Just when the alliance between The Traitors couldn’t get any worse, the group decided to disband over a betrayal that resulted in a shocking banishment.
Warning: spoilers ahead for the newest episode of The Traitors.
During the Thursday, January 29, episode of the hit Peacock series, Lisa Rinna was still dealing with fellow Traitor Rob Rausch turning on her when he wrote her name down at the last banishment. However, she still had a murder to execute so they had to table their falling out so Lisa could choose a victim, which turned out to be Yamil “Yam Yam” Arocho.
The Faithfuls were offered the chance to drink two life-saving elixirs if consumed by the person actually marked for death. They chose wrong, Yam Yam found out that he was the one actually killed off and he managed to alert everyone else that Lisa kissed him on the cheek which he thought meant she was the Traitor.
Lisa then spent the entire episode trying to prove her innocence — to no avail. Candiace Dillard Bassett attempted to help Lisa by working to convince the others not to vote for her. Rob, however, realized Lisa was a sinking ship and instead solidified his friendship with Colton Underwood, who was able to convince the rest of the roundtable on who to vote for week after week.
Lisa Rinna. Euan Cherry/Peacock
It all came down to Thursday’s roundtable where Rob turned on Lisa. Candiace remained loyal — but only to Lisa. When asked whose name she put down, Candiace revealed that she chose to throw away her vote and write down Rob. While it may seem innocent to some, viewers know that Rob is a Traitor so Candiace found a subtle way to float his name out and potentially expose him.
“We have a snake on our hands,” Candiace said in a confessional about Rob’s “buffoonery” when it came to choosing Colton’s side over Lisa, who was ultimately banished.
Candiace dragged Rob’s decision not to be loyal to the Traitors, adding, “He is wiling to betray the people that helped him. He made certain vicious choices that will have dire consequences — for him.”
As the episode came to an end, Rob was seen cosigning Candiace as a potential Traitor for the Faithfuls to target next. Candiace had the same idea but about Rob so she convinced others to reexamine Rob and Colton’s friendship — specifically whether it could be an alliance between Traitors.
“Rob made a decision to disband the traitors,” Candiace told the cameras about her choice to “cut him off at the head” by putting him at risk of exposure.
Rob admitted he didn’t expect for things to take the turn that it did. “I would have been happy to win this game with her,” he shared. “But now I have no idea how Candiace and I are going to work together moving forward. It seems like we will not.”
In the trailer for next week’s episode, Candiace was seen telling Rob to “do what you are going to do and I will do what I am going to do.”
The Traitors is streaming now on Peacock with new episodes dropping Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET.
