We have surpassed the halfway point of The Celebrity Traitors season 2, and it's been quite the ride thus far. The previous two episodes alone provided audiences with some of the show's most memorable moments, particularly that viral scene in which Leigh-Anne Pinnock attempted to teach Miranda Hart how do the iconic dance from Little Mix's "Touch" music video. And, as all of this was happening, Traitors Maya Jama, James Acaster, and King Kenny attempted to murder in plain sight by boring Ross Kemp and Jerry Hall to death. Yep, you read that right.
The question is: Do they actually pull it off? Or does the constant yawning in front of Ross ultimately result in him catching on as to who The Traitors are? Join us for a recap of the next episode as we dive into all of the events in the castle as and when they happen.
Bored to Death
The show instantly confirms that the Traitors were successful at murdering in plain sight, but it made us wait to see who the unlucky one was. At breakfast, Michael Sheen considered that a murder in plain sight might have taken place as we are now halfway through the competition. And the show made us think that it could be one of Sharon Rooney, Ross Kemp, and Jerry Hall. But we know that Sharon avoided the library due to consulting with Kenny in another room.
In the end, it turns out that Ross was the one who was ultimately murdered by The Traitors as he eventually yawned in front of Maya and James Acaster - which allowed them to ask him the "Am I boring you?" question. And, with that, Claudia announced to the group that Ross was gone.
Naturally, the suspicions come out. Michael suspects Leigh-Anne because she perhaps distracted Miranda with the "Touch" choreography to avoid suspicions when murdering someone in plain sight. Kenny is thinking about potentially framing Bash Croft to take any suspicions off the Traitors. Jerry suspects James Blunt while Miranda suspects Jerry.
The Traitors' lair
Today's mission involves going to The Traitors' lair. Players must build their own shield to protect themselves from the murder, but The Traitors can also build a super shield that will add £9000 prize fund - using stolen pieces of the Fathfuls' shield, sabotaging them in the process. In order to do that, the Faithfuls will be blindfolded.
James Acaster didn't take part as he was between Michael and Bash, who are both eagle-eyed and eared. Kenny was between Maya (who is a Traitor) and Jerry, so James suggested quietly that he go instead. And, with that Kenny snuck around and quietly stole a part of his own shield to take suspicion off himself, and Romesh's too.
For round 2, Maya began picking the pieces and wasn't sure that she did the right thing - taking two of her own pieces but not putting them on the Traitors' shield, confusing everyone. It was a risk but it appeared to work. For Round 3, the pair decided to walk around to confuse everyone as to where the Traitors were.
James Blunt, Joanne, James Acaster, and Michael complete their shields just in time. And then, the Traitors get one more chance to sabotage the shields, adding to the Traitors' shield. Although Maya suggested that they take a piece from Michael's shield, they ultimately got scared and decided against it, taking nobody's shield at all. And, with that, the four shields are final: James B, Joanne, and Michael are safe from murder. James A is "safe" but we know that he's a Traitor.
The Roundtable
Ahead of the Roundtable, Sharon figures out that Ross could have been murdered in plain sight with the perfume and begins something of an investigation into who could have killed him. Miranda has a theory that someone close to her moved during the mission - as Joanne and Maya were beside her, she thinks that Joanne could be a Traitor. By bringing it up to Joanne herself (who we also know is a Faithful), that puts suspicion on her too.
Miranda and Joanne have the discussion at the Roundtable, which gets a bit tense - leaving most a little confused. Kenny points suspicion at Bash, while Michael points a bit of suspicion at Leigh-Anne, bringing up the Touch choreography scene. They very quickly realize that there is very little consistency this time around and have no real theories.
Shortly afterwards, they all begin asking Jerry questions because she's been such a chaotic player. And it very quickly becomes clear that the tide has shifted against Jerry as the majority of players vote to banish her. Upon finding out that she was a Faithful, the rest of the players are distraught - not only was Jerry innocent but they lost another Faithful.
Miranda is even more convinced that Joanne might be a Traitor while James Blunt thinks Sharon's newfound detective approach is more performative than real (it's not) and nobody trusts anybody anymore. We very nearly could say the same thing about the Traitors, as James Acaster gets a bit of telling off for bailing on the mission today.
But it's all fun and games when he admits that he loves the fact that he got to kill off Grant Mitchell when he orchestrated Ross' 'murder in plain sight'. That gets a good laugh from Maya and Kenny, as the trio now must deduce who they will murder tonight. The three names that come up: Bash, Miranda, and Romesh.
With that, the credits roll as we eagerly anticipated the outcome in the next episode.
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