The Traitors: New Blood Episode 10 ‘The Sun, the Moon and the Truth’ throws another curveball into the game, one that actually ups the chances of the Traitors coming out on top. And yet, will the Faithful persevere even though it feels like they’ve been lost about 97% of the time? Clyde has the right of it, after all.
Let’s back up. Despite Joe putting up quite a fight, he is indeed banished in this episode, leaving Katie as the lone traitor. That, however, means she has to recruit someone, and she probably pulls the move of the game by picking Shane. The show tries to pretend like Shane is going to say no because he’s “such a faithful,” but this isn’t the kind of thing you say no to, and Shane wants to win first and foremost.
They’re a really good team, truly. And despite Victor being the one to catch both Tomica and Joe, they’ve got him completely on their side. Shane, because he was the one who saved Victor, which puts him 100% in the faithful column for Victor, and Katie, because Victor kinda has a crush on her, and men’s ability to think clearly is compromised when a pretty girl smiles at them.
But they still have to get through one more day, and the final puzzle-solving challenge puts Shane and Katie on Clyde’s radar. He is 100% right, just as Victor was before, even if he doesn’t have the why and how figured out. But can he be as convincing as Victor, especially considering that Katie and Shane have a pretty strong alliance with Victor and probably Wyatt? I don’t know.
I have been wrong at every turn in this game, like the faithful were at the beginning, so I don’t even know why I’m trying to predict what’s coming next. I just don’t know that Clyde is a) sure enough and b) has a strong enough alliance to sell both Katie and Shane. Even if he could convince people about Katie, I think he’d have a hard time convincing people about Shane, even with the possibility of a recruitment.
But I’m not sure the final move with the puzzle helps him. Maybe Clyde can point people to that when it comes to the final roundtable. It’s always hard for two traitors to make it out of this, no matter how badly the faithful have messed up. And though I think Katie has played a great game, I won’t be surprised if Shane makes it to the end by himself. I do think he’s the kind of guy who’s going to try very hard to bring Katie along, so we’ll see if it works.
Who wins? Right now, if I had to choose, I’d say the faithful, but I’ve been wrong every time so maybe I just made it so the Traitors win! We shall see.
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The Traitors: New Blood airs Thursdays at 8/7c on NBC, with episodes available the next day on Peacock.
