User blog comment:Gogogadget831/Every Episode of Total Drama Reviewed: Episode 12 - Basic Straining/@comment-4742462-20150630163411/@comment-25027229-20150630165403

Getting rid of Duncan wouldn't have been as harsh on the guy. He obviously didn't care about staying as much as Courtney, but she was one of the reasons he was enjoying the show. Forcing him to stay there without his bad girl convert crush is far crueler than sending him away to a better place, whether that be home or the Playa, which was unknown to the cast prior to elimination. In all, Harold wanted to play with Duncan's mind, and interfering with his love life was the way to do it.