User blog comment:TotalDramaFan82498/Is It Bad That I've Liked Every Season?/@comment-1037137-20150306083152/@comment-1037137-20150306205229

I'll give TDPI this though. I know that Sky and Shawn are the finalists, but at least the season does not go to extremes to make it obvious and doesn't play them up to the nth degree without regard for how it drags down or derails the rest of the season's plot and pacing. Not like Zoey and Mike where clearly the staff had only one thing on their brains, and that was making sure they reached the finish regardless of how it adversely affected everything else in turn, and actually allowed it to spiral out of control. It doesn't feel quite that bad with Sky and Shawn, and they actually are pretty likable, and not absurdly overpowered. If only the writers had displayed such wisdom with TDAS, I'm still not sure what they thought they were doing there. TDPI seems to do a better job of not going to the extreme with the ultimate finalists.