Not too much to say about this one. Again, I apologize everypony; my reviews don't get very in-depth until towards the end of Season 1, though they do steadily improve as the season goes on. This was the first episode where Celestia trolled Twilight and the gang!!!!! For that alone, it shall always hold a special place in my heart. More importantly, this episode shall also always hold a special place in my heart for another reason. It was the first episode of MLP that I showed my sister in the summer of 2012, who was the first person I told that I was a brony, and it started her on her path to become a proud pegasister who's quite fond of the show herself!!! At this time she's only watched up to "Sweet and Elite" in Season 2, and we don't get to watch it all that often anymore together with her busy at school and me busy with grad school applications and job searching, but it's still something we share together that's very special.

Finally, I'd be remiss if I didn't note that this episode is important in that it establishes an overarching objective for the end of the season (i.e. the Grand Galloping Gala) that periodically gets brought up throughout the season. Nice early attempt from the writers to give the show a continuous storyline. Overall, this is a solid episode and a nice first regular episode to boot for the show.

Golden tickets! Golden tickets for EVERYPONY!!!