Original subtitles

Paul: 22 strangers from all

corners of New Zealand have been

summoned to my stoutly southern

manor to play the ultimate game

of deception.

In the hope of winning up to

$100,000 in the solid silver.

(Screaming)

They'll have to work

as a team...

Four numbers!

Paul: ...braving

formidable missions.

Man: Let's go, Brit!

(Screaming)

Woman: What the hell,

what the hell?

Yes!

Paul: In a bid

to build the prize pool.

But concealed among them are

the Traitors, who will secretly

murder their fellow players

under the cover of darkness.

So it falls to the Faithful

to determine who

the Traitors are...

I'm coming for you tonight,

and then you tomorrow.

I'm doing the work

that you guys aren't doing.

Oh, you're the hero.

Watch your back,

people are coming after you.

I am 100% Faithful.

Paul: ...and banish them.

(Cheering)

Why you wanted to stay!

That is the most surprised

I have ever been in this game.

Paul: ...before they

become the next victim.

(All groaning)

Woman: This is what the

Traitors are trying to do.

Pick off the strong ones.

This is a game of deceit...

And you lied to my face.

Paul: ...cunning...

My guides are telling me

it's you.

Paul: ...skill...

♪

...and murder.

This is The Traitors.

(Nature din)

(Soft music)

♪

(Dramatic music)

I don't think we're in

Timaru anymore.

Hey.

My name's Whitney,

and I am a funeral director.

Has anyone done anything

more insane ever? (Laughs)

Don't know if I should

answer that.

(Laughter)

And my job, it's 70% listening.

So in this game I'm going to ask

them questions and let them

just talk.

And that's going to build me

some trust

amongst these players.

Have any of you played, like,

social deduction games or other

stuff like The Traitors before?

No.

But what about you?

You asked the question. (Laughs)

Oh, I run games for a job.

(Gasps)

And I have the worst poker face

in the world.

(Laughter)

So...

Alright, well, we'll see how

this goes for you then. (Laughs)

♪

What do you guys do?

Are you guys famous?

(Laughs) No.

I'm not.

Are you famous?

I make TikToks.

Woman: Oh, wow. That's cool.

Being a social media person

can rub people the wrong way.

But hopefully they'll realize

that I'm actually, like,

a trustworthy person.

♪

Is anyone else from the

South Island?

I'm from Invercargill.

Yeah, I'm from Dunedin.

Oh, oh!

Yeah.

I'm from Wellington.

Oh, nice.

Nice, I'm from Wellington.

Oh, woo! Yes!

Welly.

Oh gosh, reunited already.

Man: Absolutely.

♪

Well that road, that's down

the horrible road, so,

we're going in deep!

♪

'Cause I'm broke and

struggling, that's why

I'm in here.

(Laughter)

My name is Joe.

Biologically I'm 30,

but I identify as 22.

(Laughs)

My mouth will get me in trouble

because I don't know how to

shut up sometimes.

♪

I just hope everyone plays nice.

(Laughter)

So what do we all do for work?

I'm an athlete.

Period! What you play?

Mixed martial arts.

Oh, are you an MMA fighter?

Yeah.

Oh, girl!

(Laughs)

I will let you know now,

you don't want me on your team.

Because...

Maybe we'll

even each other out.

♪

It's just nice to be away

from clients for a fortnight.

And from life.

What you do for work?

I'm a columnist.

Oh, cool!

My name is Jackie Pope,

I'm 70 years old,

and I am actually

a clairvoyant tarot reader.

So we in it to win it?

Absolutely.

We'll form an alliance now.

Yes. (Laughs)

Jackie: Why not?

♪

(Laughs) At least

you're honest.

First impressions of Jackie

is she's got a game plan.

She's full on.

As long as you take us

to the end with you.

Exactly.

♪

I'm Donna, Donna Officer.

I'm Noel.

I'm Jane.

My name's Utah.

I have seen you around.

I work at the camp

in the Tauranga Council.

I've been there for nearly

20 years.

Wow, it's a small world.

Yeah, it was quite a shock,

I wasn't expecting that at all.

I didn't recognize you, so that

shows how unobservant I am.

Or maybe you're just

super observant, so...

Donna certainly seems like

somebody I'd be

getting on with.

But you never know, do you?

♪

Man: Well this is quite

a spectacular driveway.

Man 2: It is.

Woman: This is cool!

We're not in Kansas now,

Toto.

♪

Oh, wow.

The trees that just lined

this grand driveway.

Beautiful, autumnal colours.

♪

But then all of a sudden...

Oh gosh, we're in it, guys.

The manor is so beautiful.

♪

It's just like,

that old vintage style.

You could definitely get lost

in this place.

Brittany: Oh my goodness.

Here we go.

♪

Yeah.

Oh, wow.

It is quite spectacular.

♪

Woman: This is a cool house.

Oh my god, look,

it's Paul Henry!

Everybody, it's that big!

♪

Seeing Paul standing there,

the game has finally started.

Yee-haw!

♪

Good luck, comrades.

(Chuckles)

Whitney: Hello, hi!

Hi.

Whitney: I'm Whitney.

I'm Ben, nice to meet you.

Ben, nice to meet you, Ben.

♪

It's very serious.

There is always a twist

at the start.

Interesting to see what twists

Paul pulls out of his,

his book of tricks.

♪

I can't believe

I'm here in person.

I feel like I've just jumped

into the TV screen, and joined

my absolute favourite thing.

My heart was beating

like crazy.

It's starting.

(Birds chirping)

♪

So, you've arrived.

Excellent news.

Welcome then to The Traitors,

and Claremont Manor, located at

the foot of Mount Horrible.

Named, I suspect,

in anticipation of

your next few days.

♪

You have shed all that you know

and trust, all that makes you

comfortable to be here.

From now on,

you require exceptional skill,

and cruel cunning.

There's up to $100,000

to be won.

And as they say,

to the victor go the spoils.

let's start with the toast.

The drinks, Mr. Smith.

♪

(Laughter, cheering)

(Applause)

(Classical music)

Sam comes out, the winner

from Traitors last year.

He's all of a sudden

Paul Henry's butler.

That better not happen to me,

I'll be taking the money

and running, Paul.

Nothing happens quickly

with Mr. Smith.

(Laughter)

♪

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Please, take a drink.

♪

Sam brings out the wine.

And immediately I'm seeing

these two red glasses.

What do we have?

Sam: I don't know, I'm blind.

(Laughter)

Fair enough.

Just take the closest thing

to me.

My first thought was that

they were rose,

and rose is my favourite wine.

I realized the mistake that

I've made because now

I'm put right in the spotlight

on the very first day.

♪

I did see the rose, but the

excitement with Paul in front of

us, it didn't even

cross my mind.

I was not going to grab

one of those.

That's too easy,

can't trick me there.

I think I scanned what

other people had, and I did see

another red, thinking that,

okay, it's a mix,

there's red and there's white.

So I grabbed the red.

Then it sort of dawned on me,

it hit me, I looked around and

went, I'm the only one,

plus this lovely lady

down the lane here.

This is going to be bad news.

♪

Yes, thank you, Sam.

Is this for me?

Chip, chip.

♪

Bare with.

Yes.

Do you want to swap?

Mike was behind Whitney,

and his game play

had already started.

Mike: I'll swap you.

(Indistinct chatter)

Swap you.

♪

Cat: And so I clocked that

he's highly competitive.

I would like to propose

a toast.

May your plans be deadly,

May your enemies succumb.

To you, my players, to you.

♪

So two of you...

(Groans)

...selected drinks that were

different from the rest.

♪

If that's you,

please step forward.

Are they going to be sent

home on the first day

at the very beginning?

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

This is going to be bad.

But I'm not turning around

and getting in the car

and going home on day one.

I am here to play the game.

(Tense music)

♪

(Dramatic music)

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

Molly, Whitney,

I've always believed good

fortune finds the fortunate.

You've both been quaffing of

vastly superior liquid.

♪

And I'm rewarding you,

$5,000 apiece.

Whitney: Oh!

You're winners already,

and we've barely begun.

My first thought is,

this must be some sort of joke.

You know, you don't actually

get the money.

Cheers!

(Laughs)

(Contestants clamouring)

Is anything truly that simple

around here?

♪

So Molly, Whitney,

your first conundrum.

You can decide to keep the

$5,000 because it's yours,

keep it, take it away and buy

some piece of tat.

Or, you can gift to the

prize pool.

The choice is entirely yours,

but it's a choice I insist

you make right now.

♪

So what will it be, Molly?

If you pocket five grand,

five minutes into the game,

people are going to

look at you sideways.

♪

I'll give it to the

prize fund.

Oh, how terribly sweet.

Every five or in my body was

telling me to take the money.

But I don't want to make enemies

on day one.

♪

Whitney...

Gifting the 5K back

to the prize pool?

That was one of the

dumbest moves.

There are 22 players here.

In all likelihood,

neither Molly nor Whitney

are getting jack shit.

♪

Yeah, prize fund.

Yep.

So charitable.

Maturity doesn't count for much

around here.

Not your for the money,

why are you actually here?

It'll be interesting to see

how this plays out, won't it?

There was a little bit of

temptation there,

but I couldn't,

I couldn't do that.

It would put a massive target

on me, and I'd be out the door

tonight or tomorrow.

♪

Alrighty, I've had my fun.

Make yourselves at home before

the start of the stabby scabby.

♪

(Indistinct chatter)

Whitney: You're welcome.

(Chatter continues)

♪

Man: There's always a twist

at the start.

Woman: Oh, there has to be,

doesn't there?

♪

So we got to explore

the house.

We got some stuff in there?

♪

The burnt remains

of previous Traitors, I'm sure.

(Laughs) One can only assume.

♪

Want to explore this room?

Looking at the house,

I was quite excited.

I am certain there's going to be

a treasure hunt in here

at some point.

There are secrets behind

every door.

♪

I'm like, did they leave

threats in the books?

Yeah, exactly.

There are beautiful coloured

walls, a whole lot of

little ornate things.

It's just like,

my Macbeth be the dream.

Bri, have a seat,

make yourself comfortable.

Brianna: Thank you.

Welcome to the game.

Jeez.

Andrew, good to see you.

You too, Paul.

Whitney, $100,000 in silver

is that close.

Have you thought about winning?

Absolutely,

I've thought about winning.

And yet I give you $5,000

and you gave it away.

That's not really

winning though.

$5,000 is a speck

compared to $100,000, Paul.

♪

(Contestants chatting)

Whitney: Did I get your name?

Donna.

Donna, Donna, and...

Jane.

Whitney: Jane.

I know!

I don't know if it's a good

thing or a bad thing, hey?

I think it's a good thing.

Whitney: You think?

Yeah.

Yeah, actually have

proved my faithfulness.

So my strategy now is to

sort of pull myself back.

Woman: What do you do?

I'm a funeral director.

Woman: Oh, cool!

Andrew: That may

come in handy.

Woman: Amazing.

Yeah, I look after the dead,

I don't kill people.

(Laughter)

But I'm quite loud, I'm quite

probably, I'm very expressional.

So that's my biggest challenge.

I'm not a killer!

♪

I get that, yeah.

I'll switch in.

Joe, was it?

Joe: Yes.

What a move, Yep. And...

Molly: Hey, I'm Molly.

Molly.

Molly: Nice to meet you.

Likewise.

You got the old cup out

the front.

I thought it was rose,

that's really all that

drew me to it.

Oh, that was you!

(Laughs) And then it turns

out it was a whole thing. But...

Joe: Yeah.

Molly: Yeah.

Molly, what's your strategy?

I think my strategy

is just to be authentic.

Just show people who I am

and that I'm a good person.

And then hopefully they won't

know when I backstab them.

You should have taken

the money and ran.

(Laughter)

I can't make enemies day one,

so...

Why? You're not a Traitor

or a Faithful, you could of.

I know.

(Nature din)

(Laughter)

♪

Woman: Oh look, that's smart,

we should be writing notes

on people.

So I've got everybody's name

down in here.

Author jobs, their

personalities, personal stories

they've told me, all 22 players.

Wiremu, Jase, Bri, Bailey...

I will take this back to my room

and I will study it.

Terry.

Man: You're on a roll there,

bro.

When I write things down,

I remember them.

And I will be able to very

easily and so organically just

make conversation

with a bunch of people.

All we've got to do

is find his pad.

After like, day three,

we'll know everything.

♪

Why have you got a cane?

I've got chronic fatigue.

But also if I'm able to play up

the condition I have a little

bit, and garner a bit of

sympathy, great!

Wouldn't you feel really bad

if you were a Traitor

and you murdered the guy with

the cane on the first night?

That's my new me...

Woman: Where are you from?

Where's your...

Samoa.

Beautiful.

Yeah, so all my family's from

there, that's where I come from.

Where does this part

come from?

It means, I am faithful.

(Laughter)

I just, I'm like, look at me.

I'd probably giggle, you know,

if I was a Traitor.

What do you want to be?

Do you want to be...

I want to be a faithful,

yeah.

Oh, really?

Yeah.

I thought we'd all

want to be Traitors.

Do you imagine yourself

as a Traitor or a faithful?

I want to be a Traitor, 100%.

And I imagine a Traitor, yeah.

I thought we all wanted to be

Traitors, no?

What about you guys?

Oh, really haven't thought

about it that much. (Laughs)

Yeah.

It's the game!

(Laughter)

I was a police officer for 25

years in the UK, only 25 years.

And I think I can

detect bullshit.

You know where you are, right?

This is The Traitors,

you know that?

(Laughs) Yeah.

(Laughter)

Do you think your background

will help you?

Yes.

What do you do, Jase?

I'm a professional

weed puller. (Laughs)

Woman: Cool!

Majority of people,

they see me as the uncle.

They're not wrong in seeing me

as that.

But I have a lot of experience

utilizing the art of war.

Before a landscaper, I was a

security consultant overseas,

and then I was in the

New Zealand police, and the

Royal New Zealand Navy.

That will make me a threat.

Depends if you are a good

liar, I guess, and whether you

can be bare faced to people,

and that's quite

a difficult thing to do.

It is hard to lie.

Look at the panic on your

face just thinking about it.

I never hide it,

I might try.

This-- it's too much.

♪

Let's stay on good terms.

(Laughter)

Paul: They're on good terms

now, but the battle lines

are about to be drawn.

On one side, the Faithful,

on the other, the Traitors.

After that, nothing will be the

same again.

♪

$100,000 in silver.

So what do you make of it?

I mean, I could pave my patio

really well with bricks

of silver.

♪

That can change

people's lives.

Paul: How would it change

your life?

My dream would be to have

a nice piece of land in

Central Otago, with my cash,

and we can just live in peace.

I want to start a business,

and I sponsor some kids,

and I want to be able to

sponsor some more.

I'd like to pledge half of it

to a charity, the other half

my wife and daughter can do

what they want with it.

Oh my gosh, I have more

feathers, more shells,

more everything. (Laughs)

♪

Woman: Walking into the

roundtable, the atmosphere

was tense.

Our hearts were probably all

beating out of our chest.

♪

My boss at work,

she had to describe me.

And her three words were,

enthusiastic, excitable,

and pragmatic.

Fantastic she didn't mention

honest at all.

(Laughs) She didn't, no.

♪

If push comes to shove,

you'll lie.

I don't really know

these people.

Paul: You'll banish.

I'm not here to make friends.

You'll kill?

Absolutely, it's the game,

yes.

♪

Welcome to the roundtable.

The beating heart of the game.

In this room, at this table,

you hold the power.

It's here you'll banish

fellow players.

Some of them

will have become friends.

♪

Thanks to Molly and Whitney,

there's already $10,000

in the prize pool,

for a good step towards the

$100,000 that sits before you.

Look around you now.

Have you any kind of read

on any of these people yet?

Are weaknesses already showing?

♪

I don't think it would ever

be easy to take someone's dream

away from them.

But if you're asking if

I'm capable, the answer is yes.

♪

Paul: What you think

of your competition?

They're a lovely

bunch of people.

♪

It's a shame I'll have to

slaughter them all.

It's time for me to select

my Traitors.

Take one final look around.

This is the last time you can

take anyone here at face value.

♪

After this, who you choose to

trust will decide your fate.

And possibly her funeral.

Please put on your masks.

(Tense instrumental swell)

♪

Would you rather be

a Faithful or a Traitor?

I think I would struggle

lying to people.

They'd see it all over my face.

I'd prefer to be Faithful.

♪

I'm perfectly 50-50,

actually.

Mike: I'd rather be

a Traitor.

Paul: Why?

An informed minority will

always outsmart

an uninformed majority.

♪

If I touch you on the

shoulder, you are a Traitor.

Some of these people want to

be Traitors, and some of them

are going to get what they want.

And to me, that's scary.

♪

It is electric.

And you're going,

I've just met these people.

Suddenly it's real.

Please Paul, touch my shoulder!

♪

I'm listening for any sort of

little hint or clue, so much is

running through my mind

at this moment. Do I want

the tap on the shoulder?

Do I not want the tap

on the shoulder?

♪

My whole career of being

a police officer I was high

integrity, trustworthy,

and I wanna play the other side

for a bit--

Play the game as a Traitor.

♪

I think I might've done a little

tiny smile knowing that nobody

could see me, but I was just

absolutely thrilled to be a

Traitor, and I won't change

my behaviour.

I'm absolutely sure of that.

He made the right decision

making me a Traitor, yeah.

♪ ♪

Paul is doing his

little walk.

I was bloody nervous.

But the more he kinda walked

around, I started hoping he'd

touch my shoulder,

just because it would be fun.

But then at the same time,

I don't want him to touch my

shoulder because that would be

horrific and scary,

and I'd freak out.

♪ ♪

Whitney: I got the tap

on the shoulder!

Traitor!

(She laughs)

I just wanna shout it from the

rooftops but I can't!

Whitney, keep your mind in

check, get set, this is gonna be

one hell of a ride!

♪

Mike: As I felt Paul's hand,

it was actually a relief.

All panic dissipated.

I think it's gonna be

a lot of fun!

But I look forward to

weeding a few out.

(He chuckles)

♪

(Birds chirping)

(Tense instrumental swell)

I have now selected

my Traitors.

♪

Let the treachery begin.

You may remove your masks.

When I took my blindfold off,

I was focussing on trying to

make eye contact,

not break it too soon.

Give them a sort of

a trustworthy glance, move on.

♪

I just wanna-- I just wanted

to let it out, I just couldn't!

What a feeling.

♪

Traitors, you will discover

the identities of each other

later tonight.

Your job,

to murder the Faithful.

The rest of you

are my Faithfuls.

It's up to you to uncover

and banish the Traitors.

Get them before they get you.

♪

Tonight, one of you

will be murdered.

Adieu.

(Music fades)

(Contestants laughing)

So intense.

Oh lord, (Unclear).

How you doing, Jackie?

I'm doing good!

Not being picked as a Traitor,

I was gutted.

If I was a two year-old,

I would have had a tantrum.

Get over yourself, Jackie.

Now you have to be the best

Faithful you can be!

(Chuckling)

We're in a fish bowl now.

Yeah.

Anything you say or do...

First things first.

Observe, identify friendlies

and identify foes.

Jackie, kind of a slump

a little.

♪

Mike, I saw a nerve pulsating

on his forehead, which would

contribute to severe stress.

Mike: My heart is racing.

I'm telling myself inside my

head that I wanna be a Traitor,

I wanna be a Traitor,

to keep myself calm,

bring my heart rate down.

(Contestants clamouring)

Right, are you a Traitor?

You a Traitor?

I think I've got one.

I genuinely think I've got one.

I've seen someone take three

really deep swallows.

♪

Oh my God, I'm so hot!

It's so hot.

Jesus Christ!

It's time to be a bit

manipulative!

A deceptive role.

Would you be good at that,

Andrew?

It's time to start putting some

lies out there if I have to!

Hey, guys?

To the hand.

All: To the hand.

♪ ♪

(Birds chirping)

(Whispering): I was really

sus of...

...that Mike guy.

Oh, what did he do?

I think he's just been

real...c

real... chill?

Jane! Come see me!

What do you mean?

It's not 'Mum'.

At the table we were like,

"We love Jane, she's mom."

Mom!

At least it's not grandie,

that would have been worse.

(All chuckling)

I think it's really important

that you cement relationships

and play the social game,

and that's exactly what

I intend to do.

Do you have any...

...people that stuck out to you

when we took the masks off?

No, a bit like you, I think

everybody was sort of adjusting

their eyes; I think it's really

hard and like so, we haven't

had-- There's some people I

still need to have conversations

with and, so I'm gonna listen to

what other people are saying,

maybe agree with some stuff but

not be the one putting names out

there, not at this stage;

I don't think there's any

need to.

(All chuckling)

♪

Mike: Andrew, right?

Andrew: Yes, yes.

I think my biggest strength

in this game is that I can

be relatable.

Yeah, I wanted to be the

bad guy so it's just like...

Oh, life's more fun when you

get to be a bit naughty, right?

You gotta maintain it

for a while as well.

(Chuckles), Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I think I have an ability to

adapt to any conversation,

any situation.

The idea of being the bad guy

would be fun, but I was sort of

relieved that it was all over.

♪

It was in that moment,

it was like, I think he knew.

We had a little, a little--

Aside.

Chin wag at the table, and we

thought maybe we should grab

a couple of people who we've

trusted so far, I know it's

early days, and maybe just

share our thoughts with you.

♪

I must admit, afterwards,

I didn't see anyone who had

particularly shifted except one

who was grinning like

a little cheshire cat.

Oh really, did you guys get

that-- Were they across

the table?

Yeah, he's the only--

"He" is the only one at the

table that was wearing glasses.

(Chuckling)

One thing Mark revealed was

that he was

a Dungeons & Dragons master.

But I think it would be less

stressful to be a Traitor.

So, ah, okay,

you know strategy.

And...

Seeya.

Yep.

Oh, you're very observant!

Jackie: I'm sorry, I am

a very observant person!

I've watched people travel on

uneven ground, but he put his...

...walking stick away when he

went on uneven ground.

I didn't notice that!

Mark is one to watch,

don't underestimate him.

(Balls clack)

There's one person for me

who, like, stood out

straight away.

And that was, um...

♪

...was it, Whitney, maybe?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

(Ominous instrumental swell)

Paul: Gather 'round,

my lovelies.

Gather 'round.

Mark: I'm always excited

when I don't know

what's about to happen.

That's why I'm smiling so much!

I trust you approve

of my cottage in the country.

Quaint, isn't she?

I've tailored your first mission

to help you get to know

the place a little.

My three daughters have long

since flown the coop.

But as children often do,

they've left behind memories

and memorabilia.

This...

...is all that's left of

Lucy's precious doll, Lucy.

♪

I'm a little bit scared.

The years, as you can see,

have not been kind.

She's more of a Lucifer now.

(Chuckles)

Lucy's body parts are strewn

throughout the place.

Left wherever my Lucy

was last playing with them.

Your job is to help me return

Lucy to her former glory.

This game is so much more

morbid than I really thought

it was going to be!

Here are the clues to the

location of each body part,

five in all.

You need to split into

five teams.

You need to find the body parts,

bring them to me.

For your effort, you'll receive

two silver bars per missing body

part, that's $5,000 in total.

You have 30 minutes.

Each team, take one clue.

Your time starts...

...now.

(All clamouring)

Mark: Let's go, let's go!

♪

Do you ask for forgiveness

in a church?

Jane: It's round here,

this church.

Whether you're a Traitor or a

Faithful, you wanna get as much

money as you can.

But I will also be keeping my

eye on other people because we

need to decide who we're going

to murder tonight.

A graveyard.

♪

Roar of a fire!

(Fire roars)

Janay: Let's go!

Missions are super important for

everyone; we all need to make

sure that we get that prize pool

as buffed up as possible.

We're coming, Lucy!

My strategy is to really show

my physicality as being

such a positive attribute

to the team.

Alright.

Is that the thing we drove past

on the drive in?

The candles?

♪

Let's go!

Let's go and have a look.

We knew straight away that

there'd been candles on the

driveway, 'cause we noticed them

when we were driving in.

So toilets and a church?

Mark: Sounds good.

We can have a look there.

Break out a, a light jog.

Because I've been so vocal

about how much I enjoy games,

how much I'm here for the

missions, and how good I believe

I will be at them--

Kind of a lot of pressure there.

♪

Right in here,

in here, in here!

We get up to the boiler room,

you know, we're looking

the whole place.

Whitney: It smells like pee!

Siale: Here!

♪

Oh!

(All cheering)

Nice!

Perfect, let's go back!

It's really important

to set a precedent.

I'm way too competitive to lose

and to, like, fail, um,

on day one.

Siale: Let's go, let's go,

let's go! Run!

I recovered my speed!

Don't leave me behind,

I'm not a runner!

♪

Lucy!

We're coming for you!

Wait, there's a cross.

♪

I didn't really sign up for

this running and exercising

thing, to be honest.

Rows of five by two.

Five by two--

Joe: Oh there's the

body part, there it is!

Andrew: Got it, let's go!

When I spy Lucy's arm,

there's something else there;

a map piece.

Uh, it's a shard of, like,

the map with a triangle on it,

around, like, the dining room?

I don't know what this is about,

but it's gonna take some more

time, so we better sprint back

to that manor pronto

and figure out what's next.

We've got Lucy's arm!

Yay, Lucy!

♪

Are these the candles here?

Near the foot of the dog.

You alright?

Molly: Yup.

Awesome work, guys!

♪

Paul: First team back.

(All cheering)

Right, let's have a look.

What body part have you

found from Lucy?

A little leg.

Janay: Yes!

Paul: Ah, second one.

You also have a piece of puzzle.

Place your puzzle piece on the

map and your reward,

two silver bars.

(Contestants cheer)

We have found Lucy's

right arm.

Paul: Would you like to place

your puzzle piece?

Two silver bars for your team.

Jane: Let's check that.

Oh my lord.

Jane: Okay, it's gotta be

this...a

this... altar, yeah?

That is creepy as hell.

Alright, but...

♪

I feel like we scoped out

the whole church.

(Sighs), What's this?

Shed?

Paul: Oh, Lucy's head.

James, spectacular.

And your puzzle piece.

Ah, wonderful, another arm.

A baby's arm for you.

Where did you find that?

Um, down by the shrine.

Paul: Ah, the shrine.

That's where my... canine friends

have all ended up.

Right, one team.

They're dragging the chain.

Oh, yes!

♪

Ah, (Unclear).

Really smelled, we all looked

at each other like, oh,

Just start searching!

♪

Mark: Nothing here, guys?

Yo, found it.

Mark: Nice,

who's the fastest?

I went to where Mark had

already searched, and as soon as

I walked in, boom,

I just saw the leg.

♪

(All cheering)

Paul: Good news, Lucy.

We have another leg!

Thank you, pop the puzzle piece

on. Well done,

two final silver bars.

You have made the

full (Unclear).

Bit of bad news, though.

Keen observers among you didn't

have to pass medical school to

see that Lucy is missing an eye.

Paul says there's an eyeball

missing to the doll.

And I'm like, well chuck the

bloody doll in the bin. Hello?

Paul: If you can find her

eye, I will double your money

to $10,000.

You've overlooked one clue

on the map, and it's probably

staring you right in the face.

You may possibly need to get

a little closer to the map!

(All clamouring)

I'm gonna go check

the pool balls.

♪

What's your best guess?

(All clamouring)

There's the staircase.

♪

This line's up there.

It is in the nursery.

Paul: In the nursery,

did you say?

Contestants: Yes.

Paul: I have to warn you:

My girls called the nursery

the cursed room.

So which three of you are game

enough to go into the nursery?

I'll go.

Up you go.

You have five minutes to go!

(All cheering)

I thought Janay, Andrew and

Molly, they were halfway up the

stairs before we'd even had

a chat about, you know,

who could be involved.

So I did think that they could

have put one of those three, um,

with a little target

on their back.

Molly: Oh, so creepy.

(Janay groans)

♪

We have five minutes to find

one eyeball and we double

the entire prize pool.

Andrew: There's gotta be

a trick to it somehow.

Janay: Yeah.

Molly: Usually I'm fine with

dolls, but having that many

dolls in that room?

Big red flag, that's a no

from me, it was awful!

Andrew: These poor little

dolls, I'm knocking them

all around.

We have to open, or something?

Paul: Players, there's $5,000

on the line!

Up high or something?

It's not looking good, Lucy.

Oh my God!

♪

(Ominous instrumental sting)

Andrew: ...to it somehow.

Janay: Yeah.

Andrew: something we

have to open?

Paul: Tick tock!

You have three minutes to go.

We have to find one eyeball,

and we double the entire

prize pool.

Oh my God!

♪

I just need the

fluttering eyelashes.

(Janay laughs)

If they can't find it,

would you accept a substitute

eye that fits?

Paul: I beg your pardon?

There's a pétanque ball

in the next room.

You're not a medical man,

are you?

♪

Did we check this box

up here?

Janay: I didn't.

Andrew: That would be a

hilarious spot for us to miss.

Molly: For us to all

have missed it?

Janay: Oh, I found it!

(Contestants cheering)

Paul: This sounds good!

Congratulations, just in

the nick of time.

Oh, look at her!

A little cyclopic,

but still magnificent.

Look at you, Lucy.

I can't remember you looking

so spectacular for so long.

Your first mission

is a complete success.

Another $5,000.

(All applauding)

I thought baby Lucy

was a good introduction

to what's to come.

Paul: Your day may be ending,

but for the Traitors,

the night is young.

Tonight, they will commit their

first murder, one of you will

not live to see the morning.

Ta-ta for now.

Just a bad omen with terrible

vibes and an impending

sense of doom.

(Birds chirping)

♪

Molly: So how much have we

got in the prize pool now,

is it twenty grand?

20K, yeah.

It's a good first day

I feel like.

Yeah, it's incredible.

Molly: It's only gonna get

harder from here.

Has anyone got any

suspicions yet?

Like, nothing actually solid,

do you know what I mean?

It's all just hunches and--

Vibes.

...weak clue-ins, but it's

nothing I can go on.

I actually get really annoyed by

people who say things like,

you know, "You breathe weird!"

"You bat your eyelids weird,

you hesitated when I asked if

you were Faithful or a Traitor!"

I mean, I think you really

have to get to know

people's personalities.

It's way too early.

♪

Joe: Do you have

any theories?

There's two people

I saw swallowing heavily.

And, uh, so I'm just gonna

monitor them for now.

Swallowing real heavy.

Yeah, like, three deep swallows.

Really?

It's gonna be

a nerve-wrecking night.

The Traitors will meet each

other for the first time,

and they can murder anyone.

And I think I've probably been

one of the more forthright

people so far today.

Janay looks really competitive.

(Balls clack)

I've told a couple people

that I've clocked Jane already.

That could put me

as a target for sure.

Gonna monitor things for a bit,

so I just said my first gut

feeling and we'll see

how it unfolds.

My gut sucks!

Yeah.

(Birds chirping)

Mike: Trying to get

my head in the game.

I think it's gonna be

easier with time.

Oh, yeah. I think so.

♪

(Fire crackling)

So what's, what's going on--

Whitney: Look, I've been

itching to talk to you!

I've noticed!

Obviously, once we were at

the Round Table and we took our

blindfolds off, we spotted--

Both: Mark.

Uh, yeah, you were saying you

were a little bit suspicious,

he was taking notes and stuff

before and looked a bit funny.

Whitney: There is a little

bit of suspicion on Mark,

so I'm kind of rolling along

and going with it.

And I just want to build trust

with the Faithful.

So we just had the mission,

just now, and we had the chance

to double our cash.

And he was quite loud and quite

vocal and said, "I'm going to

the pool room to look there."

He was sort of segregating

himself from the group,

and he's not a team player.

Yeah.

And then when he said

to Paul, "Oh, will you take

a substitute?"

(Andrew chuckles)

You know, we can look at that

and go, hang on a minute...

Andrew: A lot of people are

talking about Mark, but I don't

want to be part of group think.

Just because he can seem

a little bit villainous.

So that's why you've latched

so quickly onto Mark.

Yes, he's an archetype.

♪

Something's started

to feel a little bit suspect.

And so, I have to wonder

if Whitney or Jackie

were confiding in me

because they trust me

or they are Traitors

and they're just trying

to make sure they have

sway among the Faithful.

We maybe should think

about rejoining the group.

Yeah.

We look like a click.

It's just gonna be bad for us.

So should we go investigate?

Okay.

♪

Cheers.

Whitney: Cheers, guys,

day one.

♪

I'm sitting there having

my drinks and then all

of a sudden the clock chimes.

(Clock chiming)

Alright, guys, that's, that's

enough for me for the night.

I will see you tomorrow.

(Indistinct chattering)

Good luck!

See ya.

I'm thinking here we go!

I get to find out

who my fellow Traitors are.

♪

So I'll see you guys

in the morning.

Please.

Cheers to that.

And we get to commit

our first murder.

All: Bye!

I hope I see yous

in the morning!

Bye!

If I don't--

Don't die!

This is what being

a Traitor is all about.

I'm gonna take off.

I'm gonna go to sleep.

Thank you.

Hopefully I see you

in the morning.

This is the beginning

of the game for me.

Man: Hey, hey.

Goodnight, guys!

♪

♪ By the grace of darkness ♪

I have now selected

my Traitors.

Do you promise to lie and

deceive throughout the game?

♪

♪ Keeper of an ancient mystery ♪

Whitney: I am the first

Traitor to walk into

that Traitors conclave.

I mean, what a buzz!

Who is gonna come

through that door next?

♪

Paul: Are you willing

to murder a fellow player

every night?

♪

Jane: Heading into

conclave tonight

I'm feeling super excited.

I'm absolutely willing to make

some big moves in the conclave.

It's a once in

a lifetime opportunity.

♪

Paul: And do you vow

to keep your identity

and the identity of your

fellow Traitors a secret?

♪

So my Traitors are in place.

Let the treachery begin.

It's time for us to reveal

ourselves to each other

and I couldn't believe it!

(All laughing)

♪ No mercy ♪

(Dramatic music)

♪

(Laughing)

Whitney: Jane

is an amazing player.

She's going to make

a great Traitor.

She knows this game

inside and out.

Hey!

I called you!

Whitney: Mike,

I called you as well.

Really?

I didn't say it to anybody.

Oh. Me too.

I called you.

Jane, (Unclear).

I didn't think you were too.

No, neither.

I'm stoked.

So am I. Yes!

Why'd you call me?

For me, I felt like

you just went a bit quiet.

Mike, he's a very stoic

sort of quiet man.

He hasn't let a lot

out of the bag so that

adds a little bit

more suspicion to him.

However, I'm going to try

and protect him as much

as I can and divert others.

I think we can, we can

work through this.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

But you're not

a loud person anyway.

Whitney: No.

No.

Jane: I don't think so.

Well, (Unclear) aren't we?

Are we not?

Yeah.

The game started pretty fast.

Mike seems very quiet and

Whitney's the complete opposite.

Okay, this is a good

start, right?

Jane: So I think it might

be quite a nice mix.

So...

The real question is

who's gonna be the first

person we murder?

♪

Any thoughts?

Of course you do.

So Whitney's straightaway

taken the lead.

I'm more than happy

for her to do that.

Means I can just support her.

She can put her neck out.

I almost feel like--

(Knocking at door)

♪

Give evening, Traitors.

Paul.

Hello, Paul.

Those cloaks

are very becoming.

(Chuckling)

I trust you all enjoy

the power they wield.

Very soon you will commit

your first murder.

♪

But before that

I'm going to do

what I do so well,

throw a spanner in the works.

This conclave currently

holds three of you.

I need you to make little room

for one more Traitor.

Yes!

Whitney: Massive plot twist.

We need to pick

a fourth Traitor.

Tonight, before you murder

your first Faithful you must

try and recruit one of them.

♪

I'll leave you to sort

it out between you.

But don't dither!

It is going to be a long night.

Thank you.

Okay.

Wow!

♪

I think we bring

someone in as bait.

Mm-hm.

As bait.

(Laughs) That the Faithfuls

are going to banish

and they're gonna

be whoop, whoop!

Yeah.

Because they've

got a Traitor.

Mm-hm.

That's hard, isn't it?

I mean, it's pretty

obvious to us put

someone in here at bait,

someone that's gotta bit

of heat on them

and gets banished.

We can celebrate.

We can be joyous.

It's gonna keep those

Faithfuls' heads spinning.

Uh, the name that I've heard

thrown out the most, which

is just obvious, is Mark.

♪

Whitney: I do feel

like he's banish himself.

So yeah, that could

work in our favour.

Anyone else?

Mike: Uh, Jackie.

Whitney: Well,

she is quite vocal.

Jane: Well,

she gets quite vocal.

There is that, yeah.

Whitney: Yeah.

I've built quite a close

bond with Jackie.

Right.

Yeah.

So when she goes I could

really play up on that.

♪

What about Joe?

Mike: (Unclear) gravitate

towards him, enjoy being

around him so having

him in our corner could

be quite helpful to us.

Yeah.

Whitney: Yeah.

Let's go back to why

we're doing this.

We're doing it as bait, right?

Yes.

Are we all agreed

on that, yeah?

Whitney: Yeah?

So I think we know who

we're going to recruit.

Yeah, I think so.

Agreed?

Agreed.

Jane: Yeah, agreed.

Let's do it.

♪

The Traitors would

like to offer you

the opportunity to join them.

♪

You now have the choice

to become a Traitor

or remain a Faithful.

Yours faithfully, the Traitors.

That's not what I expected.

♪

This means a little

bit more mayhem

and a little bit more chaos.

♪

I love it.

When you think about it

do you imagine yourself

being a Traitor?

I would love to be a Traitor

over and above the money.

Why?

♪

Jackie: Because it's one

opportunity in life to really

play a game for real.

The last adventure.

♪

Hi, welcome to our conclave!

Thank you.

(Laughing)

♪

Absolutely delighted!

I thought I was going home.

(Laughing)

Oh, did you?

Oh, sorry! No!

I don't think so.

Quite the opposite.

Yeah.

I walk into the conclave

and I take my hood off

and I should've known!

Mike is very intense.

He's very clever.

Whitney is a brilliant woman.

(Laughing)

And I don't trust Jane

as far as I could throw her.

There's something about

her eyes that's--

one needs to be careful.

You are now in control.

Yeah.

I hope I do you proud.

She's gonna be pretty good bait.

At least she gets her

dream to live a few days

as a Traitor, right?

Want all the help we can get.

Yeah.

Jane: Yeah, that's it.

It's the game, baby.

Right, our first murder.

This is exciting!

Wow. Okay.

Yeah.

Who are we thinking of?

I wanna stir it up.

♪

Paul: Next time...

The battle begins.

A Traitor comes under fire.

♪

Her reaction just absolutely

sold it down the river to her.

Paul: But will her protests

prove hard to swallow?

You had half a glass

of water yesterday.

That's a downright lie.

I did not take any water.

(Chuckling)

♪

Paul: And who will be

the Traitors first victim?

Our first murder!

♪