The Traitors Recap: Zac Efron Catches Strays in One Nasty, Drama-Fueled Roundtable
The Traitors are plotting another Scottish funeral, but whose coffin is about to be buried alongside poor Ekin-Su? (Cue the Phaedra gifs!)
What does that have to do with innocent bystander Zac Efron? Read on for all the deets!
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When we last left the villainous foursome of Boston Rob, Danielle, Carolyn and Bob the Drag Queen, they were meeting in secret to choose three players to shortlist for their next murder. When Alan calls the entire group outside at nighttime, they find three open caskets. The ever-so-dazzling host announces the unlucky Faithfuls: Jeremy, Nikki and Ciara. As part of his last words, Jeremy promises the Traitors that if they keep him, he’ll work with them. (Taking a page out of Sandra’s “Traitor angels” book, are we?) With that, Alan sends the rest of the group to bed, as the Traitors meet outside to spill some blood.
DEAD MAN WALKING | At breakfast, all is revealed. Even though Gabby mentions hearing Danielle’s voice from that dark and secret room, no one else thinks Dani is one of the hooded villains. (Heh.) The group is pretty convinced that one of the three that was placed inside the caskets is a traitor, though. So while suspicion soon falls on Ciara and Nikki, it’s Jeremy that has been murrrr-dered.
Carolyn did not want to off her fellow Survivor player, and the fact that none of the other Traitors are listening to her or valuing her opinion is absolutely going to come into play later this season. For anyone who watched Survivor 44, you know Carolyn’s no dummy and she 100% has what it takes to get to the end. But can she seek revenge on Danielle, Rob and Bob without being sussed out?
During the mission, Bob the Drag Queen speaks out of turn, saying that one of the “new guys” (referring to Rob, Wes and Derrick) is probably a Traitor. That understandably rubs Rob the wrong way, but is it time to give the Faithfuls some blood? B.R. thinks so, but he doesn’t want to battle Bob publicly because he doesn’t want to lose Carolyn and Danielle’s trust. So Rob starts doing what Rob does every. single. time. he plays these games. He secretly starts working his magic (or should we say, his mist?), having small side conversations with everyone and throwing Bob under the bus. But when Rob tells Danielle and Carolyn about this plan “he’s hearing,” Danielle ain’t having it! She wants Nikki out this time and Ciara after that. (After years of watching Rob pull the same old, same old, I’d rather see him not get his way. But hey, that’s just me!)
ROUNDTABLE | Despite not wanting to take his ploy public, Boston Rob just can’t help himself. After Nikki takes some heat from Wes, Rob calls out Bob the Drag Queen’s habit of deflecting, which causes the drag queen’s mouth to drop wide open. With that, the match is lit for the season’s most fiery roundtable yet! Bob swears to God that he’s a Faithful, but Rob counters, saying that Bob has spearheaded every single vote and they’ve all been wrong. Bob tells the group that everything Rob is placing on him could also be said about Rob’s game.
Dylan begins to praise Bob’s great acting, but when he mentions growing up with an actor (his famous brother Zac), Bob chimes in with a well-timed and very petty: “Not a good one.” What, no love for High School Musical, Bob!? (And this is why The Traitors should continue casting queens from RuPaul’s Drag Race, please and thank you. I am seated. I am here for it. I am thoroughly entertained.)
There’s a lot of barking back and forth until Alan finally calls for silence. When the votes start rolling in, Danielle finds herself caught between a rock and a hard place. However, she begrudgingly writes down her ally Bob’s name. (Carolyn does as well, but what choice did the women have, really?) Even though Ciara and Nikki catch some of the votes, Bob the Drag Queen is banished from the game after that hellish Traitor-on-Traitor violence. But whether or not Rob has officially lost the trust of his fellow Traitors remains to be seen.
Who were you rooting for in this melee, Boston Rob or Bob the Drag Queen? Drop all of your thoughts in the comments below!
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