User blog comment:Thedramamaster/The worst episode of every TD season/@comment-22317052-20160816182020

TDI: "X-Treme Torture". Now I know this had one of TD's most iconic moments, but besides this and Harold and Leshawna's inexplicable lovefest, there isn't much to remember this episode by. The first two challenges were fine, but not memorable. Trent got injured yet again, and there's also this weird Bridgette and Gwen conflict over whose boyfriend writes love poems. Not only did their friendship come out of nowhere, but it also kinda felt like the writers knew that the challenge itself was boring and had to throw something extra. It was also nice to know that Harold's gambit last time let him stay a whopping extra episode on the island. Still the episode isn't terrible, it's just that TDI's standards were pretty darn high.

TDA: "2008: A Space Owen". It's hard to pick between this, the one that goes before and the one that comes after, they're the Unholy Trinity of Action to me. I hardly remember this episode. What were the challenges? Not sure. Why Harold got eliminated? Dunno. What was the main plot? No clue. The only moment I remember well is contestants getting presents from home. Owen's actually touched me, too bad that by this point I couldn't care less about Owen. Not to mention the bizzare crush Beth has on Harold this episode.

TDWT: "African Lying Safari". Despite it being part of the most controversial season of the franchise, I have little to say about this episode. Feral Zeke was in it, so it's already a downside, but also Duncan's elimination was predictable, as at this point the season turned into the Amazing Race between Al&Heather and Sierra&Cody with him as the third (or rather fifth) wheel. This one also hepled prove that Sierra is the only thing making Cody mildly entertaining. The functioning Cody and the passed out Cody sport little to no difference in terms of presence.

TDRI: "The Treasure Island of Dr. McLean". The first time I watched RI, I was so mad at Dawn's elimination that I didn't even care about the rest of the season, but with every rewatch I like it more and more. Most episodes are actually solid, but there's one that remains terrible. Dakota's mutation alone was enough to make me hate it. She was really scared of the transformation and yet no one seemed to care, even her supposed friend Zoey was content with voting her off. Not only that, but the immunity idol, despite being hyped up all season, was used by Scott, who everyone thought would find it and who revealed he had it to Zoey way before the ceremony, which made it painfully predictable.

TDAS: "The Final Wreck-ening". Obvious top two, whatever challenge, lack of eliminated players, sinking of camp Wawanakwa already made this miserable. But the reset button? I know not everyone finds the scene offensive, but I don't know a single person who doesn't think we deserved a better climax of Mike's story after watching him walk around in his brain for half a season. That moment when Owen's five second cameo, featuring farts, is a highlight of an All Stars season finale.

TDPI: "Lies, Cries and One Big Prize". I feel like the writers tried very hard to make us root for Shawn in the finale and they succeeded. Sky and Dave were as unlikeable as Amy here. Dave is still a whiny, constantly crying mess, but now Sky is a manipulative cheater. Truly, a match made in heaven. When it's revealed Sky has a boyfriend, Dave goes through a sanity slippage so bad that it puts Trent's number 9 obsession to shame. He's also presumably mauled by a bear. On the bright side, at least Jasmine and Shawn are great here.