Morgan Cook Eliminated in The Traitors as Poisoned Goblet Ends Her Run
NBC's reality competition enters Episode 9 with a new murder and a remaining field of nine players competing for the $250,000 prize.
By Natalia Costa ·
Morgan Cook was murdered in Episode 9 of The Traitors: New Blood, ending her competition on NBC's reality series. The episode, titled "Playing Chess," streamed on Peacock on Friday morning, November 6, 2026. Cook received the poisoned goblet during a new twist introduced by host Alan Cumming.
The season entered this episode with a high morale shift among the Faithfuls. In the previous installment, the group finally banished a Traitor, Tomica Adams, after weeks of eliminating their own allies. Cumming marked this progress by inviting the remaining players outside the castle for a toast. He revealed that the two Traitors had poisoned one of the goblets. Players were permitted to swap cups with one another. If a Traitor kept the poisoned cup, no murder would occur that night. If a Faithful kept it, they would be eliminated.
The Traitors, Katie Fites and Joe Vanella, chose Cook as the target. Fites and Vanella explained their strategy in the episode. They noted that targeting Victor Vollbrechthausen would have been logical, but it would have raised suspicion about Vanella. Vollbrechthausen has accused Vanella of being a Traitor since an incident the players refer to as "FruitGate." By eliminating Cook, the Traitors avoided drawing direct attention to Vanella.
Nine players remain in the competition for the $250,000 prize pool. The surviving cast includes Abbey Benjamin, Shane Beatty, Katie Fites, Wyatt Gillespie, Kriste Lewis, Ben McDonnell, Clyde Moser, Joe Vanella, and Victor Vollbrechthausen. Fites and Vanella are the only remaining Traitors in the group.
New episodes of The Traitors: New Blood air on Thursdays on NBC and stream on Peacock the following day. Peacock offers two subscription tiers for the series. The Premium plan with ads costs $12.99 per month, while the ad-free Premium Plus plan costs $19.99 per month.
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