DC5 Spencer is coddled by the narrative more than everyone else post merge but that is a conversation people are not ready for. It’s genuinely irritating

- Alec, IMO, left at more or less the right time. I think he could have benefited from another episode, but it isn't particularly egregious. - Tom should have gone earlier. He should have been the final pre-merge boot. Everyone and their mother says this, I am aware, but him being booted a bit earlier would have helped a lot with the pacing. - Might be a hot take, but Fiore should have left earlier. Ren should have gone further between the two because her resolutions with Nura and Oliwia would have been much better paced with another episode or two. - Gabby honestly works fine as a mid-to-late merge finish. The issue isn't her finish but the pacing. By the time of her departure, she was contributing more of value to the narrative than honestly the entire Sam-Spencer-Lake alliance. But she never really got to shine until the auction.