Redo because I wanted to edit a few things: I actually like how Alec and Fiore's relationship falls apart in Season 1. I don't really see it as shock factor (honestly he feels like the most predictable choice to be eliminated that episode for both in-universe and out-of-universe reasons) or as Fiore being turned into a one-dimensional character, but rather as the show's villain succumbing to her character flaws of mistrust and selfishness and choosing the game over her friendship with Alec, ruining it in the process. And the cracks in the image of Alec as Fiore's ideal father figure start to show more prominently as he ends up rather pettily throwing the words of her parents back at her.
What I don't like is how their reconciliation is handled. It's sped-run. It starts well enough. The first few episodes set up that there's a rift between them, but then Alec takes pity on Fiore and saves her from elimination a few times and then invites her to his alliance. And then nothing happens between them until the comeback episode where they're all buddy buddy with each other again. Is Alec still mad about Fiore's betrayal? Guess not! Does Fiore, who has a bad relationship with her own parents, have any thoughts on her friend being a shifty father? Guess not! It is utterly baffling how the writers did the bare minimum to get Alec and Fiore back together and I think most people agree that Fiore was wasted as a character.
So, for a rewrite, actually give them an arc where they make up and grow as people instead of shoving their relationship aside. Where maybe Fiore learns to value her friendship with Alec over the game and Alec improves in his treatment of children.
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