I've been looking forward to the 3rd season for awhile. And I'm really, really looking forward to the next episode - Pinkie Pie clones herself! But this two-parter was really pretty good. In fact, I'd rank it above the two parter that closed out last season.
I have a few mild complaints. I don't think I care for using Cadence and Shining Armor again so soon. The characters don't have too much to offer. I thought that Rainbow Dash wasn't acting normal during this episode. And I have one technical complaint - during the bit where Twilight has her 'nightmare' about Princess Celestia failing her, there's an establishing shot of Canterlot. This is an effort to lie to the viewer. I don't think I would care about it, except that it was clear that it wasn't a real event. I also kind of wish that we would get to see Fluttershy beat Rainbow Dash at the joust.
But there's a lot of good stuff going on in the episode. Everything Pinkie does is great - especially her disguise as Fluttershy. The songs aren't spectacular, but they are good. And the episode gets a song to close out the episode in a very satisfactory way.
It's a strong opening for the third season.
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