User blog comment:Masta Shake1/Total Drama Global Takedown: Ep 18 - Hollywood Horror/@comment-32445804-20180325025133

Whoa. Wow. That beginning and ending. All of those character arcs.

This is by far my favorite episode of the entire season as of now, especially since you were able to expand upon the final five so well. Candice did a very Candice thing and I was actually surprised that she was able to hang on with all of the odds against her. For the past few episodes, I've been wondering if Candice would ever find out about Eli's alliance since she couldn't be that stupid, but here she is, knowing about it all along. I think as a writer, you've written her arc very well, especially remembering her fear of bugs halfway into the season and now showing off the more passive-aggressive side of her personality.

Sienna's opinion on fame was finally openly revealed in this episode, which was something I've been waiting since it was first hinted during the pilot episode. She definitely has finalist potential, especially if her character is filled out even more than it already is. In my opinion, she's the most realistic and best-developed character of the final five.

Nathan is still going strong, but his antagonist side is starting to fade a little after he hit the peak of his mastermind plan earlier by splitting up Sienna and Logan. Now that the cast is basically all heroes, I'm extremely interested in finding out what he and the antagonistic side of Candice have up their sleeves. He's also surprisingly good at staying off of peoples' ballots, besides Eli's, that is.

Eli has had his ups and downs. Like Wreaker said below, I loved Eli a lot better with Kylie still in the game. On the other hand, it's reasonable that Eli's becoming more independent with someone controlling him. The other interesting part of Eli's development is that as the season progressed on, Eli also started becoming more cocky and self-confident. He became a little too sure of himself and all of his alliances, as in this episode, he was finally slapped back into reality.

I feel like it was Jessica's time to go. As I usually did in my season and most of the TD franchise does, I make a contestant have their moment of spotlight before elimination. This was also why I was sort of anticipating Candice's elimination. Jess became one of the most successful post-merger contestants considering her ability to easily win challenges without cheating or really tricking people that much.

Anyway, just a great episode. It's getting pretty intense.