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Stephanie also comes across as if she's legit bi-polar because she mood swings far more rapidly than Courtney ever did to the point where she's better off being locked up in a mental ward away from society.

Ryan also felt a little like Courtney to an extent for the instances where he would show to be just as immature and unstable as her. And honestly, the way he would fight back against Stephanie by intentionally feeding into her anger would make him as much as a piece of crap as she was to the point where I never understood why people considered him the better character (for more than "By comparison").

Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if it doesn't work out and should there be another season with them in it (god help me if they are in it!) they'll probably go the Duncney route and just rehash their storyline ten-fold. In real life, they'd be like Duncney in which they are too dysfunctional to ever work out. At this point, it'd be better to just permanently retire them while they've got their "Happy ending" than to risk having another season ruined by their presence.