S09:E11- Student Counsel

[Kion 7,411]

Title: Student Counsel  

Air date : May 20th Italian, June 8th Discovery family. 

Written by: Josh Haber 

Synopsis:  "Starlight Glimmer relishes her role as school counselor and encourages the students to come to her anytime about anything, but she becomes overwhelmed and learns a lesson."

 

Episode Link: Daily Motion

Edited June 23, 2019 by Twilight and Starlight

[FirePuppy 739]

To me, this episode was ALL WRONG! Starlight's friends all shouldn't have been the ones to support her, and not only that, they don't even have jobs in the School of Friendship, for what I know. >:-P

[DonMaguz 1,023]

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Best episode of S9 so far, the only one to get a 10/10 during the first half.

 

[Kion 7,411]

2 hours ago, DonMaguz said:

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Best episode of S9 so far, the only one to get a 10/10 during the first half.

 

@DonMaguz I 100% agree with you this is the best episode of the season. And its get a 100/100 for me. Thou a few episodes have come very close to it.

Edited June 3, 2019 by Twilight and Starlight

[RDDash 19,285]

I have a few very serious issues with this episode, but I am not going to mention them until it airs 

 

 

Edited June 4, 2019 by R.D.Dash

[Kion 7,411]

Just now, Bakugou Is My Man <3 said:

 

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This episode was okay. I feel like it handled Starlight Glimmer well. I really like the internal struggle that was given to her. It suited her well, in my opinion!

 

I managed to find it in English online last week!

@Bakugou Is My Man <3 Me to I found it on equestria daily. 

[Will Guide 21,376]

On 6/3/2019 at 12:47 PM, FirePuppy said:

 

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To me, this episode was ALL WRONG! Starlight's friends all shouldn't have been the ones to support her, and not only that, they don't even have jobs in the School of Friendship, for what I know. >:-P

 

 

I agree with @Loyal Defender. It's awesome to see how

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Starlight tries to make time for her friends and she does the responsible thing by helping to look for a missing student.

Heck, if you don't like Mudbriar's attitude in his earlier episode, he actually gets some "Your habit of saying technically is really annoying" glares from the others.

Plus, Teramar is so adorable in here. I just want to give him a hug and tell him We'll find Silverstream.

Plus, just because they don't have jobs at the school doesn't mean they're lazy jobless ponies. Sunburst is the Royal Crystaler to Flurry Heart, for goodness sakes.

And instead of going back to the party, everyone wanted to help Starlight find Silverstream! If that's not being supportive of Starlight, I don't know what is.

You claiming her friends shouldn't be supportive of Starlight is a terrible thing to say. As long as she getting support from good ponies, it shouldn't matter Who's giving the support. Giving support is giving support.

 

[DonMaguz 1,023]

21 minutes ago, Will Guide said:

 

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Starlight tries to make time for her friends and she does the responsible thing by helping to look for a missing student.

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And instead of going back to the party, everyone wanted to help Starlight find Silverstream! If that's not being supportive of Starlight, I don't know what is.

 

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There, right there! 

They're the ones who have had the hardest time to find some friends and when they finally do, they act like real life friends do.

They scold one another, make fun of each other, help each other when there's trouble and are eager to take responsibility about how they have behaved.

I love the Mane 6, but this group of misfits is what I call friends.

 

 

[Ganondorf8 11,774]

Hmmm... there is a lot of potential here with this episode. I look forward to watching it in English in the coming days.

[RDDash 19,285]

Okay, some spoilers bellow, and I sincerely apologise for my opinion because I disliked how this episode addresses the issue , but I am just going to say it anyway in a spoiler box. Please read it preferably after you watched the episode, thanks

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It's not like Trixie bothered Starlight during her school hours

It's not like Trixie forced her to go to the party that Starlight was to busy to attend to.

It's not like that party was rudely interrupted because it's somehow Starlight's responsibility to look for missing students during her off hours.

I am sorry Starlight but your advice is completely fell on deaf ears because it was hilarious to run around in the dangerous forest because they thought Silverstream was in danger.

 

Edited June 5, 2019 by R.D.Dash

[gingerninja666 487]

1 hour ago, R.D.Dash said:

Okay, some spoilers bellow, and I sincerely apologise for my opinion because I disliked how this episode addresses the issue , but I am just going to say it anyway in a spoiler box. Please read it preferably after you watched the episode, thanks

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It's not like Trixie bothered Starlight during her school hours

It's not like Trixie forced her to go to the party that Starlight was to busy to attend to.

It's not like that party was rudely interrupted because it's somehow Starlight's responsibility to look for missing students during her off hours.

I am sorry Starlight but your advice is completely fell on death ears because it was hilarious to run around in the dangerous forest because they thought Silverstream was in danger.

 

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Trix didn't technically bother Starlight during school hours, but I would argue that the students were still Star's responsibility for as long as they were still in Ponyville. Especially since she's the only faculty member still looking over the premises. And Trix didn't force Star to go to the party, but she was deliberately trying to make her feel ashamed, and Starlight was already feeling terrible about letting Trixie down. A thing I liked about that part of the conflict is that both Star and Trix had valid reasonings for what they did. Starlight is commendable for trying to be there for her students at all times, while Trixie is right to be annoyed that her friend isn't keeping her commitments, especially over a part of her job she sees as excessive.

 

Edited June 5, 2019 by gingerninja666

[Jirehlov 9]

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One of the worst episodes of Season 9 to me. Maud and Mudbriar's being in the episode seems to be redundant.

 

[Rushing cash 845]

I watched it right now, and it was a very good episode. I will write more about it once it aires in a few hours.

[PoisonClaw 8,175]

So many good faces this episode! I could do without Mudbriar showing up again, but Trixie and Starlight make up with it with their great comedic chemistry.

[Sparklefan1234 185,204]

This episode should’ve been called “Couples Counseling”. 

 

[cmarston1 5,965]

I thought that this was a good episode.  I feel like that Starlight becoming the school's counselor was a a decision that helped her character, and I enjoy seeing her in that role.  I also found the conflict she faced over balancing work and personal life to be engaging.  I also found Trixie having none of it to be pretty amusing at times. also I really like the friendship between her and Starlight as I feel that it is a pretty entertaining character dynamic that I always enjoy watching.  I also liked how everyone was having none of Mudbriar in this episode.  That was definitely funny.  Also Maud got some pretty great lines here.

Overall, I enjoyed Student Counsel.

[PoisonClaw 8,175]

This was a pretty fun episode. Glad we got to see Terramar again, and there were a ton of funny moments between Starlight and Trixie throughout the entire episode.

[TheAnimationFanatic 3,606]

Really enjoyed this one. Good humor, nice to see side characters get focus, and a great moral.

[bigbertha 417]

I think the first half is the better half in this episode. It's consistently funny and entirely focused on the main story. The second half on the other hand is a lot weaker. Most of the adventure in the Everfree feels like filler because once Starlight remembers the Student Treehouse, everything before is forgotten and doesn't mean much in the long run. I guess it was supposed to show how much Starlight's scheduling has messed everything up, but Silverstream going missing already accomplishes that goal. If they just found Silverstream in danger and saved her, that would get the same point across without feeling like filler. The second half does still have some good jokes and isn't as boring as most other episodes this season, but it is a let down compared to what came before.

It's a shame because the first half really is great. Starlight and Trixie have such a great dynamic and the conflict is a nuanced one. Both Starlight and Trixie have good points and that makes the story much more engaging. And I just have to mention again that the comedy in the first half is the best of the season. It doesn't rely on meme faces and is actually timed well for once.

Score: 8/10

Edited August 16, 2019 by bigbertha

[Buttonmash1973 1,026]

In my top 5 favorites of S9

[Adamgreen 1,130]

Not a big Starlight fan but this was a pretty enjoyable episode on her. Some funny moments here and there and a nice moral.

I'd have made this longer but yea. Decent

[Goat-kun 2,532]

They were trying way too hard. The humor is too repetitive. The characters' quirks have been used in the same way from the beginning till this quite welcomed end. It is saddening that this failure shall never be exposed to those tasked with the creation of the next generation. Perhaps that shall be the task of competitors who exist beyond their influence.

 

P.S: Everfree is still a noob zone. Git gud!

[Odyssey 5,719]

I like this episode quite a bit, and it's all thanks to the characters. After all we got familiar faces, and even surprises like Mudbriar and Terramar. Everyone has had some of their characterisation expanded on that it's a lot of fun to watch. Trixie's impatience and Mudbriar's self-awareness at how tactless he can be were hilarious. And for me, Maud's lines sells the humor of this ep. She is so funny in this episode  I really loved seeing the cockatrices again too. I loved how terrifying they were waaaay back in Stare Master, so their return was just as welcome as the rest of the heroes.

Overall this is an inoffensive episode. There's not much to say about the story, but the characters and the humour make most of the best parts.

[Rushing cash 845]

As I said before, it was a very enjoyable episode, the dynamics and interactions between the characters were great and funny. Trixie wanting to spend more time with starlight and getting angry over and over again when things dont go her way and not liking that starlight pretty much married her job(and not her) was cute. I enjoy all the episodes when these 2 interact because their relationship is funny and overall interesting(and I ship it). Maud was amazing in this episode, since the mud couple I wanted to see mud brier turned to stone just to see mauds reaction to it, and it happened here and it was glorious! I need more angry trixie, she had some incredible expressions in this episode. The only things that bothered me were the part that trixie tried to plat detective during the search, it was unnecessary and when they escaped the cockatricies, why did not they fly over the broken walls, it seemed to me that the writers just wanted an easy cop out of the problem. 9/10, probably my 3rd favorite episode of the season so far.   

[gingerninja666 487]

I know a lot of people dislike Mud for being very similar to Maud. But I find that he allows Maud to do a different type of joke than she does normally. She doesn't really interact with other deadpan people. So the two of them being utterly deadpan together, in my opinion, is just precious.

 

I felt bad for Starlight in the first half of this episode. Like, I can really relate to being caught between two commitments where no matter what you do you’re letting someone down. Both Star and Trix had valid reasons to do what they did. It’s what makes it feel so awful.