User blog comment:Berryleaf/Zoey: A Bad Character or Just Poorly Written??/@comment-24070744-20151129223529

I loved RotI Zoey, because then, she had interactions with Dawn, Scott, Anne Maria, Dakota, and others. Even though I absolutely despite Cameron and pretty much hate Mike, their friendship trio they had going on seemed realistic and it didn't bore me to death. She even voted Dakota simply because she was grossed out by her- she's the only reason Dakota was eliminated, if I recall correctly. That was definitely one of her breakthrough moments where she proved she had some sort of personality, and then Commando Zoey just pushed it along a bit more.

However, in AS, even with new interactions with Duncan, Gwen, and a little with Alejandro, most of it all turned out to be about Mike. Duncan warned Zoey about Mike and they sort of became friends, Alejandro warned Zoey about Mike and she hated him for it, and Gwen eventually helped her in the finale to win against Mike. So... I mean, even the friendship trio became redundant because we had just seen 13 episodes of Zoey and Cameron and 10 episodes of Mike, and there was really no more to deepen or expand their friendships except the whole Mal plot, confirming, basically, the entire season consisted of Mal, Duncan's heroic side starting to come out, Mal, Gwen and Courtney's plot, Zoey being an idiot to further Mal, Alejandro and Heather (for no reason), and some more Mal.

I read somewhere on here that Julie or Christina said that Zoey and Mike might never return due to controversy... really, I would love to see Zoey again. Not next season, or the season after that, maybe even in an RR season, but I seriously hope they were being truthful with Mike.

Zoey deserves to grow- she has the potential.