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I'll apply for 2 positions.

Episode Reviews

Summary: So the last episode was the TDWT finale, "Hawaiian Punch." In the episode, Cody and Alejandro, having tied for a spot in the final two, had to battle it out in a one-on-one duel, which Cody lost when Heather distracted him by saying Sierra was in trouble. Alejandro beat Cody and won. Alejandro and Heather than had to build dummies of each other, carry them up the volcano path, and drop them into the crater. The first person to do so won. While Alejandro had much more of a lead and an advantage with a wheelbarrow to carry his dummy in, Heather still persisted and caught up to him at the very end. In her supposed moment of defeat, Alejandro confronted her about having feelings for him, which she accidentally admitted to, followed by Alejandro himself making the same confession. They shared a kiss, allowing Heather to knee him in the groin and push him down the path. She then grabbed a dummy and threw it in...only to discover that it was Alejandro's dummy of her, thus winning the challenge for Alejandro. However, when it was revealed that the pineapples used for the dummy head had a bad reaction with the lava, the volcano erupted. Ezekiel appeared, stole the million-dollar case from Chris, and fell into the volcano with it. The cast ran down the path, trampling Alejandro as he came back up, where he was subsequently covered in the flowing lava. The cast escaped into the ocean, where Chris attempted to sign off on a boat, only for Ezekiel to be shot out of the volcano and crash through the boat's deck, sinking it with Chris and Chef on it. The cast laughed, then fled when flaming rocks started coming down. In a post-credits scene, Chris and Chef are in a lab placing Alejandro in a robotic body to cover up his burned, trampled, crippled body. He asks Chris shortly afterwards what happened to the money, only for Chris to reveal that it was destroyed. Alejandro screamed "No!" loudly while Chris chuckled and called him a spaz.

Review: In this reviewer's honest opinion, the episode was quite a letdown. Most of the one-time jokes were not very good, and the sudden revelation of Alejandro's and Heather's feelings for each other didn't last long enough. Also, the final scene was too blatantly obvious as a Star Wars rip-off, displaying the episode's lack of originality. Another major thing that irritated me was the song. The final song of the whole season, called "Versus." It was sung primarily by Heather and Alejandro only, with Harold and Courtney also joining in. I expected one final grand number, to be sung at the very end of the episode, by the entire cast, with all the stops pulled out on dancing and the color scheme. While the unique coloring of the song scene was interesting (with a Hawaiian flower background and the two characters colored red and blue, that wasn't enough to save the song itself from its rather sloppily-sung lyrics and anti-climactic feel. There was also a lack of intense action scenes throughout what would be a normally dangerous challenge. The only exceptions were when the two had to cross a river of lava with an array of heavy objects dangling overhead from a rigged system, and the final fight between Chris and Ezekiel. Unlike its amazingly action-packed predecessor, "Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles," this one lacked action. Lastly, it seems that Heather's character arc through the episode was built up quite obviously throughout the episode, with one pivotal scene where Heather is falling behind, and Cody tells her that she can't give up and let "the bad guy" win, with Heather realizing that this means that she's finally "the good guy." This was indeed a good summary of her character arc up to this moment, and built up for a truly grand, triumphant defeat over Alejandro, only for such a lame technicality like throwing his dummy in instead of hers automatically defaulting the win to him. Truly a disappointment. Overall: I am Opposed to this episode, and rate it a 4/10.

The second position I wish to apply for is...

Council News

At the previous Council meeting on Saturday, November 26, which began at 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, Ale-Alejandro, Bigez620, Bridgette dj10, CD-TDA, Fedora Kid, Mygeto, Nalyd Renrut, and TDIFan13 all showed up. The two topics discussed and voted on were: New Activity Schedule and Return of Newsletter. The New Activity Schedule received 7 supporting votes from Bigez, BD10, CD, Fedora Kid, Mygeto, Nalyd, and TDIFan13. The Newsletter received 7 supporting votes as well from the 7 exact same people. Thus, both were passed.

Hope I can get at least one of these positions. :D