Talk:Episodes, films, and shorts/@comment-32136229-20130224032551

Here are my thoughts on each season.

I think Season 1 had the most consistency out of all the three seasons when it comes to characterization. It was a great introduction of the characters we have come to know and love as the series progresses. The characters were generally well-balanced and wasn't played for laughs as much as Season 2 and 3 did. The episodes were consistently good. My personal favorites of the season would be The Cutie Mark Chronicles, Party of One, Dragonshy and Suited for Success. However, there weren't really too much episodes in the season that amazed me as much as the episodes in Season 2 and 3 did. Nevertheless, it was still a great season, and the crew did a great job with it.

Season 2 definitely a great improvement from the first season. The season gave us some of the best episodes in the series, along with several great ones, such as The Return of Harmony, Lesson Zero, Sweet and Elite, A Friend in Deed, Hurricane Fluttershy and A Canterlot Wedding. It also brought us a lot more character development for nearly every main characters, including Spike himself. However, while most of the characterizations were good, some of them wasn't really handled as well as Season 1 did, namely Rainbow Dash's characterization. It seems that the humor of the characters were sometimes overplayed and wasn't balanced with the characterization (I'm looking at you, Pinkie Pie). These made some of the episodes feel zanier than some of the others in this season. While this doesn't really make the season worse, it did feel like that the show losing a bit of its charm. Nonetheless, the season overall was still pretty darn great, despite its flaws. It is definitely the best season for me.

Season 3 was... great too. I felt that this season improved some of the aspects that Season 2 sometimes didn't handle too well, mainly the characterization consistency. This season feels more like Season 1 than Season 2, namely due to the fact that it was less zanier and a bit more character-focused with a bit of balance with humor than Season 2. There also weren't any episodes that were bad, as the season ranges from either great to meh. However, if I had to complain about the season is the short length. While still yet another great season, it kinda felt there weren't any episodes that wowed me like Season 3, with the exception of Sleepless in Ponyville, which is the best episode of Season 3 for me. In terms of quality, this season is pretty much equal to Season 1, with Season 2 being the champion. So overall, it was yet another great season. So:

Season 2 > Season 1 = Season 3