This is based on a single watch-through, but I liked today's episode a good deal. It was more successful than several Season Six episodes in blending a traditional FiM feel with modern canon. Actually, the extensions to canon were great; sure, they explode lots of headcanon, but there's nothing wrong with that; it seems to be S6's main aim anyway. Spike's song(!) was nearly fantastic; there were some rough edges in the lyrics (not unusual for this show) but I loved the style,

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This is your friendly film, TV show, and episode reporter here with another review.

Today, for my 39th episode analysis, I'm gonna give you guys my take of the Three Stooges's "Some More of Samoa".

Here's the rundown of it:

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Well, that was... an episode. Not a disaster, but nowhere near as good as last week's instalment. One or two nice references, but it was a story that the creators could do in their sleep these days. Actually, maybe they did, as it was rather lacking in energy. Hey ho. ★★

Spoilers beyond the break!

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Man. Watching A Hearth's Warming Tail is like watching Magic Duel for the first time: so many awesome things I always wanted (even if I never knew I did!), I can't help but feel pandered to. And Trixie's not even in it!

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As a real-life racing fan, I was hoping to have a lot of fun with this episode. Sadly, I didn't. I didn't hate it, and there were some nice touches, but too many things rubbed me up the wrong way. It didn't really seem to end properly, either. I enjoyed Ed Valentine's own "Flight to the Finish" way more than this. ★★

A little more, with spoilers, past the break.

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So, we've got an official sports episode, and a sort of spiritual successor to "Fall Weather Friends". Well, I'm not much of a sports person myself, for reasons I won't discuss here. But I wasn't going to take that into account when watching the episode and hold it against it, it was the actual story and not the content itself that I was concerned about anyway. We have yet another new writer for an episode, this time it's Jennifer Skelly, and her writing credits include a bunch

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Alright, it's finale time! This has been a pretty divisive season compared to Seasons 4 and 5 (there were some people who complained frequently about Seasons 4 and 5, but for the most part the fandom reception was positive, few episodes this season have met with universal praise) for several reasons, none the least of which is Starlight Glimmer herself. I'll admit, after "Every Little Thing She Does" I was kind of starting to question my willingness to give her a chance, and

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Best Wonderbolts episode ever. Twilight and Dash made a highly watchable team, the guest characters were effective and the pacing was good. For those who saw the UK version, one line was dropped over here, though not an important one: it's a second mention of cider with AJ near the end. That doesn't affect the rating, though. This was the effective season finale for us in the UK, and I'm very satisfied with it. ★★★★

I didn't even bother rewatching Scare Master because I've seen it twice now and it just does nothing for me. As for today's ep, it may be the lowest-stakes episode in the show's entire run, and yet it wasn't that bad. Maybe a tad forgettable.

Rating: Okay

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I had a wonderful time at UK PonyCon, and it rekindled a lot of the sheer happiness and feeling of, well, family that this fandom has given me.* I'm too tired to write a long review of the episode, and tbh I was thinking of skipping it this time. But I can't really, now, can I? True, there are flaws with the episode's pacing. True, the cutie marks don't look quite "organic" enough. True, there's a question now about what to do with Diamond Tiara's character. True, there's some doubt

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Hello, Everybrony!

I’m so late for doing this… because of exams… and papers… and lack of motivation. So I’m going to hurry through this one so I can get back on schedule. And I know the next episode is out already… but I won’t watch it until I can find the time to critique it properly.

This episode review will come in three parts: Plot, Characters, and Overall. Unfortunately, I have no video to reference this time.

Part 1: Plot

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I really enjoyed that one! I wasn't particularly looking forward to it when I read the synopsis, but it turned out to be a really enjoyable episode. Nick Confalone did a good job here. ★★★★

A little spoilery stuff after the break.

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Well, that was... odd. Not in the way that "Slice of Life" was odd, but odd nevertheless. A new writer (Nick Confalone) seemed to throw a lot of ideas at a wall and wait to see which ones stuck, then when none of them fell off he said, "Stuff it, I'll use the lot" -- and did just that. I liked seeing Twilight do something she hasn't done for a while (and I mostly believed why she was doing it, too). I thought Pinkie was interesting in this, though some of the other Mane Sixers

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I'm sorely tempted to give this a five just for making Ogres and Oubliettes canon in the show, but I shall resist. Anyway: a fun, lightweight episode. It's another of those where I wonder just how Pony it is, and I also wonder whether it'll be one that has a great deal of replay value. Still, it's amusing while it lasts -- and, away from the main plot, has some pretty good Fluttershy in the opening scene. Not Nick Confalone's best episode, not even his best this season (that's

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This was actually pretty great. M. A. Larson gave us "Slice of Life" the other week, but proved here that he's still more than capable of writing excellent MLP:FiM episodes of the traditional type. It's a shame there wasn't room for a song, as it's been ages now since we've had one (well, seven episodes), but other than the equally traditional slightly rushed ending, I can't find much to complain about. The flashbacks worked, Pinkie worked... everything worked, really. Maybe not quite a

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It was everything I expected from a Spike episode. Which means that I can already remember almost nothing about. In fact, it was a nothing episode. Not particularly terrible, and a few cute Twilight moments (the book cuddling!), but by no means a classic. How many Spike eps have we had now? And still nothing I'd want to go back and watch just for the fun of it. Also, this was another mediocre episode with multiple writing credits. For the most part, doing that doesn't seem to work very well. ★★

Greetings, my friends.

This is your friendly film, TV show, and episode reporter here with another review.

Today, for my 30th episode analysis, I’m gonna give you guys my take of iCarly’s “iGo to Japan”.

Here’s the summary of it:

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Greetings and salutations, my friends.

This is your top-of-the-line film, TV show, and episode reporter here with another review.

Today, for my 36th episode analysis, I'm gonna give you guys my take of the Three Stooges's "Slippery Silks".

Here's the rundown of it:

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Good ep. I was worried it wouldl turn out to be trite and cliché, but it was actually pretty heartwarming and fun, with some cute charachterisation for the friends Twilight left behind. We got more clues about the layout of Canterlot, the position of Twilight's old tower relative to the city and so on. And we got to see Moondancer!

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This was pretty good fun. Yes, there was a whole heap of fanservice in those dreams -- and a Luna episode is basically fanservice already -- but unlike "Slice of Life", there was an actual story in there as well -- and one which included a genuine, and apparently major, threat to Equestria as a whole. A reminder, if any were needed, that this is not a safe land. The ep'll stomp all over quite a few headcanons, but there's nothing wrong with that. I do wonder about that final

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