User blog comment:MHS0501/MY Biggest Problem with Total Drama All Stars:/@comment-25027229-20150806143005

The main problem I have with the season isn't the cast. I actually liked 90% of the selections. It's just the fact that some plots vanished into thin air or resolved themselves poorly, the biggest blunder in my book being the Duncan/Mal plot. Seriously! Where did it go? Another dimension? Everything else was enjoyable to me. Well, maybe not the 22 minutes of Bold and the Booty-ful, but you get my point.

I'll actually stand up for Sam's inclusion though. If they had to pick a pre-merger to play again and boot early... again, Sam was the best choice. Staci, B, and Dawn weren't aligned with being heroes or villains, Dakota was a mutant, Anne Maria could've worked, but she didn't really do much to deserve an immediate return, leaving Brick and Sam. Listen. Who would you rather see go fourth? Sam or Brick? Who would you want to see wasted and pointlessly cast? A fan favorite like Brick or a less liked Sam? If Brick was in the season over Sam and went out in the same episode, I'm sure people would be even more mad than they were with how Sam was used for comic relief. Add that to the fact that Sam is part of the only other couple in ROTI that's not Zoke, and it's obvious why he was chosen.