User blog comment:TDFan4Ever/If you could change 1 elimination/@comment-25375483-20141020021834/@comment-1037137-20141021061320

I was just hoping Courtney would get the redemption she needed, and to come out a stronger, happier character than before, for she was so long denied any kind of good outcome, still wrapped up in all those old fights and crap that brought her down as it all dragged out and made a mess of her TDI self, and unnecessarily polarizing at that. But dwelling on it more, I now believe that the season would've been a lot better if she had actually been a finalist on top of finally winning that redemption. Of all the characters to get far so much and never actually win, it makes sense for her to finally win. And it seemed like they were on the right track with her, many people I know and encountered who disliked her began to enjoy her, and it was good to finally see her content for a change. She needed that chance to shine for real this time as you said. They were so close to that.

But instead, they screwed us over an led us on, and screwed her character over harder than ever before, pulling every cruel twist and every hateworthy act in the book to kick her out of the game and leave her in a worse mess than ever. They just unraveled everything, all to make her look so bad that we wouldn't care when she left. Instead, I think it had the opposite effect on many, and left a lot of people on both sides in great disgust.

I remember the great anger many felt the week that episode aired. A lot of us, myself included really gave up immediately after seeing it. Personally, I've never seen such a senselessly cruel and uncalled for episode, with such a depressing and frustrating finish.