Apr
4th
2018
Season 8, Episode 3: "The Maud Couple" · 11:50pm Apr 4th, 2018
Another entertaining-but-not-amazing episode. I really liked Starlight in this, and I thought Limestone was good fun as well. Pinkie and Maud were generally good but iffy in the first act, and I was disappointed that Marble was reduced to a couple of mumbles. Not one of Nick Confalone's best, not one of his work. An okay episode. ★★★
(Oh and yeah, The Danger Within is still coming along. Slowly, too slowly, but it is.)
I notice you make no mention of a certain central figure...
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No. I didn't find him all that interesting. I like Maud, and have done since her debut episode, but I didn't find Mudbriar nearly as memorable.
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As far as I'm concerned, he's exactly the same person, just with swapped out sex and interests. Maud's at least had a little development since she was introduced.
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I like Maud because she seems vulnerable. Her "comedy" felt like she was subtly dismissing her strengths, and then there's the episode where she had pretty much given up on ponies and moved out to incredibly hostile territory. Not exactly suicide, but...
Mudbriar was just a jerk. His form of coping with his inability to relate to other ponies is to bring out the old passive-aggressive club. They don't "get" him because they're all stupid. Funny in a show, maybe, but excruciating IRL. Honestly, if this were a for-real relationship, I'd bet a large amount of money that Mudbriar will be severely psychologically abusing Maud within months.
Other than that... good ep!