SIOBHÁN MCSWEENEY: Ah, that's great stuff. Thanks very much.
Wonderful. That should be more than enough.
Great craftsmanship as always.
All right, so lads, you know where to put them!
Don't dilly-dally.
The guests are arriving soon.
Give my regards to the ma. Hope she's well.
Very soon.
♪ DRAMATIC MUSIC
23 people from across Ireland
are on their way to Slane Castle
in the heart of Ireland's Ancient East.
Dying to see who's in all these other cars.
They're ready to play the ultimate murder mystery game
in the hope of winning up to ?50,000.
They must work together...
(ALL SHRIEKING)
in epic missions to earn that prize money.
How long have we been in here?!
But concealed amongst them are the Traitors,
who will secretly meet and murder the Faithful
under the cover of darkness.
Anybody want to start?
Did you say that I was an aggressive player? Yes.
So it's up to the Faithful to find the Traitors.
It's not the behaviour of a Faithful.
Would you murder her or would you recruit her, and why?
And banish them before they become their next victim.
It's all chaos.
If I was a Traitor, I would be loving this.
Who will live? Who will die?
This is The Traitors.
♪ INTENSE, DRONING MUSIC
< I love games, and this game is just perfection.
Perfect combination of strategy,
social gaming, and of chance.
I'm Pauric. DJ.
DJ.
Pauric. Pauric, yeah. Carla.
Gráinne. Gráinne.
It is a nervous time meeting the other contestants
for the first time.
So what do you yourself for...?
or what do you all do?
Well, I work for the HSE.
I'm an IT support technician.
Are they telling you their real age?
Are they telling you their real occupation?
Nice lovely guy that works in a nursing home helping the elderly.
I'm a writer. Amazing!
I won't be telling anybody that I'm a qualified psychotherapist.
I work in a male-dominated industry. I have a family full of boys.
I'm a mammy, I've got 3 kids. So I can relate.
Oh, we're playing that card now.
The mammy card came out early, eh?
I can sniff out when there's something not quite right.
< These 3 guys were in the car instantly.
I'm like, you can be my sons, I'll look after all of you.
So we're in alliance anyway already.
Oh, of course, I can handle 3 boys at any time, don't worry.
That sounded worse than I meant. (LAUGHTER)
♪ TENSE, JAUNTY MUSIC
Aw! (LAUGHS)
Okay, pinch me moment.
♪ MUSIC GROWS TENSER
Oh my God, look, they're all masked and all.
CARLA: I have never ever been away like from home by myself, ever.
It's only a game, lads. It's only a game.
♪ TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES
(GATE CREAKS)
Oh, the gates are open, lads.
(SHRIEKS) Oh my God!
(CHEERING)
Oh my God! Ohh, the eyes! (GROANS)
We're in it now, lads. We're fucked. (LAUGHING) No going back.
♪ MUSIC INTENSIFIES
Oh my God, it's huge! Oh wow, I was right, it's fabulous.
All your life as a mother is given over to your children
and your family.
I think it's a little adventure before I'm pushing up daisies.
(CHUCKLES)
♪ JAUNTY MUSIC
Oh, I see Siobhán! Really?!
She's wearing a black dress.
CARLA: Queen of the castle.
DJ: She could literally tell you to leave the castle there in one act,
or she'd say, "Go up there and look,
you're sitting in the high chair tonight," like.
Oh my God, guys! My palms are sweaty.
< My strategy, not to make any friends,
just to murder everyone off and skip away with the money.
Love your hat. The hat's gorgeous.
(FROM FRONT SEAT) I know, it's absolutely class!
Guys, best of luck. Yeah? Best of luck. Thank you.
Oh, here we go.
(SIGHS) This is scary.
That's the first time I get to see the other players in the game.
< We're looking up and down the line at each other
and kind of sussing each other out.
< Dennis, I think, with his hat, certainly stuck out for me.
Or maybe put a target on his back between just us.
Oh Jaysus, there's so many of us.
< I'm trying to see if anyone looking at somebody else,
trying to give a little wink or a sideways glance.
I see the dogs. GRÁINNE: Oh, they're very well behaved.
SIOBHÁN: Cead míle fáilte.
Welcome, welcome, welcome to lovely Traitors' Castle here at Slane.
How are you all doing?
(WHOOPING AND CHEERING) Yeah?
Yeah. Well, let me burst that bubble nice and early.
For whatever notion you think you have
of what happens behind those doors,
(CHUCKLES) you haven't got a clue.
♪ MUSIC INTENSIFIES
(BIRD SQUAWKS)
I can see nervous little faces.
I can see lots of nervous little faces.
In fact, I can see 1, 2, 3...
< Oh my God, she starts counting.
...20, 21, 22, 23.
Everyone's heart actually like froze.
< I don't know if I'm even getting my feet into these castle doors.
...23.
Nearly too many, isn't it?
< I'm trying to kind of be as small as possible,
but she's staring at me.
One too many, stomach drops.
Someone's going straight away.
Ah sure, you can all go in.
♪ BRIGHT CLASSICAL MUSIC (LAUGHTER)
(EXCITED CHATTER)
Oh my God, the reaction was unbelievable.
Ah-ah!
For now.
Go on. On you go, have a cup of tea.
Welcome!
FIONULA: Emma, thank God we're getting in the door.
We made it, I know!
Everyone's feeling really good,
except someone of us is going to be murdered tonight. (CHUCKLES)
Wait, where's the jacks?
♪ CLASSICAL MUSIC
Oh my God.
Ooh! Oh, it's lovely, innit? Isn't it!
This is bougie!
Ah, look at this! Wait, no, me picture.
Oh my God, we've got pictures on the wall. No!
(LAUGHS)
FINOLA: The paintings on the wall, the drapery, the couches.
It's like Downton Abbey or something, isn't it?
Welcome home, Fionula.
No, I'd be down in the kitchen, I can tell you that! You wouldn't!
What do you do? I teach drama to kids.
I was going to say. A drama teacher?
< I had decided not to divulge that I'm an actor.
It's my job to persuade people that I'm somebody I'm not.
You sell car parts? Parts.
Any parts you guys may want.
That's very, um, open. Vague. Vague.
< So I'm a car salesman.
People think, like, we tell a lot of lies and stuff like that.
Coming into the castle, I was thinking, okay,
I need to slightly change my job here now.
If anyone quizzed me about being a parts manager, I was like,
I can name every part of the car.
The parts department, there's 3 of us there, Cian and John Paul.
Oh, you see, when they give too much information,
it's something that's rehearsed.
< And then of course, Fionula comes on and she goes,
oh, what you do with your job?
You'll want me... your car will break down someday
and you'll be ringing me. Jeez! I tell you,
I just go to the nearest garage.
So how are you feeling?
Lovely to meet you. What's your name? Páraic.
Oh, did we... Oh, is there two Páraics?
There's two Páraics! That's the other one.
What's up, man?
Yeah, sound. Pauric, nice to meet you.
You're Pauric? Yes.
My name is Pauric. I'm 31.
I'm from Tipperary and I am a singer-songwriter.
Yous are the two Paurics? We are. Yes.
Is it spelt the same way?
No, different. He's the fada. I don't. Right.
If you're a musician or a singer-songwriter
and you're putting yourself out there online,
you have to have that thick skin.
So if people were to come at me at the Round Table,
I reckon I'll be well prepared and well able for it.
I'm from Finglas. Ah, lovely, man.
Yeah, two of my best friends are from Finglas.
Are they, yeah? Another one of your best friends is from Finglas!
Hundred percent, man! Your third best friend is from Finglas!
(LAUGHTER) I love it, I love it.
< All nice people, I have to say.
So far so good, but it's the start,
so maybe in a few days we might have different opinions of each other.
Where are you from again? Kildare town.
Kildare, okay. You're a Dub?
Dublin, yeah.
I'm David, I'm from Dublin, I'm married to Colm,
and we have 7-year-old twins.
How long have you been with your husband?
Oh God, a long time.
< I would say I'm good at keeping secrets.
Growing up gay in Ireland,
you kind of keep secrets for a while
until you're ready to let people know who you really are.
Especially when I was growing up.
Yeah, how about you? Are you single?
I'm single. Yeah?
Yeah. Yeah.
I don't want people knowing that I'm a psychotherapist because
I don't want them to think that I have, um...
a certain level of people skills that could give me an advantage.
I kind of came out of a long, long relationship.
Right. So, yeah.
< You learn how to read people very, very quickly,
to develop trust with people.
I'm so glad there's another gay person.
I know, I know, I know. (LAUGHS)
I was like... I thought I'd be the only one.
Yeah, yeah, yes. No, it's good.
So I think all of those things could lure people
into a false sense of security.
(LAUGHS)
This is great, by the way. Thank you.
Everything... You're all great. I'm going for Faithful Barbie vibes.
(LAUGHS) You look gorgeous.
A Faithful Barbie? Oohh. Faithful Barbie.
I have really been coming across as quite gullible
and quite silly and really leaning into that dumb blonde moment.
I have loads of reasons why I want to be a Faithful.
Any girl Traitors, they have to go back,
double cleanse, do all their skincare.
Do their hair! Oh my gosh! Yeah, it's so much longer.
The male privilege of being a Traitor,
they don't have to do that shit! See?
♪ FOREBODING MUSIC
Make yourself comfy. Look at your lovely frock.
Look at your lovely frock. Mm!
(LAUGHS) Are you hiding anything? Just a few things under my hat.
(LAUGHTER)
Look at these colours.
What are you trying to say by wearing this?
Innocence.
Are you innocent?
Not really.
Why did you decide to apply? To walk the walk.
Get in the ring yourself. Put the money where the mouth is.
I have Tourette's, which is a lot of physical tics,
and they can make me seem shifty.
I might act up on it a little bit where I need to.
You're willing to act up on your Tourette's to get what you want?
Yeah, it doesn't make me sound good, does it?
You're talking to Lady Muck here. (CHUCKLES)
I just think everyone's lying to me.
Right. Trust nobody.
Who hurt you? I know.
(LAUGHS) Who didn't?
Would you like to be a Traitor? I would. Traitor.
Traitor. Traitor.
And why? It's the name of the game, isn't it?
Yeah, absolutely, it is, of course, yes.
(LAUGHS) True, it is.
I'm an assistant professor of information
and communication studies.
What causes people to think the way they think?
What kind of seeds of discontent and chaos can you sow to really
get ideas to catch fire.
?50,000.
What would you do with that money?
t's not necessarily about the money for me,
it's more the winning.
Do you think everybody has been honest to you so far?
Ooh, I trust no one here.
I'm prepared to stab people in the back and the front.
Sometimes it's better to see the reaction on their face
when they know what's happening.
♪ DRAMATIC MUSIC
Welcome to the Round Table.
Things are about to get real.
For in a while, I will choose my Traitors.
And from then on, your perception of reality,
of what happens within these walls,
is all you'll have to go on.
The time has come.
The game is about to begin.
Please put on your blindfolds.
♪ Someone's a Traitor. ♪
Please put on your blindfolds.
DJ: You could actually feel the heart pounding in your chest.
If you feel me touch you on your shoulder,
it means that you are a Traitor.
♪ MUSIC INTENSIFIES
JANET: I'm sweating profusely.
It's just it's terrifying.
SEAN A: You can feel her brushing past.
She's over there, and next thing she'll appear behind you.
DONAL: I am hoping for a tap on the shoulder,
praying for a tap on the shoulder.
♪ MUSIC INTENSIFIES
(SIGHS)
FIONULA: Oh God, is it going to happen?
And then I felt and I knew I had got what I hoped for.
I am a Traitor.
PÁRAIC: Oh my God!
There it was, the tap on the shoulder,
and I said to myself, "Oh my God, I am Biddy to her Miley."
It's game on.
< Oh yes!
It feels really, really good to be a Traitor.
If I'm not murdering people,
someone was going to have to murder me,
so I'm happy to take that role.
(GIGGLES)
I have selected my Traitors and the game has officially begun.
Remove your blindfolds.
Can you see?
Or are you more in the dark than ever?
Who now is who?
Traitors,
you will meet later on tonight and find out exactly who is who.
Your job now is to remain out of sight and murder the Faithful.
My darling Faithful,
if there are any Traitors left at the end of this game,
you will have lost every penny you've won.
Now, that sounds like a lot.
I'm sure you're all in need of some refreshment,
which is great because we have some ready for you,
which also means that this part of the selection process is over.
However, the Traitors' selection process is not finished.
Sorry, I probably should have told you that.
(LAUGHTER) Anyway, enjoy your tea.
Byeee! (LAUGHTER)
EDELLE: What? What does that mean? (LAUGHTER)
What does that mean?
Curveball.
We're all kind of thinking, has she chosen everyone?
Did the selection happen or not? What did she say when she left?
She said the Traitors' selection isn't over.
You can just see that people are like, huh, what, what did you say?
What if she didn't even pick anybody?
I never even thought of that,
like what an absolute waste of time if it wasn't for real.
So you don't think anyone has been picked?
There's a lot going on here, man.
This is a mad scene.
This is a madness.
Everybody is eyeballing everybody.
I'm like, "Right, act natural, act natural, act natural."
There's an old saying when you're an actor: to be a good actor,
stop acting, start being.
Oh, you don't know where to look or what to do.
I know! D'you know. It's like, oh my gosh.
< I just got into that zone and that place where,
"Yeah, I am a Faithful."
Your picture on the, em...
wall, you look like a painting.
JANET: Aw! All you're short is the pearl earring.
Beautiful. Flattery will get you everywhere!
Oh, lads!
The paranoia certainly does set in.
Christ, any vibes coming to you from anywhere?
IAN: Probably carrying this burden of like,
"Everyone's out to get me now."
No one's trusting anyone now. No, fair enough.
Everyone's suspicious.
DJ: G'wan. Who are you thinking?
I don't know, I genuinely don't know.
I'm disappointed, I'll be honest. I'm so disappointed.
Let's catch some Traitors, let's catch some Traitors.
With some of the Traitors selected,
the players now mix and mingle in the castle.
And begin to play the game.
"Oh, I'm gonna walk out of here and I'm gonna get a cup of tea,
and it was like, "Bam!" Like straight in.
What are you? I'm a Faithful.
Someone is watching. They're already suspicious of you.
Of course they are. Like, I'm like big and bubbly.
Like, that's so fucking stupid.
When Siobhán called Traitors,
Janet, she kind of looked as if she was called.
Are you Faithful? I'm a Faithful.
Okay, I believe you.
Kind of feels like no one's your friend.
Well? Alright Traitor?
Aw, Traitor?! I wish.
< Once I realised I wasn't going to be a Traitor,
I had no strategy for that
'cause I just believed I was going to be a Traitor.
I'm surprised that so many people wanted to be a Traitor.
I really did.
< Disappointing to hear Faithful.
Didn't get the tap on the shoulder that I was hoping for,
but that's now clarity.
There are at least 3 Traitors here we've to catch.
Sean A, he had a very serious demeanour.
Blindfold came off and caught him with a little smirk.
Could have just been excitement, but we'll keep an eye on him.
Pardon? How's my fellow Cork lady?
Oh, very good. Are you Faithful?
Yeah, I... (LAUGHS) Do you know what?
I was actually terrified.
Because everyone is paranoid now,
obviously, you know, the antenna has gone up.
DJ: Congratulations. Ah, well, look at that.
Did you see what he did?!
< The paranoia has begun.
I don't even know who the other Traitors are.
Did you spot anything that looked a bit...?
No, I was looking for people that were gulping down water.
< I was just trying to maintain
who I was when I went into that round table.
There is one person that emptied their glass completely.
I know another person has noticed
that there was something that stood out.
Pete spotted that certain someone's glass of water
was completely empty.
The only one empty in the whole- Oh my God, who?
He said it was Edelle.
< As soon as that blindfold came off, I was like,
I'm going to have to reach for this water.
And then instantly I'm like,
somebody's going to think I'm a Traitor
'cause I reached for the water.
< You don't know what's going on. So yeah...
(BIRDS SQUAWK)
PAURIC: How are we, girls?
Hi! Are we good?
I'm actually, I'm actually glad that's over.
Everyone is giving off such Faithful vibes,
but someone's lying to me, and I don't like to be lied to.
Are you Faithful? Okay. I am a Faithful. I am.
I asked you already. You did!
Did you want to be a Traitor or Faithful?
< There's definitely been one or two people
who have not been able to hold eye contact and have looked away.
Are you a Traitor? DONAL: Am I a Traitor?
Yeah. You trying to pull a quick one on me?
No, I'm just asking a question. (LAUGHS)
EDELLE: Laura's going straight in.
Donal, she is going straight in. No kissing.
No. Okay, glad you actually did answer.
I was like, is he going to answer?
No, I was like, yeah, that's fair enough.
Okay. No, so I can relax.
Are you a Traitor? Are you a Traitor?
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
I love her to bits, but she's onto you.
Yeah, holy moly.
Hey, I'll be like, don't be coming after my boy.
(LAUGHS)
I was like, "Whoa!"
Páraic. Yes, my love?
Faithful?
Faithful. Faithful always, my love. Okay.
Oh, so we can still be friends? Yes, absolutely.
We can absolutely be.
Laura, I would see at this point as somebody who trusts me,
and that is something that I'm aiming to deepen.
What about you? Are you Faithful?
I'm Faithful 100%.
I'm looking at everyone in the eye.
I think we're amongst Faithful here.
PAURIC: I think Páraic is. I think we're amongst Faithful.
Yeah, I think we are. I genuinely think she's Faithful as well.
Yeah, so do I.
I feel like people are already starting to trust me.
People are saying it.
Oh no, you're definitely Faithful.
And I'm like, yeah, no, I know. Of course I am.
♪ PLAYFUL MUSIC (CHUCKLES)
EDELLE: The overall mood in the castle at this exact point
is high suspicion.
There has to be a relationship, like a mother-father, husband-wife.
I, I think there's a family relation.
I do too. Do you?
Do you have any ideas?
Yeah, I have an idea. Yeah.
< Emma and Hayley, I really do think
there's some sort of relationship there.
I'm gonna be honest, I thought Emma was your ma.
Emma...
It's been floating around that Emma might be Kayleigh's mother.
You ma! We thought it was your ma!
(LAUGHTER) Or sisters.
EMMA: Are you shitting me?! How old do you think I am?
...get a reaction.
And you put me in the league...
< People thinking that Emma was my mam was brilliant.
I think you look like.
You coulda said older sister or something,
but her ma?! I don't know what I'm judging on.
You could be in your late 30s. Or auntie.
You're judging that I'm in me 60s! Or auntie.
She's her auntie. She's 33!
I didn't think she was that age though.
Thank you.
I am a lil bit ragin'. I'm like, "Babes,
I didn't have her when I was 12.
You're not my friend anymore now, you're after ruining me day.
It's not that deep. Ruining me day. Very deep.
I don't know, it's just a theory at the minute.
Her ma?! JENNY: WHO?!
PÁRAIC: Jeez, who said that? Kayleigh's ma!
What did she think I was, in my 60s?
I'm so upset.
(BIRDSONG)
♪ FAST-PACE CLASSICAL MUSIC
SIOBHÁN: With speculation and suspicions everywhere,
it's time for the players to head out for their first mission.
This is the car of Faithfuls, I'm assuming? Yes?
Oh, 100 percent. Good. Is that a yes?
It's a big yes.
Are we looking forward to this?
Yeah. Can't wait.
♪ EPIC MUSIC
PAURIC: Do either of you play sport, lads,
or you just gymming? I played GAA growing up.
I was delighted to even get to put on the Westmeath shirt
at underage minor level and represent Westmeath and Croke Park.
At the mission, people become who they are.
So I'm curious to see how people change.
Okay. In mission mode.
♪ EPIC MUSIC CONTINUES
I see lots of random stones scattered about
as if Stonehenge had just been obliterated.
What is this?!
♪ DRONING OMINOUS MUSIC
Welcome everyone to your very first mission.
Oh, look at you, you poor craturs,
struggling with the weight
of expectation at this stage of the game.
Now let me alleviate your load,
let me ease your burden
and give you an even heavier one.
In the shape of large slabs of stone used
to build an ancient Irish dolmen.
What is a dolmen, says you?
Uncultured swine, says I.
It is a megalithic tomb that was used as a final resting place.
Scattered all around you are 7 of these large slabs of stone.
Along with some generous bags of money,
which you will need to work as a team to bring back to the sacred circle,
where, if correctly assembled and combined
with the bags of money, you will win ?6,500.
Now, you don't have to sacrifice a player for money,
but you will need to sacrifice someone
in order to take a piece of the dolmen.
When the dolmen is erect,
you must ignite the fire to complete the mission.
The circle will then become a ring of fire,
and anyone who is inside the sacred circle
will be immune from the Traitor's first murder.
There will be sacrifices along the way,
and those sacrificed will be up for murder tonight.
If you fail to construct the ancient monument,
then this mission will be as fast as a monumental flop,
and nothing will be added to the prize pot.
You have 30 minutes,
so don't just stand there looking at me in my lovely hat.
Off you go!
Ar aghaidh libh, brostaígí!
Go on! Come on, let's go!
Build me a dolmen!
I love this job.
Nah, nah, nah. Slow and steady.
I turn around, I look at the hill, I'm like Mm, nah.
So bumpy! (LAUGHTER)
Within 5 seconds, I'm sure I was flat on my face.
Oh!
(WINCES) Ooh, one down.
My fucking boots!
Oh my days.
Pauric the musician, I think he definitely took lead.
PAURIC: We must sacrifice 2 players.
They must remain shackled here until the end of the mission.
Right, so what's our logic first? What's the logic?
Does anybody feel like they can't make the course?
EDELLE: Oh, oh, oh no, I'm down.
All I was thinking was, "I can't run up this hill,
I can't run up this hill, I can't carry that big thing."
SEAN A: We can't take it til we sacrifice.
DIEGO: We have to sacrifice somebody.
JANET: I was very quiet because if I got to the end
and if I got to be in that circle,
I wouldn't be up for murder.
Lads, yeah, we can't take it yet.
EDELLE: Sacrifice me, just sacrifice me.
SEAN A: We have one volunteer.
Does anybody else I do not think they can make it the whole way up?
CARLA: I probably will want to be sacrificed.
Okay.
A few people kind of put their hands up early.
FIONULA: I do think if you sacrifice yourself first,
suspicion will come on you.
CARLA: Right, go on, best of luck, lads.
EDELLE: Go for it. Woo!
Oh...
I was like, this could be suspicious looking.
(LAUGHTER)
SEAN A: Remember, the ones with the block won't be as quick as us,
so no need to up burn too much energy.
Yeah, just run. Oh!
Fionula down! You've it over me!
PAURIC: I realised that everybody is trying to carry a dolmen
in order to not be sacrificed. So...
Yippa!
< I am pegging it towards that second dolmen
because I am carrying it.
I'm not sacrificing myself.
"Two players..."
I'm going to carry this one.
SIOBHÁN: Off they go, over the crest of the hill.
Farewell!
Time for a cup of tea.
KAYLEIGH: It's actually not so heavy.
< Straight away at the next stop, it was kind of like, "Oh,
I'll take it off you."
Yeah, okay. I'll take it.
< It was like, "No, no, no," you know,
"the boys have got this, we have it."
So I thought, right, leave them off.
SEAN A: Anybody interested in sacrifice?
EMMA: Go on, I'll do it.
I'm slowing yiz down. I'll stay behind.
< This is going to be a very tall dolmen.
I'm not a very tall person.
I don't think I'm going to be much use here.
Just remember this tonight.
SAM: It was harsh seeing some people having to sacrifice themselves
knowing they'd be put up for murder.
Let's go, yeah!
EMMA: Well done.
Go on, boys!
(CHEERING)
I'm already regretting this.
I'm regretting it as well.
I just hope I don't get murdered the first night.
I've bought too many clothes.
I want to at least wear some of my outfits,
do you know what I mean? (LAUGHS) I'd be raging.
How many? One sacrifice.
SEAN A: There's money, lads. Money. Player for money.
The next one was a bag of cash, ?500.
GRÁINNE: I'll stay.
Everyone was standing around looking at it and I said, "No, I'll do it."
SEAN A: Lads, lads, remember,
there's 5,000 if we get the dolmen assembled.
More people to carry, the better.
< We could easily have let the 500 quid go.
I didn't think it was worth wasting a volunteer.
JENNY: Oh, sorry, I don't know.
I think if Gráinne wants to be shackled, let her.
No, no. Keep her! Keep her! Keep her!
SEAN A: We're going for the 5,000 on the middle right?
No, Gráinne. You're to stay with us. Stick with us.
GRÁINNE: No, go.
No!
KAYLEIGH: She's staying to take the money, lads.
How flippant they were about the money.
What is wrong with everyone?
SEAN A: Okay, okay, let's go, let's go.
Thanks Grá.
You know I just thought this was gonna be the issue.
I thought that anything that would come between us is people
sacrificing themselves. That was gonna be the problem.
EMMA: You alright, Gráinne?
Yeah, cool.
Let's hope they get it built now.
DJ: Two players again. Two players.
In fairness, Fionula, she reluctantly,
very reluctantly volunteered to do it.
I'll do it.
I did feel the group in general
would have expected me to sacrifice myself
because I was one of the weaker links.
Bar the other Sean,
it's been all girls that have sacrificed themselves already.
SEAN A: See, we should have kept...
We should have kept Gráinne. I completely agree.
FIONULA: Keep going, stop wasting the time.
KAYLEIGH: Anyone want to shackle themselves? No.
I'm carrying, so I'm carrying.
JANET: I honestly think I'm better down there building,
I design props, you know what I mean?
I literally design things that we build, like, so,
and I kind of understand how things like slot together.
SEAN A: I'm happy lifting. I really don't want to do this!
Time is ticking guys...
Okay listen, I'll do it. I'll sacrifice myself.
< Really reluctantly I says,
Okay listen, I'll do it because the clock was ticking.
Go on lads, go on. Good luck.
Come on, lads! Good luck guys!
< Now he was quite annoyed.
We shouldn't have done that drop,
drop that 500 quid and come over here.
You were happy to volunteer, I didn't wanna be here.
< So we sat there and I fed into that to get him on side.
I tell you now if I survive this I ain't gonna be
nobody's fool going forward.
If she'd stayed with us for another 100 yards.
Chances are Gráinne's a Traitor anyway.
♪ JAUNTY MUSIC
DJ: One sacrifice, ?1,000.
KAYLEIGH: It's 1,000 up for grabs.
Forget it. Forget about it.
We're not shackling anyone. Yeah, leave it.
Yeah, yeah, everyone happy with that?
Yeah, agreed. I think leave it. Yeah.
Nobody even voted. It was just like "Screw the money."
Go, go, go, go!
Wee just said, no, keep going, keep going, keep going.
4 players. 4 here, guys.
Everyone was refusing to get into the shackles.
PAURIC: Anyone who's not carrying has been busting my bollocks.
I'm not giving myself up now.
I wanted to say, get over yourself, Pauric, or, you know,
if you hadn't allowed somebody else to carry it.
JANET: Like I said, I'm good at building, I build props.
There's instructions, it's like putting a piece of Lego together,
like we'd all be able to do it kind of thing.
DJ: Time is ticking, guys. We need...
DIEGO: We need a four. I'll go, I'll go.
DJ: We don't we don't need individuals, we need a team here.
Okay, shackle it up.
Are you definitely all competent building?
I'm a construction teacher. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's the only reason why I'm holding out.
Again, I like I have the background of construction
and stuff like that, so like, again,
I'm good with hands-on kind of things.
I'll go 'cause I'm small. Come on, I'll go.
< I dug my heels in and I was like, don't do it,
don't do it, don't do it.
PÁRAIC: Just think of the money. DJ: Think of the money.
The money that we left behind.
Team players, not individuals. Let's go.
Let's go. Come on.
Well done, Kayleigh. Good stuff, over here.
Oh yeah, over here. Quick.
I'm just staring the shackles at them going,
"Yeah, we're all up for murder. Oh my God, this is horrendous."
CARLA: Oh, I actually think I'm on a nettle there.
Oh, you are on a nettle.
I won't be like poisoned, will I?
♪ INTENSE MUSIC
12 minutes left!
Back to the sacred circle.
Remember, you've to build the thing.
SAOIRSE: It's just one... (CRASH) Woo!
Ooh!
Oh my God. ♪ MUSIC INTENSIFIES
Look at the size of that!
They're building Glastonbury.
We're trying to figure out how it goes together,
what parts, what colours.
So we need to spin this around. Spin the legs, yeah.
Yeah, Dave, you go around. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Careful.
Like this? Slowly. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
DJ: I'll be very disappointed if they don't.
If they, Donal and Janet, don't get it up, like, to be fair.
They're in construction, don't forget that.
Did they tell you that? You know Janet builds.
(LAUGHTER)
JANET: Push! Lovely. Keep going, keep going.
Good.
Thank God Donal and Janet were there,
and the likes of Sam and Peter that have immense strength.
JANET: Yes!
DONAL: There we go, Sam! Now legs, two legs first.
Players, you have 3 minutes.
Remember, the ancient tools need to be put back.
Get the legs here.
IAN: Yep, get the legs here.
DONAL: Get the legs up. You take that out.
Slowly, slowly.
JANET: That's it! DONAL: That's it, it's up!
Wait. Wait, pause, pause.
We did it and I was kind of going, great,
we're going to get immunity. And then Donal had the idea...
Can I say something before we do it?
Everyone else sacrificed themselves up there.
Can we do the same thing here and all stand outside of the circle?
I wouldn't stand in. That's a good shout.
I kind of love the idea.
Yeah. That's a great shout. Fair is fair.
That's a great shout.
Fair play to Donal.
Donal made a suggestion at the very end, uh, no one questioned it.
Great shout, Donal. Well done, pal.
PAURIC: Is everyone happy?
Obviously at that point I'm not going to be like, "No,
I want to stay in the circle."
So we're like, "Yay!
Oh my God, Donal, you're amazing.
Donal, you deserve to press it."
No, no, I think we should all do it...
SEÁN C: They're not all doing it together, are they?
Oh, maybe they are.
Oh my God!
You know that if you're outside the sacred circle
that you will not be immune. That's fine.
Do we have the money? LAURA: Do we have the money?
You do have the money.
ALL: 3, 2, 1!
♪ EPIC MUSIC (CHEERING)
You know I felt pretty good, have to say.
Show the camaraderie that we had.
It was a bit of a sting that immunity was gone.
So nobody's safe, and Donal is there hero of the day.
LAURA: Yeah, we're all up for murder.
Well done, Donal.
I can't help but think at the end of the day
there could be Traitors who were attached to those trees
and they're under the radar.
It was Donal's idea.
Everyone is going to be up for murder.
(CHUCKLES) I was like, "Ha-ha, what?"
♪ INTENSE MUSIC (CHEERING)
CARLA: Donal is a Traitor now.
KAYLEIGH: Absolutely. Clever, clever, clever.
Car on the way back,
we were talking about whether there was a possibility
that there was any Traitors who sacrificed themselves.
So I'm going to throw something out there.
Yeah. Does anybody think a Traitor sacrificed themselves?
Guaranteed. Okay. Yeah.
So do we have any theories on that?
Well, I thinking, you know, at the bottom there was DJ,
Pauric, Páraic K, Kayleigh. Aoife. And Aoife.
Yeah, and then it was interesting because
Fionula jumped on the last group, like she had sacrificed herself,
but then she started focusing on the last few people
to sacrifice themselves.
That was a little bit suspicious.
You knew you weren't going to be murdered. Yeah.
And you could just not have to do the task. Be a hero.
You could... Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You could be a hero. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I don't know. It's just food for thought.
PAURIC: I just hope that it doesn't put Donal in the firing line.
If I'm gone in the morning, lads... it's not going to be you, bud.
Sorry, if that happens to you, I will not be happy.
IAN: You sticking the kettle on, Carla? I am.
JANET: When we come back to the castle,
everyone’s definitely a lot more relaxed,
which was like really, really lovely.
There's the king, the man, the myth, the legend.
Tell you what, you can horse some weight around the place...
< Coming back, all the chat about like,
we bonded and we made such a good team.
We did well as a team. It's a great team.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know everyone pulled their weight on that.
Yeah, well, ye did more than us.
PAURIC: Give me things to lift and run with all day, like.
I'm not sacrificing myself, you know what I mean?
So fair play to ye.
KAYLEIGH: Your man Pauric, you just hogged your piece of the dolmen,
do you know what I mean?
Which Páraic? You hardly think he sacrificed himself now.
(LAUGHS)
I wanted to win the money for the team,
I want to stay in this game as long as possible,
and I want to do the missions.
I don't want to sit there with shackles on my arms.
I hope what Donal did was a real true Faithful move though.
Do you understand what I mean? No, I do,
and don't do that to me.
That's what a few people have said as well.
He was like, this can also come off as a bad thing.
Has he said that? Yeah, he has said it in a car.
Hope we make it to breakfast. Aw, babes.
Well, I won't be fuckin' killin' ya anyway.
I won't be killing you either.
♪ EERIE MUSIC
(LAUGHTER AND CHATTER)
Cheers, cheers, cheers.
Cheers guys!
Cheers, my love.
Cheers.
< I just think it's so crazy that there is Traitors here
and that somebody will win,
and you'll be like, "I remember talking to them in the kitchen."
I remember like... SEÁN C: There's 7 people here,
like the odds are it could be one person.
7 and 7, 14. 7, 14, 21. PÁRAIC: There's 23.
How many's in the room? 7. 7.
< Myself and my fellow Traitors have a much easier decision
because we have a wide and open field as to who we can murder.
SEÁN C: Like, I'm like, if I have to go out,
I want it to be at that round table. DAVID: Me too.
Oh, 1000%.
To be kicked off without even being able to defend yourself
at a round table, like, fuming.
But God forbid, touch wood... that's not even wood.
A couple of people have been like to me, "Oh God,
you're quick on the investigation, we need to watch you, you know,
you're like investigator Laura."
And I'm like, "Well, I'm fucking gone anyway.
They're murdering tonight.
Who are they going to look for? A threat?
EDELLE: I think we've all got equal chance
of being murdered. Oh yeah, yeah. That's it.
Do you have your suspicions?
Yeah, I have like a very clear number one.
Are you willing to share and I'll share?
Yeah. Okay, Mine's Edelle.
Same.
Okay, oh right. Okay, I'm glad.
Yeah, there was no deflation, there was absolute inflation,
and that's why I'm really like...
"So, okay girl, you got what you wanted."
EDELLE: Wow, look at these two over here.
Plotting.
She's the cat that got the cream,
and so... And she knows she's sleeping well tonight.
I know... (WHISPERS) What a bitch (!)
(LAUGHTER)
♪ MUSIC INTENSIFIES
(BELL TOLLS)
♪ Shadows in the forest, dear
CARLA: Ooohh!
Oh shit! Home time!
Last orders! Sláinte. Last orders (LAUGHS)
The castle clock has chimed,
bringing the curtain down on a very eventful
first day here at the castle.
Maybe they'll go for me. Why wouldn't they go for me?
They could go for me as much as they could go for anyone else.
Bye! Bye-bye-bye-bye-bye!
See you in the morning, hopefully.
♪ Secrets hide in the dead of night
PÁRAIC: We didn't get the shot, but I hope we try tomorrow.
Have I been too vocal?
They might see me as a strong are an influential player.
EMMA: Bye babes. Bye-bye, bab-ay.
DAVID: It's kind of an open playing field.
We're like ducks waiting to be shot.
SIOBHÁN: All the players will now retire to their individual lodgings,
and they will have no contact with each other.
For the Faithfuls,
there's very little to do except consider their place in the game.
But for the Traitors,
the party is just getting started.
♪ No one survives the dead of the night. ♪
♪ OMINOUS MUSIC
♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh
♪ I'm on a mission to find a way
♪ Candy poison, give you a taste.
♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Nice to see you here.
Really nice to be here. I'm weak. (SIOBHÁN LAUGHS)
Well, we need strong Traitors.
Okay. All weaknesses are gone. Gone.
Before you convene the first conclave,
you must take the Traitor's oath.
♪ Can't hide
Do you commit to lie and deceive throughout the game?
I do.
Are you willing to murder your fellow players every single night?
Oh, I am.
Do you vow to keep your identity
and the identity of your fellow Traitors a secret?
ALL: I do.
Then you are now officially a Traitor.
(LAUGHS) Well done. Would you like a cloak?
Absolutely. It's part of the deal.
Go raibh míle maith agat.
I think it'll be a good colour on you.
It's a gorgeous colour.
Slán. Slán ar ais. Comhghairdeas.
♪ STRING MUSIC
(OWL HOOTS)
Putting on the Traitor's cloak for the first time.
I like it. Keeps me warm, keeps me cosy. (CHUCKLES)
It was like a hug, a dangerous hug for others,
but a hug nonetheless for me.
(DOOR CREAKS)
(THUD) < Going into my first conclave,
the other Traitors will see another side of me.
As I step in,
I feel like I'm literally going through the Looking Glass.
Well, well, well. (LAUGHS) Queen of Cork!
O-M-G.
< He wasn't on my thought list that he would be there.
Look at you in the conclave!
I'm a little stunned to see you.
I wasn't all that shocked.
Had you heard my name today? No, I didn't.
Did you hear mine? No.
She does have a little bit of heat.
So that is a little bit of a concern for us.
We'll have to just, eh...
share and see who can be... (CLICKS TONGUE)
...under the bus.
Oh Jesus, she's straight IN.
Oh listen, you'll see the other side of me here now.
♪ INTENSE MUSIC
(KNOCKING)
Oh! (LAUGHTER)
Nahhh! I knew you were too sweet to be wholesome.
(LAUGHTER) Sorry, I love this.
I was like, "Fionula! What are you doing here?"
I didn't expect it.
You played a blinder.
I wasn't expecting to see either of yous.
I was actually quite happy to see Carla come in.
I think we're good. I think we're good to go.
I think we're going to be very good, actually.
If there's nobody, you know, suspicious of us,
then we must look at a different way of approach... (KNOCKING)
♪ MUSIC INTENSIFIES
(DOOR SHUTS)
(WHISPERS) Oh, jeez.
(LAUGHTER)
I was like, not a fourth! (LAUGHTER)
What, were you expecting someone else?
Oh well, there's still a bit of room there, isn't there?
Well, do you know what?
I did say that the Traitor selection was not finished.
Yes.
You're going to decide who will be
joining you here as the fourth Traitor.
< Having a fourth Traitor is a bit interesting, isn't it?
It makes me unsettled.
Four Traitors?
What is this leading to?
Now, you will not meet them here tonight.
But they will have a big part of the proceedings,
as they will have the final say on who will be murdered tonight.
Oh... Mm... Okay. All clear?
All clear. Chop chop!
Oh... Chopping board!
Choose another Traitor.
I think...
...older Sean.
I just haven't gotten a grasp of him yet.
I saw you chatting with him earlier.
I chatted with him because we were on the hill.
Mm-hmm. And we bonded.
He seems to have the ear of people to be persuading,
and he has that amiable nature to persuade,
and people believe him.
I can't get a read on him.
I just can't work him out.
I liked what she was saying, so I'm like, maybe.
My name is going to be Laura.
I think she's underestimated. I think she could be fierce.
I think she'd be very good.
Carla, you're not feeling it?
I think she'd be absolutely fabulous.
Okay. I really don't think she wants to do it.
I think she might panic a bit.
That's what I'm getting, because I heard she's worried
that she's going to be killed
because she was asking questions.
Laura, I would see at this point as somebody who I would
absolutely trust and who trusts me.
She is incredibly, incredibly smart.
Edelle is a good strong person She is.
and she's going to be the queen of the Faithfuls if she's a Faithful.
I haven't talked to her at all.
Oh my gosh, I was in the car twice today with her.
She's on the game.
Now the only thing is she has made like alliances already with...
With? Her three sons, whoever was in that car.
Sean Óg. Donal, and Ian.
< I was kind of going, no, we need to really to send.
So that was in the back of my head
as we were starting the shortlisting.
Let's make our first united decision.
Okay. We'll stick with it together.
(ECHOING DRIPS) ♪ INTENSE MUSIC
Three happy Traitors.
(CHUCKLES)
Have you made a decision as to who will be joining
you as a 4th Traitor? Yes.
And who would like to write the letter?
Go on, you go first.
< Yes, down to business.
♪ I know evil when I see it.
Okay then, I will deliver this myself,
and I'll see you at breakfast.
♪ And I've got to know who did it
♪ Who did it. ♪
We have chosen the fourth Traitor.
I'm more than happy to hand this murder over.
This is what's going to have to be done.
Do you commit to lie and deceive throughout the game,
to murder your fellow players every single night
to keep your identity and the identity
of your fellow Traitors a secret?
(ECHOING CACKLE)
Then you are now officially...
...a Traitor.
Who will our fourth Traitor have murdered before the night is out?
♪ DRAMATIC MUSIC
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