Loyalty and Betrayal

I've been thinking a lot about the Traitors lately. Like many people, I became quite addicted to the show. My gateway was Celebrity Traitors. My dealer was, of course, my 14-year-old daughter. We love watching things together (it was Ginny and Georgia until we finished the last season). She said watch the first episode with me and then decide. We watched the entire season as close as we could to the live sessions (everyone will be talking about this at school tomorrow, Mum).

Anyway, I've been thinking about what the show gets right and why it has been so successful. I even wrote a guest post for Lucy over on her blog about what crime writers can learn from the show. But something that stayed with me was the Rachel and Stephen duo. These two have hit it off from the beginning and were loyal to each other throughout the game, despite what the production tried to have us believe. And this got me thinking about trust, betrayal, and loyalty — what they mean and when. I don't know exactly what I'm thinking yet, because I haven't written it yet. But I know I've been thinking about it and I want to explore it more.