Thread:Ttowen/@comment-1037137-20140802192156/@comment-1141831-20140803160306

I definitely feel you there. Shockingly, two of the best episodes of part 2 of this season were written by Ed MacDonald...however I still say his previous episodes were enough to can him. The only reason Terry, Hicks, and Oliver are still around is because of how great Pahkitew was. Apparently Tom and Jen told them that if Season 5 tanked, they would be gone. We know how All-Stars went...but Pahkitew was so amazing that it barely saved them; making room for the new final chance that is Ridonculous Race.

The biggest points on my wish list for things to fix would definitely be: Ezekiel, breaking up Zoke, fixing the hell out of Courtney to make her the well-rounded character that World Tour brought us, Dakota's mutation, Duncan's half-assed redemption, and Trent's descent. But they need to find time to fix all of the mistakes they have made along the way. Apparently a lot of what has happened is also more about Hicks and Oliver not paying attention to what is going on and each writer having a different opinion of what they want to happen than the two being terrible. Like it was Oliver's idea to pair Courtney and Scott together, which worked well...but Terry's idea to break them up. It seems like the only bit of pre-planning that was done while mapping out Revenge and All-Stars was the elimination order. Hopefully RR will turn out to be what we have wanted since the first half of WT.

"As for Dave, when you consider his hypocondria and extreme fear of Germs, and all of the trauma he was exposed to, by the time he left he wasn't sane. Crawling out of the bathroom confessional was the final straw that broke him and made him so dependent on Sky. And I can honestly attribute his irrational thinking at the finale to that.

Dave is tramuatized and maybe a bit broken at this point. People like that... I can tell from expierience, all they want is revenge, and they'll target anyone who attributed to their breakdown. Since Dave couldn't hurt Chris, Sky is target number 2.

Having your mind and spirit shattered like that, it's not a nice thing. It can reduce you to a hollow shell of the person you once were. I know all this because it happened to me. And I'm still trying to recover.

That's why Dave had so many crying spells, and then became vicious. Classic cycle of Tramua.

If he comes back next season he will likely be very depressed, with plenty more crying, having a hard speaking, and when he does it will almost be a whisper. He'll also be unable to look his former friends in the eye, and have a very time smiling. When he does look at someone, they'll likely comment at how... empty his eyes and expression looks.

The reason he comes back? Guilt, and a desperate need for forgiveness from the people he hurt, and atonement for his actions, going to great lengths to do so." That is my friend's stance on the matter that made me change a little on Dave.

Dave is the one that strikes me, not as a derailment, but intentional. I heard that they brought psychologists into the studio to perfectly map out the cycle of trauma. I can't wait to see what they do from here.

As for my lists, I am planning on doing other character rankings from shows such as Avatar, South Park, It's Always Sunny, DBZ, etc.