People keep on telling me about how clever Kas is.” These 10 simple words, though complimentary on the face of it, may have unwittingly sealed an innocent man’s fate.
Uttered by Leon about his fellow contestant Kasim on the BBC’s explosively popular strategy gameshow The Traitors, they planted a seed of suspicion that rapidly grew into a veritable jungle. For three consecutive nights, the poor good doctor was hauled over the coals at the Round Table, increasingly ostracised from the group and forced to defend his unimpeachable character, before being unceremoniously banished at the end of the fourth episode. He was, of course, a Faithful all along.
