User blog comment:Curshburger/TDAS Mike Rant/@comment-25342388-20190729043705/@comment-25342388-20190730000713

Mal almost attacked Gwen with a pipe and then knocked the remains of tge destroyed mansion on her which ruined the portrait, Gwen tried to fux it which ruined the portrait more. Either way Gwen wouldn't have had to resort to use dog poop to fux it and get eliminated if Mal never harmed her. As for Scott, yeah but Scott could have won the challenge or at least not be eliminated if Mal didn't sabotage him in the first place.

You don't get it, Zoey winning the challenge and picking him to go to the finale with him was all part of his plan. It isn't lazy. It is being smart. Mal played om Zoey's loyality to Mike. He played on Cameron's emotional vulnerabilities. He knew Alejamdro was the most manipulative contestant and got him out immiediatly. That is smart. Mal is a seriously underrated antagonist. He knew how to push and manipulate which contestant. He knew the most threatening contestants and targetted them immidieatly.

It is also worth noting that he was only breaking things when he had limited access to Mike's body and couldn't dominate the game. When he gained full control he used manipulation, sabotage and framing much more often.