Some Thoughts on Today's episode · 1:49am Jul 5th, 2015
1) Had this episode aired before Slice of Life, people would be crucifying it for throwing pandas at us. Canon Lyra Heartstrings and Minuette, the fact that Pinkie is friends with them, showing a bunch of Canterlot ponies and locations... If anything else, that seems to have vaccinated the fandom against this kind of outburst. Hell, the whole thing reminds me of a ton of fanfics.
2-) The animation quality shift for that S1 flashback was incredible. Seeing them back to back, it is really clear how far DHX has come.
3-) This episode got right everything I really appreciated about Slice of Life, except it did that with much more heart. I am not sure I would say this is the best episode ever (it needs a rewatch), but I hope this indicates a general direction for the show to follow in the future.
It was particularly wonderful, wasn't it? Also, #1 is a very shrewd observation.
Very good point (1), but never mind. It was a fantastic episode, and probably in my all-time top ten. (I have rewatched it, but need to do so again!)