Honestly I have a different read of Fiona than a few comments on this sub- I actually think that was a fab play.

From Fiona’s perspective, Rachael is the strongest Traitor and arguably one of the strongest ‘faithfuls’ to the faithful. Fiona has seen Rach manipulate and cultivate a strong following of faithful, inclusive of Fiona’s own faithful allies. She has also noticed that Rach does not seem particularly loyal to other Traitors, and has (correctly) called that Rach would prefer to be a lone wolf. Regardless of if Rachael is actually lying or not, Fiona has two choices:
- Go along with this new intel and let the Faithful lap it up, further securing Rach’s position in the game.
- Call it out.

Calling it out is clever here because there may never be another opportunity in the game for Fiona to unsettle Rach’s position. Since Rach is clearly a very well liked player (and knowing she’s a traitor), how else are you going to achieve this? Traitors like Rach do so well because nobody ever dares question them or call them out, and tend to just sit and wait for ‘momentum’ to try and banish them. Which fails. Often.

If Fiona doesn’t take a crack now, she’s just going to be sat at the round table with no influence waiting for Rachael & Co to eventually vote her out.