User blog comment:Epic~00/Why Courtney Hasn't Been A Finalist Yet/@comment-27157772-20171020180704

It was a nice read. And, correct me if I am wrong here, your argument is that Courtney hasn't needed the finalist position yet. While that makes an interesting case, I would go with the argument that Courtney doesn't deserve that title yet. There are others that don't deserve, or need if the word fits, the finalist position (Beth, Lightning, Owen) but they did.

With the exceptions Lightning and Owen, all other finalists have at least that one, special ride-or-die companion. Gwen had Leshawna, Duncan had Courtney, Beth had Lindsay, Heather had (oddly) Cody, Cameron had Zoey (post Mike's elimination), Mike and Zoey had each other, Shawn had Jasmine, and Sky had an on/off partnership with Dave.

When it comes to Courtney, she tends to use people like puppets to get what she wants and treats them like subordinates rather than equals, causing them to go to the side hoping to cut ties with her ASAP. She did that with Duncan and Beth in TDA and Gwen and Scott in TDAS. If she does get a fifth season, you would probably get a story line of her realizing her past mistakes and try to be more of a hero trope than the villian who desperately wants the alpha role.