Y’all. We’ve lost the plot. For real, for real. After an absolutely stellar season of television last season, no matter how you felt about The Challenge vets CT Tamburello and Trishelle Cannatella winning, The Traitor s was undeniably top-tier reality competition television. Season 3 of the Peacock series has a lot to live up to. And ultimately, it has been solidly entertaining television. Yes, the boot order is kind of non-ideal, and we may be amid some of the most illogical-thinking faithfuls that have ever been on the U.S. series, but nothing about the season itself is inherently bad. And while The Traitors (all of them, not just one) have had objectively messy gameplay this season, again—it hasn’t been bad or unwatchable. In fact, it continues to be must-see television week after week. However, what is beginning to sour the season is the fan reaction to the performance and gameplay of one traitor in particular, which is being fueled in part by racism and misogynoir but also by...
