User blog comment:Epic~00/Character Opinions/@comment-24152851-20150426133425/@comment-24971793-20150426185413

Unfortunately I'm afraid that the mutation is what they used to finish her arc. They might have made the decision for the mutation to push a "looks don't matter" message. I think most of us would have prefered if they handled it differently. Nevertheless whether we "like" it or not doesn't change a thing. She didn't exhibit laziness in her last couple of episodes (laziness isn't about hating to do something, laziness is refusing to participate when you have the ability, which she did when she was first a contestant), as an intern she always did her job and became gradually less whiny about it. When she became a contestant for the second time she participated, took charge and even started to think strategically. Her hunger for fame gradually dissapeared as she grew closer to Sam and Zoey, on her elimination she literally expressed that she didn't care anymore, this got predicted by Dawn who said Dakota's desire for fame is actually "a depressed cry for love" Sam gave her love so her desire for fame is gone.

I wouldn't say she's the best developed. But she had the biggest development ... literally.