S03.E09: A Silent Assassin

[Kiki777]

I just watched Ryan Bailey’s podcast - he recaps the show with Bergie from season 2.  Bergie said Danielle’s overreaction was ‘as if she’d just confronted a serial killer and her entire family was dead.’

 

Edited February 23 by Kiki777

[MicheleinPhilly]

On 2/21/2025 at 12:19 PM, sugarbaker design said:

The only choices for Brit are either to accept Danielle's offer or be murdered.

Yes, I know. When I say "refuse" I mean voluntarily taking yourself out of the game when there are only like 6 (7?) people left. Not one of these numptys is willingly giving up their screentime. 

[SourK]

My read on Danielle is that she's trying to make herself feel more emotionally and psychologically secure by attaching to some other person she feels she can depend on, and she's confusing that with increasing her security in the game.

I think the producers really, really made a mistake by choosing her as a Traitor, because she's not even actually playing right now -- all she's doing is trying to rearrange who's in the tower so that she can calm down enough to play.

I feel bad for her, and I'm sure she's doing the best she can, but I also found it annoying watch her act all martyred around Carolyn just because Carolyn didn't want to be her emotional life raft.

[Meedis]

I felt bad for Carolyn when she said before being banished that she just wanted to have fun but being the traitor was no fun.    She really did play a near perfect Traitor game up until that chess game.   Danielle really is fumbling her way in this game and I totally can see Britney turning on her quickly.

 

[Soapy Goddess]

8 hours ago, Meedis said:

Danielle really is fumbling her way in this game and I totally can see Britney turning on her quickly.

We can only hope. As SourK said upthread, she's really not playing the game because she's trying to control the tower. I realize 'hate' is a strong word, but I'm at "thoroughly dislike" right now.

[AntFTW]

8 hours ago, Meedis said:

I felt bad for Carolyn when she said before being banished that she just wanted to have fun but being the traitor was no fun.    She really did play a near perfect Traitor game up until that chess game.   Danielle really is fumbling her way in this game and I totally can see Britney turning on her quickly.

 

I think it’ll be in Britney’s best interest to feed Danielle to the faithfuls. The faithfuls will need some blood sooner or later. I think the biggest reason why two traitors never win this game (in the English-speaking versions of the show) is that you always keep feeding the faithfuls appetite. The faithfuls have to feel like they caught every single traitor, and most of the time that means giving up a traitor.

Edited February 24 by AntFTW

[MicheleinPhilly]

I'm not familiar with Danielle outside of this show and while I think she has played an AWFUL game, I didn't necessarily have a problem with her as a person. 

Until the roundtable when she basically called Carolyn stupid and referred to her as Forrest Gump. That was a supremely low blow especially if, as someone mentioned upthread, Carolyn is neurodivergent. There was no need for that. Carolyn dug her own grave with the chess game, you didn't need to be cruel to her. 

[Rai]

Until this episode, I wasn't entirely sure how Danielle was playing a good game. But I have to say, she planted seeds of suspicion and manipulated everyone at the table really well. Sorry! Turns out she's pretty good. She let Boston Rob hang himself. She let Carolyn hang herself. And she doesn't have a problem lying. Do I think she's overly theatrical? Yes, but jeez, it's a show of reality stars. The entire industry is built on overreacting to innocuous things. I do think that it's weird no one notices her smirking in glee as her game pays off, but editing, whatchugunnado.

I think she's fucking up by recruiting Brittany though. She should've gone for Dylan. Maybe she thinks she can control Brittany and can't control Dylan, which is probably true.

If all traitors are ousted before the finale though, what happens? This is my first traitors ride, so I assume they won't just end the series early.

[DEL901]

5 minutes ago, Rai said:

If all traitors are ousted before the finale though, what happens? This is my first traitors ride, so I assume they won't just end the series early.

Season 2 had three faithful at the end.  They ditched one thinking there might be one more traitor.  The final two split the pot.  

Edited February 24 by DEL901

[AntFTW]

27 minutes ago, Rai said:

If all traitors are ousted before the finale though, what happens? This is my first traitors ride, so I assume they won't just end the series early.

Then whoever are the remaining players after the roundtables and final voting is done, the remaining faithfuls win and share the prize pot.

[Rai]

Thanks, folks! Ultimately, no one's hands are clean in this game!

[sugarbaker design]

1 hour ago, Rai said:

If all traitors are ousted before the finale though, what happens? This is my first traitors ride, so I assume they won't just end the series early.

Never gonna happen. There's always going to be a traitor in the final. If there's only one traitor left, they recruit, like last week.

[AntFTW]

15 minutes ago, sugarbaker design said:

Never gonna happen. There's always going to be a traitor in the final. If there's only one traitor left, they recruit, like last week.

Spoiler about the newest UK season if you haven’t seen it.

Spoiler

In the most recent season, they had successfully voted out all of the traitors. They voted out the last traitor on the final roundtable and went to the final “Fire of Truth” with all faithfuls.

 

Edited February 24 by AntFTW

[DEL901]

17 minutes ago, sugarbaker design said:

Never gonna happen. There's always going to be a traitor in the final. If there's only one traitor left, they recruit, like last week.

There is a point at which they stop recruiting, otherwise faithfuls would never win.  Two faithfuls won and split the pot in season 2.

[AntFTW]

1 minute ago, DEL901 said:

There is a point at which they stop recruiting, otherwise faithfuls would never win.  Two faithfuls won and split the pot in season 2.

I think Alan said there would be no more recruitments after this, right? Or am I imagining that?

[LakeGal]

Chrishelle was on a podcast and she said the cast really hates Danielle.  They are not happy with the fact she swore on her grandchildren she was a faithful.  The reunion will not be pleasant for Danielle.  

[sugarbaker design]

17 minutes ago, DEL901 said:

There is a point at which they stop recruiting, otherwise faithfuls would never win.  Two faithfuls won and split the pot in season 2.

Right, but there were four people in the final, including one traitor. The traitor got banished, leaving three.

[Hanahope]

1 hour ago, AntFTW said:

I think Alan said there would be no more recruitments after this, right? Or am I imagining that?

i too think he said this was the last time they could recruit.  but who knows what other means could be used.

[Rai]

I mean, making the faithful all turn on one another in the finale if it lacks traitors is still pretty bloody.

[AntFTW]

2 hours ago, Rai said:

I mean, making the faithful all turn on one another in the finale if it lacks traitors is still pretty bloody.

Hypothetically, they could end up in a Final 4 with all faithfuls, and they don't really have to vote each other out. It's their choice. The faithfuls are not really forced to do anything. If they are confident they caught all the traitors, they could choose to end the game as a Final 4, all be winners of the season and split the prize pot as a foursome. I think we are all in agreement that this scenario unlikely to happen.

Again, they get to choose to end the game or continue voting people out. They all have to vote to end the game, but it only takes one person to vote to continue the game. If at least one person votes to end continue the game, they have to vote someone out, and then they repeat. They get to choose whether to end the game or vote someone out until it gets down to the Final 2.

If it's nothing but faithfuls at the Final 4, they could choose to end the game and all be winners but they have to be confident that there are no more traitors left.

Edited February 24 by AntFTW

[sugarbaker design]

1 hour ago, AntFTW said:

If it's nothing but faithfuls at the Final 4, they could choose to end the game and all be winners but they have to be confident that there are no more traitors left.

Right, but that might not stop them from banishing other faithfuls (like CT and Trishelle did to MJ) to make the pot sweeter.

[AntFTW]

12 minutes ago, sugarbaker design said:

Right, but that might not stop them from banishing other faithfuls (like CT and Trishelle did to MJ) to make the pot sweeter.

Yes! Also true.

[AntFTW]

 

[rhygirl720]

Danielle is annoying so overly dramatic.  so obviously a traitor.  The smart thing to do is keep her around and get rid of her at the end. I'm not sure these people are that smart

[MicheleinPhilly]

11 hours ago, AntFTW said:

 

Carolyn's boobs and that crab claw between them were so distracting. 

[Ilovepie]

On 2/21/2025 at 9:51 AM, janeyjay said:

If banishing Danielle is not a likelihood at the next Round Table (PLEASE OH PLEASE let it be so, though) I would like to cast a vote to get rid of Danielle's Hat. I am a fashion hat fan but that one is too big and not stable and meh. 

Omg my sister sent an Instagram post of Carolyn mocking Danielle and her hat. It was priceless.

I cannot fathom that Danielle (and her fugly hat) outlasted Carolyn, Bob and Rob. The over-the-top crying on the floor was ridiculous. And anytime a Traitor goes, you have to look at who they voted for. They almost always vote for another traitor. I don't know why that doesn't get said more often. Gabby was onto it, but is anyone else????

I pray that Britney turns on her, but this woman has nine lives. 

Everything Carolyn did this episode was wrong. You can't just change personalities at this point. She overplayed her hand at the challenge and the round table. When Danielle said it's traitor-like to attack at the round table I don't know why she didn't say "that's exactly what you are doing, Danielle".....

At this point, I don't care who wins, just anybody except Danielle!