The Traitors: New Blood Season 1 Episode 10 Review: The Sun, the Moon and the Truth
Reality TV shows are reliant on compelling editing. This makes The Traitors: New Blood Season 1 Episode 10, “The Sun, the Moon and the Truth,” all the more worrisome. The series has a proven concept.
Peacock’s original version constantly goes viral, makes reality TV stars even more famous, and has become a universal unifier across multiple reality TV worlds. Peacock and NBC know how to make The Traitors interesting and entertaining.
Therefore, it almost feels like they’re trying to sabotage this version.
Some fans have discussed the idea that The Traitors might not work with an all-civilian cast. Many international versions feature only non-celebrities, and those have been some of the best versions of this hit reality TV show.
It’s truly baffling and astonishing what continues to happen with The Traitors: New Blood.
The Traitors: New Blood Season 1 Episode 9, “Playing Chess,” was a slight improvement from previous weeks. It made us believe that the show reached its turning point.
It was only uphill from there until the finale.
“The Sun, the Moon, and the Truth” shows that the series continues to flounder as it tries to figure out what to do. This episode doesn’t end in a murder or a roundtable, but during a challenge. This is the penultimate episode of the season.
This didn’t feel like the final one before the finale. This makes us worry that the season’s final episode will be as lackluster as the majority of it.
Many reality TV fans and The Traitors fans were excited for The Traitors: New Blood. It means two seasons a year, and many wanted to see the show without the known figures. This season isn’t a good endorsement for the non-celebrity version.
The cast doesn’t seem to be the problem because a lot of them are engaging and compelling reality TV personalities. This brings us back to the editing choices.
Hours upon hours of reality TV are recorded. The story doesn’t develop until the editors and producers decide what it is. These producers and editors are struggling to tell a complex and interesting story.
We believe the material is there for it. The editors just seem lost.
It became even clearer that “The Sun, the Moon, and the Truth” didn’t advance the story enough.
Joe’s elimination and Shane’s new Traitor status are the biggest headliners, but Joe’s exit lacks drama. Additionally, there isn’t much suspense surrounding Shane’s new Traitor status.
He’s likely gone before anyone wins money. The thrills come from whether Katie has fooled enough people to make it to the end. However, does it matter if she does?
At the beginning of the season, Alan Cumming mentioned that the Traitor of this season was one of the best he’s ever seen. Either Cumming made that up or the season severely under-edited Katie’s Traitor game.
Either way, that’s a problem.
We are either victims of false advertising or bad editing. If it’s the latter, then we really need the Traitors: New Blood editors to reevaluate next year. You know how to make a good show; please give us that next year.
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The Traitors: New Blood airs Thursday at 8/7 C on NBC.
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Jerrica Tisdale
Jerrica Tisdale is your favorite neighborhood pop culture junkie. She will annoy you with random TV and film facts, while complaining about whatever is the hottest new book. She has been a TV fan all her life but writing about it for over a decade. You may find her work all over the internet especially reality TV rants. She is a senior writer at Tell-Tale TV.