The Shocking First Murder and Banishment of The Traitors This Season (RECAP)
Someone has to go, but partings is always such sweet sorrow.
SPOILER WARNING: This story reveals major plot points from Episodes 1-3 of The Traitors Season 4.
Right out of the gate, Season 4 of Peacock's The Traitors (now streaming on Peacock) opened with several exhilarating changes to the game: the Secret Traitor! Then host Alan Cumming proceeded to constantly toy with contestant and the audience expectations, and we love him for it.
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Cumming opened by choosing the show's first Secret Traitor in plain sight and then used the Roundtable to select his other three Traitors. The idea of a lone Secret Traitor usurping the powers of the traditional Traitors did not sit well with Housewives Candiace Dillard Bassett and Lisa Rinna (Rob Rausch was fine with it), but they all did their best to pick the best Faithful on the short list of four players to "Murder" as curated by the Secret Traitor.
At the beginning of Episode 2 during breakfast, the first Faithful to go home was revealed, followed that evening by a lively Elimination Roundtable that flipped from one Faithful to another for the final candidate for Banishment.
Find out below who the disappointed early exiting contestants ended up being.
Who was the first player to be murdered in The Traitors Season 4?
The Secret Traitor curated a list of four Faithful for potential Murder: Rob Rausch, Ian Terry, Mark Ballas, and Eric Nam.
In the Traitor's turret, Lisa, Candiace, and Rob were all in agreement that Ian was downplaying his gamer "genius" and that he was dangerous to have in the game.
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When Ian discovered his goodbye letter, he was clearly disappointed but said to camera: "This is the biggest backhanded compliment in the game, and that's all I have to say."
At breakfast, when it became clear that Ian was Murdered, it was Tiffany Murphy who let is be known that she was not happy the bravery of Ian was laid low so fast. As a fellow gamer, she shared that Ian wanted to face his fears by coming to Scotland and that she hoped it wasn't going to be a big blow to Ian's confidence. She added, "Someone in here is heartless."
Who was the first player to be banished in The Traitors Season 4?
Hours later after an exhausting throne pull challenge, the players prepared for their first Elimination Roundtable with two primary candidates on everyone's lips: Donna Kelce and Porsha Williams. Kelce drew suspicion for her super quiet countenance and lack of speculation game play. Williams drew the attention of Ron Funches, Donna Kelce, and Michael Rapaport for misspeaking several times with information that made her sound like she was a Traitor.
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During the vote, the chalk ballots were close with Kelce earning eight votes at the table and Williams earning a majority 10 votes, which sent her home. But not before she got to tell everyone that though she did misspeak, she was most definitely a Faithful, which was a stunning admission for half the room to process.
Be sure to get the exiting player perspectives in new episodes of The Traitors Official Podcast over the course of Season 4.
