Thread:Wxyzwwww/@comment-1037137-20140731032017/@comment-1037137-20140731172711

Exactly, totally missing the point there. And they keep playing up elements and pulling twists that either lack common sense or just seemed designed to frustrate or confuse fans. I don't think they take this show as seriously as they like to claim, or else they'd be a little more aware of how their decisions resonate with fans and how it affects the overall quality and appeal of the series. And I'm sick of them making excuses for it and speaking so enthusiastically like nothing is wrong when clearly, there's a problem with their approach.

Exactly. I mean say what you will about Cameron but at least he had to really work for his victory, a contestant should never ever float to the finish. There were far better characters to focus on for far longer but Lightning has so little given to him that he should've been out by the fourth or fifth episode. I was astonished that he lasted the whole way. If not for the unfortunate existence of Mal, I'd still call Lightning the most undeserving finalist.

Quite right. And that's another thing that bugs me about these people, their blatant favoritism. Theirs no denying it, they can't deny it, they play favorites. And as inexcusable as that is in the long haul, it'd be forgivable if they EVER did anything to justify the longer runs of the favorites they keep going the longest........Or, I don't know, DEVELOPED them. Is that really too much to ask of them? If you're going to keep characters running for that long, you need to give us a legitimate payoff from it and you need to develop them so that their participation is validated. And if you can't do that, then you've failed. They need to keep their own biases out of this series and make a more honest effort to make the show fun again not solely for themselves, but for their audience.