User blog:Gumball2/Did "AARGH You For Real" Go In The Right Direction?

This is your spoiler warning A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Tonight when I saw the double whammy, I couldn't help but feel disappointed by the first episode.

While I wasn't expecting much from "AARGH You For Real" (and even then, it doesn't make it a terrible episode), I don't think the episode took the correct approach to dealing with Clyde and Lincoln.

When Clyde is seen distraught over learning that his beloved show is staged, Lincoln decides that the only way to fix this is to grab the host and stage a new ghost hunt (this time with no cameras). Because of that, Clyde is won over by it and is totally convinced that ghosts are real again. So by the end, he's back to watching the show with the same naive childlike wonder that he had at the beginning.

I, however, don't think the episode should have taken that route. I believe that Lincoln should have worked with Clyde to teach him that just because something isn't real doesn't mean you have to stop enjoying it. You can still suspend your disbelief so that you can sit back and enjoy the ride, even while knowing in the back of your head that it's entirely fiction (I don't think the cherry soda gag was meant to be a serious suggestion that ghosts are real). That's what Lincoln recognized right away, so I'm left to ask myself why he couldn't have taught this to Clyde as well.

What do you all think? Do you think this episode chose the right direction?