I give the new episode a 9.5 out of 10!!! (I subtracted 0.5 because the random “twilight rainboom” at the end was completely unnecessary. I mean, before RD did it, it was just a legend that no pony could achieve. Now suddenly anypony can do it all willy nilly without too much effort.)
What REALLY blew my mind about this episode was not only the huge jump in animation quality compared to the 1st season, but the fact that we got to see a bit of Celestia and Luna’s backstory. Seriously, I wasn’t expecting that scene between the 2 episodes where Twilight got to experience the initial banishment. I SWEAR in the first season the writers would’ve never considered all this character development, and they just wanted to keep it a lighthearted kids cartoon. At this point, I think it’s WAY beyond that and I look forward to this season!!! :)



