User blog comment:Gogogadget831/Every Episode of Total Drama Reviewed: Episode 95 - Evil Dread/@comment-25027229-20150814021706

Spot on. This is easily one of my favorite episodes of all time for all the reasons you mentioned.

This was the episode that made Lightning a Top 10 worthy character on my rankings and gave me actual laughs and not thoughts of "Heh, that was amusing." Other great comedy from Sam getting injured at every corner, Jo and Heather arguing, and the clever "Wicker Man" reference were fun too.

It's hard to sell an episode on comedy without some form of plot, so it was great to have Mal show up, and in a really cool way with that burning painting. My jaw dropped at that scene and I still remember the chills I had when that silhouette appeared. Too bad the creative team didn't push him enough, because he had so much potential in the pre-merge that went to waste.

As for my favorite moment, I'll have to give it to:

Lightning: "Ain't nobody tellin' Lightnin' where to dig! I'm my own man!" *Proceeds to dig in the lake*

This episode makes me sad that Lightning couldn't stay longer, but I loved his blindside. I know predictable eliminations get hate for being so, but they really work when the elimination is just one giant joke that the loser never picks up on. And the way it flips from "Sha-WHAT?!" to Lightning in the toilet? Golden.