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Ah, Paul.

You died doing what you loved...

tormenting New Zealanders.

Rest assured, I'll be carrying
on your wicked legacy.

Rest in peace, old friend.

From across the country, 21 strangers
have been summoned to my remote
countryside manor

in the hopes of winning
up to $100,000.

Colossal missions will
test their resilience...

fortitude...

- Argh!
- Go!

And ability to work as a team...

Ugh! Where is this thing?

To build the prize pool.

Get it, boy!

But hidden in plain sight
are the traitors.

Each night, the traitors
will strike from the shadows,
murdering one faithful at a time.

So it's up to the
faithful to strike back.

I'm gonna hurt some feelings
tonight. Sorry, not sorry.

By banishing whoever
they believe is betraying them.

And that's exactly what a
traitor would want you to think.

Hold on. I'm not
finished, darling.

If the faithful can banish every
traitor, they will split the prize.

Oh!

But if even one traitor
remains, they take it all.

Aw, you guys!

That was foul. That was horrible.

This is sick!

This game is evil, bro.

Welcome to The Traitors.

Captions by James Brown.

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♪ Shadows in the forest deep...

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♪ keep the watch with silver eyes.

♪ Wait to hunt when all's asleep,

♪ hidden in the dead of night. ♪

We are so not voting
for each other, OK?

- An alliance, just for today?
- Yeah, yeah.

Are you all Traitors fans?

I am, but I've never really
thought about the strategic
side of it.

I know the game inside and out.

I'm just a receptionist, so...

Stop. Don't say 'just'.

So now I'm going, 'Uh...'

'My strategy is to play
the, like, dumb card.'

I don't want to let on
that I knew anything.

But I have this down pat.

I just kept looking at the
breakfasts, to be honest.

- I'm Mike.
- Mike.

Cool, chill Mike.
Not serious Michael.

Not serious Michael, yeah.

In trouble with his mum Michael.
Yeah, that's the one.

I'm so excited to be here right now.

My strategy is to pretty much
be in the middle of the pack.

I'm no marine biologist,
but I believe that fish
in the middle of the pack

have the highest survival rate.

It's actually been a massive year.
I got married in April.

Oh, look at this! Amazing.

I'm a very lucky
person, and so maybe Traitors
will be the cherry on top.

- Did you watch last season?
- I did. I'm kind of a massive fan.
- Yeah, same.

I'm, like, lowkey
geeking out a little bit.

- I actually haven't seen the show.
- No way!
- At all?

- My mum is the reason why I'm here.
- I don't believe you.

As an author, I notice
a lot of details that I think
other people don't.

Everybody would trust a
children's writer, right?

I've been writing books for,
I dunno, 20 years or something,

but I've only just come back to
it in the last couple of years.

- That's so cool.
- Yeah, it's great.

Oh...

Oh!

- I can't...
- Oh God.

Oh, God!

What is going on?

- What is that?
- Oh, God.

- It has begun, you guys.
- Ooh, this is scary.

- Are we gonna get kidnapped?
- The masks...

This looks eerie.

We get up to the gates,
and there are two creepy-ass-looking
people in masks.

And I can just hear
The Traitors theme playing.

Can we lock the doors?

I am absolutely freaking out.

I thought I was prepared,
but I am not.

My God, I'm terrified already.

I feel like something
intense is about to happen.

- Attention!
- Ooh!
- What the hell?

For some unknown reason, you
have all accepted the invitation
to play my little game.

Welcome.

Your journey begins
here at these gates,

locked and guarded to
stop the evil getting out.

Before you enter,
here's what I need you to do.

Choose one person to get out
of each car immediately.

The rest of you, stay
exactly where you are.

It's not me, cos none of
you can drive. Oh my God!

If you've watched Traitors — which
I have — you don't wanna be putting
yourself up for anything, really.

Hey, Mike, you could win $5000
by getting out of the car.

But I don't wanna
go home right now.

No, they won't send anyone home.

All right, who's got
a hood or a hat on?

My jeans are too expensive
to get wet.

- Yeah, right? This is good.
I like that.
- Sorry.

I was like, no.
No, no, no, no, no.

OK, paper, scissors, rock?

Yep, and then we do it
between those two.

You changed it.

But you lost. OK, sweet.

- Go.
- OK, so you two.

Paper, scissors, rock. Go.

- OK. Good luck.
- Dammit!

All right. I feel like
that was fair, though.

My gameplay here is to
keep it lowkey as much as I can.

Which is not my personality,
by the way. I'm a DJ.

But in this game,
it's better to just...

So I'm not getting out of the car.

- Shall I do it?
- I don't know!
- Yeah, If you're feeling up to it.

- Feeling brave.
- Mike! Mike! Mike! Mike! Mike.

Oh, thank God that wasn't me!

- I don't mind doing it.
- You got it? You got us.

- Wish me luck, guys!
- Farewell, sir!
- Hope to see you soon.

I'm crazy enough to just go.

- OK, bro.
- Let's do it. Let's do it!
- Off you go.

Good luck.

Please approach
the gate and listen carefully,

because every action
bears consequence.

Oh God. What is
gonna happen to them?

One of you six must leave
before the game begins.

Oh, I want to cry.

Decide as a group by
whatever means you choose.

Majority decision rules.

As a departure gift, the
chosen person will receive $5000.

But they must leave immediately.

You have two minutes to decide.

You told him he'd get $5000.

Oh no.

- This is sick!
- That's cold. I love it.
- Oh my God!

What?! We just got here.

How are they gonna decide that?

I knew it!

We've all sacrificed
something to be here.

The weeks of leading up to this.

And to go home at the front gate?
You don't even get in?

Like, that's just so sad.

I feel like the best way to do this
is probably random, no biases.

Does anybody want $5000?

- That's true. That's true.
- I don't.

It's a lot of money.

The thought of getting
this far and then losing,

it really just hammers home
how brutal this game is.

I was in a car full of people much
younger than me, and none of them
wanted to get out — just saying.

When Rachael said that she was
the oldest person in the car,

she's pissed — like,
she gave me a death stare, man.

Just like, 'Oh, shit. OK.
Nice to meet you, too (!)'

I came to play.

There is no way I am
leaving for $5000.

Shall we just do, like,
rock, paper, scissors?

- I think that's fair, eh?
- Feel like that's the
fairest way to do it?

All right, let's do it, eh?

We have two minutes to decide.

Rock, paper, scissors seems to be
the fairest and fastest way
to get that done.

OK. Three, two, one, shoot.

Paper, scissors, rock.

- Three, two, one, shoot.
- They're doing paper,
scissors, rock again.

- Oh my God!
- Surely there's a better way!

Sorry, dude.

Three, two, one, shoot.

Three, two, one, shoot.

That is the highest-stake game.

Is our boy good?
- I can't see.

Loser?

- Loser.
- Loser.

How does this work?

Shucks, this isn't a schoolkids'
game, man. Like, this is legit.

We all go at the same time?

All at the same time?

You're going home right now
if you pull a scissors when
everyone else is pulling rock.

One, two, three, shoot.

- That's tied, so go again.
- Go again? All right.

One, two, three, shoot.

- Good, good, good.
- Keep going. You've got this.

One, two, three, shoot.

- Oh!
- Oh, mate!

- That's tied, so go again.
- Go again? All right.

We're all doing paper, scissors, rock
to decide who will leave.

You don't prepare yourself
to go home at the front gate.

- OK.
- Yeah?
- Sure.

You got this.

One, two, three, shoot.

- Oh!
- Oh, mate!

- Oh God!
- Oh my goodness!

Oh God.

Ooh...

Aw!

That's really harsh.

- Bro!
- No!

This is not how
I saw it happening.

- What's your name?
- Does it matter?

It does matter.

I am so disappointed.

Putting myself out there,
it was something that I told myself
not to do right from the start.

- Oh my God, it's Mike.
- Is he leaving?

- Oh my God! No! I'm gonna cry.
- Did he lose?

Oh my God. He looks like he's
gonna cry. I feel so sorry for him.

Sorry, bro.

That's...

I think he's gone.
- Sick.

All I wanted to do...

♪ Trust is a cruel friend.

Was to play the game,
and the game played me
before it even started.

♪ Cruel as a friend can be. ♪

- This is ruthless, man.
- This is too much.

I played out a thousand
different scenarios

of how I was gonna be a great
faithful or an amazing traitor.

Uh, I didn't play out this one.

Why did I put my hand up?

Why, why, why, why, why?

Oh, man.

Oh, that sucks.

- I'm back.
- Go on, bro!

- What happened?
- Dude, that was so sad!

- We were rooting for you.
- Thank you, guys.
- We had your back.

- Hey!
- Did we just eliminate Mike?

- Someone's eliminated.
- Oh my God! That was our friend!

We bullied him out of the car,
and now he's left!
- No! We made him get out.

The game started earlier
than I was expecting it to.

You can get chopped at any second
for any reason, so not knowing
what's next does have me on edge.

- Oh my God.
- Hooray!
- Yay!

We're going up the drive.

See you later, creepy guys.

- All right, no more trickery.
- Please.

We're there, team. We're doing it.

Oh, look — there's,
like, the shrine. Yeah.

Oh! Oh my God!

I don't know whether
I'm gonna cry or what.

Oh my God! It's so cute!

As you come out, there's
this beautiful big manor
that just sort of appears.

This is pretty. Look at this.

Its grandeur is just phenomenal.

- Beautiful.
- Oh my God!

Oh, look at it!

- Oh, gorgeous!
- Wow!

Oh, look. There's our host.

I was just fixated on
Madeleine Sami, cos I'm a
massive fan of Girlfriend.

She's an amazing talent.

So I was, like, a little
bit starstruck to see her.

Oh, she's looking slick, in't she?

- OK, we're doing it.
- This is it, guys.
- This is it.

Good luck, everyone.

- Let's go play some Traitors.
- Ooh!

- Eeh!
- Let's go!

- This is mean!
- Wow!

It's a lot less creepy
than I imagined.

Holy!

What a beautiful building.

Oh my gosh.

What's that table?

I'm scared about
what's in those boxes.

Dun-dun!

What is that box?
What is this about?

- Oh, what are those? Rings?
-Yeah.
Are we gonna get proposed to?

We're trying to suss out
what they are.

We've already lost one person.
What's next?

Good morning, my dear guests.

Something feels different today,
doesn't it?

- Yep.
- Yep.

Yeah, perhaps that's because
the master of the house,

our most charming and mischievous
host, is no longer with us.

- Oh!
- RIP.
- Rest in peace.

The rightful heir has returned.

Whoo!

- Daddy's gone.
- Yeah!

And the drama is about to begin.

So welcome to a new reign — one of
secrets, sabotage and poetic justice.

The winner — or winners—
will take home a prize pot
worth up to $100,000.

I'd love to win some money

and also make some friends along
the way, but mainly win money.

Let's start as we mean
to carry on, shall we?

Yes, ma'am.

You may have noticed
a little personalised gift
I've prepared for each of you

to welcome you to my new digs.

Go on. Don't be shy.

Take one.

But do not open it until I say.

It's so nerve-racking,
because you've just, you know,
seen that guy go.

It's just terrifying.
I can't even explain how
it messes with your mind,

and this is day one.

That's mine right there.

I just find it incredibly exciting.

What on earth is Madeleine gonna do?

What trickery has she brought
to the beginning of this game?

It's very cute.

I'm scared.

I'm scared of getting a gift.

Inside only one of those boxes
lies a very particular kind of gift.

A choice.

A traitor's mark.

The power to become a traitor.

Ooh!

Or to turn it down before
the stroke of midnight.

I'm trying to calculate,
how does this change things?

Does it alter the number of traitors
there might be in the game?

Do I even want to be
a traitor at all?

I don't want to make that
decision this early in the game.

It's too much pressure too early on.

The fate of my game
is literally in a box.

I want that little
traitor token so bad.

I wanna just, like, cause chaos.

Just, like, really mess with
people's heads — which sounds evil.

Please open your boxes.

Inside only one of those boxes
lies a traitor's mark.

Ooh.

The power to become a traitor.

Ooh.

I am desperate to open that box
and find out I'm a traitor.

Please open your boxes.

Please.
Please, please, please.

This would be a great little
leg up from the very start.

If I've got some sort of power
already, how good would that be?

I feel so relieved to see
nothing inside of my little gift
from Madeleine.

But then I'm immediately thinking,
well, somebody else here does see
something.

It was not me. I was gutted.

There's nothing in mine.

I wanted that special box.
I just wanted to be a traitor.

It's easier to play the game
when you're stabbed from the front,
rather than stabbed from the back.

Our first traitor may
walk among you already.

I start looking around to see
if anybody is reacting weirdly.

Problem is, I don't
know these people.

So I can't tell who could
potentially have it.

They will have until midnight
tonight to decide whether they'll
serve loyalty or deceit.

Please return your boxes
and step inside.

Welcome to The Traitors.

So far, I know nothing,

apart from the fact
that there's something to know
and we don't know it.

Somebody here has
a decision to make.

We don't know who, and we don't know
what the decision is going to be.

Was anyone's box heavy?
Cos my one was super light.

- Oh, nice.
- Yeah, yeah. Good, good.
- Super light. Super light.

Wow.

- This is pretty impressive, eh?
- It's happening!

They both open. They both open!

Now, does anyone know
how to play chess?

- Uh, yes.
- I don't.

Oh.

I'm just so excited.

I'm such a big fan of the show,
so seeing the manor, I'm, like,
screaming inside.

Oh! It just looks so beautiful.

We're in, bro. We're in.

- Look at that.
- Yeah, of course. The creepy doll.
- Creepy doll. Creepy doll.

Oh, the pool room's massive.
OK, fun.

- Oh, dramatic.
- I know!
- I love it.

Oh my God.
Maybe this will be us soon.

- It's so crazy.
- It's cool, though.
This is such a beautiful spot.

- It is. It is.
- Stunning. All the old paintings
are a little bit creepy, but...

- Yeah, there's that.
- That's fine.

- I just feel so light-headed.
- Yeah.

I just thought I'd be buzzing,
and I'm just like...

It's terrifying.

I don't know any of these people.

I-I don't know the house.
I don't know the next move.

Who got the whatever in the
little box — that's terrifying me.

There could actually be a
traitor amongst us right now.

- Potentially.
- Ugh!

I'm not sure how easy
this is gonna be.

If somebody did get it and they
aren't thinking about taking it,

they would just say now, though.

- Maybe.
- I mean, that's what I would do.

Yeah. Who picked it up and went
like this, like the heaviest...?

I was just going, 'Please don't be
me. Please don't be me.'

Yeah, I know, eh?

Knowing that someone got this
little box with a secret traitor
surprise in it somewhere,

that is wild — right now, we don't
know each other for a lick of soap,

so how do I know if you're a
traitor if I don't even know you?

- Chloe, eh?
- Yeah.
- Chloe.

I'm a relief teacher.
- Oh, cool.

I too am a relief teacher.

- OK, this is my
third relief teacher.
- Yeah.

I'm also a teacher.

I'm not a teacher any more.

- There's quite a few of us.
- Yeah, yeah.

Coming into this game,
I didn't want anybody to know
that I am a youth pastor.

I didn't want that
target on my back.

I wanted to blend in a
bit more with my role.

Until I rock up and there's
four other teachers,

and I was like,
'Oh, OK, this is interesting.'

So, hi. I'm Samantha.
I'm from Auckland.

- Wow.
- It's crazy.

I know Keanu from
high school and uni days.

We haven't seen each other in years.

Like, we haven't hung out
in over 10 years.
- Yeah, true.

- Let's just...
- keep it to ourselves for now?

- Let's just keep it
to ourselves, for now.
- I think so too. Yeah.

I am gonna try to get
Sam closer to me,

because she's someone so likeable,
so I'm gonna use that to my
advantage.

I need to keep my cards
close to my chest.

Could come in handy.

Could mean nothing.

- Yeah.
- It's nice to see you.

- Keanu, come in.
- Kia ora!

Kia ora.

Bradley.
- Hi.

Come and take a seat, my friend.

'20 players have made it
through my gates.'

Gidday, Harrison.
- Hello.

- Lovely portrait, by the way.
- Thank you.

How do you intend on
playing the game?

I know how to put people in
certain positions that I need them
to be in, to get me on top,

and that's what this game is about.

You're used to playing a room
with decks, and this time you'll
just be playing...

The people.

Chk-chk-chk.

If they make it to the end,
they could win up to $100,000.

Do you have an idea of how you're
gonna play the game, Dave?

I do. I'm gonna
be pretty ruthless.

I'm gonna be pretty
cold and calculating.

I'm gonna build up a lot of trust
and a lot of relationships, and then
I'll decide what to do with them.

Oh my goodness!

This is real.

Do you have a strategy, going in?

In everyday life,
I'm an honest bloke.

I wouldn't have my job
at church if I wasn't.

But in this game,

all bets are off,

and I get to play a little bit.

But for the game to begin,
first I must select my traitors.

- Can we touch it?
- You can touch it.

Put it back.

What would you do, should you win?

Very first thing?

Ninja Slushi. Because I've
wanted one for quite a while.

This money will help me
to hopefully become a father.

I'm a broke 20-year-old actress,
so I'll be paying rent.

I feel that on a deep level.

I plan on donating it.

I would love to take my
little brother on a fun holiday,

because he deserves it —
He's the best person in the world.

Nice.

Traitor or faithful?
- Traitor. 100%.

A traitor.

I think I'll be good.

I'm a poker player, so if I was
chosen to be a faithful, I could
sniff out the bullshit.

And if I was chosen to be a traitor,
I've got a pretty good bluff.

Show us your poker face.

That's pretty good.

Players, welcome to the round table.

It is here that I will choose
my traitors and the game will
really begin.

When you leave this room,
everything will change.

Those who wish to become traitors,

start manifesting now.

I would like to be a traitor,
and I think I'd be good at it.

The traitors are the ones that know
what's going on, so they have most
of the power.

It could work in your favour.

I would like to be a traitor.

It's just the full experience
playing a traitor.

It's like game, but more.

If I had a choice,
it would be faithful.

I think I would play quite well
as a traitor, but I like playing
on hard mode.

Place your blindfolds on now.

The atmosphere is so tense.

I just know everybody is
freaking out, just like I am.

It's actually quite daunting.

I'm quietly hoping that I'm
gonna be picked as a traitor.

I definitely wanna play a traitor.

I just wanna play
the game as the lead.

If I touch you on the shoulder,
you are hereby a traitor.

My heart was thumping.

Man, I've never felt anything
like it, and I've played some
pretty big stadiums.

I wanna be a traitor.

Like, how often do you get
to be your inner evil self?

I absolutely do not
wanna be picked here.

Every time I feel Madeleine walking
behind me, I'm like, 'Please keep
going. Please keep going.'

I don't want this.
Please leave me alone.

I've been sharpening my blade
now for the last few weeks,
ready for this?

I wanna be a traitor.

Yes!

I didn't think I was
gonna be a traitor.

I thought there was slim chance.

So when I got that touch...

it feels so good!

I don't think there's a world
where I could manipulate the
people around me.

I'm here to win as a faithful, true,
and the traitors will crumble.

I wanna be a traitor.
It's my turn to be a traitor.

The best traitor that will ever be.

I came here to be a traitor
and to make some serious moves.

It's game on.

The traitors have
now been selected.

You may all remove your blindfolds.

And before the stroke
of midnight tonight,

one more will make the decision
to be a traitor or a faithful.

All others, you are my faithfuls.

You may all now drink your water.

- It's poisoned.
- Cheers.

OK.

Who has changed?
Who looks a little bit stressed?

And I see Maruia is really
intensely staring everybody out.

Mm... Bit much, love.

Wild.

I was trying to listen
for everything I could.
- Same. Same.

I can't see.

- Is it the guilt?
- No, I just put it on real tight.

- Oh.
- Oh... Yeah.

Every time she walked past,
I was like, 'Please don't touch me.'

Oh. I was like, 'Please touch me.'

- Did she?
- No!
- Oh, OK.

Why would you say
anything like that?

And also, why wouldn't you
wanna be picked? I wanna be picked.

It's an interesting comment to make.
Like, immediately, that's sus.

- That was very strange, wasn't it?
- The whole thing is so strange.
- Yeah.

Being a traitor, I had
to get my game head on.

My strategy is look 'em in the eyes.
Don't blink too much.

Straight away, did you notice
anyone that was acting...?

Ryan, is it? I noticed that he was
just blinking so much afterwards.

The guy next to the
woman with the red hair.

As soon as the masks were off,
he was focused forward, deadpan.
- I noticed that too.

Whereas, speaking for myself,
like, as faithful, you kinda
can look around.

So it's like, oh, pressure's off.
- Yeah.

I'm loving it.
I just feel more relaxed.

My acting skills seem to be fine.

- Oh, there's marshmallows.
- Where's the lollies at?

I heard treats,
and I came straight here.

I was like, where the lollies?
Where the chocolate?

I was told there would be snacks.

Being a faithful, I'm just
totally in game zone now.

Just switched on, ready
to sniff out some traitors.

Let's go hunting.

So, how did it feel when
she touched your shoulder?

Whoa!

Was it just me? OK!

I don't trust anybody.

As my whanau said to me before
I came here, they said, 'Mum,
don't make friends, make money.'

So I'm gonna stick
with that kaupapa.

- This is surprisingly
really exhausting.
- Yeah.

- Like, I just feel really tired.
- That round table drained me.

'As a traitor, I've got
my acting face on.'

Can I see?

Wait, are you engaged?
- No, this is a Claddagh ring.

If you wear it this way,
you're single.

If you wear it this way,
you're in a relationship.

I was closeted for
20 years of my life.

I'm so single!

I put this ring on my own.

Oh, if I could do that for 20 years,
I can do this for 10 days.

I need to have a nap.

- Things have changed
for someone — or someones.
- Yeah.

I'm a little more relieved
to be a faithful than I thought
I was going to be.

- Did you guys wanna be traitors?
- No. No.
- I was happy with whatever.

In my job as a captioner, I have
to listen really closely to people,

so I'll be really paying attention
to what everyone's saying.

I hope that's gonna be useful.

What did you say?
- I'm, like, 50-50.

I'm so happy I'm a
faithful now, though.

- Me too. Me too.
- Cos I'm freaking stressed,
just like that.

Yeah, totally. No. I didn't
want to be a faithful...

Sorry. I didn't want to be
a traitor from the get-go,

just cos I didn't think I would
be able to, like, handle the sort
of social manipulation.

Ryan accidentally said 'traitor'
when he meant to say 'faithful'.

He seemed like he was trying a
little bit too hard to seem normal.

And actually, I'm more affirmed
now that I made the right decision.

- Yeah.
- I'm so relieved.
- Yeah.

First mission.

OK, I'm excited.

And we're off.

Pretty exciting.

- Team boys in shorts.
- Yeah.

About to carry.

I reckon we'll be the fittest
car out of them all.

OK, so where
do you think we're going?

- I assume some sort of hill.
- Yeah. Yeah.

I'm totally and utterly
terrified of these challenges.

- She didn't even give us a clue.
- No!

So stoked we've got you two in
here, cos I haven't had a chance
to yarn to you.

Well, after the round table.
- Yeah. That was intense.

Actually, after the round table,
I felt a million times better,

just because I think my brain went,
'OK, you're not a traitor.
This is good.'

- So you were really worried?
- I was really...

Oh! You didn't wanna be a traitor?

All I want is my electric
blanket and my jammies.

Ryan, to me, seems like he's
trying really hard to seem breezy
and nonchalant,

which seems quite nervous to me.

If I was picking a traitor,
I'd pick that guy.

He's quite unassuming.
- Yeah. He's the only person who I
have any suspicion of at this point.

- What a thrill!
- Oh, what is that?

It's our first mission,
and I am so excited.

And it looks epic, too.

Everything is just so extra.

And I'm extra, so I'm
ready to get amongst it.

It's a giant standing stone.

Curious. He's got a drum.

What is this?

- OK, that
drumming is sinister.
- Yeah. Ominous.

The missions are super
important and one of the most fun
parts of the game, really.

You get to find out so much more
about people, especially when
there's shields on the line.

Where's the sacrifice?

My players, welcome.

Before you lies a treacherous valley.

Your mission today is to carry
this palanquin along the path,

collect the many offerings I have
stored for safekeeping along it,

and return.

For every offering that is returned
to the base of the statue,

I will reward you with
silver for your prize pot.

A total of $12,000.

- Oh!
- Cash, cash!

- Oh my God.
- That's a lot.

But beware, players. Your path
will be a gauntlet of treachery.

And it's not for the faint-hearted.

Which is why I will reward those
players who return the offerings,
with shields.

Ooh!

A shield is the one and only thing
that can protect you when you sleep.

And I'm sure we can all agree
being murdered is bad.

Obviously, I want to put some
money in the pot, because I want
to win that pot.

But in order to get to the end,
I need some protection, so my
absolute priority is shields.

I don't know any of these people.
I don't trust any of these people.

And I am in it for myself.

You will have 30 minutes,
so get a scuttle on.

We don't wanna make
the big guy angry.

Go!

- What's the heaviest bit of this?
- Like this, right?

Do we wanna figure out
who goes where, sort of thing?

Strong men at the... Oh.

- Strong men? Come on!
- At the corners, maybe,
on both ends?

- It's definitely heavy.
- Yeah. Jannaia?

Yeah, old mate from the gym.

Oh, mean. Like, this
is just bread and butter.

Any opportunity for me to get
a shield or get more money,
I'm gonna take it.

Three, two, one...

Let's go!

- How far are we going?
- Yeah.

I can lift quite heavy weights,
so I just wanna go all the way and
perhaps get a shield.

Those two poles have
gotta be our destination.

First offering's coming up.

Here we go. First one.

OK. You must leave two players
tied to the posts in order to take
this offering.

- Oh, great.
- Volunteers?
- Tied to the post?

Who wants to be tied up?

No offence, but I think
it should be the weakest.

Yeah, the weakest.

Yeah, I'll be tied up. Yeah.

I would be much better
tied up to the post.

I didn't even think I'd have
a chance to get a shield.

We've got Debbie.
We need one more.

OK, I'll go, I'll go.

We're wasting time here,
and so I got off.

Brace yourselves. All right?

I'm hoping that some people will
see it as a sacrifice that I made
for the sake of the team.

Thanks, ladies. See you soon.

OK, thanks, team.

Bye!

Well, they better get a move on.
Time is ticking.

Who's feeling like
they can't go the distance?

I don't want anyone to
feel like they're bowing out cos
they're weak.

No, I don't think that's the case.

I'm just trying to
suggest something.
- No, I know, I know.

- OK, what have we got?
- What does it say?

Two more players.

Do we have two?

I was thinking if I was having to
lift it further, I might as well let
off at the beginning.

I'm gonna offer myself up,
but please don't kill me.
- We'll remember this.

All right, I will too.

Thank you.

Hopefully it's not only gonna
be women sacrificing themselves.

How do the traitors
select someone to murder?

They just choose.

You're basically saying
we shouldn't be standing here.

You can look at it two ways.

People who got off, they don't
care about getting a shield,
so maybe they're a traitor.

And I think it's interesting
that she's playing very...

'Oh, I have no idea what's going on.'

Which I always question,

because you're in
this game for a reason.

Or you're trying to prove you're a
faithful by committing to the game.

Have we got two more
willing sacrifices?

That's a rough choice of words.

OK. For time's sake,
I'll take one for the team.

I'm short anyway.
I can barely reach.

OK.

Thank you, James.

They are heavy.

There you go.

OK, let's roll.

- You're amazing!
- Whoo!
- Strong humans.

Shot, guys.

So you're lucky if
you're a strong man, right?

It's only women that have
been sacrificed so far.

'I really want a shield.

'Call it paranoia. Call it strategy.

'But it's the women who are either
volunteering themselves or are
perhaps feeling pressured to leave.'

So I'm just quite keen to
just point that out to people.

Another two players.

I don't know that we can afford to
lose too many more and get it back
in one piece.

- It's getting heavier.
- Yeah, it is getting heavier.

If you burly people are going
that far, you're gonna be shedding
the weaker people.

And is that fair? They're
not gonna end up with shields.

I definitely notice that Rachael
is being quite outspoken.

We'll see how that goes.

I'm doing it to get
the money in the pot.

Agree, and we're
running out of time.

I'm gonna go as far as possible.

There's a little bit of
bickering, and that sorta slows
things down a bit.

So it's starting to make me
pretty nervous about, well, guys,

what's the main thing here — that we
discuss who's gonna be safe tonight,

or that we get some
money in the pot?

I want a shield, I'm gonna stay on.

I don't mind staying, if you guys
think you can get there without me.

- Cool.
- Yeah?
- OK, cool.

I don't wanna be that person
on day one who gives up everything
for the shield

and makes themselves look bad.

It's gonna be me, isn't it?

I'm nervous that if I'm stirring
too much, that I might not be seen
as a team player.

That'll be tight enough.

It's time for me to get off.

OK, that wasn't too bad.

- Let's push.
- We can do another one. Come on.

We go up here, we grab this bag,
two off and then back down.

Yeah, we're nearly at halfway,
time-wise, so we need to get back.

I don't think there's anybody
there who is insisting on staying,

but there are people who were
just sorta staying mum on it...

for example, like
Harrison and Keanu.

There's an element there of, like,
are these traitors who want to grab
a shield to nab from themselves

so that they can
open up their options?

Oh, is it just one person?

Nah, two, is it? What does it say?

What does it say?

- This offering is worth 5000.
- Oh, you must leave five players.

Five? Oh, shit.

We can't get five back down, eh?

Wait, hold up.

Holy...

Nah, do we turn around?

Shall we just turn around, then?

Oh, is it just one person?

Nah, two, is it? What does it say?

What does it say?

- This offering is worth 5000.
- Oh, you must leave five players.

Five? Oh, shit.

So, we get to the final post.
We have to drop off five people,
which we weren't expecting.

We can't get five back down, eh?

- Shall we
just turn around, then?
- Shall we try it?

- We leave five players here?
- See if we can get five off
and see if they can handle it.

OK.

- Five people
let go, just to see.
- So one, two...

I'll go three off.

I'm of the opinion at this
point that it's ABM — anyone but me.

Because a shield tonight
is absolutely crucial.

That's only three.
We need two more.

- Four. One more.
- One more let go.

So I'm sitting there thinking,
'Don't say anything. Don't say
anything. Don't say anything.'

And if someone was to say my name,
I would have to stay.

But they didn't.

All right.

I was a bit hoha, actually,
at having to get off at
the last station.

But I felt like it
was my dumb idea, so...

Got 'em.

Couldn't really fight my own self
for making that suggestion.

Oosh! One arm! Let's go!

- Right, here we go!
- Let's hustle.

- Let's pick up the pace.
- Go, guys. You got this!

Yeah, it's heavy now.

'Turns out, when you drop five
people, that thing is actually,
like, substantially heavier.'

Oh!

It is hard mahi going
back down that hill.

- Do you wanna swap, so I can
hold more of the weight?
- Yeah. Yep, sweet.

OK.

I was like, that's the bulk of it.

You've got this!

- Bring home the silver.
- Bring home the silver.

Yeah, the weight is at the front.
Do we need to reshuffle?

Cos I feel it right here.

It's dead lift now.
- Yeah.

Go, guys! You've got this.

- I think we can do it.
- Yeah, we've got this.
- We can definitely do it.

Oh!

He slipped in a massive poo!

We're good. We're good.

Literally in shit.
- Are you OK?
- Yeah, we're all good.

You stink.

Smells like 12K!

You've got four minutes left!
Get a hustle on!

- Come on!
- We can do it.

- We're gonna do it.
- We're so close, guys.

200m, guys.

We've got offerings!

Come on!

- Right.
- Let's go!

To the finish line.

Two minutes to go! Come on!

- Good teamwork.
- Ugh!

Come on, you guys.
You're nearly there.

- Put it here?
- Yes. Yes. Everyone, put it down.

Put it down. Get the offerings
at the base of the statue.

Come on!
- Right there. Go, go.

There's about a minute to go.

Here we go. Get 'em down here!

Chuck 'em in there. Don't get me.

Come on, come on!

Whoo!

Players, you look
absolutely pooped.

- Literally.
- And well done on returning
$12,000 worth of offerings.

As promised, you who returned the
offerings, come get your shields.

I'm feeling really proud.

Thank you, my lady.

12K and a shield is
a bloody good first day.

- Come on.
- Heck yeah!

I'm like Oprah. You get a shield!
You get a shield!

- I'm stoked!
- Yay!
- I'm so stoked!

Knowing that I'm going to be
safe and I'm gonna walk into that
breakfast tomorrow morning

was actually a fantastic feeling.

These will protect you
from murder tonight.

As for the others who
didn't make it back?

Don't worry — someone will come
around to collect them when we
get around to it.

Now get back to the manor for drinks,
dinner and maybe some murder.

Go on. Ta-ta.

- I need a shower.
- Off you go.

Yeah, you need a shower
and a drycleaners.

- Oh, this feeling is so good!
- It's good, isn't it?
- It's epic.

- Over the moon.
- Amazing feeling.
We're gonna see breakfast.

- That is a good first mission.
- I know. I know!

Nice work, Harry. Well done, mate.

- That's a lot of shields.
- I know.
That's what has me stressed.

That's starting
to freak me out now.

Yeah, but only people who choose
to murder are actually the people
who, like, sacrificed themselves.

Well, there's three traitors,
and then there's...

Potentially a fourth
traitor tonight.

- I'm quite sure that there will be.
- From the box.

- I forgot about the fourth!
- I keep forgetting
about the box, eh?

Yeah, once you start math-ing,
it's like, 'Oh, bugger.'

- Hey, well done, guys.
- Well done.
- Well done! Awesome!

And our ability to
sleep all right tonight.

I presume these are just juice,
so I'm gonna go for a juice.

Oh, yeah? Cos do you still
have a headache, or...?

Yeah, it's just been... I did.
It feels really bad, cos like...

Laughter therapy's quite good.
Cos one of the boys that slipped
over — did he hurt himself?

No, he was OK,
but it was hilarious.

Oh my God, it was so funny.

But kind of, I've still got a bit
of a headache, but that made it go.

'Coming back to the manor,
it's so nerve-racking.'

I think it's because I didn't
think I was gonna be a traitor.

I thought there was slim chance.

So, I was with Hannah.
She really knows the game.

So she taught me some things,
cos I realised that I maybe need
to open my eyes little bit,

and how strategic people
are playing it already,

with, you know, people are just
throwing names out there for no
reason at all, really,

maybe to get it off them
and that, but I don't know...

As much as I can stay being myself
and acting dumb, then hopefully
I will stay undetected.

I need to open my eyes a bit more,
because I haven't noticed anything.

And we really don't have a lot
of evidence to go off of yet.

But it's finding — what evidence?
Like, it could be anything.

Like, someone could breathe wrong.

I'm just hoping somebody,
a traitor is going to be really
bad at their job,

which will make our job really easy.

Mm. Mm.

- We were doing the maths about...
- Right? Cos there's so
many protected players.

Now there's seven shields.

- That leaves nine of us open for...
- We're so cooked.

I mean, I think we can guarantee
that traitors got off.

Is it you?
- Is it me?
- Are you a traitor?

Well, I hopped off right at the
end. And that's what you're saying —
traitors hopped off the end.

No, it's not me. I'm a faithful.
- They might have got off first.

- I mean, they want the money too.
- Well, I was first,
so am I the traitor?

- I don't know. Are you?
- No.

Talking to Rachael,
she's quick, she's smart.

And she asked me point
blank if I'm a traitor.

And even though I'm not,
and I answered that well,

I don't think she was
convinced at what I said.

She's quite forward.

Well, we know that none
of us here have a shield.

We don't know if any of us here...
- Are a traitor.
- are a traitor.

No.

Goodnight, everybody.

- Night, guys.
- Hopefully see you
all in the morning.

We finish day one.
Everyone goes to bed.

- Goodnight, team.
- Goodnight.
- Yeah, see you, mate.

Bravo. Awesome work, team.
- Goodnight.
- Goodnight.

Thanks in advance for saving me.

But not me.

- Goodnight, bro.
- Night.

It's my first meeting
in the conclave tonight.

- Hey, goodnight, guys. Bye.
- See ya.

Hei apopo!

I'm so excited to see
who my fellow traitors are.

- Off we go.
- Goodnight, mansion.
- Night.

With the players safely
tucked away for the night,

the newly recruited traitors will
gather for their very first conclave.

But one question still remains.

The player who holds the traitor's
mark has not yet made their choice.

Will they accept the invitation
or remain loyal to the faithful?

It's a decision that
could change everything.

♪ You'll find me in the shadows.

♪ You'll find me in the shadows. ♪

The game has officially begun.

Walking into the conclave
for the very first time is
just iconic.

I forget a lot of things, but
you're never gonna forget that.

Oh!

Yes! Yes!

Oh, gosh!

Oh my God! We have got this.

It's Jill.

She really reminds
me of my mum. I...

I just have a soft spot for her.

Oh my God. You. I couldn't
have asked for a better person.

I had no idea.
- Same with you.

- No idea.
- Same with you. Oh my God!

Oh my God. This makes me so happy.

I was glad that it was Keanu.

He looked like a cool rapper dude.

But in the conclave,
his whole face just softens,

and he's a completely
different person to the
cool dude that came in.

This is gonna be so much fun.

It's you and me to the end.
- I agree. We can do this.

This is incredible.

Anyone else in is out.

- Yeah.
- Good.

This is epic. This is epic.

'I will trust her as long as I can.'

I do hope that we get
to the end together.

But I'm in this game for myself.

This is Traitors.

You can't trust anyone.

This must be the person who
had the symbol in their box.

Next time...

You are my person.

So I'm looking out for you.
We're looking out for you.
- Yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes.

My traitors embrace
their new roles.

They need to think that they're
controlling me, when I'm actually
controlling them.

And the first round table...

That could be interpreted
as trying to convince people
of something.

- Absolutely, yeah.
- Still talking.

Sees Keanu go on the attack.

Ryan, I have to ask you.
You look really nervous.

I think I haven't gotten
any more anxious.

I so disagree.

Before a shocking result.

We have a tie.

This is sick!

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