So I'm gonna talk a bit about why I liked season 1 of MLP:FIM better than season 2 and 3.

Basically, I liked how in season 1, all the mane 6 (for the most part) were involved in and played a role in each episode. It seems like starting in season 2, each character started essentially having their own episode, which made the roles of the rest of the mane 6 very small in each episode. The problem with this is that you hardly get to see your favorite character do anything unless it's their episode. In season 1, even when the episode was focused on one character, the others in the mane 6 still played a prominent role. (Examples: Ticket Master, Party of One)

Now, you have episodes like the newest Applejack episode where not a single member of the mane 6 besides AJ played a role in the episode. I mean that's all good if you love AJ, but what if you love RD, Rarity, Twilight, Pinkie, or Fluttershy? Now you have to wait a whole week just to even have a chance of seeing that character in the show.

Bottom line: I liked it better when all the mane 6 played a role in the episode, as opposed to each character having their own episode and the other characters being left out.

Thanks for reading.