UK of Equestria's view on Season Six, part one · 3:40pm Jun 24th, 2016
Over on the UK of Equestria forums, we asked people to rank the pre-hiatus Season Six episodes from 1-11 (counting the premiere as one). We had 14 responses, not bad for a half-season, and below you can see the mean ranking table. Any episode with an average rating of second or above gets five stars. Then down to fourth, four; down to sixth, three; down to eighth, two; and any episode which scored an overall ranking below eighth is lumbered with a one-star rating.
★★★★★
1. The Saddle Row Review
★★★★
2. A Hearth's Warming Tail
★★★
3. Newbie Dash
4. The Gift of the Maud Pie
5. Gauntlet of Fire
★★
6. On Your Marks
7. Flutter Brutter
8. Spice Up Your Life
9. No Second Prances
10. The Crystalling
★
11. Applejack's "Day" Off
It was noticeable this time how many episodes were considered meh-to-good, with few attracting widespread praise or condemnation. "The Saddle Row Review" was an exception, featuring in all 14 voters' top three; the last episode to be universally liked was "Amending Fences" in S5. The most controversial ep (in terms of having the highest standard deviation of scores) was, a little surprisingly, "A Hearth's Warming Tail". 12 voters put it in their top four... but the other two placed it dead last!
I'm not sure there are really too many other surprises in the list. "Newbie Dash" may have been torn apart by some critics, but that opinion wasn't widely shared here: exactly half of the 14 voters placed the episode in their top four. On the other hand, "Applejack's 'Day' Off" was poorly received, with only one person putting it above seventh. "The Crystalling" only just scraped a two-star rating, too.
Man, am I the only person who really enjoyed Flutter Brutter and felt it was an on-point, well-done episode?
Also, what are all the UK Bronies' thoughts on Brexit?
4046312 No, you're not: I put "Flutter Brutter" third, behind "A Hearth's Warming Tail" and "The Saddle Row Review". Once I got past being repelled by Zephyr Breeze, the excellent Fluttershy in it shone through.
Generally, but not universally, unhappy and worried. On UK of E, a straw poll of 55 voters came out 44-11 to Remain. There's a pretty good discussion going on, though, far better than anything we saw from either official campaign. The fact that it's stayed civilised gives me a lot of heart. (FWIW, I voted Remain in the real thing.)
4046913 I found Zephyr hilarious because he hits very close to home as far as his behavior went, because he acted exactly like one of my friends who has some... maturing to do.