Ok I can't fully talk about this episode without mentioning a certain spoiler (sorry I usually try to avoid that). Anyway this episode is about Starlight Glimmer becoming good friends with the great and powerful Trixie. This episode is easily my personal favorite Trixie episode (it is probably also my favorite episode of the season so far), which is saying much with how much I love Magic Duel. This two characters are just written very well here. Their friendship is very believable, and the two have great chemistry. Again I just love how well written and likable Starlight Glimmer has been so far this season. Her stress about her past is extremely relatable. I notice a lot of similarities between her and Twilight, but the writers make that work to their advantage and they are still clearly different characters. Also Twilight's feelings about this friendship are very well handled. Even though we disagree with what she does in this episode, we really like her because we can see where she is coming from. Speaking of Twilight her facial expressions are perfect in this episode.
The humor in this episode is spot on. Their is not one joke in here that doesn't work. Some of the jokes just raise a smile, while others are laugh out loud funny, but it all works perfectly.
This episode was originally going to be called Old Dog New Trixie (according to writer Nick Confalone on twitter)but the name was changed to No Second Prances to keep the revel of the character a secret. Also the scene where Derpy hits the sign was just written as "Derpy waves" in the script but was changed by supervising director Jim Miller, and the storyboard artists (this information again comes from Nick Confalone's twitter).
Anyway fantastic episode and probably my favorite of the season so far.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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