User blog comment:Epic~00/Why Total Drama All Stars Was Such An Abysmal Season (PART 3)/@comment-24971793-20140906195922/@comment-24971793-20140906232008

She doesn't really have strong interactions with Sierra. Cameron ... mweh, they interacted for like two episodes and all we got was an alliance that lasted 3 seconds and had no effects on anything. Just a brief reminder that they're supposed to be friends. Duncan and Alejandro could have been something, but basically those interactions just served to introduce Mal. She did have important interactions with Courtney but those where mostly one-sided on Courtney's side (Courtney considering Zoey a target, Courtney thinking Zoey didn't keep the secret, Courtney trying to make an alliance). The friendship with Gwen felt more like a pawn in the Gwen/Courtney storyline and didn't really do anything for Zoey.

Zoke was on the background for the majority of the season. Yeah they where still a couple but nothing really happened around them being a couple. The relationship was never jeopardised or evolved. Zoey just got worried about Mike's strange behaviour but chose to literally ignore or forgive everything instantly untill she finally discovered Mal and then treated Mal like a completely different person from Mike. A bad guy who was keeping her boyfriend captive rather than as a part of her boyfriend.

Mike does use Zoey as motivation a couple of times but she's basically just a damsel in distress in the entire situation. The focus is about Mike and Mal fighting it out.

This season was all about Mike's inner struggle and the Courtney-Gwen conflict, Zoey/Zoke was basically just a plotdevice or a pawn in both these plotlines and didn't do much/anything significant on their own.