If you’ve spent the last three hours screaming at your TV and clutching your pearls over The Traitors Season 4 premiere, here is your safe space to decompress. The latest installment of this reality TV masterpiece has finally arrived, and Alan is back in the castle, ready to shake sh*t up. It’s literally the best time of the year.
Last season, four Faithfuls walked through the finish line, holding hands and splitting $204,300. In Season 4, a group of fresh faces — and Dorinda back for round two — have arrived at the castle ready for their shot at Traitors’ glory.
In the three-part premiere, Alan kicked things off with a wild twist that threatened to change the pace of the entire season. Meanwhile, the Traitors quickly got to work by killing off two beloved reality stars.
The Traitors Season 4 Secret Traitor twist explained
Season 4 of The Traitors started with Alan immediately introducing a new twist: a Secret Traitor. This special player was selected upon arrival, and their identity would be a secret to everyone, including us watching at home. Suddenly, everyone started to look suspicious.
The Secret Traitor plays with a unique advantage. Not only do they get to wear a special red cape, but they also have the power to pick the shortlist of players on the chopping block. The regular Traitors can only murder people from the Secret Traitor’s list. The Secret Traitor is steering the ship, but as we found out by the end of the premiere, they were on a crash course for disaster.
Who are the regular Traitors on The Traitors Season 4?
If you’re a fan of Real Housewives, you were probably standing up in your living room, cheering at the screen when Alan made his rounds and picked two of the franchise’s biggest mouths as Traitors. Candiace from The Real Housewives of Potomac and Lisa from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills were both selected to play as Traitors.
These are instantly iconic choices. The Emmy is theirs for the taking.
Rounding out the crew of murderers is Rob R from Love Island USA. He’s an unsuspecting pick, but he’s having the most fun out of anybody. He compared the game to his favorite pastime: catching snakes.
Who was murdered on The Traitors Season 4, Episodes 1-3?
The first murder always hits the hardest — just ask Dorinda. Fortunately, she made it past the first night this year. In Season 4, it was Ian from Big Brother who was the first to die. That’s one gamer down, plenty more to go.
For the second murder, the Traitors had to kill someone in plain sight. Yes, already! Once again, they targeted a gamer. The Secret Traitor narrowed it down to Kristen, Tara, Monet, or Rob C. They wound up choosing Rob C, from Survivor fame. There was only enough room in the castle for one Rob.
The irony of Rob C’s reality TV death was the fact that he was fully aware that a murder in plain sight could be going down. He walked up to Candiace, of all people, and warned her that it might be happening. Little did he know, the other Traitors were already in the other room, plotting to take him down. RIP to the host of RHAP!
Episode 3 left us on a cliffhanger about who’d be the third victim. Caroline, Eric, Ron, and Kristen were put up for murder and literally strung up to trees after failing to complete the day’s mission. They all had one final chance to plead their case as the trio of Traitors stood in the shadows. Ron’s final plea wound up becoming Episode 3’s namesake.
He screamed, “Show me your faces!”
Who was banished on The Traitors Season 4, Episodes 1-3?
In a devastating blow to the Bravoverse, Porsha from The Real Housewives of Atlanta was the first player banished in The Traitors Season 4. It’ll take us a full 265 days to get over this one.
Porsha’s banishment happened in Episode 2, “The Death Conga.” If you watch RHOA, then it probably wasn’t too surprising to see her mouth ruin her game. She landed on Ron’s radar after accidentally saying that she murdered Ian. Whoops!
When Ron presented that evidence at the roundtable, it was too much for some players to ignore. However, she stood up in front of the group and confirmed that she was indeed a Faithful.
The second banishment was another major blow to Season 4. Alan had the players meet for an early-morning roundtable, immediately after breakfast. With little time to strategize, Colton led the charge and put Donna’s name into the conversation. He tried the night before, and it failed. Why not go for it again?
Thanks to a little help from Candiace, Colton convinced the cast that the future mother-in-law of Taylor Swift seemed suspicious. In a nearly unanimous vote, Donna became the second player banished from The Traitors Season 4. The real kicker came when she revealed her identity in the game. She was the Secret Traitor all along! Double shocker.
With the Secret Traitor twist already out of the way, Candiace, Rinna, and Rob are free to terrorize the Faithfuls at their own will. Next week, we’ll find out which player from the shortlist they decided to murder next.
The Traitors airs two new episodes on Peacock next Thursday at 9/8c.
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