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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Elle Hunt

‘I’m 100% faithful!’ What The Traitors tells us about human nature

Contestants on The Traitors series two
Speak no evil … who is Faithful and who is a Traitor? Photograph: BBC

In the penultimate episode of season two of The Traitors UK, Harry – a baby-faced army engineer – is given the choice between adding £7,000 to the collective prize pot, or taking it for himself.

He decides to share, saying that he’s been “a team player since the start” – and adding that “obviously, it’s more money to split” for their eventual triumph. What the audience knows, and most of Harry’s fellow players don’t, is that he is a Traitor, working against them – and only turning down the £7,000 because he feels confident in walking away with the entire £100,000.

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