*Sigh*, might as well get this over with. When this episode first came out, I didn't think it would be possible for any episode to dethrone "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000" for the worst episode of FiM in my book, but somehow this episode found a way to do that. It doesn't help that it had its big secret accidentally exposed early thanks to an IDW comic getting leaked ahead of time, so we the audience already knew what the twist was going to be. By now, the 2017 movie had come and gone

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The two parters were going to take a bit of a break after this issue, especially since the hiatus was still ongoing with only "Rainbow Rocks" to really tide fans over. The first half was pretty good despite some questionable logic about the mystery and who was suspected. So was this issue able to keep the momentum going or just prove that comics weren't able to ever truly wrap up an arc properly? Well, let's find out.

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After ten episodes, Season 7 still had only one or two episodes that were not hotly contested. Even the long awaited royal sisters episode "A Royal Problem" was hotly debated, with some really liking it, others despising it, and others still regarding it as a mixed bag. Meanwhile, the early airings on Treehouse T.V. in Canada kept on rolling, at least through the first half. But the U.S. was going to take an abrupt halt in the airings right at the beginning of summer, with this being the last

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Season 8 finally had an episode that made use of its changes to the status quo with "Surf and/or Turf", which many said was FiM tackling the trickly subject of divorce (though I personally don't see it). However, the episode also felt at times like it was more of a belated commercial for the 2017 movie rather than an actual episode, and the School of Friendship itself was only sort of relevant to it. And now it was time for something completely different: Princess Celestia's very own focus

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So after the first comic started things off on a fairly promising (if now somewhat rocky) a start there was naturally pressure on the comics to keep it up and perhaps do even better. But many regard this as the first of many stumbling blocks for the comics, even back when this is the only other one to go on. Considering I found the first comic to have not aged the greatest (though still ultimately enjoyable) has time made this second issue any better or just made it worse? Well, let's find

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Oh boy, it's this episode. All the way back in 2011 this episode touched off a real firestorm of controversy, and a lot of what it involved (science v.s. religion) has only gotten worse since then. Dave Polsky wrote this episode, marking his debut as the last of the writers assembled for the show. So, putting aside the controversy for a moment, is this episode actually good or is it still bad on its own merits? Well, let's find out.

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*Sigh*, well "A Dog and Pony Show" was nice while it lasted. But now we're diving right back into the bad stuff. I think I can pin down what the problem is with Season 1's second half though. The show was caught in the crossfire between Lauren Faust who kept wanting to take it in a more adventure and action driven direction, and Hasbro who wanted the show to be more slice of life based so it'd be easier to market. The writers knew that no matter what they did they would never be able to please

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And so we come to what, at the time, could've very well seemed like the grand finale for the whole show (unbeknownst to fans Lauren Faust was working on her vision for a grand finale). Of course we know now this isn't true, but at the time no information about Season 2 had been released. Amy Keating Rogers, a dedicated veteran and the first to work alongside Lauren Faust was given the honor of writing this finale. Considering she'd been cranking out hits like "Fall Weather Friends" and "A Dog

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Now we come to the big one. This was the first episode that no one was willing to defend back when it aired, and it still remains often among the show's worst episodes. This episode also marked the debut of the show's first new writer in the form of Merriweather Williams. She had previously worked on Spongebob Squarepants during its first three seasons and had more recently been involved with Adventure Time which sparked the cartoon renissance of the early 2010's. So you'd think

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So now we come to the first (but certainly not the last) of what could be said to be unpopular opinions from me. Everyone seems to like this episode, and it's the debut of M. A. Larson who was a fan favorite writer once upon a time. So that should be a recipe for success, right? Well, let's just get through this episode and see what happens.

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Secret Invasion.

I gave it a re-read, honestly I feel it's an absolute Trainwreck.

I can't believe how weak my writing was, tenses just every which way but loose.

I was editing it, fixing up mistakes on the fly.

Then I read the whole television scene.

Dear lord that was cringe.

Anyhow, I'll be doing a total rewrite of the story.

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Fifty episode was quite a feat, though Season 2's second half had been plagued by numerous ups and downs and all eyes were focused on the season finale. Still, Amy Keating Rogers was back and was writing another Pinkie Pie episode. Like Season 2 itself her track record had been very up and down, leading to duds like "The Cutie Pox" but also classics like "The Last Roundup". So, for her last outing in the original three seasons, did Amy send herself off on a high note or just bring her

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With the first half of Season 2 now concluded things seemed to be picking up for the show. The Brony fandom was already well established and new episodes were sparking speculation and re-watch threads within hours of them airing. Plus, the show was finally getting a home media release to give it wider attention. And to kick off the second half with style, Amy Keating Rogers was tapped for this episode. But then again, Amy's most recent outing had been the wasteful "The Cutie Pox" and before

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As the hiatus after Season 4 got under way and fans anticipated a swift return in the fall of 2014 (unaware of a development that would bring about the end of an era and the start of another), the only thing to really tide them over now that Hasbro seemed intent on cracking down on any kind of fan projects no matter what was an unwanted sequel to the first Equestria Girls movie. And this one too would be released in theaters in the middle of summer, a busy time at a box office that was already

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The Nightmare Forces arc was half over by the time this comic came out and it had taken until now to even unveil the new antagonist in the form of Nightmare Rarity, and there were so many other things still lingering that weren't being elaborated on. So, was this comic able to put this arc on the right footing, or just indicate that it desperately needed more time on the backburner? Well, let's find out.

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And now we had an Applejack episode even as it was clear that Season 6 didn't seem to be willing to commit itself fully to anything and was just settling for a quality of good but not great. Applejack had been noticeably getting paired up a lot lately, though her most recent focus episode had been "The Mane Attraction", though even that one had made her the one teaching a lesson to someone else. The Fox Brothers Michael P. and Will were tasked with writing this episode, and apparently someone

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Now it was time for Season 6 to bring in a guest star, and they opted to go for comedian and occasional voice actor Patton Oswalt. Interestingly, Patton had a daughter (Alice) who was a big fan of the show. But that's more of a story behind Quibble Pants' return in Season 9. For Season 6, Patton was coming in during a season that had been through a lot of ups and downs, and had seemed to settle for a quality of good but not necessarily envelope pushing. Josh Haber and Michael Vogel were teaming

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If there was ever an episode that fans were hyped up to see it was definitely "Newbie Dash". Much like the CMC and their cutie marks, fans had been expecting Rainbow Dash to chase after her dream of being in the Wonderbolts only to never truly achieve it. But at long last it was going to happen, and this episode should've been an instant success because of that. However, a worrying sign could be found in who wrote this episode: David Rapp with the help of Dave Polsky. David Rapp had no prior

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A lot of people had become quite disappointed with the table map when it started sending ponies to places as familiar as Manehattan and Canterlot. And even its return for Season 6 hadn't been so stellar since Rarity's portrayal and a strawman critic overshadowed what few new elements there were. So with all that going on, the idea of a map mission to someplace entirely brand new was quite enjoyable. However, the writing team was something of a concern: Kevin Burke and Chris "Doc" Wyatt, again

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With Season 3 being a half season and during its writing phase believed to be the final season, the writers had a chance to explore concepts or tackle ideas they had wanted to do but never gotten around to. One of them was the bullying episode, an extremely important one considering that in the early 2010's cyber bullying was just starting to attract attention and most discussions of bullying still involved physical interactions. Cindy Morrow, fresh off her success in Season 2 (particularly

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