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And I think that's the problem. Aside from "Bloom and Gloom" and "Crusaders of the Lost Mark," which both deal with the issues of children, my favourite episodes of the season are the more lighthearted ones. Season 5 took itself so seriously so often that every little issue was more pronounced, and every risk it refused to take couldn't hide under humour or charm. It was always so full of itself, and yet there were only a handful of small moments which broke the mold, and many stories were still overly simplistic and somewhat dumb in spite of that. Season 5 bores me, at least when it's not annoying the crap out of me, and I almost never felt it was justified how seriously it took itself. This show is not willing to do what it needs to be "adult," and when it loses the childish appeal, there's no reason not to watch a genuinely adult show instead. It might even be halfway entertaining. Season 6 is an improvement in almost every way because it gets back to what made this show appealing in the first place. 

Not necessary agree with you about the last statement but i can agree the tone shift of S5 can alienate you . Hum... Maybe you and me had different expectations for this show, so our opinions are so vastly different  

Ok let put this discussion for another day, let see WHAT MADE OF SEASON 7, to me, I want it to be much more improved compare to S6, because the good chunk of episodes didnt reach 80% of my satisfaction, too "kid-friendly" and predictable  

Hope S7 will have more "Oscar bait" episodes...  

Please... anything but that. Anything. I'd rather have much more casual slice-of-life, much more sitcom-y episodes like "The Saddle Row Review," and much more of Rarity and Rainbow Dash's careers. I want them to screw around with the format more, and I want the balance of humorous to serious episodes to stay heavily in favour of humour. I liked the direction season 6 was going in, so with a bit more polish and more specific directions for all the main characters, I can imagine season 7 being especially satisfying. Just... anything other than the show taking itself so seriously again.