User blog comment:CF12/Why don't people like TDA?/@comment-3003440-20140717195957

there are alot of reasons why tda is looked as lower tier, but let me point the more seminal ones.

-the change in writing across the board = after the main writer for tdi left, the overall spirit of several of the characters and the show itself signifigantly changed, most of which were completly out of left field ex. trent, leshawna, gwen ect

-the small cast = while this resulted in aftermaths which are a plus, the surplus of reward challenges really dragged things out

-owen's return = completly unnessasary nuff said

-the team setup = one team had most of the compelling characters, the other was filled with duds

-the challenges = outside of a few, made little to know sense, completly forgettable, obscure theme references

-the finale = the final 2 were composed of a guy who did little to get there on his own and a girl who got carried for the most part outside of two challenges she won. lindsay and harold got jobbed. the final challenge is one big clusterfudge. the duncan ending was so forced and cliche, and reduces courtney into a gold digger once again.