Season 3 of The Traitors concluded last night with Gabby, Ivar, Dolores, and Dylan splitting the $204,300 prize pot. This was the most Faithful to finish the game together, delivering a lighthearted ending to an otherwise cutthroat season.
Of course, a season wouldn’t be complete without a reunion hosted by Andy Cohen, but in the past, these reunions have felt inconsequential. This year’s followed suit and there wasn’t a ton of drama for the players to discuss. However, it’s our duty to bring you all of the tea, so we’ve got the breakdown of The Traitors Season 3, Episode 12, “Reunion.”
What happened in The Traitors Season 3, Episode 12?
Andy sat down with the winners and losers of Season 3 to dish out all of the drama that went down in the castle. Some players were excited to discuss their Season 3 journey while others had unfinished business. Then, there were a few people who barely got a word in. Keep on reading for our big takeaways from the Season 3 sitdown.
The four winners and their “kumbaya” ending
In past finales, we’ve seen Faithful dreams get crushed at the Fire of Truth. Honestly, some of us are still bitter about how they did Mercedes Javid in Season 2.
In comparison, Season 3’s finale was a lot less dramatic, with the four Faithful players all choosing to end the game. There was no greed and no betrayal. Although some fans feel like that made for an anticlimactic ending, the winners explained to Andy that it all came down to trust.
“They really just like drove us into the ground, those Traitors,” Gabby explained. “I feel like by the end, I’m like ‘Come on,’ yeah it’s a little kumbaya, but I feel like we all really trusted each other.”
For Dylan, he said he felt confident about Britney’s banishment at the final roundtable. Her argument was so solid that he knew she had to be guilty of something. Therefore, he felt confident ending the game with the remaining players. Meanwhile, Ivar and Dolores were just happy to be there.
Carolyn felt disrespected in the castle
What would Season 3 of The Traitors have been without sweet, sweet Carolyn? The Survivor alum and her facial expressions had the Faithfuls confused, the Traitors annoyed, and the audience intrigued. During the reunion, Andy asked if she felt “respected” by her fellow Traitors, and that’s when the tears started flowing. According to Carolyn, she never felt the love.
“I felt it. I saw it,” Carlyn said of the disrespect in the castle.
Danielle tried to chop it up to miscommunication, but even Gabby said she saw the disrespect towards Carolyn when watching the season. It’s not a miscommunication to call someone dumb and compare them to Forrest Gump.
Ultimately, it’s all water under the bridge now. Neither of them won, and as Dolores pointed out, Carolyn is now raking in a lot of money on Cameo. She gained a whole lot of new fans from this experience, and that’s a prize in itself.
Danielle has zero regrets about her gameplay
The most controversial Traitor of Season 3 was definitely Danielle. Her theatrics and questionable strategies left the audience at home confused and slightly annoyed. We’re all watching her and thinking, “How can they not tell she’s a Traitor?”
To make matters worse, Danielle was going around the castle swearing on her grandkids, and she made it very clear at the reunion that she didn’t feel bad about it. We’re not sure what’s more shocking — the fact that she’s someone’s grandma or the fact that she had no regrets about swearing on their lives.
Although Danielle got a lot of criticism for her gameplay, Andy pointed out that she still did pretty well in the game, all things considered. She outlasted all of the original Traitors this season, and she almost made it to the finale. It seems like her only regret from this show was trusting Britney.
Bob the Drag Queen took on the Housewives
The Traitors kicked off the season by targeting Housewives, so of course, they had to answer to that at the reunion. Andy was like “Why the f*ck did you go after the Housewives?”
With that in mind, Dorinda came out on the stage in her Ferragamo dress ready to play. She felt salty about getting murdered first and even saltier that Bob the Drag Queen went around joking about it on social media once the show aired.
“I didn’t dislike you, I just murdered you,” Bob told the Real Housewives of New York alum.
Never in a million years did we think we’d see Dorinda and Bob going back and forth at a reunion moderated by Andy, but we’re so glad it happened. Props to Bob for surviving that encounter. Tinsley Mortimer could never.
Ayan also had some smoke for Bob, but it was lighthearted. She said that Bob murdered her because she was the funniest person in the castle. In her mind, Bob was threatened by her star power. Bob was like, “Call me when you have two comedy specials.”
The main takeaway from this reunion was that Real Housewives and drag queens make reality TV better. The reunion would have suffered if it weren’t for them giving us an ounce of entertainment. The gamers take themselves too seriously. There are people like Nikki, Sam, and Ivar who don’t speak. If it weren’t for Bob and the Housewives injecting some excitement into this reunion, this episode could have been easily skipped. Hopefully the producers keep that in mind for Season 4.
The Traitors is streaming on Peacock.
TELL US – WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE TRAITORS SEASON 3 REUNION? WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS ON DANIELLE DEFENDING HER GAMEPLAY? DO YOU THINK DORINDA WAS TOO HARD ON BOB?
