Just finished Season 1 of The Traitors and I genuinely cannot stop thinking about the ending
Not talking about whether Cirie deserved to win, she played an amazing game. My question is specifically about Arie’s decision at the end.
Since he had already admitted he was a Traitor, could he not have refused to bow out and forced another vote while targeting Cirie? Not by directly exposing her outside the rules, but just through gameplay (Something like forcing a vote, telling everyone Yes I am a traitor and still voting for Cirie still emphasising he is the traitor or something...idk)
And emotionally, wouldn’t he have every reason to do it? He was recruited super late, then immediately treated as expendable. So from his perspective it could’ve been like: “You don’t think I’m a real Traitor anyway? Fine, then I’ll help the Faithfuls.”
Instead he left in this weirdly restrained/sad way while basically hinting something was wrong without fully going nuclear.
Was that:
Against the rules somehow?
A personal/moral choice by Arie?
Respect for Cirie’s gameplay?
I don't know I just finished watching the episode and that part felt so weird
Also a side thought - Christian telling everyone he was invited to be a traitor when everyone already assumed no murder that night was due to Arie's shield was so "not smart", that would have given Arie the ultimate "I can't be the traitor, they tried to kill me and I survived because of shield, how can I be traitor" and then Christian just took that away from Arie and also put a target on his back which ultimately let to his elimination