Halifax95

I totally agree, everything is far too convenient, but it always will be with stuff like this. If someone you knew turned up as though they had never met you (or at least this incarnation of you) before, your first thought probably wouldn't jump to identical twins. I suppose the quasi-whimsical happenings in the show are acceptable because they take place in a magical ponyverse, but when it comes to a world deliberately engineered to mimic our own, familiarity makes us notice quirks and abnormalities more easily. I always wished that sunset shimmer took her henchponies back through the portal and there was a story continuation in that direction but, once again, as is so common in the series, the ending tied up far too quickly. I think you're right, it was probably quite rushed because of the hasbro execs on the writer's backs, plus I guess it would be difficult for the single writer Meghan McCarthy to get it perfect with deadlines etc.

To be honest, this episode had premise but not the execution, in my opinion. The pacing was rushed at the end again; everything tied up far to quickly, especially considering how drawn-out the beginning dialogue was. Give the storyline to a half hour slot and you could sort the rushed ending out, but that's the case with a lot of episodes. Yeah, I agree Discord looks like he's being toned-down, but unfortunately not by virtue of events in the show that are accountable for, but by pure writing - which makes it all far from true to his character. I thought that the storyline could have been a good one, though. Brad. Damn.

I would agree with saying that the foam means that its alcoholic. Over here in the UK though cider is just about never non-alcoholic and as previously mentioned it's just the cultural difference. I guess at least this means we can say we're cultured... Ironic seeing as both the US and Canada are derived from the UK that the difference has developed.