The Innocence of Treachery - How The Traitors UK Series 1 Stole My Heart

The Traitors (UK version) is a gameshow steeped in deception, lies and treachery. It’s been described as ‘Highland Hunger Games’ (The Guardian) and ‘bloodless backstabbing’ (Steven McIntosh, BBC) but is it really about any of those things? Beneath its evil green hood of mayhem and murder...does The Traitors have a heart of gold?

This is a video essay recapping and analysing each of the 12 episodes of The Traitors UK and talking about why it struck such a chord with audiences - and by audiences, I mostly mean me.
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Chapters:
Intro - 00:00
Episode 1 - 02:39
Episode 2 - 18:25
Episode 3 - 25:07
Section discussing panic attacks & mental health - starts at 37:08, ends at 44:36
Episode 4 - 46:44
Episode 5 - 01:08:12
Episode 6 - 01:21:49
Episode 7 - 01:38:36
Episode 8 - 01:52:33
Episode 9 - 02:09:42
Episode 10 - 02:24:47
Episode 11 - 02:39:25
Episode 12 - 03:04:18
Outro - 03:32:26

Additional credits:
Great Ace Attorney clips - AceKatsu
Jeopardy! theme
Ironside theme