User blog comment:Gogogadget831/Every Episode of Total Drama Reviewed: Episode 96 - Saving Private Leechball/@comment-1037137-20150815024913

First disappointment of the season, and it was a big one. Personally I think this episode sucked hard. For the most part, you are right. Most of what you mentioned is a lot of BS for one episode to be dishing out, a lot went absolutely nowhere or didn't add up. And I forgot how much padding was in this but yeah, it's an episode devoid of energy, much like the worst of the TDA episodes.

Okay, one thing. If you're telling me Gwen did "nothing wrong", go back to World Tour before even continuing. Okay? Whether she should've been on the villains team or not is another story, but are we still gonna complain about that?

Another thing I'm sick of is this thing about Courtney having to be on the villains from the getco. Again that's a YMMV deal I think. But there could've been a neat angle worked through that if it had been approached differently. As far as I'm concerned, they wasted a good opportunity to make something of Courtney's position on the heroes' team.

That all being said, I think the switch was handled VERY badly. And switches in themselves just feel obligatory now, few of them have ever proven substantial to the plot. In fact, there's virtually no need of them. Switches ARE padding. I personally would've switched Gwen and Mike, oh pardon me, "Mal" if it were up to me.

Jo's departure was also bad, she got wasted again. Not because of the departure of her overrated sweatpants, but because here's a good character who didn't get the chance she needs to be amazing.

Yes. This episode sucks. I never understood why it's ever had any defenders.