User blog comment:Mattalamode/The Rachel Problem/@comment-30307603-20170427220507

Honestly, I find Rachel to be a mundane antagonist in "The Party", or in laymen's terms, a boring villain (kek). In her one starring role, "The Party", Rachel really did not have all that much going for her. To me, it seems that Rachel is really less of a character and more of an excuse to have that "cool high school party setting"; I would imagine the mentality behind her character was to have her as a plot point first, and then shove in a "victim card" and bad ships second. As a result, the direction for her character comes across as "confused".

While we are still on the subject, I must say that I find "The Party" extremely overrated. I am not sure if this is as valid as a complaint as it was back in say, 2012 or 2013, but I find it to be a "meh" episode. Sure, it has its moments; Gumball's commentary on why he refuses to date Teri and Masamai crack me up, for the sly innuendo and the stab at the character design respectively. In addition, Ms. Simian and Principal Brown were quite a treat in the episode, really adding a sort of "flair" to it. However, the rest of the jokes kind of fall flat, the plot feels somewhat forced, and the interactions between Darwin and Rachel feel especially forced and painful to watch.

Oh; underrated episodes is next? R.I.P. my idea, I guess. I wanted to follow in your footsteps with the whole Reddit Appeals concept and ask people what they think are some overlooked episodes, but oh well.