User blog comment:Wikimaster14/Why was TDA so bad ????/@comment-386913-20101222140246

Honestly I think the season didn't even get anywhere until Courtney returned. Until "Ocean's Eight - Or Nine", the season was rather mediocre outside a few notable aspects like Lindsay and Harold. The destruction of Gwen/Trent was rather bad to watch, Justin got development...but bad ones and they had to resort to more "disturbing" than shocking moments like Leshawna's fake cry and Owen's jaw-breaking. There were episodes I loved like "The Chefshank Redemption" and "The Sand Witch Project", but its like it was all building up to Courtney's return. After that, the show had a lot of great moments: the consistant Harold/Duncan rivalry, Lindsay and Courtney's war, Beth being stuck in the middle, Heather's shocking elimination (considering how far she got in the other seasons), plus more interesting challenges like the superhero and the mystery ones. Sure some say the problem was Courtney but I think she saved the season myself. (ignoring some of the DxC moments)