S6E03: The Gift of Maud Pie · 12:42am Apr 3rd, 2016
Another three-star episode, though in this case it starts rather poorly and gets better. More past the break. ★★★
It was only really in the last few minutes that this episode comes alive for me, with some genuinely heart-warming scenes between Maud and Pinkie. It's a relief once Pinkie loses her Party Cannon, not because I wanted her to but because she stops being the annoying hyper-hyper Pinkie she's largely written as until that point. Maud is an acquired taste and divides opinion, but I like her -- though, like Discord, she needs to be used sparingly. Rarity is a bit "meh" this time round, and you know, I really don't care all that much about yet another branch of her retail empire. So a decent episode from new writers the Foxes, but that's all.
Actually, the fact that Rarity is continuing to expand her business is hands-down my favorite part of this episode. I just wish the rest hadn't been packaged around it. :B
3844697 Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Noted fanfic reviewer, PresentPerfect, found to be humorless synthetic life form! Millions watch in horror as he fails the Maud Hilarity Test!
3844697 I'm glad she's doing it and I approve of the character arc. But, as with "Canterlot Boutique", I don't find actually watching her do it very entertaining.
3845236 I thought Extra editions were for news, though?
PP's bizarre inability to recognise the comic genius that is Maud is surely known to all by now.
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Sometimes I really hate myself.
3845468 you're like titanium dragon if he did introspection instead of story reviews!