Episode 2 reveals that Katie (the 23-year-old marketing manager from Jacksonville, Florida) and Xavier (the 38-year-old MLB analyst from Wesley Chapel, Florida) were chosen by Joe and Tomica as the accomplices in training. And before the night is through, the first victim is put into a casket and sent down a river. That victim, the rest of the Faithfuls learn the next morning, is… Coach lawyer Kim. 

After Alan buys every single brooch he could find within Scotland’s legal borders, he tells the group that they’ll be going from breakfast to the roundtable. During their short time in between, Xavier decides to target his fellow accomplice Katie. (Little does he know, he does it in front of both Joe and Tomica.) 

In a private conversation between Madeline, Victor, and Kriste, Kriste thinks she hears Madeline say that she feels bad for picking Kim. (What she actually said was, “I’d feel like s**t for picking Kim.”) After Victor takes heat for immediately running for a shield during the mission, Kriste naturally brings up what she thought she heard minutes before. Madeline of course denies saying it, causing Kriste to get fired up. (And boy, is she coming in hot! Lady, it’s only the first roundtable, chill!) She is so resolute about hearing the wrong thing that it’s comical, to the detriment of poor Mads, of course. 

In other news, there’s apparently evidence in how sweaty Victor has been, but he exclaims: “I’m a sweaty boy, guys!” Then, everyone starts talking about the trials and tribulations of being sweaty on a reality show, which is just the dog and pony show it sounds like. Victor and Madeline both get heaps of votes, but it’s Madeline who is ultimately banished from the game. The perpetually perspiring Victor lives to see another day. 

To cap off the episode, the accomplices must each retrieve a blank death warrant that’s hidden in a book, one in the atrium and one in the library. If either of them fail to secure a warrant before their face-to-face meeting with the Traitors, they’ll be automatically eliminated from the game. Will they be able to get the job done? We’ll have to wait until next week to find out.

What did you think of the premiere of “The Traitors: New Blood”? Grade the combined two hours below, then light up the comments!