Prepare for jaw-dropping betrayals and shocking moments from the USA version of "The Traitors"! We're diving into the most explosive twists, backstabs, and dramatic reveals that left viewers stunned and speechless during the first two seasons of this reality competition.
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00:00Oh, my lord, sweet baby Jesus, not Atkinson, lord, not Atkinson.
00:04Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're looking at times when the American version of The Traitors made our jaws drop.
00:10We're spoiling some major bombshells from the first two seasons.
00:14I've done the dirty deed. The murder has been done.
00:19Number 10, Kyle realizes Cody's a traitor.
00:22Season one traitor and former Big Brother winner Cody Califuri got way in over his head.
00:30And so, like, I don't- he just said that to me right at the end of the thing.
00:34After he and his fellow conspirators murder Olympian Ryan Lochte,
00:37Cody attempts to throw faithful Kyle Cook off his scent.
00:40I'm like, I'm not bringing that up today at all.
00:43His lie about who Ryan believed to be behind the murders backfires tremendously.
00:48Considering how close Ryan and Kyle were in the game,
00:50it's such a boneheaded decision that it immediately clues Kyle into his identity as a traitor.
00:55It's genuinely hilarious to watch, but it isn't the end.
00:59There's no way Ryan said those three names on the way to the round table.
01:03Ryan's not that kind of guy to just be, like,
01:06spurting out some suspicions or a hunch or a rumor.
01:10Watching Kyle figure it all out and then have to defend himself
01:13against suspicion at the next round table is why we love The Traitors to begin with.
01:17Again, I'm not going to name names because I'm just, like, not, like,
01:20comfortable or confident right now.
01:22Number nine, Dan throws Phaedra under the bus.
01:25Dan Giesling may have bested everyone in The Big Brother house,
01:28but he is no match for the real housewives.
01:43Looking down the barrel of banishment,
01:45he realizes he needs to do something drastic to throw attention on someone else.
01:49He decides to throw a Hail Mary.
01:51Phaedra Parks, his fellow traitor, is the only one of the trio who has no suspicion of her.
02:01In one fell swoop, Dan changes that.
02:09Many fans believe this move is what ultimately makes it impossible for her to win the season.
02:13Dan does end up being unmasked, but the damage has been done.
02:17Whether or not it is what tanked Phaedra's game,
02:20it makes for great TV when she lets him have it on the way out.
02:40Season two finale, three faithfuls left, and a whole lot of money on the line.
02:44Unsure if there's another traitor left in the game to steal it all,
02:48C.T., Trishel, and M.J. are in a full-on standoff.
02:51Although both veterans of the challenge,
02:53Trishel and C.T. have very different agendas going into the last vote.
02:57C.T. votes to banish M.J., but Trishel's paranoia turns her against her season-long ally.
03:12Watching C.T. try to win back her trust with all the prize money on the line
03:15is absolutely enthralling.
03:18Given that we know there are no traitors left,
03:25it actually sets the stage for an incredibly suspenseful ending to a fantastic season.
03:41Going from survivor villain to traitor isn't that big of a leap,
03:44but that is exactly why Parvati Shallow could never really avoid suspicion in season two.
03:50Seeing that everyone is just about to find her out,
03:52she works up a few tears for her competitor, John Bercow.
04:15It's almost chilling how believable she is.
04:21Whether or not he believes her becomes the biggest question mark of the episode.
04:24Well, as it turns out, he is just as good of an actor.
04:28When he finally targets her at the next roundtable,
04:30he delivers a monologue about Parvati's talent for deception and betrayal that is downright poetic.
04:44This is the kind of Shakespearean drama we crave when we watch the show.
05:09Kate Chastain won a lot of hearts in her first season of The Traitors.
05:12Of course, she did that by being an absolute terror for everyone else in the cast.
05:21Her annoyance at her fellow players was so thinly disguised
05:24that by the time she left the first season, she was practically begging to be voted out.
05:28During the barrel challenge in episode six,
05:31the contestants are tasked with collecting heavy barrels worth set amounts of money
05:35and rolling them to a far-off finish line.
05:37Kate, fed up with everyone and everything,
05:40begins throwing the money into the field in full view of her team.
05:44Her bizarre and hilarious reasoning? She's a liability.
05:53Inviting her back for a second season was a no-brainer.
05:56The former Bachelor star known as Pilot Pete
05:59didn't come into season two of The Traitors with a reputation as a strategic mastermind.
06:07However, he proved himself to be a particularly fiendish faithful
06:11with this ploy that narrowed down the list of possible traitors on the show.
06:14He's the only one who's ever been able to do that.
06:17He's the only one who's ever been able to do that.
06:19He's the only one who's ever been able to do that.
06:21He's the only one who's ever been able to do that.
06:24He's the only one who's ever been able to do that.
06:27Lying to Dan, Parvati and CT about having immunity from the night's murder,
06:31The Traitors attempt to murder Bergie that night.
06:34Bergie actually has immunity.
06:40Pete's plan has actually worked.
06:44Little does he know, his plan is actually more successful than he thinks.
06:49Dan and Parvati are both traitors and he suddenly got them shaking in their boots.
06:55And I fully and completely blamed Dan.
07:02Michael Davidson comes under suspicion of being a traitor
07:04and all he can do is throw dirt on another player.
07:14His target is fellow faithful Geraldine Moreno.
07:16He doesn't just bring Geraldine's name to the group,
07:19he completely crashes out at the roundtable.
07:22I was trying to be funny.
07:23Wasn't the best time.
07:25I'm awkward, okay, I have anxiety, okay, it came out.
07:28His desperation and anxiety get the best of him.
07:31He knows it's happening and he doesn't seem to be able to stop it.
07:34I don't know how to talk to people.
07:35You're doing a good job of talking right now.
07:37Poor timing.
07:38You're real good at talking.
07:39It's a classic case of a player not being able to take the heat.
07:42No matter what happens, it seems like a moment that's impossible to come back from.
07:46I need to make sure that I at least have some numbers on my side
07:49so that I can breathe when I get in that room tonight.
07:52And so, yes, honey, I'm looking for every excuse to get you gone.
07:56Number three, Parvati versus Phaedra.
07:58The third roundtable ceremony proved that cracks were already beginning to show
08:02among the season's traitors.
08:03But who has the capacity to perform this part?
08:06Is actors and I think housewives as well.
08:12When the time comes, Parvati shallow shares that she wants her fellow players
08:15to be suspicious of the real Housewives cast members at the table.
08:18You're looking at me like I murdered my boyfriend and all my closest friends.
08:21Well, it's possible.
08:23This puts the heat on Larsa Pippen, Tamara Judge,
08:26Sheree Whitfield and Parvati's fellow traitor, Phaedra Parks.
08:29Don't come for the Housewives, honey.
08:32We are not a gang.
08:33All of the Housewives rebel.
08:35But it's thrilling to watch Phaedra have to defend herself
08:38while also having to hide her treacherous position in the game.
08:41But they have to hash it out again privately in the traitor's turret
08:45and things get heated.
08:46I will not throw you under the bus.
08:48What is it when you say the Housewives?
08:51I was talking about Larsa.
08:52No, you weren't.
08:53You said the Housewives.
08:54That's what you said.
08:55Number two, Sheree betrays Ari.
08:57Sheree Fields played a masterful game.
09:00Played this game from the second I was chosen as a traitor.
09:03She outlasted her fellow original traitors
09:05and earned the remaining Faithful's implicit trust.
09:08In the end, she has one last roadblock.
09:11Yes, she can share the prize money with former Bachelorette contestant Ari Leondyke Jr.
09:15Or she can turn the other players against him and take it all herself.
09:19He did not have to stress the way that I had to stress.
09:23He did not have to come to every breakfast and look surprised.
09:28She chooses the latter.
09:30Ari is clearly upset and can't express it all without blowing up Sheree's spot.
09:34I felt like I'd been stabbed in the back.
09:38I was like, no.
09:41Sheree, how could you do that to us?
09:43So he bows out and reveals himself as a traitor.
09:46Sheree's march to the win is cemented in that one exquisite moment.
09:50All we can do is watch.
09:52I was recruited late and I made that choice.
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10:13Number one.
10:14Parvati murders in plain sight.
10:16In the second season's most nerve-wracking sequence,
10:19the traitors are ordered to murder one of their fellow players
10:22in front of everyone without anyone catching on.
10:29One by one.
10:30Each of Parvati's shallow attempts to get one of their disgust targets
10:33to drink from the special cup backfires.
10:35She has to go rogue.
10:36When I leave the show and I find out who the **** was betrayed me,
10:39I'm gonna **** him up hard.
10:44Cheers.
10:44Ekansu Juljulolo just happens to be the only person
10:48she can get to drink from the poison chalice.
10:54What happens from there is equally as delicious.
10:56Phaedra Parks' incredible reaction and Alan finally closing Ekansu's casket
11:01just rounded out one of the show's most surprising and suspenseful storylines.
11:09Did your favorite moment of backstabbing, betrayal and treachery make the list?
11:12Let us know in the comments.
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