Yesterday's episode was certainly a downgrade from last week's. Dull, predictable, easily avoidable conflict and some characters bordering on OOC territory. Next.
By OOC I was mostly referring to specifically Twilight; she just stood there doing absolutely nothing while Spike was in a dilemma and provided no advice nor guidance in solving this exaggerated conundrum.
If Twilight was taken out of this episode it would've made a lot more sense. Starlight didn't really help much either, putting her own lessons to the test with helping Spike. Also, just as I had feared, this was basically another Spike mockery episode. I honestly expected better of them by now.