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The Traitors is an enthralling show and I love the The Traitors Uncloaked which is on directly afterwards. The comments and discussions are amusing and informative. One thing that was interesting in last night's show, (12/1/24), was the reaction to Paul the traitor telling Jaz that he wanted him to believe that he was faithful. It seemed like a mistake that he he said 'believe ' rather than know, but I don't think it was. What Paul was doing was subtle because he was actually bringing Harry's name to Jaz as a traitor because no-one thinks Harry is a traitor. The subtext was, you know I'm a traitor, but so is Harry. Harry and Paul both want to be there at the end, but I don't think either one wants to share the prize with anyone else.

I would have given this four stars if it hadn't been for the odd summing up of the final three recruits. The instructors dismissed the remaining female recruit by saying that she wasn't physically strong enough to pass. I thought she did so well lifting awkward heavy items around without complaining and doing her share that I was quite disappointed with this summing up of her abilities. The plain fact is that you can't expect female recruits to be as strong as the male recruits. That's just basic physics. And maybe in the real SAS you don't have female recruits, but a television programme is not the real SAS. If you include female contestants then they deserve to be assessed fairly for what they have achieved. Also is there some rule that says there can only be one winner. Because that would be a really stupid rule. All three contestants won as far as I am concerned.

I was really enjoying this programme until I realised that the result was fixed. I saw it on 16th February 2023 on 4 seven and I was disgusted to realise that Derek seems to have a free pass however bad his work is. He produced the most hideous, black lamp I could ever imagine and I was sure that he would be eliminated, but it was George who left. The thing is that Derek is always in the bottom two, but miraculously manages to avoid elimination every week. I wonder how long his slimy, cheating protector will be able to keep him in. Will we find the worst potter ever being awarded the top prize? The really funny thing is that it is really hard to disguise bad pottery so it's becoming more obvious just how poor his work is. I am absolutely disgusted that a pleasant pottery competition is rigged to allow some cheating snake to advance to a level way beyond his level of competence. I will not be watching the show again. What a con!!! Regards Alison McFadden