC INTENSIFIES
I'm hanging on by one little cheek.
SIOBHÁN: You look cosy, don't you? Fionula. I know.
Get up out of that, take your partner,
and let's move on with our lives.
(CHEERING)
FIONULA: Go for it, lads.
EDELLE: Pauric and Laura,
This is what money looks like. Yeah?
Sure you know what the cloak looks like as well.
(LAURA LAUGHS)
Whether she heard me or not, a few people did.
PÁRAIC: When she came for Laura and Pauric,
she was just really shady.
♪ TRAD MUSIC RESUMES
SIOBHÁN: Yeow! Hup! That's it, now!
MUSIC STOPS
Dig deep for the shields.
Remember there's shields. PAURIC: I got one.
DAVID: Hang on.
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Alright.
CARLA: Who got money there? LAURA: We did.
Let it be said. (PAURIC AND LAURA LAUGH)
Everybody knew because I made sure they did.
JANET: Show me the airgead. PAURIC: Here you go.
EDELLE: Good job.
There were people sitting without a bag of money.
♪ TENSE, RAPID VIOLIN MUSIC
The aim of these missions is to make as much money as possible.
♪ TRAD MUSIC RESUMES
DAVID: I'm fucked. Aw, I'm wrecked.
MUSIC STOPS
(SCREAMING)
Come on, lads!
(CHEERING)
Go on, lads!
LAURA:I just dive into the pile of hay and so luckily caught 2 bags.
Here, I have a bag each. Go, go, go!
SEAN A: Let's get back! Come on.
DONAL: I was kind of watching and focused
on who were the people that were just...
saving themselves, saving themselves.
SIOBHÁN: Well done.
Now a reminder...
That we are meant to try and get some money.
SEÁN C: It continues to happen.
People are saying sorry that we didn't grab any cash.
♪ TRAD MUSIC RESUMES
MUSIC STOPS
(SCREAMING, CHEERING)
♪ INTENSE MUSIC
DENIS: Here D, I got it.
PAURIC: Just go back, just go back, just go back.
(DISAPPOINTED GROANS)
SIOBHÁN: Oh, it's a pity because this couple had money.
Any money? We tried.
We did try. (GROANING)
Sorry, sorry. SAM: Fair play.
SEÁN C: It's a fake apology, really.
So how I looked at a few people was a bit different.
This is the final dance.
♪ TRAD MUSIC RESUMES
DENIS: Let's try to get money.
Same strategy.
TRAD MUSIC STOPS ♪ INTENSE MUSIC
Go to the other one, go to the other one,
go to the other one. Pauric!
DJ: You need to be linked, have to be linked,
have to be linked. Pauric, this one.
(CHEERING)
Well done, well deserved. SIOBHÁN: Well done.
Yeah, well done.
< It was such a good feeling.
(LAUGHING) Like, yeah,
I felt like I had won,
like, an Olympic medal in Irish dancing.
(LAUGHING)
(CHEERING)
Congratulations.
< So we were not just the best couple dancing,
but we also not going to be killed tonight.
You did collect money.
(CHEERING)
1,400 euro.
(CHEERING)
PÁRAIC: Out of 4,000?
It's not good, let's be honest.
Like, that's not great return.
GRÁINNE: We did all we could do like, so.
1,400 out of 4K.
Madness.
KAYLEIGH: That is terrible. That's no good.
We shouldn't have allowed anybody to sit down without bags.
I do think Laura's a Faithful. I really do.
EDELLE: Yeah, but I don't like her style of going at it.
I don't like the way she's being really like...
aggressive about it.
Yeah. She's going aggressively asking questions.
♪ BUOYANT MUSIC
KAYLEIGH: Okay, so we can talk. Can I start?
Go for it. Pauric and Laura.
AOIFE: Pauric and Laura. Pauric, which Pauric?
Diddly-aye, I'm an indie rock singer-songwriter Pauric...
Okay. (SAOIRSE LAUGHS)
...and Laura, just are out for themselves.
But yeah, Kayleigh and Edelle were like, "Ugh,
you're not even trying for money."
And I was just like, "Get back in your box."
I seen you digging out a load of stuff.
Claiming that we weren't trying, even though we were trying.
But that's none of their business.
He's looking a bit too composed. Too calm!
Yeah. Aoife, he's too calm.
I hope they bring it up the round table.
I'm only gunnin' for a fucking confrontation.
I'm so happy. ♪ PLAYFUL MUSIC
Got it!
The thing that the other players don't know...
♪ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC
...is that I have quite a lot of experience dancing with Diego
because...
he is my husband and my partner of 11 years.
Nobody having a clue.
< (LAUGHING) He is a way better husband than he is a dancer,
I have to say.
David is just the best.
How about you? Are you single? I'm single, yeah.
SIOBHÁN: Get into pairs, please.
You can let go.
We sat in the bale today.
You kept holding my hand. I was like, "Let go!" (LAUGHS)
It sounded a little like your name is coming up.
I know.
Yeah, it seems to be like DJ.
< DJ is telling people that I am a Traitor.
I'm fully aware that DJ is coming for me.
It's like I have to prepare myself for this round table.
♪ INTENSE MUSIC
< Today, unfortunately, we only had slivers of information.
You're looking, you're speculating, you're listening.
Trying to talk to people, you know,
I'm just trying to have conversations with people
to just get a handle on everyone.
Your name is coming up a bit. You'd want to watch.
Is it? Yeah.
Heard it a couple of times.
What I heard was that you were kind of confronted about your job.
Okay.
And that there was a bit of dithering about...
Parts manager and whatever.
Yeah, and then you were kind of... brushed it off,
continues the conversation and didn't...
Okay, yeah, fair enough.
DAVID: I don't know, I think there's a name going
around everyone's talking about. Who? Really?
Oh.
(LAUGHS)
Who? Joking.
No, you're not. Who? A name?
Who?
Oh, just any name? Yeah.
No. No. What...
Oh no, I haven't heard.
Just say it now. But maybe I have heard.
Are you going to say it now?
You don't repeat this stuff. Yeah.
I know.
I heard that once, yeah. So you did hear it?
Yeah.
PÁRAIC: I was looking around at everybody and the Traitors we're not
necessarily communicating. We're not looking at each other.
We're not spending time with each other,
which I think was possibly a good game plan for us.
I was in the car with Edelle and she said,
I think Laura is playing... She's like,
"She's just playing really aggressively and I don't like it."
It's like, like... (LAUGHTER)
I don't think I've been aggressive! I think you're a determined Faithful.
I did say that. I said she's ambitious, she's determined,
but I do believe she's a Faithful. I said that.
SEÁN C: The odds are we're going to vote out the wrong person.
So we have 3 Traitors, let's say 22 people.
That's roughly a 1 in 7 chance of us getting the right person.
So you're talking about... Beautiful Mind. ..it's a 15% chance.
Is he gonna start writing?
Is he gonna start writing on the window?
There's about a 15% chance that we get the right person, give or take.
< Because I got that opportunity yesterday to be 100% Faithful,
it's easier for me to keep up that persona.
I'm not saying it's easy, don't get me wrong,
but I really thought that it was going to be much harder
to keep my guard up.
♪ INTENSE, RAPID STRING MUSIC
SIOBHÁN: The players are about to convene at the round table
for their first banishment.
It is here every night the Faithful will hunt hunt in packs,
while the Traitors will do everything in their power
to throw them off the scent.
I'm excited for it.
I haven't heard my name being thrown around just yet,
so fingers crossed I won't be on the slates tonight.
♪ MUSIC INTENSIFIES
(EXHALES SHARPLY) I'm nervous.
I'm nervous not knowing who the other Traitors are.
Bracing myself for it because I don't know
who's going to say my name, if anyone. I don't know that.
I'm a bit anxious,
but also I do feel prepared.
Welcome, players.
Let's talk about the round table.
Round for a reason.
No little corners for anyone to hide.
Faithfuls,
this is your opportunity to banish a Traitor,
and now is the time.
The floor is yours.
SEAN A: Anybody want to start?
Padraig?
Yeah, I don't know if it's like just like a feeling,
but I don't know if we're smoulder is given like sussing people out,
or if it's given like, who am I going to kill?
I absolutely do have a smoulder.
Yeah. (LAUGHS) But the smoulder is coming from a Faithful,
and I am trying to suss people out.
I feel like I'm a good reader of people,
Mm-hmm. And if I don't look at you,
I'm not going to suss you out. Yeah.
So yeah, I do understand where you come from, obviously,
but it's not a Traitor smoulder, unfortunately.
Okay.
Kind of agree with Aoife.
Your demeanour, your look, your anything.
You're very just cool, calm, collected.
And that's who I am as a person in general.
Just to add to that, today, doing the mission,
I was just conscious, like, money wasn't on your mind.
It was get to the bale. Okay.
Edelle. Yes.
So I have a couple of things that I want to bring to you
to see what you have to say. Okay. Okay.
First one is when we took the blindfolds off yesterday,
you went for a glass of water straight away.
Mm-hmm. But you finished your whole glass of water.
The only one at the table who drank the whole glass.
Okay? Okay.
When Siobhán said Traitors,
I just so happened to be doing the rounds
and I landed on you, and you were like, "Oh."
After the mission yesterday,
we were in the kitchen and you seemed really distracted,
and you started taking coffee pod one by one out of the thing,
stacking them up and like this little pyramid thing.
And then you did appear like quite quiet,
as I suppose as I've to know you the last few days.
And today at the mission, we got out of the car
and you were like, "WAHEY! We're here!"
(LAUGHTER) That's what I saw.
So feel free to respond. Okay, okay.
So the water thing, I was thirsty and I reached for my water,
100%. Okay.
Did I drink the whole glass of water?
I don't know. You did.
I don't know if I did or if I didn't.
You did. Okay, what was the other thing?
You looked at Siobhán when she said Traitors.
I probably did look at Siobhán when she said Traitors. Okay.
I probably did, but it wasn't because I'm a Traitor.
I probably because she said Traitors or something.
Did anyone else react when she said Traitors?
I know I did, because when, when the blindfolds come off,
we're all looking for something. Yeah. Yeah.
And that's why I'm saying you needed more than that. Yeah. CARLA: Yeah.
But to put any weight on that is nonsense.
But even if we, if we do take that off the table,
let's say, there's still obviously quite a few things.
I don't know what else to say. I am not a Traitor.
♪ MUSIC INTENSIFIES
Siobhán said that, "The selection was complete."
So I think that yesterday the person I was speaking to,
lovely person, uh...
but today they're very quiet.
You looked a bit tired.
I was just a nervous wreck.
I was up till half one. I had a lot on my mind.
I am 100% Faithful.
I can look you directly in the eye and absolutely say
I'm 100% Faithful.
Yesterday Coming into the selection,
you were a bag of nerves sitting beside me,
and I could feel the tension.
And then you just turned to me and said,
"Oh, I'm so relieved." No, I didn't.
I didn't actually.
I said, "I'm raging." I wanted to be a Traitor.
I said I wanted to be a Traitor,
and you said you wanted to be a Faithful.
You jumped on relief really, really quickly,
and in my mind I'm like, "No,"
because that bag of nerves
has just vanished into relief. Yeah, I was nervous.
I'm a bag of nerves.
I've got ADHD, I'm fidgety, I'm always bouncing,
I'm a nervous, fidgety person.
That's always going to be the way it is.
I want to play the game. I said I wanted to be a Traitor.
Unfortunately, I'm not.
But... PÁRAIC: I kind of felt like in the midst of the mission,
you kind of kept bringing focus to Páraic and Laura
in terms of not getting money bags. Yeah.
And I kind of sort of felt like that was an attempt to influence,
per se, in of my, my thought process and voting process.
Influence in terms of these guys aren't playing for the team,
which is exactly what I thought.
You made a comment being like, "Pauric,
this is what a money bag looks like." Yeah, yeah.
And that to me... That was shade.
That was shade, Pauric.
But just look, just for, for me,
it just made the question marks into exclamation marks about you.
I wanna...
talk about DJ
because I don't know
if you are being a really bad Faithful,
or are you a Traitor? (GASPS AND LAUGHTER)
You don't know me yet, Diego. I don't.
That's exactly why I want to bring it up.
We're at a party. Everybody needs a DJ at a party.
(LAUGHTER) That's all I'm going to say.
Somebody told me that my name was mentioned,
that they were quizzing me about my job.
I came in here with a plan.
It was a very bad plan
because I told Fionula that I was a parts manager.
I'm actually a car salesman.
The reason I did that was,
who's going to believe a car salesman?
And I told you that before the Traitors were picked.
So I can go up here and say,
I'm DJ, I'm from Cork, I'm a car salesman, and I'm Faithful.
But you'd be wasting a vote and wasting a day.
This is a very straightforward question
that you are not able to answer.
The second thing is you spend the entire day
accusing me of being a Traitor, and I'm like,
why are you even saying this?
Because you were very nervous.
That is the main reason why I think you are a Traitor.
I'm very nervous? (LAUGHS) Okay.
SAM: We're in the Traitors. Why would you come in and lie?
You put suspicion on your back straight away.
CARLA: Why are you telling us? I'm so confused.
SEÁN C: I don't understand why we wouldn't
believe you were a car salesman.
SAM: We're in the Traitors. It's about honesty.
People mightn't believe a car salesman.
When I met you on the first day, you told me,
oh yeah, you sell parts.
And I told you what I drove, and you're like, oh yeah,
give me a shout after all this.
And... Now I can sell you a car.
I came in with a plan, and the plan fucked up.
I'm DJ, a car salesman from Cork, and I'm Faithful.
Are you though?! Do you sell parts? Like... what?!
(OVERLAPPING CHATTER, LAUGHTER)
I had a plan coming in here that I was a parts manager.
But why did you have that?
I changed my story because people mightn't believe a car salesman.
I think it's just a preconception that people don't trust salesmen.
That's all. SEÁN C: You're not selling us a car though.
I know, I know that.
I'm really confused, right?
Because I actually genuinely thought you were like,
I think you're messing, and now you're like,
"Yeah, I was actually lying."
Like I was just saying, I just- I'm a little bit thrown.
We're here to find Traitors, not occupations.
I guarantee just 7 or 8 people here lying about their job.
My Cork friend, I'd want to go off feeling, I want to go fact.
You said you were from Ballyphehane.
But then I said, "Right, I'll introduce you again.
This is..." And you said, "I'm from Frankfield."
But you said Ballyphehane to me. But why Frankfield?
Yeah, I'm from Ballyphehane. I was born in Ballyphehane.
And I've lived in Frankfield for the last 22 years.
It was just, it threw me. I went...
Is this another DJ thing?
JANET: There could have been a recruitment last night.
And one of the things that I've been looking for
is someone acting different than the previous day.
And I just think it's weird now that you've changed
your story today. That's, that's a fact.
No, that's okay. Can I ask you a question?
Yeah, of course.
Have I changed my demeanour in the castle with the last 2 days?
No, but... but right now it's all chaos.
It's kind of chaotic and it's like just throwing like...
a salesman, parts...
Because I wanted to be straight about it.
EDELLE: Guys, we also need to be careful of herd mentality here
because I got a lot of things thrown at me,
and I have a worry that people who don't have any opinions
and aren't talking about them are just going to
write down a name for the sake of it.
Yeah. LAURA: Did you say that I was an aggressive player?
Yeah. Aggressive is a strong word to use.
Well, you asked everybody straight out if they're...
I don't know, have I been giving aggressive vibes?
And if I have, I apologise for maybe my delivery,
but I won't apologise for asking the questions.
And I think that's a strong word.
Yes, okay, and I'll take that word back.
Thank you, yeah. I didn't mean anything offensive by it.
I meant as an aggressive play. It's nothing personal.
Direct I am. (LAUGHS) I'll own that.
Okay. Even though I try to not be.
But yeah, thank you.
I think that'll do for now.
Could you now write down
who you think is a Traitor?
♪ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC
Sean A, you'll get us started.
Any essence of a Traitor, it's deception.
So DJ, unfortunately I have to put you down.
Anna.
So the person I wrote down is yourself, DJ.
No hassle, no hassle.
David.
It's Edelle.
Saoirse.
I am really sorry, and I hope we're right.
Thank you.
Diego.
I think it's not a surprise to you.
Sorry, DJ.
Laura.
Edelle, I don't think it's going to come as a surprise.
I wrote you down.
Pete.
Tonight I'm going to vote for you.
So, so far we have 4 votes for DJ and 3 votes for Edelle.
Sam.
So Edelle, there was a lot of evidence presented against you.
Thank you. Yeah.
Kayleigh, who do you think is a Traitor?
I'm going to stick with my gut and I'm going to say Pauric.
All signs pointed towards Donegal.
Uh, I voted for you, Edelle.
Edelle.
I voted for you, DJ.
It's the lie.
I couldn't trust you.
Fionula, who do you think is a Traitor?
DJ, everything that happened tonight just clinched it for me,
so that's why I voted for you, DJ.
We have 6 votes for DJ, 5 votes for Edelle,
and 1 vote for Pauric O.
It's one thing throwing shade,
it's another thing throwing shade
to claim that people weren't making an effort.
So Edelle, I voted for you tonight.
Ian.
Edelle, sorry.
But I vote for you.
Donal, who do you think is a Traitor?
I hate doing it, DJ, but I had to go for you.
DJ.
The person I'm picking tonight is Edelle,
going by the evidence.
Evidence? Sorry.
I can't deny a lie, so DJ, I'm so sorry.
And it's even worse because I'm sitting beside you
and I feel really shit.
We have 8 votes for DJ, we have 8 votes for Edelle,
and we have 1 vote for Pauric O.
Páraic K.
DJ, I just think you're playing a bad Faithful game.
But Edelle, I'm so sorry, you're lovely,
but I put you name down.
Thank you.
I'm sorry, Edelle, but I put your name down tonight
just based on everything that's been said around the table.
There was just too much evidence, so gone with Edelle.
Carla, who do you think is a Traitor and why?
I feel really sick doing this, but I'm so sorry.
I actually feel really bad.
And finally, Aoife.
I did say Pauric C, but I meant O, sorry. (LAUGHS)
Edelle, you have received the most votes,
so please come up here and join me.
Edelle, you have been banished from the castle forever.
Before you go, can you reveal, are you a Faithful or a Traitor?
It's been a great game, guys. I loved it.
I love the game. I loved playing with you all.
It was a lot of fun.
I am
a Traitor.
(CHEERING) ♪ TRIUMPHANT MUSIC
I can't believe it.
We got a Traitor on the first night.
It was amazing.
Absolutely amazing.
(LAUGHS)
Our first round table and we got a Traitor.
Freaked. They should be freaked. They should be freaked.
< I jumped up and cheered and hugged and did the same as everyone else.
The first one! I can't believe it!
You know your stuff!
I'm surprised you want to hug me, but... I do... I do have a smoulder.
Massively relieved,
and I never want to see my name up on that many boards again.
Alright, back to your seats.
< Poor Edelle didn't even get into the conclave,
and we threw her under the bus, but it was necessary.
This is a very early blow for the Traitors.
I wonder how they will react.
Oh, that's right, we know how they'll react.
I'll see some of you tomorrow at breakfast.
Yes!
SEAN A: Right, lads, lads, just a moment.
It might be nonsense,
but we all landed up here yesterday as Faithfuls.
It wasn't Edelle's fault she got picked.
Can I say something? Yeah.
At the very start,
you were the only one who defended Edelle when I questioned her.
My point tonight was we need to get the Faithfuls,
our Traitors early, and we got the Traitors early.
We got the first goal.
I'm sorry for telling you a lie.
Fucking start playing the game now, come on.
I'm shit at this game.
Let's fucking go, lads. Well done.
Good man. Thank you.
I can't even go in there and listen to all of her
getting all the praise and glory.
It was just such a compelling case.
Yeah. Aw, no.
KAYLEIGH: She is taking all the credit for getting Edelle,
and I'm like... SAOIRSE: Do you not think?
She made a couple of points against Edelle,
but lots of people had points about Edelle.
Cheers, guys!
PÁRAIC: I was... cheers!
SEÁN C: Because I said to them, I was like,
we have an 85% chance we're going to get this wrong.
Throw it all on the table because we'll learn something,
and maybe in a few days we'll get someone. (LAUGHS)
Turns out all you need is Laura.
LAURA: I do not think that the other Traitors
would have voted against the Traitor on night one.
< I went with Edelle, and it's actually standing in my favour
because people are like, well, the Traitors wouldn't
have voted out their own.
Oops. (CHUCKLES)
So I do think whoever voted DJ personally... I voted DJ.
I know you did.
I think whoever voted DJ is a Traitor as well.
(BELLS TOLL)
CARLA: The bells, the bells!
JANET: Oh, the bells are going! The bells!
Good night all.
Good night.
Good night guys, I really hope I see you tomorrow.
If I don't, I think it's Sean, the older Sean.
Yeah.
I think I'm safe from murder.
I think when there's heat on me now,
the Traitors might keep me in,
you know, to deflect from them.
I'm hoping to just kind of skate by for the first little while,
and then when it hits kind of round table 5, 6,
something like that, really come to life.
I am not caring at all because I have my shield,
and not worried for Denis either because he cannot be killed because
we both have the shield, which is amazing.
♪ DRAMATIC MUSIC
SIOBHÁN: A very dramatic day grinds to a halt for some.
The Traitors were due to return to the castle
to meet for the very first time as a fearsome foursome.
But the Faithfuls had other ideas.
Poor Edelle was banished,
leaving the other three Traitors
to wonder about the wisdom of their decisions.
Wow, I'm like glad to see you. Honestly.
That we made it. That was necessary.
I was a little taken aback when you both went for the Traitor
that you both said, and we agreed, yeah, we'd stick together with.
Yeah. We're still in here, nothing has changed.
Because... But it has changed for me,
because I felt slightly thrown under the bus.
Yeah. But it leaves me a little shaken, it does.
That certainly kicked things off a little bit spicily, let's just say.
But the problem for me now is that Laura,
♪ DRAMATIC MUSIC
the Traitor Catcher Supreme, has already said that
she feels the Traitors would not have voted out one
of their own this soon. Oh, very good.
For you, so I'm going to throw Laura out immediately for the murder.
She was magnificent tonight. I thought.
we could definitely murder Laura.
But Seán, young Seán.
I think he's a threat, like, I genuinely do.
He's very clever, very tuned in.
15% chance thing and everything.
The pros of murdering Seán C would be utter chaos and confusion,
and it would absolutely seed that across breakfast up
into the round table tomorrow. Yeah.
Pauric O is definitely quite dangerous.
And I was quite surprised he got 2 votes at the round table.
Would that put Kayleigh in the frame?
It might. That's not a bad idea, no.
He is a Traitor hunter and straight through
will go through you for a shortcut, I think.
So Pauric O. Pauric O.
Seán C.
Laura. Laura.
I think breakfast will be chaos with this.
Be carnage.
Let's seal the deal. Let's do it.
Would you like to do the honours tonight?
It's bad, isn't it? But yeah, g'wan. G'WAN!
(LAUGHTER) G'wan.
♪ EERIE, PLAYFUL MUSIC
The round table tonight won't have a patch on breakfast in the morning.
That place is going to go mad. It's going to erupt.
I think Carla is relatively safe
from surveillance from the Faithful,
but this could potentially blow back to myself and Fionula.
Going forward, I feel, yeah, we're still on a team, but...
Mm.
My back is certainly up and my eyes are certainly open.
♪ DRAMATIC MUSIC
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