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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Michael Hogan

Is Rachel the best Traitor ever – and will she win?

Rachel Duffy from The Traitors
Not the Irish president’s daughter … Rachel Duffy from The Traitors. Photograph: Cody Burridge/BBC/PA

Even a stopped castle clock is right twice a day. During last Friday’s jack-in-the-box mission on The Traitors, the remaining contestants were asked which of their fellow players would make the best Traitor. In a rare moment of insight, Weymouth gardener James Baker – he of the clumsy shield-stealing – said: “Rachel. She has those FBI skills and is just so smooth.”

He doesn’t know the half of it. Cut to Rachel saying through gritted teeth: “Shut up, James. Just shush.” She might have been momentarily rattled but the canny operator was soon making a mental note of everyone’s answers to use against them later. Translation: James’s days could be numbered.

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