{"id":245369,"date":"2026-01-15T03:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T03:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/245369\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T03:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T03:31:09","slug":"the-traitors-fans-call-out-harriets-sacrifice-over-glaringly-obvious-rachel-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/245369\/","title":{"rendered":"The Traitors fans call out Harriet’s sacrifice over ‘glaringly obvious’ Rachel mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harriet was sent home from the BBC series after asking to be voted off at the roundtable<\/p>\n

Crime author Harriet was the latest person sent home on The Traitors(Image: BBC )<\/p>\n

The Traitors fans have called out Harriet\u2019s sacrifice over a \u2018glaringly obvious\u2019 mistake regarding Rachel in the Scottish Highlands.<\/p>\n

Kicking off the third week of its fourth season, Wednesday night (January 14) proved to be one of the most tense episodes of the Claudia Winkleman BBC<\/a> series to date. At the centre of the drama was Harriet.<\/p>\n

After Matt asked traitors Stephen and Rachel to recruit him and murder Jessie, Harriet <\/a>made her way to the confessional booth from last week\u2019s episode. She quickly revealed that she\u2019s a crime novelist and former criminal barrister.<\/p>\n

Asking who they\u2019d like to recruit, Harriet was informed it would either be her, Jessie or Sam. \u201cI think this answer is not worth the paper it was written on. If my voice is shaking it not through nerves, but through anger you have taken me for such a fool,\u201d Harriet replied.<\/p>\n

Harriet didn\u2019t stop here as she said that she won\u2019t stop until she exposes Rachel <\/a>as a traitor. The faithful proceeded to ask if the other traitor would turn on Rachel, to which Stephen said he would in spite of assuring Rachel that he\u2019s on her time until the end.<\/p>\n

Harriet then warned them in another stunning moment: \u201cI bet you killed me when you had the chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once breakfast arrived, the faithfuls were taken back when Harriet shared her real job before calling out Rachel in front of them. The moment caused chaos <\/a>in the castle with no one sure over who was telling the truth.<\/p>\n

\"Rachel<\/p>\n

What will this mean for Rachel?(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

When it came time for the roundtable<\/a>, Rachel and Harriet entered a debate over who was in the right. Rachel then shared that before she went on the show she took on MI5 training to help her learn how to read people.<\/p>\n

Realising that she wasn\u2019t going to convince everyone that she was correct, Harriet told them all to vote for her in order to prove her point. This ended up being the way things went, with Harriet becoming the latest contestant to be eliminated.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a kamikaze move, I appreciate that. I wanted to ensure that you all knew who I really was. It seems to me this is the only way I can get rid of any doubt of what I said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve given you the names, do not let this sacrifice be in vain. I am and have always been a faithful,\u201d she said after being sent home.<\/p>\n

Following the roundtable<\/a>, the contestants still remained hesitant to suspect Rachel of being a traitor. Instead, they said they were going to focus on Roxy and Matt moving forward.<\/p>\n

The episode concluded in the turret, with Rachel and Stephen having to decide whether to recruit or murder a contestant. While they chose to commit murder, it wasn\u2019t revealed what they were going to kill by the time the credits began to roll.<\/p>\n

Fans quickly rushed to X, previously known as Twitter<\/a>, to have their say on the dramatic installment of the series.<\/p>\n

@1nfe5tor said: \u201cThe fact they still don\u2019t think it\u2019s Rachel is so stupid. OMDS #thetraitorsuk.\u201d @CallMyN4ME added: \u201cWhat a bunch of fools! It\u2019s glaringly obvious \u2026 Fiona voted Rachel! @TheTraitorsUK #TheTraitorsUK.\u201d<\/p>\n

@atmenb_ wrote: \u201cdo they just ignore what\u2019s happening?! Fiona was so focussed on rachel as well and she was a traitor. that\u2019s always been the biggest tell, but somehow they\u2019re all stumped. how! #thetraitorsuk.\u201d @MissProdger posted: \u201cActually wild to say \u201cit doesn\u2019t FEEL like Rachel\u201d as if their intuition has served them so well until now\u2026 #TheTraitorsUK.\u201d<\/p>\n

@DPJCrack commented: \u201cIt\u2019s crazy how social dynamics are at play. Rachel is well loved and respected and despite Harriet saying Rachel they\u2019re all focused on Roxy and Matthew cause it can\u2019t be Rachel?????? #TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK.\u201d @garuyah posted: \u201charriet sacrificing herself for these idiots to keep saying they\u2019re looking at roxy and matt and not rachel omg #thetraitorsuk.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harriet was sent home from the BBC series after asking to be voted off at the roundtable Crime…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1578,93,61,60,6568,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-245369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-the-traitors","13":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}