


You gotta admit: The Circle is a tough game to play. The slightest shade, a misplaced comma, one errant emoji and you’re out $100,000.
You think you stress about writing an email to your boss or getting a text from your mom? The Circle is all that, 24/7 — and only those who’ve been through the show’s very brightly-colored gauntlet know what it’s like. And just because no players were blocked in Week 1 of The Circle’s sixth season doesn’t mean the game’s gone soft. It means that the game is more laser-focused than ever, and these are the players who got caught in The Circle’s line of fire.
Below you’ll find our interviews with the first three players to get blocked from Season 6’s Circle Chat. There are major revelations to be had and botched game moves to dissect — and we even got to crack some of the code whirring around inside Max’s AI brain. SPOILERS for the first 8 episodes of The Circle Season 6 ahead, because we’re getting into all of it.

These interviews have been edited and condensed for clarity. New episodes of The Circle Season 6 premiere on Netflix on Wednesdays.