Dark Qiviut

+ Twilight's character arc was satisfying. Despite being unsympathetic, it was easy to see where she was coming from. And because she did some bad things, getting a bunch of comedy at her expense was quite rewarding, and the same for realizing her terrible mistake. Very likely won't win Trivia Trot, but gets more out of it.

+ Many of the faces were really funny, especially Crazy!Twilight.

+ A lot of really good humor post-TT break.

+ Satisfying moral.

+ Despite a very light, stretched plot, it was paced well.

+ Applejack and Dash's competitive rivalry was really funny, especially Granny's quip after AJ missed an easy Zap Apple one to FS and Bulk. (Bulk high-5'ing FS a little too hard was the funniest moment of the episode.)

+ Pinkie wanted to win for Twi, but also have fun.

- But she came across as too random and dimwitted at times.

- Pinkie's crazy "TWIPIE!" face was way too creepy and not funny.

- Many jokes early didn't make sense or were too gross.

- The book was an obvious McGuffin. Pinkie's DQ came from a rule that made sense, but many other rules, like sleeping and minor taunts, were too outta left field, even for an episode this light in plot.

As fun as Trivial Pursuit's second half was, a lot of the first half didn't go over well, and when you have an episode with an extremely simple story, the jokes need to work very well as a whole. That doesn't happen.

It's a fine return to form after 246G, but worse than the worst S9A episode, Going to Seed. Dropping it down my list, from B to B- (from #82 to #113).