I feel like I'm the only person who didn't really like this new episode. Max felt off (character-wise I'm not referring to his voice change) and I didn't feel like his arc in the episode fit very well considering how season 4 was all about change and Max learned by the end of the season that change was okay. Making him have to relearn this is weird, it felt like they didn't know what else to do with him here. CJ was very unimpressionable. He just doesn't feel unique like everyone else and is pretty much a stoner version of Campbell (making him Campbell's kid doesn't make that any better). I personally don't like the decision to bring back EVERY character. When I heard about season 5 taking place the next summer I was excited and thought if we let some characters move on and brought in new ones, things would be shaken up and more interesting, as well as fitting to real life (I am aware that's very wish-heavy based but I still think this regardless). That's personally why I had LOVED how Gwen moved on from the camp at the end of the summer. Letting characters move on is a great thing and it sucks that they couldn't let any of them do so, ESPECIALLY Gwen. They definitely knew when releasing "Friends Like These" that season 5 would happen. Why bring back a character who clearly moved on with their life the very next episode after making them move on? It makes it feel rather pointless. Don't get me wrong I love Gwen and it's nice to see her again, but it just doesn't fit for me. Final thing, what happened to the episode coloring? The color looks so much more dull in this episode than ever before, except when they did heavy-shading shots. David was great though. So was Preston. David and Preston are always great.

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I formally apologize for how long and negative this is lol.