WARNING: Spoilers for season two, episode four of The Traitors!
Well that was certainly dramatic, wasn't it?
Episode three of The Traitors left us on one hell of a cliff-hanger last week as we waited eagerly to see which one of Brian or Ash would be banished, and if anything episode four was packed choc full of even more drama.
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In the end, episode four saw both of them being voted out, with Faithful Brian being banished in the resolution to the previous episode's cliff-hanger and then Ash been given her marching orders right at the end of last night's episode.
However, what's got everyone talking now is another Traitor lurking amidst the Faithfuls, and that's Paul who, by the way, once had an absolute shocker on Deal or No Deal.
Red of hair and beard, nobody on the show has quite embraced the chance to be a Traitor quite like Paul, but some of the viewers are less than impressed with his antics.
Clearly having fun being a Traitor while the rest of his complicit colleagues are struggling to hide their identity, Paul has won popularity contests on the show while also orchestrating some devious ploys.
It was his idea for he and fellow Traitor Harry to vote for Ash to be banished, and while Brian was given his marching orders by one solitary vote instead that hasn't stopped him playing the game.
Episode four saw the introduction of 'the dungeon', where the Traitors would send four of the contestants, themselves included, and at the end of the day one of them would have to be murdered.
Among the Traitors, Paul and Ash sent themselves into the dungeon along with Faithfuls Andrew and Meg, with many suspecting that Paul was banking on the group knowing that the Traitors would slip one of their number in among the rest.
Since almost everyone already thought Ash was a Traitor, Paul may have thought that might exonerate him but instead while he was stuck down in the dungeon some Faithfuls started to wonder if his cheery demeanour might have been hiding something else.
Some of the Faithfuls, particularly Jaz, have deduced that while everyone else has been worrying about getting murdered by the Traitors, Paul seems to be unbothered.
However, when this came up at the banishment discussion Paul played yet another move which has had The Traitors viewers calling him 'pure evil'.
As the table started talking about him Paul said he was scared of being on the murder list as he'd been in the dungeon and then appeared to get emotional and cry, which resulted in some of the other contestants reaching out an arm in comfort.
However, those of us watching along at home know they're crocodile tears from a man who is a Traitor and the crying is an act to get people to talk about something else, with viewers calling the moment 'Oscar worthy'.
He then promptly voted for Ash yet again, who was ejected from the show almost unanimously.
While he's clearly enjoyed playing the bad guy on The Traitors, with his pieces to camera demonstrating how much he's enjoying being on the show, the audience appears to be turning against Paul.
Fans discussing The Traitors online seem to have taken against the 36-year-old business manager, and some have said that his attempts to play the game aren't as good as he thinks they are.
One viewer said he was 'not a fun villain at all' and 'quite bad at being a Traitor', while another didn't like what they saw as his attempts to 'play a conniving mustache twirling villain'.
A third accused him of being 'annoying' and 'trying too hard to be a TV character', while many more were very critical of his antics at the discussion table.
Others compared his fake crying to the time former Health Secretary Matt Hancock tried his best to squeeze out a tear on the news, and said they 'personally cannot wait' for the moment a majority of the table catches on to what he's doing.
Not everyone's against him as some The Traitors fans said they were 'lowkey rooting' for a player that has embraced the chance to go full villain.
The Traitors continues tonight (11 January) at 9pm on BBC One, with episodes also available to watch on iPlayer.
Topics: BBC, TV and Film
Joe Harker