Talk:A Health of Information/@comment-10390252-20170923161150

Okay, that was a great episode. Not as good as last week's but it was a rock solid Fluttershy vehicle with a well thought-out crisis of the week. Once again, we see that Equestria is a Death World and that, behind the cute pastel exterior, its flora and fauna are pretty terrifying. I mean, a tree that reproduces parasitically, using a retroviral pollen to turn victims into more of its own kind? That's hard sci-fi-level dark! We'll set aside the electric-type bees straight out of a slightly insane version of Pokémon!

The story was nicely balanced with the expositoin and flashbacks not detracting in any way from the flow of the story and the writers (who are newbies, IIRC) never losing their focus on the principals' characters and proper in-character behaviour.

Overall, a excellent experience and a nice introduction from the pony world's first Mambo! Louisiana's own wise mare herself, Mage Meadowbrook!

These last two episodes have been head-and-shoulders above the rest of the season, IMO. I've got a feeling that, with Campfire Tales, they started working towards Shadow Play and the season had serious overall direction for the first time.

BenRG's Rating: 8.75/10