User blog comment:PhoenixDragonSamurai/Courtney vs Duncan: Alignment Scale/@comment-25282541-20140813152638/@comment-25793496-20140813164601

Izzy and Noah have never really made the merge, Izzy did, but she had to return, and she missed out on a lot of episodes and really only competed in 13 by the end of the season. They are both comic relief who really aren't meant to develop unless the producers wanted them to.

Lindsay did have plot often, and they all linked. TDI= Lindsay was dumb and was Heather's alliance buddy. TDA= Lindsay tried to prove she could be smart without Heather. She never remembered Tyler, that was a running gag. TDWT= She remembered Tyler and an episode later, she was eliminated.

In TDAS, she was fodder, she was ruined.