There's always something to do on a farm. Big Mac shoulders a bulk of the physical labor--quite literally--and plows every field faithfully. But one field is special to him. He tends it year after year, even though it doesn't grow hardly anything.

Applejack has known about her older brother's "secret project" for years. She finally confronts him about it. She wants answers, and she's not leaving until she gets them.

Every pony deals with grief differently. Some face it head on, while others, well, others tend to push those feelings down, deep, deep down, and ignore them for most of the time. Especially if there's work to be done.

But sometimes, you just have to let them out.