User blog comment:Mattalamode/A Second Opinion: The Curse (feat. C. R. Martin)/@comment-28195118-20170815120454/@comment-31194372-20170816175232

I mean, that's definitely when the episode starts to legitimately elevate into a higher plane of existence - "The Curse" was enjoyable enough leading up to detention, but it wasn't until that point that the episode actually sought to differentiate itself from other Season 1 episodes. Also, as C. R. said, I do think it's interesting to examine Gumball's luck as a quantifiable number, and you can view the highway scene as clearing up all of his bad luck and thus enabling his good luck to ultimately save his life, though to be fair, the episode never quite makes how Gumball's luck changes too clear.

And yeah, I feel the same way about the scene with Banana Joe. Gumball's almost acting on behalf of the audience, and there's a whole sense of "Yes, we get the joke, can we please move on?" It's another indicator of the show wanting to push beyond the confines it set itself with Season 1, even if it's not as blatant.