User blog comment:TheDipDap1234/The Ridonculous Race Finale - Team Reviews/@comment-24152851-20151010222549/@comment-1734566-20151010232601

I still maintain that 4th would've been ideal karma for the Skaters, since they dread not being "on the podium" at all. However, I now realize that there was simply no other choice. If they HAD gotten the boot in the Bahamas, and we were left with the Sisters, Surfers, and Cadets...then it would've felt totally unfair for any one of those three teams to get Cody'd and be doomed to 3rd without question, since all of them are deserving of an ending. Thus, having the Sisters fall to 4th just so that the Skaters could be Cody'd into 3rd without significant complaint, was the only option they had...since they obviously have a thing against actually putting EFFORT into making three different endings.

And I still think the first half of the finale was pretty mediocre, but it could've been a lot worse. That, to me, is mostly born out of my stance that it did not NEED to be a two-part finale. That felt so forced and unnecessary.

But with that said, I think RR has the best set of two-part episodes in Total Drama history. Both halves of the premiere were SOLID - both easily a 9/10 (Part 1) and 10/10 (Part 2), in my opinion - and Part 2 was actually my favorite episode of the whole season. Again, Part 1 of this finale was a mediocre 7/10, but Part 2 was AMAZING and easily a 10/10. Let's just compare that to other two-part episodes:


 * TDI: The premiere - Parts 1 and 2 were both pretty solid, but certainly not the greatest. Part 1 especially was mostly just talking and exposition, for the sole purpose of the show even getting off its feet after birth. I gave Part 1 a 9/10 and Part 2 an 8.5/10.
 * TDA: Yeah, both halves of that finale SUCKED. Part 1 was kinda intense at some points, and ultimately a 5/10, but Part 2 was just a mess. A complete and utter mess. 4/10
 * TDWT: Part 1 of the premiere is easily my favorite premiere ever, and my favorite TDWT episode, not to mention my 2nd-favorite episode of all time, easily a 10/10. However, Part 2 fell SO flat, SO hard on its face and failed to match its predecessors expectations - the first time I ever gave one half a 10/10, and the other half a 1/10. Subsequently, while Part 1 of the finale (Plains and Trains) was an EPIC thrill-ride from start to finish (10/10), Hawaiian Punch was a complete and utter disaster, and once again, a disappointment that failed to live up. 3/10