User blog:Gogogadget831/Every Episode of Total Drama Reviewed: Episode 67 - I See London...

Okay guys. Before I start this review, I have to give a very important disclaimer. We are officially getting into the love triangle era, which is the most controversial part of this season. I will try my best not to be too biased in my reviews of the next few episodes and I will accept everyone's opinions. But PLEASE do not trash other people's opinions for liking one couple over the other. It's okay to chat it up and explain why you prefer that couple, but please do not trash other people for having a different opinion than yours, no matter how silly it may sound. As always, I'll try to be as unbiased as possible and I'll try not to step on too many egg shells in my reviews. With that said, let's take a look at:

Episode 67: I See London...

Premise: The contestants head to London for their next challenge. Noah discovers an eel on his team and a love triangle begins to develop.

Location: London, England

Challenge: Find and capture Jack the Ripper

Song: Strip Them Down

Winner(s): Team Amazon

Eliminated: Noah, for vocally explaining his distrust of Alejandro

My Favorite Part: Noah mocking Sierra

Okay...let's talk about the good stuff in this episode first. First of all, Noah had some really fantastic development in this episode. It was great seeing him as a leader in Alejandro's absence. He definitely had some great lines, especially mocking Sierra in the beginning and actually recognizing that Owen has a brain. Even Owen was funny in this episode, like when he mocked the queen's voice, shared a parachute with Noah and accidentally crushed him, squirted his milk and pepper juice everywhere, got attacked by the corgis ("It's a fur coat for animal lovers!"), and even capturing Jack the Ripper. Tyler was also funny, especially when his parachute got stuck on the bridge and screamed his heart out when Owen and Noah didn't even stretch him yet. It was also funny seeing Gwen and Courtney bond in the episode and torture an angry Heather together. There were also a few moments, like Heather complaining about Gwen and Courtney bonding over poop juice, Sierra asking a kiss from Cody "in the name of historical accuracy", the catchy song, and Cody getting a picture with Gwen in Jamaica and accidentally getting her hand sunburnt. The first half of the episode actually looked very promising. Unfortunately, in the second half, it all goes downhill from there. There are several fatal flaws that automatically put it in the BAD pile for me. Let's start off with the fact that Chris announced that the point of the challenge was to capture Jack the Ripper. That was exactly what Owen and Noah did and yet Chris automatically gives Team Amazon the victory for capturing a "criminal", which would be Duncan. That was an incredibly stupid moment and Owen and Noah clearly deserved the victory. They worked so well together and clearly deserved to win. Now, let's talk about the next part - Ezekiel. WHY is Zeke becoming feral? Why did they have to do this to him? Zeke fans clearly wanted more development and more screentime for him. You know what? I wanted to see him get more development. I wanted to see him interact more with characters like Izzy, Harold, and a few others. Yes, he got an early boot, and I kind of wanted him to return and get his redemption and make it further into the game. And so did other Zeke fans. But turning him feral basically served as a big middle finger to Zeke fans. They were probably thinking, "Yeah, you guys want more screentime from Zeke? Well, here you go! Let's make him the part of a running gag that will be funny to everyone!" WRITERS, turning Zeke feral is NOT FUNNY. It never was funny, it's still not funny, and it'll never be funny. It's not just unfunny. It's DEPLORABLE. It's deplorable to his character and it's deplorable to all of Zeke's fans. He does not deserve this kind of treatment. He deserves decent character development, not just terrible character derailment like this. In addition, I really did not like Noah's elimination. I'm not saying that because he's one of my favorite characters. It's the fact that he got so much great development in this episode and had the potential to develop a great and interesting conflict with Alejandro as well as a decent friendship with Owen. Noah definitely had potential to go further and be involved in more interesting plotlines. But no. They just had to eliminate him in this episode after so much great development he got this season. And lastly (here comes the big one...), Duncan and Gwen. That last moment in the episode started the infamous love triangle, which I REALLY DESPISE. I will go more in depth with the love triangle in the next few episodes, but I really hated the way that they hooked up. It all seemed too forced and rushed and there was little to no build-up whatsoever. And spoilers, I HATED the way that they hooked up. I don't hate the couple itself. I liked the idea more than I liked the execution, which was very botched. Yes, we had a moment in Walk Like An Egyptian Part 1 when Duncan and Gwen smiled at each other and then in Newf Kids on the Rock when Gwen sees Duncan. But those hints weren't that subtle and I didn't really see it lead to an immediate relationship. Duncan and Gwen as a couple did have some potential. I mean, if Duncan broke up with Courtney because Courtney was constantly bothering him and then became involved in a budding relationship with Gwen, you know what, I would actually get behind that. But that moment just made the two characters come off as unlikable. Heck, the love triangle also makes Courtney unlikable, which we will see in the next few episodes. Despite the good moments, they're not THAT memorable, and the problems at the end definitely soils most of the good moments. It's really sad because this episode had potential to be one of the best episodes of the season, but because of its flaws, it's one of the worst in my eyes.