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This made me cry in rage...!
ALSO:
This season had FOUR writers, and ONE from the original season (only Eddy here was a newbie. Terry and Laurie both debuted in Season Three)! If anything, this season should have the LEAST continuity errors, not the MOST!

Courtney says this is the farthest she's gone. I know people wanna forget TDA happened, but that doesn't mean the show shouldn't!
Courtney is unable to finish the ice cream, despite having a cast-iron stomach as established in TDWT!
"If I don't win the million, I hope you do. *in Confessional* And I mean it too!" Both Courtney and Gwen said this three episodes ago! Whatever happened to THAT?! (And by the same guy, too!)
Gwen was granted PERMANENT access to the Spa Hotel two episodes ago! I understand her not staying last time, because she was exiled. But she STILL has to sleep in the cabins afterward?!

Torture isn't funny, especially when those being tortured have done NOTHING to deserve it! (Courtney, of course, but the interns get tortured as well! Did they starve to death?!)
I've said that every episode this season has at least one Merriweather Williams trope of MLP (established by henmo24 )

Flanderization: Courtney's even worse than her TDA "Get a Clue" self and her "Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen" self combined (and is treated worse than she was in the latter episode), destroying any and all character development that she had this season. Zoey's blindly following Mike, but still manages to pull another win out of her ass. Scott is made more of a redneck idiot. Gwen is a bitch/New Heather again (forcing Courtney to vote herself off to make it unanimous? OUCH!). Mike, like Zoey, is overpowered. And Chris is more of a sadistic sociopath than normal.
Predictable Story: I knew that Courtney was the one going home when I saw the preview. I knew that she would try to gain trust of people again. I knew that Chris would force Courtney to lose. What I didn't expect was…
Forced Plot Elements: How the did Mike get his hands on Courtney's chart?! Again, everyone else was whacked to death with the idiot stick! And Courtney forgets she has a strong stomach and can't eat her sundae, just so she can lose! And again, Courtney was FORCIBLY made unlikeable so everyone would want to see her go. (Instead, it makes everyone else unlikeable as well!)
Missed Opportunities: Though this could've made the episode worse than it already was, Courtney could've been the ONLY likeable character in this episode! She could've been sincere when she wanted Gwen as a friend again. She could've left on a bit of a high note, instead on one of the lowest notes this season has (low for THIS SEASON even)! Or this episode could've had Courtney jealous of Zoey, because she did not want her best friend stolen from her a second time!
Bullshit Anti-Climax: Chris changing the rule at the last minute to make Courtney lose, and her elimination scene as a whole. By the way, if Courtney did skip the chocolate sauce, Chris would've called her out on that too!
DING DING DING! THIS EPISODE HAS ALL OF THE TROPES!

Additional information from a friend of mine:
Basically, the rumor about "Sundae Muddy Sundae" being "Critical Research Failure: The Episode" is true. Ed (who apparently was bad news from the beginning) did not study the history of the show beforehand so he had a very one-dimensional and dismissive understanding of Courtney which explains her abrupt personality change in the episode. Tom (who didn't really like Ed) & Jennifer have both acknowledged that the episode was a continuity nightmare (on top of admitting that the whole season didn't turn out that well) and that it played a hand in giving Ed his much deserved pink slip (I personally believe that the way Amy's elimination was written also played a part in it).So not even Mr. McGillis or Ms. Pertch are willing to defend this episode or the writer!

TDI: "Phobia Factor "
TDA: "Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen "
TDWT: "The Ex-Files "
TDRI: "The Treasure Island of Dr. McLean "
TDAS: HERE
TDPI: "Mo' Monkey, Mo' Problems "
ORIGINAL TEMPLATE HERE

Description
This made me cry in rage...!
ALSO:
This season had FOUR writers, and ONE from the original season (only Eddy here was a newbie. Terry and Laurie both debuted in Season Three)! If anything, this season should have the LEAST continuity errors, not the MOST!

Courtney says this is the farthest she's gone. I know people wanna forget TDA happened, but that doesn't mean the show shouldn't!
Courtney is unable to finish the ice cream, despite having a cast-iron stomach as established in TDWT!
"If I don't win the million, I hope you do. *in Confessional* And I mean it too!" Both Courtney and Gwen said this three episodes ago! Whatever happened to THAT?! (And by the same guy, too!)
Gwen was granted PERMANENT access to the Spa Hotel two episodes ago! I understand her not staying last time, because she was exiled. But she STILL has to sleep in the cabins afterward?!

Torture isn't funny, especially when those being tortured have done NOTHING to deserve it! (Courtney, of course, but the interns get tortured as well! Did they starve to death?!)
I've said that every episode this season has at least one Merriweather Williams trope of MLP (established by henmo24 )

Flanderization: Courtney's even worse than her TDA "Get a Clue" self and her "Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen" self combined (and is treated worse than she was in the latter episode), destroying any and all character development that she had this season. Zoey's blindly following Mike, but still manages to pull another win out of her ass. Scott is made more of a redneck idiot. Gwen is a bitch/New Heather again (forcing Courtney to vote herself off to make it unanimous? OUCH!). Mike, like Zoey, is overpowered. And Chris is more of a sadistic sociopath than normal.
Predictable Story: I knew that Courtney was the one going home when I saw the preview. I knew that she would try to gain trust of people again. I knew that Chris would force Courtney to lose. What I didn't expect was…
Forced Plot Elements: How the did Mike get his hands on Courtney's chart?! Again, everyone else was whacked to death with the idiot stick! And Courtney forgets she has a strong stomach and can't eat her sundae, just so she can lose! And again, Courtney was FORCIBLY made unlikeable so everyone would want to see her go. (Instead, it makes everyone else unlikeable as well!)
Missed Opportunities: Though this could've made the episode worse than it already was, Courtney could've been the ONLY likeable character in this episode! She could've been sincere when she wanted Gwen as a friend again. She could've left on a bit of a high note, instead on one of the lowest notes this season has (low for THIS SEASON even)! Or this episode could've had Courtney jealous of Zoey, because she did not want her best friend stolen from her a second time!
Bullshit Anti-Climax: Chris changing the rule at the last minute to make Courtney lose, and her elimination scene as a whole. By the way, if Courtney did skip the chocolate sauce, Chris would've called her out on that too!
DING DING DING! THIS EPISODE HAS ALL OF THE TROPES!

Additional information from a friend of mine:
Basically, the rumor about "Sundae Muddy Sundae" being "Critical Research Failure: The Episode" is true. Ed (who apparently was bad news from the beginning) did not study the history of the show beforehand so he had a very one-dimensional and dismissive understanding of Courtney which explains her abrupt personality change in the episode. Tom (who didn't really like Ed) & Jennifer have both acknowledged that the episode was a continuity nightmare (on top of admitting that the whole season didn't turn out that well) and that it played a hand in giving Ed his much deserved pink slip (I personally believe that the way Amy's elimination was written also played a part in it).So not even Mr. McGillis or Ms. Pertch are willing to defend this episode or the writer!

TDI: "Phobia Factor "
TDA: "Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen "
TDWT: "The Ex-Files "
TDRI: "The Treasure Island of Dr. McLean "
TDAS: HERE
TDPI: "Mo' Monkey, Mo' Problems "
ORIGINAL TEMPLATE HERE