User blog comment:VeryUnknownFan/"Conveniences" that made players last a lot longer than usual (whether by writing, production, etc)./@comment-11883116-20170523003121

Sam's cheating actually wasn't out of character and was explained. He was starving on the Boney Island last time, so he sneaked some food just in case he was sent there again. Sure, it was stupid of him, he could've just asked his teammates not to send him on exile, they're heroes after all, they wouldn't send him on Boney Island just to annoy him or something. But still, it was explained.

Alejandro and Heather weren't invisible until the sixth episode. If anyone was invisible this season, it was Sam. Both Alejandro and Heather got pretty major (or at least medium) roles in the six episodes Heather has been in.