Is anybody else still sweating from last week’s episode of The Traitors? Boston Rob effortlessly taking down Bob the Drag Queen will go down in reality TV history, but boy did it catch us off guard. We’ve barely recovered from it, and this week, it’s clear that the players haven’t either.
In The Traitors Season 3, Episode 5 “All This Murderous Power,” we watch how Boston Rob’s gambit slowly started biting him in the ass. His fellow Traitors don’t trust him, and the Faithfuls have become suspicious. Is time running out for the Survivor legend in this game? Let’s get into the details of what went down this week.
What happened on The Traitors Season 3, Episode 5?
After Bob the Drag Queen’s elimination, the surviving Traitors tried to get back on the same page. However, it’s becoming increasingly clear that isn’t going to happen anytime soon. Meanwhile, the Faithfuls continued to let last week’s coffin shortlist muddy their search for Traitors. By the end of the episode, we saw two more Faithfuls get booted from the competition.
Boston Rob has some explaining to do
Episode 5 picked up with the three remaining Traitors in their turret. Obviously, the energy was a little awkward because Boston Rob still had Bob the Drag Queen’s blood on his hands from the roundtable.
In an attempt to get back in good favor with Carolyn and Danielle, he tried to explain why he had to go after Bob. The three of them agreed to move past it and vowed to communicate more effectively. But, this is reality TV, and effective communication isn’t the name of the game.
In a confessional, Carolyn admitted that she felt like she couldn’t trust Boston Rob after what he did. If he was willing to throw Bob under the bus, how does she know she’s not next? You’d think Danielle would feel the same way since after all, she called Bob her “ride or die.” Strangely, that wasn’t the case.
In Danielle’s mind, it’s Carolyn who is the bigger threat to her endgame because she could have a Survivor alliance with Rob. Therefore, she explained in a confessional that from this point forward, she’s throwing Carolyn “under the bus.” She wants to get Carolyn eliminated, bring in a new Traitor, and then use them to take down Rob. Unfortunately for Big Brother fans, this is just one of fifteen times in this episode where you have to ask yourself, “What is this woman thinking?”
Who did the Traitors murder in Episode 5?
Although the Traitors were in complete disarray, they did come together to kill yet another Bravo star. The next day at breakfast, the players learned that Robyn, The Real Housewives of Potomac’s Green-Eyed Bandit, was murdered in the middle of the night.
“She’s my friend,” Dolores lamented, realizing that she was now the last Housewife standing.
In a flashback to the turret, we see that killing Robyn was mainly Boston Rob’s idea. Carolyn wasn’t down for it, but once again, no one wanted to listen to her. We’re eagerly waiting for Carolyn to find her voice in this game because right now, she only has one in her confessionals.
In an exit interview, Robyn theorized that the Traitors killed her because she was a “threat” to their game. That’s a pretty interesting assumption from someone who voted incorrectly at every single round table. Bless her heart.
One thing that Robyn said that we do agree with is that the Traitors are going to have to work twice as hard now that Bob is out of the picture. Plus, Bob put a huge target on Rob’s bag on the way out the door. It’s not going to be easy for any of them to make it to the end.
“The Traitors are sweating bullets,” Robyn accurately predicted.
Riddles, urns, and questionable strategies
For this week’s mission, Alan brought the players into a chapel filled with golden urns and candles. We were just a little distracted by Alan’s headpiece, and in a break from the physical challenges, this week’s mission was purely a mind game.
Alan would recite a riddle, and one player would have to find the answer to the riddle among a bookshelf full of urns. If they break the urn and find golden ashes, that adds money to the prize pot. If they see grey dust that looks like cremation remains, that means they answered wrong and are out of the game.
Of course, there was a twist. With only two shields up for grabs, the winner of each round would get to select someone to get the shield. If you’re playing for immunity, that meant that the last couple of riddles in this game were the only ones that really mattered.
This is where Danielle went completely off the rails. A good Faithful would try to give themselves a shield to get protection from murder. Instead, Danielle got up there and gave Dolores the shield, claiming that she didn’t want to see another murdered Housewife.
Now, if there’s anyone who would be on board for saving the Housewives in this game, it’s your friends at Reality Tea. However, this excuse made absolutely no sense. Rob and Carolyn were in the corner like, “What the hell is she doing?”
Danielle solved a second riddle and had the chance to redeem herself. This lady turned around and did it again! She had two chances to give herself a shield, and she didn’t take either of them. Red flags aplenty with that move.
Then, to make matters worse, Danielle tried to pull the same move that Rob did last week. After the mission, she got in the car and almost immediately began gunning for Carolyn. She straight-up said her name to a car full of people, setting the stage for an all-out war between the Traitors.
A crack in the Bambi alliance
While the Traitors’ alliance slowly imploded, so did the Bambis. We were rooting for them, so this was truly a bummer of a storyline to follow this week. From the moment they entered the game, Chrishell, Gabby, and Nikki had forged a friendship, but the game finally caught up to them.
After surviving the coffin last week, most players were suspicious of Nikki. Gabby made it clear that she didn’t care if Nikki was a Traitor. She said she had a double standard for her friend. Chrishell on the other hand? Well, she didn’t feel the same way.
In a stunning move, she went behind her alliance’s back and told Boston Rob that she finally felt convinced that Nikki was a Traitor. You know Rob was jumping for joy on the inside while playing it cool in Chrishell’s face.
According to Chrishell, it all came down to a facial expression that Nikki made. Thank goodness Chrishell sells houses and doesn’t solve crimes for a living because she couldn’t be more wrong here. Either way, she put the final nail in Nikki’s coffin later that night at the roundtable.
Who got banished at the end of Episode 5?
This week’s roundtable kicked off with Lord Ivar setting the stage. He established that there were three people up for debate: Ciara, Nikki, and Boston Rob. Bravely, Ivar confronted Rob about how strongly he came for Bob the week prior. How was Rob so confident that Bob was a Traitor?
Bob from The Biggest Loser jumped in and tried to help Ivar make his case, but Rob deflected. Fortunately for Rob, the misguided theory about the coffin kept everyone focused on Nikki and Ciara. The two ladies went head to head, desperately trying to prove their allegiance to the Faithfuls.
That’s when Chrishell entered the conversation. All of a sudden, we were reminded that this woman was a soap actress long before she was a reality star. Through “tears,” she explained how Nikki’s shift in energy led her to the conclusion that she was a Traitor. Dramatic music thundered in the background, really amping up the theatrics.
With the Bambi alliance fully shattered, Nikki didn’t have much fight left in her. The votes rolled in, and she became the latest player banished from the game. It wasn’t close. Nikki voted for “Ceara” while Dylan randomly voted for Gabby.
With the votes tallied, Nikki went to the Circle of Truth and shared the news that everyone at home already knew. She was a Faithful after all, and the Bambis betrayed each other for no reason. Cue a few more of those soap opera tears.
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TELL US – WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE TRAITORS SEASON 3, EPISODE 5? DO YOU THINK THE TRAITORS WILL JEOPARDIZE THEIR GAME BY GOING AFTER EACH OTHER? WERE YOU SAD TO SEE NIKKI AND ROBYN LEAVE THE GAME THIS WEEK? WHO DO YOU THINK IS NEXT?