User blog comment:Mattalamode/A Second Opinion: The Curse (feat. C. R. Martin)/@comment-28195118-20170815120454

The thing about The Curse is - to me, it was okay but didn't really catch my interest until the point where Gumball got in detention. Right there, the stars seemed to align and the whole episode worked perfectly. I'd assume it's probably the sudden reversal of the curse and everything from there making you think "Wait, is he having good luck or bad luck?".

Still, there really is something to be said about the joke with Banana Joe specifically. It takes several elements that made Season 1 bad and made them funny. The whole thing seems to want out of Season 1 to me, and I don't blame it.