My Little Pony, Freindship is Magic: Secrects and Pies

This morning's episode was the third episode written by Josh Hamilton. His previous episodes were Parental Glidance and Triple Threat. It was storyboarded by Jen Davreux (who has been boarding for the show since season 5) and Megan Willis (who has been boarding for the show since season 6).

This is an excellent episode. It recalls such episodes as Party of One and Lesson Zero however it never feels like a copy of those episodes. This is a quite a funny episode and where it really shines is the humor. Nearly every joke hits perfectly here. The bizarrely complicated ways Rainbow gets rid of the pies and the extreme lengths Pinkie goes to give her pies is funny enough but it is built up perfectly. It starts up pretty normal with nothing too over the top. However it gets more and more silly as the episode goes on and therefore becomes funnier and funnier with each joke. Also helping out is some excellent character animation, especially of Rainbow Dash and Applejack lying. The characters are at their most likable here and I always love these type of episodes because they are not afraid to embrace the fact that they are cartoons and can do anything.

-Michael J. Ruhland