Hiya, everypony! Night Shine here with your weekly analysis of what made the newest episode awesome.

1) Spike's servant position expanded on.

Spike is in a position as a servant to Twiley, and has no problem with it--rather he enjoys it. Why? In this episode, the answer to this simple question is expanded upon. Interpret it how you will, but I have a couple theories: First, it's his way of showing gratitude. That's really all that he knows he can do well, given that he's never had that big of a chance to explore his talents, so to pay back Applejack he tries to return the favor with what he knows he can do: labor. Second, it's in his nature. Even though he knows next to nothing about dragons, he STILL knew the "dragon code of honor" without even stopping a second to think about it. This and the fact that he says all "noble dragons" follow it makes me think it's not just an idea of his, it's innate.

2) The humor.

Oh geez, the humor in this episode is BRILLIANT. I had to pause at least three times while watching to quit laughing enough to still hear what was going on on the ep. Not only is Spike's (Derpy-reminiscent) eager desire to help combined with his epic failures great, but also the other characters do very well with what limited time they're given. It will take me a looong time to forget Pinkie's "MUSTACHE!" jokes...that had me cracking up for at least thirty seconds, twice. I made that exact same joke all the time in elementary school, so it was even funnier through my nostalgia goggles. Anyway, as far as humor goes, this episode was spot-on.

3) Development of Spike's relationship with the Mane 6.

We've seen all sorts of episodes developing relationships inter-Mane 6...in the context of the main characters, Spike has had surprisingly few interactions with the rest of the gang. Pretty much the only relationships ever developed with him so far have been with Twiley and Rarity. This episode was very fresh and new in that it developed an interaction we haven't really ever seen before: Spike and Applejack. As a result, again, the dialogue and events between them felt fresh and interesting.

That'd be all thanks for reading my rant, and...yeah this is early, but just consider it making up for the laye ones