This is an episode that had been on my mind because of it's recent (and IIRC, previous mentions) around here and elsewhere. It seems like this episode has acquired a slight dislike among some in the fandom. How did I feel though? Going into it, I expected I would be a viperous defender of this one, but I think at least understand and sympathize more than I expected. I enjoyed most of the shenanigans. I wouldn't call this the start of the bad for Twilight's character or something wholly unseen by the show; Fluttershy's freakout in The Grand Galloping Gala and Twilight's Swarm of the Century do make precedence for this. Twilight's realization that and the subsequent conflict over her lack of a friendship lesson, yeah, perhaps a little meta (though I still like them all writing Friendship Letters) I don't think it is something that ruins the sincerity of the show though, unto itself, but I can see finding it a bit much and Twilight's freakout being somewhat more over the top than before. The setting of the stage of anxious Twilight. Even if she is still clearly trying to take control of a situation over just shutting down (at least that is how I view the difference between early and later season Twilight, which may or may not be confirmed by our watch through!)

I love the opening part here that has Twilight doing a lot of stuff and a glimpse of an ordinary checklist filled day of her life. Scenes of ponies doing SoL stuff without conflict (or with low level conflict) are inherently comfy to me. So that is a win. I think my rating is 7.5/10.

Yeah, I had a partial finished review for this one somewhere, but I don't know what happened to it, so, uh, new shorter one! LOL.