The tension is unbearable \u2013 and that\u2019s just Nick and Ben trying to count to 13 during the challenge section. Elsewhere, the penultimate episode of The Traitors Ireland on Monday (RT\u00c9 One, 9.35pm) is a pressure cooker, chock-full of tears, yells and host Siobh\u00e1n McSweeney looking lost for words. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s gripping fare \u2013 though uncomfortable at times. As with Sunday night, the round table at Slane Castle is a story of knives out and blades plunged mercilessly, as both faithful and traitors turn on Faye. The going is rough \u2013 and her exit emotional. \u201cIt\u2019s funny how it\u2019s ended \u2013 I thought I could trust some of you,\u201d she sobs.<\/p>\n
What went wrong for Faye, who looked set to coast to the final based on her appearing to have complete trust in brothers-in-arms traitors Nick and Ben? Her undoing was the row the previous night with Joanna, with Vanessa and Oyin concluding that if Joanna was a faithful, then Faye, her most vocal antagonist, is surely a traitor. <\/p>\n
Voices are raised as they hash it out \u2013 with Vanessa and Faye talking over one another, and other contestants interjecting. The only one who stays quiet is Ben. He holds his head in his hands and rocks slowly forward and back. Back-stabbing isn\u2019t as easy as he suspected. \u201cI hate this,\u201d he says. \u201cThis is the hard part.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nick has a wobble too \u2013 saying that he found it difficult to sell out Faye. Still, he is ruthless in an earlier exchange with co-conspirator Ben. \u201cThink about your kids, about your family. This is not the hard part. Get it over the line.\u201d<\/p>\n