A Foray into British Television

    NakigeGirl

    During 2024, I was having quite a rough year for myself. I met a lot of you after I started playing SubaHibi as a method of finding hope or feeling hopeless. Whichever came first really. Anyway, during that year, my sister told me to watch a show during my time while having a break from university. This show was The Great British Bake Off. I saw the 2024 season. I loved everything to pieces. I thoroughly thank my sister for her recommendation. It helped calm me down a lot. I had watched Drag Race UK as well but I'm not good at keeping up with that one.

    This year, I was recommended another show by her after browsing Peacock. The Traitors. The Traitors UK to be specific. She had recommended the celebrity edition with main stars, Alan Carr, Stephen Fry, Paloma Faith, and more. Now I will be getting into some spoilers for the season because I have a lot on my mind. Spoilers ahead!

    This was an amazing season for The Traitors. The traitors were Cat Burns, Johnathan Ross, and Alan Carr. There was a theory that Joe Marler was on that I would like to address. That was the "Big Dog" theory. As there was both a "Big Dog" for the Traitors and the faithful however, I think what Joe Marler failed to realize is that he had one "Big Dog" right. Only one. The "Big Dog" of the faithfuls was him. He was a powerful presence into the finale and betrayed Cat. However, the other finalists voted to banish Joe as neither of the two faithfuls left thought that the last traitor was Alan.

    No one had suspected him at all. He didn't even do much to cast suspicions on him unless if it was from Joe M but he was banished at the final. He killed two close friends in plain sight, Celia and Paloma. Both of the incidents didn't seem out of character for Alan Carr. Repeating a Shakespeare quote allegedly said to Alan by Stephan or brushing something out of Paloma's face. Only things Alan could pull off. Cat isn't an actress and Johnathan was not close with Paloma.  

     There's another point I want to make about Johnathan. Early on, he caught wind that Ruth was after him so he had decided to murder her in a double bluff. Which worked for over half the season, however he ended up with too much heat on him and left with a great exit. Trying to convince the faithfuls that they had gotten another faithful but in reality, he had and always had been "faithful to the traitors!" In one of the most brilliant things I had seen on television.

    However, at the point they caught Johnathan, it was too late. Cat and Alan flew so under the radar that even if that in the finale, Cat was caught, the traitors knew that Alan would never be suspected and that's what had won him 87,500 pound sterling for his charity, Neuroblastoma UK. Now when Alan won, he had revealed that being a Traitor had been eating away at him the entire time. To the point to where he thought he was the most hated man in Britain. But from what I saw, it was quite the opposite. He is loved. I loved him on the show. He played a brilliant game and one of the best games I've seen on television. No other game show could compare.