Talk:May the Best Pet Win!/@comment-4596451-20111114085827/@comment-60.240.3.70-20111116052242

The formula has shifted. Season 1 focused on interplay between the main 6 ponies; Twilight being forced into every episode by the framing device (friendship reports) helped push that along. The first episodes of Season 2 (after Lesson Zero) have focused mainly on 'second tier' characters like the CMC and Luna. It's fine if you like background story but the loss of main 6's character interplay can make it feel less entertaining.

(It also helped that Twilight was the "Straight Pony", so being in every episode provided an automatic foil for the craziness)