Board Thread:Gumball Talk/@comment-31124329-20161205015541/@comment-27980194-20161205224308

I'd pinpoint people hating Season 1 on two things. The identity and the inconsistency. The identity in season 1 is pretty nonexistant. They really didn't have any structure on how to make an episode and as a result it was just kind of all over the place. Given, they had to build up a new show from the ground-up so I can kind of forgive this, especially since they stepped up majorly in Season 2 in this regard.

As for the inconsitency, the quality of the episodes is just sporadic. In comparison to the other seasons, there's just really no middle ground. The episodes range entirely from pretty bad to pretty good with maybe like 2 or 3 exceptions, as opposed to say season 3 which is a lot more consistent and as a result, misses the mark a LOT less.

Another comment I'd like to make on this matter is that in a vacuum, Season 1 isn't that bad. I feel like it just ended up being overshadowed by the likes of Season 3 and 4, mainly because those seasons started to put a focus on story arcs and such that got quite a bit of people hooked. Granted, I feel a number of people are discrediting Season 1 because Season 1 in my eyes does a lot of things right.