Thrond

"The Molt Down" - Very amusing with the dragon puberty shenanigans, Rarity's deafness plotline, and Pinkie's nonsense, if somewhat uneventful, with scenes that go on a while. I'm sure this one will only grow in my opinion over time; my main complaint is just that it eventually relies on a cliched damsel-in-distress plotline, and doesn't offer up good enough action to compensate. But this episode is up there with "Surf and/or Turf" as having some of the show's best worldbuilding ever, and thematically it's far more mature than what the show usually gets up to. I even enjoyed the multiple references to past episodes, which give this a feeling of continuity which is always welcome in this show. It even breaks the status quo! I'm delighted to see the show is capable of demonstrating this level of sophistication.