User blog comment:Artich0ker/If Zeke had closed his mouth that time?/@comment-386913-20120212023106

I don't know how long Ezekiel would have lasted if Courtney left first but it would have made his character more interesting instead of the joke who de-evolved into Gollum. From his persistence though as seen in the first couple episodes, I could see him at least lasting to the merge, then...probably would have just been another of Heather's victims.

As for Courtney...she wasn't necessarily useless, it was just that the team was dysfunctional from the beginning and her bossy nature wound up hurting more than helping. She probably would have been kicked out from the start, but somehow maybe there wouldn't have been the edge like she gained after the whole "Harold switched the votes" incident changed her and the whole Duncan thing in other ways.