User blog comment:The Flaming Sword of Fury/TDI Analysis-The Good and The Bad/@comment-27329394-20141127050359/@comment-24152851-20141127051922

Yeah I agree, that's one of the main reasons why Owen made it far, Richard Hatch I think it was. Not just because he's a writer's favourite. Everything was set up for him to make it far, and he didn't float unreasonably like some others later on (*cough* Scott).