The Celebrity Traitors; Pluribus

“The finale of The Celebrity Traitors was intense, twisty, nerve-shredding and certainly far exceeded my expectations. This might not have been the outcome some viewers were hoping for, but it was absolutely the most entertaining one. The sense of theatre was total and this was the best final since series two.”
Carol Midgley, The Times

“I shall, along with the more than 13 million other viewers, miss them all. As the figure under Winkleman’s hair made clear on many occasions, you were, largely, awful at the game. But you were great, great entertainment.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

“This was the best episode yet. Even the team challenge, which earlier in the series could feel like a cheesy out-take from It’s A Knockout, took on an added urgency – not just because they were playing to win up to £20,000 for their chosen charities, but because all of them were constantly scrutinising each other for hints of duplicity.”
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail

“This series has proved that it doesn’t really matter who plays. Famous or not, it’s the game itself that reveals itself as the true star.”
Emily Baker, The i

“It takes some chutzpah to look at the world in 2025 – especially if you are a non-Maga citizen of the US – and say to yourself, ‘Yes, but wouldn’t it be almost more terrible if everybody just … got along?’ But that is essentially what Vince Gilligan has done. The execution may not be flawless – Pluribus is a slow burn that is frequently just slow, and has the wonderful Rhea Seehorn spinning her wheels too often – but the audacity of the question is incredible.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

“It’s not just a good story well told, it also – as all good TV must do these days – confronts us with important questions about our own lives. It’s a clever, well-disguised critique of our tendency to people please, of our growing incapacity to be uncomfortable, of our unwillingness to have our opinions challenged, to be wrong and, well, unhappy. This is one of those rare occasions when a highly anticipated series not only meets expectations, but exceeds them.”
Emily Baker, The i

“A big swing from Vince Gilligan — he’s delivered another addictive piece of television that, like all the best sci-fi-adjacent content, is as much about asking questions and challenging ideas as it is about the expansive world it creates and the characters that exist within it.”
Tim Glanfield, The Times

“The first six hours of Pluribus, after that early burst of premise-setting, is remarkable mostly for its languor. The world is built with the precision and care of a matchstick house: wonderful to look at, much to admire, but as dynamic as dough. I’ve watched six hours and enjoyed every minute, but I still have no idea where, if anywhere, this show is going.”
Benji Wilson, The Telegraph

“Seehorn is excellent, the premise is interesting, and Apple TV’s production work is as polished as ever. But it just isn’t gripping, feeling instead like a satire that’s unsure what, or who, it’s satirising.”
Nick Hilton, The Independent