User blog comment:Geoff&Courtneyfan/Total Drama World Domination Ep 23: Bright Side of the Diego/@comment-32629987-20191201230537

First things first, I am beyond ecstatic that my OC has reached a finale. All those times where I read the episode with worry that Vivi might be eliminated had me shook, but all those were in vain. I would also like to congratulate Intergalaxtic03 for being able to reach the finale and I wish them the best of luck in the finale.

Now on to the episode

As we near the finale things get hyped up, as we all wonder who our finalists will be. This episode made me ponder who the finalists could possibly be, and I’ll be honest I thought Tristan would go to the finale, but I was wrong. I don’t know what to expect from a Diego v Viviana finale, but there’s always the next episode.

I liked the sequence of events and how the guardians kept a pace in check and kept the contestants moving. Plus this challenge idea was interesting. While we have seen it before, it was spiced up by robotic mythical creatures, which is cool.

For the contestants they had their moments

For Tristan he provided great antagonism as the common enemy and did quite well without his sack, even though he did bite the dust a couple of times. He also provided good comic relief.

For Viviana, I like how the dream she had relates directly to what she does in this episode: trying to avoid the conflict but eventually getting sucked into it, which I found pretty nice.

But the real winner of the episode is Diego. We got great development from him this entire episode. We got to dive into his backstory, and he was confronted by his past mistakes in the game. Tristan’s harsh but true words finally push this guy to be as good as he can be. I say it’s about time Diego became independent this game.

Now this episode isn’t without its faults. I did find it a bit tedious how every contestant who reached the summit was immediately pushed off. Plus I don’t know if it’s true or my bad memory, but I didn’t know Vivi held a spare grappling hook, but if it’s my bad memory I’ll own up to that.

All in all, I think this is a fine episode to roll into the finale with.