User blog comment:Epic~00/Why Total Drama All Stars Was Such An Abysmal Season (PART 3)/@comment-24971793-20140906195922/@comment-31556666-20140907143729

Cameron was counted by me no matter how many episodes they interacted in due to ROTI. Zoey was a motivational speaker to Sierra during her horrible storyline of Camcody. Zoey was still interacting with Duncan before she learned of Mal. And before finding out about Mal, she was just having conflicting thoughts of trusting Alejandro so they're interaction wasn't just to make Alejandro a plot device for Zoey to find out about Mal. Her interactions with all of these characters, Gwen and Courtney included, made Zoey seem like the main plot device of the season. She may have been a pawn in the failed Gwen/Courtney storyline but if anything they really tried making her an important pawn. She's the main reason Mal completely takes over Mike because of the stupid situation in No One Eggspects where Mike causes self-harm to himself all for Zoey. He comes back to normal only whenever something really important involving Zoey happens, such as when she puts herself in danger in You Regatta Be Kidding Me. The Courtney/Gwen conflict was important, sure, but ever since Zeek and Ye Shall Find up to Sundae Muddy Sundae, there's no longer a conflict and it seems like it's resolved until the disaster of an episode airs.