Any
Traitors superfans want to give a list of all series/seasons from best to worst? (Without spoilers, please!)
My sister and I were comparing this show to
The Mole---a show I really like---and talking about the pros and cons of the different format. I ultimately think that I like
Traitors better.
Pros: I think that
The Mole is a show where people actually have something to go on when they vote for who they think is the secret betrayer. People are eliminated based on their answers to questions, not social dynamics, which prevents bullying or even unintentional bias. For
Traitors, the pro is that people all work honestly to do their best at the challenges. I also have to say, just on the one season I watched, the contestants seemed like much more genuine people and offered each other a lot more encouragement and grace, even when they were at odds with each other or literally eliminating each other from the game.
Cons: It's just the flip of the pros. In
The Mole people are trying so hard to trick each other that they will frequently throw/sabotage the tasks, and I don't know about other viewers, but I LOVE watching people come together as a group to accomplish something challenging. Everyone in
Traitors is motivated to increase the cash pot, so the effort is there. The downside in
Traitors is that it's literally a game of Mafia. And if you've ever played Mafia, it's always like, "Um, when our eyes were closed I heard some rustling from over there?". It's hard watching them try to debate, because there is so little for them to go on. I guess it's sort of interesting from a social science point of view, but I found the debates a bit hard to engage with at times.
I admittedly have stalled out on the current season of
The Mole because I find two of the people on it just straight up repulsive (captain "I'm already rich and don't need money" and his awful flirt partner, miss "I just say what I want and boys do what I say" BARF). Which is to say that getting into
Traitors was some nice timing.
Finally, I feel like if I rewatched the season with a notebook, I'd come away with a billion quotables. "He did really well, so that's like, obvious traitor behavior . . . nah, I'm just kidding, I know he's just a dancer." Maddy
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