The Traitors is brilliant TV. And it reveals a lot about our society

As The Traitors finale hits our screens, Peter Ladd explores why it is gripping our nation and what Christians can learn from it

(Warning: Spoilers ahead)

It’s the TV show that has gripped the nation. The Traitors is now averaging over 6 million viewers per episode. In the CARE office, half of us are talking about it each morning. The other half are probably fed up with hearing about it.  

At its core, The Traitors is a simple game, similar to ‘Mafia’ which is famously played by Christian unions and youth groups across the country. There are 22 contestants; four of them secretly assigned to be ‘Traitors’. Everyone else is a ‘Faithful’. Every night, the Traitors meet in secret to choose someone to be ‘murdered’ (or eliminated) from the game. The following day, everyones convenes, this time to decide who might be a traitor, and should be ‘banished’ from the game. Will the Faithful catch the Traitors before the Traitors murder the Faithful?