User blog comment:ThatGuy456/A Guy's Thoughts: (10-6) My 15 Favorite Season 4 Episodes/@comment-31194372-20170405023540/@comment-31194372-20170405170230

I don't know, I honestly can't fathom a Season 2 episode where Gumball has the same general personality as in "The Scam" that you actually enjoy. Generally, if there's an episode where Gumball's designed to be likable, it's one where he acts contradictory to his cynicism by the episode's end. "The Scam" is just a case of having a really strong supporting cast to cover that up.

I already wasn't too invested in what the musical number for "The Blame" was setting up - it's kind of a "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared" vibe, which doesn't work when the show can't pivot to that gruesomely dark of an extent - but the rap was just embarassing. It was even more disappointing for me because the Ketchup Rap from "The Awkwardness" was perfect, but here, there was absolutely nothing going for it.

Also, yeah, I'm just now realizing that the "history books" line makes literally no sense at all, not even in the chronology in which the books are distinguished. The connective tissue didn't work even remotely, which means that the whole portion was only added because the writers thought it was a brilliant idea, which... no.