User blog comment:Holy Chiz/Your Thoughts on iGoodbye/@comment-3503487-20121128085002/@comment-4559766-20121128192355

I don't understand why everyone keeps bringing up 'iWanna Stay with Spencer' and 'iMight Switch Schools'! To start with, those were both episodes from the very first season. Carly, Sam and Freddie were all 13 at the time. Not 17-18 like they are now.

And also, in 'iWanna Stay with Spencer', Carly didn't even want to leave herself, so what friend wouldn't want to help her make sure she stays? It's not proof for anything.

Then in 'iMight Switch Schools', Sam and Freddie don't want Carly to leave so they sabotage her interview, which she gets angry at them for. At the end of the episode, they realised how selfish they were being and learnt that if they were true friends, they'd let her go if that's what she wanted. And that growth applied here which is why everyone was so supportive of Carly leaving in iGoodbye. Does no one understand the concept of character development anymore?

Plus, a blind man could see that the weight of Colonel Shay's absence was finally starting to take it's toll on Carly back in 'iMeet the First Lady' and in iGoodbye it's clear for all to see. Sam and Freddie would be the worst friends/characters ever if they went against their character development and stopped Carly from leaving even though it was clearly what she wanted.

Seriously, character development. Why does no one seem to acknowledge it anymore?