I would like to hear everyone's thoughts about the two new characters, Alejandro and Sierra.

I think Alejandro is pure evil. He's like a male Heather and that will soon be his down fall.

Sierra is just an obessive psychopath. I did like that one episode where she gives Cody a foot rub while he's asleep. I also like how she knowns all about Chris' past. It's both funny and creepy at the same time.

What do you think about them?

Three words: Just don't/doesn't work.

Alejandro's okay, but Sierra is just not funny. What's with the writers adding psychopaths and pretty boy stereotypes? It's getting old, and quite frankly I'm getting sick of it... these characters just flat-out do not work.

I'm not going to get into details right now, but all I can say is that this season needs fine-tuning. I'm sorry about the negative opinion, but it's just how I feel. The writers should just stick with what they know and that's it. They are trying way too hard on making the show interesting, and it's just not working.

I kind of agree with imverybasic, although I think this season is infinitely better than TDA. Anyway,maybe the writers wanted to add the new characters to give some new twists and a better plot to the show, which I don't blame them for, but I'm kinda ready for Sierra and Alejandro to leave now. The audience is used to the original 22 campers/castmates who've been on the show for two seasons, so we wouldn't really be emotionally attached to these two like we are to everybody else. Maybe, if they were really good characters, but Sierra's gotten kind of old, and unlike Heather who at least has a personality, Alejandro's just kind of... bland. WhatI'm worried about isthat the writers are going to make one of them get into the final 5 or something, which I really don't want! If I were running this show, I'd get rid of both of them before the merge.

Alejandro fulfills a necessary, albeit boring, role. He won't win, he'll make it decently far, but will not win. He'll either be outschemed or ganged up on once it's revealed he's evil.

Sierra is completely boring. Many people knew Heather was evil, they simply lacked the ability to vote her off, when other stuff happened, or she was invincible. Action had her simply working. I don't see her as playing Heather as anything special.

In truth, I would like the finale to be Courtney vs. Tyler. Courtney has abandoned her derailment from Action, and is now back to being simply obsessed with being a leader. Seeing as how Team Amazon is doing well, she's doing well on all the challenges, and having her specifically butt heads with Gwen leads to interesting things. She has the Gwen/Duncan vibe of being on top of things, and extremely capable, yet with her flaws.

As for Tyler, he's the underdog, in every sense of the word. He's the Owen/Beth, the sympathetic player who, unlike the other two, gives it his best, he's simply bad at it. He also lacks Owen's obnoxious characteristics and constant fart/fat jokes, and Beth's stupid geekiness. If you wanted a lovable loser, this is it.

Yes, yes you are.

Granted, my opinion may be a bit biased because of CN censoring and the fact that Harold and Duncan are my two favorite characters, but those are far from the only reasons...

Back on topic, I just want to say that getting used to the new characters is pretty much a neccesity if you plan on enjoying TDR.

I think that the characters will eventually mould into something that I'm already used to. In the meantime, however, I hardly see how Sierra provides purpose to the show. The only way I could see her become significant to the show is if she were to be the first contestant in TDI history to outsmart Heather.

imverybasic, you can be surprised with anything that happens in this show, especially Sierra.

I'm not saying that it's not possible, I'm just saying (like as you just said right now) that I would be surprised if it happened.

Well if that happen, we're in some deep....

Well speaking of Sierra, remember my original theory? Well, I stand by it. I figure that the only way she could eliminate the competition is as follows...

Here are my theories as to what I see happening in the future:

1) Like I stated either here or in another forum, Sierra could become the new villain. Now I'm not exactly banking on this, it's only a possibility. Alejandro may or may not end the series as this season's red-herring. The writers might pull a 'Justin' and have him going home earlier than expected and then have Sierra fill his role.

2) Sierra might become the protagonist. We already know that she's the good guy and while I have doubts that she'll make it further than most of the contestants (only because I'm considering the 'new addition to the show' factor), if she manages to sustain herself well enough, there's a good chance of her making it to the final 2.

3) She could simply be eliminated: she will probably lose a challenge or get voted off from a technicality, and the writers will have reached the end of that rope.

So what do you guys think?