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That doesn't change he still did have a purpose of staying. His elimination was pretty good to his character, everyone's favourite getting voted off with four votes, that was something Owen had coming, after the first two seasons. It was something unexpected, like everyone cheering for Heather in the finale. That's one of the pluses of TDWT, it has a lot of good twists.

And yeah, this plot could have been given to Noah or Tyler, but it wasn't. It kinda shows how much potential there is in Owen.