'The Traitors' episode 10: Can friendship sustain two Traitors to the bitter end?
Hassle in the Castle: Much was revealed as blindfolded contestants revealed who (if any) of the other participants they trusted during episode 10 of 'The Traitors Ireland'. Picture: RTÉ
“Did you think I’d leave you out?”
Those are Nick’s first words to Ben as he reveals to his Faithful pal he is, in fact, a Traitor.
Ben seems absolutely delighted to have been tricked.
“When?” he gasps.
The Irish Defence Forces member says he had “no clue” Nick was a Traitor.
“It just goes to show, he’s such a good game player,” he says.
The 33-year-old squeals with delight as nifty Nick hands him his own velvet green cloak.
“Did he look after me, or did he look after me?” Ben beams.
It’s safe to say these two are ar mhuin na muice to be in cahoots together, but will that loyalty last to the bitter end? With only two nights left in the castle, it might.
At breakfast the next morning, the remaining Faithfuls are really starting to question everyone.
“The blackmail definitely does throw your mind into a bit of a spiral,” fan favourite Oyin remarks.
“Your closest friend, you don’t know whether they might be a Traitor now.”
“Everyone’s a suspect,” Wilkin says. (Are we the only ones thinking that everyone should have been a suspect from the start?)
Ben cleverly gets the Faithfuls to focus their attention on the women by making the point it’s been all men thus far bar Kaitlyn.
Chances are, there’s a female Traitor left in the mix.
“It has to be one of us,” Faye says.
Well, it’s definitely not Amy. She’s been taken out by the boys.
“Amy questions more,” Nick says. “Kelley’s not strong enough to go at [us],” he adds to nods of agreement from Ben.
“I want to avenge her death,” Kelley fumes over brekkie, asking for vodka instead of tea.
“There’s so few of you left,” Siobhán coos, offering another mission to raise spirits.
Within the castle, people are splitting into small groups trying to whittle down who to banish at the round table.
Joanna keeps saying she’s a lone ranger and doesn’t need alliances, but she’s spending a lot of time planting ideas.
This seems to be raising suspicion as Vanessa and Faye join up for a chat. They soon realise Joanna has mentioned Faye’s name to Vanessa and Vanessa’s name to Faye.
“I am watching Jo,” Faye says. “She’s really trying to influence people.”
“Me and Nick don’t even have to anything,” Ben observes. “They’re all at each other. Our names aren’t even being brought up.”
Seems like a good time for a mission all about trust?
Siobhán meets our eight players on the Hill of Slane, where she explains the rules of the game — every player will sit on a throne, blindfolded, with three flames around them.
One by one, players will remove their blindfolds, and extinguish the flame of the player they trust the least.
“You are literally playing with fire,” she purrs.
She then invites each player to address the group and plead their case for why they should be trusted.
“Because of my job, I am in the Irish Defence Forces,” Ben says.
“I am a Christian,” Vanessa offers.
“I was brought up in a family of six,” Nick says.
“I’ve a really big family,” Faye adds.
And on it goes... Did any of the pleas work? Doubtful.
At the end of the challenge, all of Joanna’s flames are extinguished. Siobhán asks her to identify which three players deemed her the least trustworthy. Guess correctly and she’ll bank €3,000.
She goes for Vanessa, Faye, and Nick — she’s wrong about Faye, but only because her three flames were extinguished before she got there.
Joanna is also given a shield and a dagger. The shield allows her to protect one player, the dagger allows her an extra vote at the round table.
Siobhán, as generous as she is, says Joanna can’t keep both, but she can gift one to the player of her choosing.
Joanna offers lovely Kelley the shield.
Unfortunately for Joanna, that dagger isn’t worth much to her as the entire round table has decided she is next to go.
It’s spearheaded by the remaining women, as Ben and Nick willfully take a back seat and “let the ladies” at it.
One miscommunication, that it genuinely seems Joanna can’t remember, is her undoing. It’s a cruel game, and there is no room for error.
As she departs, Joanna says, in tears: “I hope one of the guys wins it, ye are mean girls.”
It’s clear the women are all deflated and genuinely upset by the situation.
Ben and Nick? They’re celebrating at the conclave.
“It’s ours to lose,” Nick remarks.
- The Traitors Ireland airs on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday at 9.30pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player
