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S4E05: "Flight to the Finish"


PrymeStriker

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Welcome to the thrilling conclusion of...

 

Three One. Reviews Day.

 

Where I attempt to catch up from my two weeks of absence. In the previous installment we vomited over "Daring Don't." This week, we pillage, burn, and raid "Flight to the Finish". Let's see if it is, indeed, a flight to the finish.

 

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Alright, last one, then I'm all caught up. This episode opens up with the head of the Equestria Games, Mrs. Harshwinny, making a special appearance at the Ponyville school. My God, this really is the continuity season. She and Rainbow Dash explain to the children that if they show them to most incredible flag-carrying routine, they'll get to go to the Equestria Games, I guess to perform said routine. Sounds dank. After the title sequence turns my splooge a distasteful green color, Rainbow "Professionalism" Dash explains that she is in fact the coach of the tournament, no doubt giving Scootaloo the motivation she needs to push her friends to do the best flag-carrying routine since Michael Jackson's run at it back in 1634. So she suggests that the flag-carrying should showcase Ponyville's diversity. Then, everything changed when Diamond Tiara took hold. This character is an endless supply of cheap Trump jokes now, isn't she? Anyways, before she comes into the plot as I know she will, we have a musical number to endure.

 

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The composition is fine, the lyrics just suck.

 

Okay, so, now Diamond Tiara shows up to mock them for their lack of cutie marks. Because that's relevant to flag carrying in her warped sense of reality. So the CMC and Diamond/Spoon are now head-to-head to win this competition. How thrilling. It's not like I'd rather watch paint dry or something. Later, the CMC perform their unfinished mock-up routine for Rainbow Dash, which is already so "awesome". But Rainbow Dash is trying to keep her emotions in check as per Harshwinny's instructions, in which she has immense difficulty. Meanwhile, we see Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were watching that performance and realize "oh shit, we're fucked". So they try to figure out how else to get under their skin other than the fact that they're blank flanks. They choose to mock Scootaloo for her wing disability. That's pretty cold, and if I didn't annihilate my ability to express sympathy, I'd say that's incredibly cruel.

 

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I smell the suicides in the near future.

 

So, of course, it gets to her, and Scootaloo determines that she must learn how to fly before the competition. Err, this is going to work out well. Just about as well as rubbing two dildos together in the middle of a blizzard to try and light a bonfire. Her persistence causes the others to tire, and when performing the second version of their act, it all falls apart. Rainbow Dash tells them they should go back to the first one, but Scootaloo is still hung up on flying, and the competition is tomorrrowwow. So as she continues to drone on about being able to fly, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle get fed up with her obsession, saying that the routine has become all about her rather than the unity of three. So they fuck off and get rest while Scootaloo runs herself into the ground trying to learn how to fly. Finally, she decides the other two don't need her and quits on them, which pisses off Apple Bloom and concerns Sweetie Belle. It seems Diamond Tiara got her wish: the CMC are now in shambles.

 

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I mean, whatever prevents "Crusaders of the Lost Mark" from being an actual event that happens. I'm satisfied.

 

On the train, Rainbow Dash tells Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle that they're her favorite act and she wants them to win, but when they reveal that Scootaloo is staying home, Rainbow Dash gives them a little speech about loyalty. Which is actually quite nice for Rainbow Dash to do. You wouldn't think she'd be any source of wisdom, but, fuck, I gotta give credit here. So she and the children rush their asses to Scootaloo's house to confront her, and there they explain the Scootaloo that it's the differences of Ponyville that make it, and their routine, special. After that, however, Scootaloo expresses worry that she'll never be able to fly in her life, but Rainbow Dash assures her that she's still the best character in the CMC. That's when they all decide "let's quit fucking around with this shit and win the goddamn competition already." So they do, transitioned by a reprise of the "Hearts as Strong as Horses" number from earlier. And then Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon go jump off a bridge.

 

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I mean, whatever prevents "Crusaders of the Lost Mark" from being an actual event that happens. I'm satisfried.

 

And so concludes "Flight to the Finish".

 

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This is a relatively good episode for a variety of reasons. Rainbow Dash shows herself to be a decent role model in ways not previously explored before, which is great for her, but we also expand more on Scootaloo's insecurities in this episode. Both of these were enough for me to vastly enjoy this episode, but unfortunately there are some objective problems with it. The pacing is completely thrown for a loop, with entire scenes and plot points dragging on longer than they needed to. The opening scene lasts somewhere around five minutes, and Scootaloo's obsession with flying kind of runs dry because we know she can't. Then, of course, there's the argument of whether or not Apple Bloom was in character in terms of being a total dick to Scootaloo. So, while I can see the problems in this episode, it doesn't overshadow some of the highlights for me, so I think this episode is deserving of a 9/10 rank. At least it's a vast improvement over "Daring Don't".

 

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Well, there we have it. I'm all caught up for the past three weeks. Now I can finally rest in peace. It's all smooth sailing from here. Absolutely no challenges will present themselves to me from now until next Friday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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