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A JD Review: MLP Season 9 Episode 10 - "Going to Seed" · 8:24pm Jun 2nd, 2019
The one with the apple deer.
Apples.
Oooookkkkkkaaaaayyyy. This was a fairly interesting episode. I always do like the mythical creature and main characters trying to trap them to see if they're real type episodes. And, like all these types of episodes, the ending is a little more open ended as if to hint the Great Seedling is actually real or not. But before even that, we need to talk about the Great Seedling in general.
The episode was fine. Had a lot of funny Big Mac moments, cute Apple Bloom and Applejack moments, and we get more deer. Gotta love them deer (are they pets or are they their own intelligent species?) I thought for sure Granny Smith and what's her face were the ones laying the apples down at night, but the episode took me by surprise again when it was Big Mac who was harvesting in his sleep, which would explain why he was so tired during the day. Nice little twist there. And I appreciate how the Great Seedling may actually be real, give a little hint that something else may have laid those apples down.
Overall, a fun episode. 7/10. What were your thoughts?
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Pretty cute episode with Bloom and AJ. I really liked that when AJ started to make the traps with her sister she started really getting into it. We also saw a flashback with the Apple parents with the apple kids. Bright Mac gave little Mac his yoke and Buttercup holding a little Baby Bloom. I liked the lesson too about how it’s alright to be a kid sometimes.
Good episodes.
Oh man, it's like one o' those good old days when Bloom was getting herself into one of those back-breaking quests to get something done.
I'll have more to say about this episode in this week's review, but yes... I will say I did 'enjoy' this episode. Although I was a bit disappointed we didn't get to see the 'real' Great Seedling, especially since we wanted 'deer' in the show (Unless we want to count the 'reindeer' even though they are 'slightly' different), to me I feel this episode was a step-up from Peanuts' 'Great Pumpkin' special. It was never about finding the actual creature, even though it would've made for quite a payoff, it was about Applejack learning to compromise between working the harvest and having fun with her sister at the same time. Applejack could've easily been 'hated' for trying to convince Apple Bloom that her childish nature will cost her family the most important harvest in their lives or the old, 'I'll start treating you like a grown-up, when you STOP acting like a child' which would've had the audience turn on her even after she was trapped in a hole trying to find the beastie at Apple Bloom's age (Though it did bother me that they just left her in that hole all night or that A.J. didn't try to call for help). But still, the moral of this episode was being able to work hard to get something done but at the same time taking the time to embrace your 'inner child' and find some enjoyment even embarking on a task that can't be done (We all saw how A.J. was slowly getting back into it).
In a way, it reminds folks of times when they used to stay up late waiting for Santa or hoping to catch the Easter Bunny when he's hiding eggs or waiting for the Tooth Fairy to appear. The ending was ambiguous for sure, but to me it was still a fun episode. Course, I felt bad for Big Mac having to get little to no sleep with scheduling the harvest to the point he's sleep-working and hardly any pony up till the end acknowledged that. Plus, it was a heartwarming scene that Apple Bloom truly 'was' around when their parents were alive even if she has little to no memory of their time. Eventually we are going to want to know what happened to their parents, a simple 'they died' is not going to cut it forever. But until then, it was nice to see Applejack acting more like a sister instead of trying to be a mom like she usually does.
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In the end, the episode doesn't take much to give us an important lesson. Just because we are growing order and the need to take responsibility and work hard is important, it doesn't mean we should give up on our youth entirety. There's a difference of course between being 'childish' and being 'child-like'. Even as we grow older, it doesn't mean we still can't retain our curiosity about the world around us and attempt to make even the most daunting of days fun. Otherwise, 'All work and no play makes...' well if you saw 'The Shining' you know the rest.
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Though Spider-Man will soon take up huge responsibility, I can relate he's choosing to hang on with his inner kid, and that's going far from home.
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Though at least we can understand why Spider-Man is doing this. After seeing what happened to Tony Stark, the fact that he himself nearly ceased to exist, and considering a ton of his friends and family were involved, all Peter wants is to appreciate that in some way he's been granted another chance. But it's still hard because in some way, Tony Stark was almost like the father he always wanted because Peter never really got to know his parents long enough (In any canon for that matter). So the fact that Spider-Man would just want to focus on his European vacation, maybe even confess to this girl that he's in love with her (Though with Zendaya that's not going to be easy), ultimately the super hero business will still be a major part of his life. Because whether he wants to or not, the world 'needs' Spider-Man and besides he made a promise to his late Uncle that he would always be responsible... Even if that means making a few sacrifices of his own, just as Tony did.