Thread:Fedora Kid/@comment-24952355-20150922122323/@comment-1734566-20150922154925

After all the amazing episodes that came before it, yeah, it was an unbelievably awful episode for all the reasons I listed and more. Dwayne and Junior were terrible in this episode despite being the main focus; four teams were basically nonexistent - including the two who JUST left their story on a MASSIVE cliffhanger in the previous episode (Noah and Emma); the Daters were THRUST down our throats beyond the point of unbearability; it was beyond obvious that the Father and Son were gonna struggle, if not lose, the challenge, and then was immediately obvious it would be a non-elimination once the Skaters fell into last beyond doubt.

...So yeah, I didn't like it. And FYI - I have given a 1/10 to a LOT of other episodes prior to SMS, lol - Namely my least favorite in TDI (Basic Straining), a whole EIGHT episodes in TDA, five episodes in TDWT, and, yes, as you mentioned, my least favorite episode of TDAS (Sundae Muddy Sundae). So has it been a decent amount of time since I've awarded a 1/10? Kinda. But have I been handing them out as OFTEN as I used to? Not even. I don't anticipate more horrendous episodes like this one (although the Daters will become a factor that can easily bring any episode down in my eyes), but I was bound to chuck out a 1/10 sometime, since Pahkitew was literally the FIRST season in the show's history where I didn't dislike a single episode.