User blog comment:Mattalamode/A Second Opinion: Gumball Wiki Individual Appeals: Part I/@comment-30307603-20170908234352/@comment-30307603-20170909133817

If I'm being quite honest, I would have much preferred that Rob stuck around, but he simply was not as threatening or significant as he was prior to "The Disaster"/"The Rerun". I thought Rob and his status in the show was handled perfectly in the ending to "The Rerun". Rob agreed to be the villain again despite his newly-formed friendship with Gumball because he understood how dependent the show is on maintaining the status quo. Both Rob and Gumball promised to be "good enemies in the future". I am fine with Rob sticking around given there is some interesting comedic potential, but "The Ex" felt unnecessary as a follow-up to "The Rerun" in my opinion.

It's a shame "The Worst" turned out the way it did, because among all the shallow pretentiousness, there were some legitimately funny moments, and it is shame they wasted such material on this episode.