User blog comment:Mattalamode/A Second Opinion: The Dress/@comment-30307603-20171015033913

Ah. "The Dress". Contrary to the general consensus, I do not downright despise this episode. I find the episode to be nicely written, especially for a Season 1 episode, the jokes never fail to miss a beat and are hilarious examples of competent cringe comedy, and it does something unique with its premise that few other shows would tackle. In that regard, I hold a lot of respect for "The Dress".

However, there is one small aspect that prevents me from enjoying this episode as much as I could. It boils down to one small error in the plot: the fact that Darwin is in love with Gumball. I would be able to accept this if it was not for the fact that this episode takes place over the course of a couple of days, meaning that Darwin would have had to go to bed to one point and notice that GumballOopsEggwobbleUnderpants was in Gumball's bed as opposed to his brother. I understand the characters are dim-witted in this season, but my suspension of disbelief only goes so far. As insane as this show can get, there is usually some sort of surreal internal logic to it all that allows me to sustain my suspension of disbelief. Here, though, it just doesn't add up. Darwin would have had to notice something was up once bedtime hit. Given how the episode disregarded character integrity and that the supporting cast was not as fleshed out, they were better off using one of the supporting cast members in Darwin's place.

I know it is such a nitpicky detail to make a fuss about, but opinions are opinions. If it was not for this logical fallacy, "The Dress" would be up there alongside "The Meddler" and "The Fight" as my Season 1 favorites.