User blog comment:Mattalamode/A Second Opinion: The Oracle/@comment-24972567-20170524161029/@comment-30307603-20170531163900

@Jamesgrout

Again, it all comes down to personal taste, but I find it peculiar that you like Season 2 the most, given that Season 2 had the jerkiest incarnation of Gumball by far.

By tedious, I believe Matt meant that Season 2 went out of its way to push the boundaries with how much of a jerk they can make Gumball. Exceptions aside, it worked for the most part because Gumball had other characters to bounce off of.