User blog comment:Mattalamode/A Second Opinion: The Detective/@comment-9300845-20170617030802

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Wonderful blog post, as always!

Your comments on the show's handling of Anais' characterization and role reminds me, once again, of ThatGuy456's and your respective blog posts on the issues with Darwin's role. That is, being limited. Whereas Gumball can be flexible (or "vanilla" as you put it) in his characterization and role, Darwin and Anais don't get a lot of opportunities to break out of their defined roles, even if it's a little bit. Do you feel that Anais suffers from being limited in a similar way to Darwin?

Now, about "The Detective"... it's among my favorite underrated episodes. I pretty much agree with everything on your analysis. It's too bad that it may not get a lot of recognition. Its homage to cop drama shows such as True Detective (which I've binged the first season just days ago) may be a little too esoteric to the average viewer, let alone an average Gumball viewer, thus they don't get to really appreciate the show staff's craft and dedication to the source material. On the other hand, throw in a video game-centric episode, and suddenly hordes of viewers are all over it and are hollering like monkeys on crack every time a single FFVII reference shows up. It also doesn't help that this particular episode is overshadowed by "The Slap," "The Fury," and others. Can't win them all, I guess...

I'm kinda bummed to see your "A Second Opinion" series ending prematurely for personal reasons, but I'll be sticking around for your future posts on your other blog, as well as your return sometime this September.