Not Asking for Trouble review · 5:21pm May 24th, 2017
I have to be honest guys, this is one of the hardest episodes to give my general thoughts on. Especially since the latter parts of the story had me questioning who was truly in the wrong here: Prince Rutherford for not allowing help from outsiders out of pride and letting his people suffer in the process, or Pinkie Pie for wanting to intervene and suggest help to a culture that is hardy and has survived for ages (presumably), only to then get help anyway without permission and take care of the problem clandestinely.
And while I believe that the former is in the wrong for not considering asking for help as a viable option, I still couldn’t help but be confused about whether or not Pinkie was right to intervene (stupid pragmatic me!).
Despite this, it was still a pretty entertaining episode. Pinkie was great in this episode and hopefully we’ll be seeing more adventures of our “Friendship Ambassador”.
7/10 Good
I agree that Pinkie was great in the episode. For me, though, the story felt bare bones, and like you, I was unclear of the overall message. I don't believe the episode was trying to be ambiguous, I think it was just confusing. I'm glad you enjoyed it more than I did.