User blog comment:LoganParvatiTD225/Was SMS Courtney's well deserved TDA karma?/@comment-27329394-20150717173303

Unlike most people, I do think that Courtney deserved something. I don't think that her elimination is directly correlated with her not getting any karma in TDA, but it is probably part of it as I still believe that she is one of the least moral contestants on the show and yet got away with almost everything. Also, her unfolding isn't really any different from what caused her eliminations in a majority of her other seasons, and up to this point Courtney had already been fairly inconsistent as is. There is no way that, from a characterization standpoint, that it isn't something Courtney would do. She's turned on people more often than almost anyone.

From her portrayal in that season and all the seasons prior, if you can expect one contestant to go back to square one without any warning, its Courtney. Courtney hasn't been just mildly bossy since mid-TDI, and that's just something that needs to be accepted.

Also, an episode that is mean spirited towards a character isn't a bad thing. If it was certain other contestants that weren't Courtney, even if they didn't deserve it, I don't think people would have had such a big problem with it (put Duncan through that same thing and tell me that some of these same people wouldn't enjoy it). But alas, even though she something coming for seasons now, the fact that certain people like Courtney so much means that it was all just poorly received.

Just my thoughts. I've always found SMS middling but not necessarily bad.