Talk:Episodes, films, and shorts/@comment-26973802-20130924172455

Maybe the reason it took 9 months (a.k.a. three quarters of a year) for Season 4 to come out when it didn't take Seasons 2 and 3 nearly as long, is because they're working extra hard on it to make sure they're good enough for us, to make sure they redeem themselves for the disappointment that Season 3 was to many of you.

That being said, I'm not sure they could do this a second time. Without Lauren Faust it will take everything they have to make Season 4 better than Season 2, which they said it will be. It's like Season 2 is Ocarina of Time and Season 4 is Twilight Princess (according to the Zelda magazine I got, topping Ocarina of Time was no easy task). So, Season 4 will likely be the grand finale. End the show with the best season ever, not a potentially disappointing season.