Talk:Island Adventure/@comment-24163511-20141024023226

Well that was...disappointing. The writers really really dropped the ball on this one. Lars as a character was done a severe disservice and the whole episode waxed of frustration and bitterness. This episode was suppose to be the one that fleshes out Lars and Sadie, both as individuals and their friendship as a whole. Lars in particular, our redeemable jerk, was suppose to make some serious progress here as a character.

But what transpired was anything but progress, in fact it was nothing short of character regression. Lars does nothing but complain, whine and moan, then he finds one thing he's good at and JUST as it seems like he could change, they pull him back down to this sniveling, pathetic creature that cries over being "homesick" and then gives in to momentary temptation just to sate a sense loneliness.

But the most damning part was the end. The entire episode, right at the end where Lars has hit rock bottom and as they're running away you think "Okay, this is the part where Lars man's up and shows us that he cares, shows us that he's a worthy friend" What actually happened in fact was not that at all, it was him being frozen in fear while Sadie saves his sorry arse and he does NOTHING. He just sits on the sidelines while being shown to be a cowardly loser, a helpless little victim. The entire episode we were expecting that "Nut up or Shut up." moment from Lars, where he'd man up and prove himself. But Sadie proves to be the only one to do that while Lars just stands there, he didn't even TRY. And that's most damning thing. If it was a team effort, if he had immediately rushed to help her then it would be okay, but we're not even given that. It's 100% Sadie.

What's left in the wake of this? Nothing but bitterness and resentment, that whole ending scene was just a "that's it?" moment. Sadie shows that she's through trying to "help" him and is pretty much over him while Lars is little more than the cowardly, selfish, pathetic little boy. And one must ask: Why? Paul and Raven are typically good writers so what's up with this? How are we suppose to respect Lars as a character when he proves to be nothing but spineless? Where's the redemption and if not now, with a whole episode centered on them, then when?

This episode should've been full of character development but while Sadie managed to do some developing, all Lars did was break down to his base character, a flawed and pathetic worm. Steven was still Steven, the scenes were gorgeous as always but man, they could write Lars off the show after this. It's gonna take the full week to recover from this one.