Thrond

This season? “Sounds of Silence.” Last season, “Rock Solid Friendship” was the one which really bugged me.

My complaint in “Sounds of Silence” was that it didn’t fit the rest of the tone; with “What Lies Beneath” was that it basically forced character development to happen; with “Molt Down” was that it made Rarity and Zecora damsels in distress. 

Only real peril in SoS was that the two ponies would be forced into the stream - given at that point we already knew the process was reversable, that isn't much of a peril (but gave Autumn Blaze a chance to be the heroine anyhow)

I don't mind a bit of excitement to help the plot along, provided an 11 year old wouldn't be genuinely upset by it. In that, I think WLB went too far, and could give young children nightmares (while by contrast, the other dangers characters have faced are sufficiently unrelatable that viewers are going to just be waiting to see how they get out of it, rather than actually scared)

you might see it differently of course.

I just didn’t feel that sudden spike in intensity was necessary there, and it also annoyed me that the Kirin would just force them in against their will. It was just very jarring to me.