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[Gentian]

S6E15 28 Pranks Later

I've never seen this one before. It felt in some ways like a retread of Mysterious Mare Do Well, but the problem that came in mind was how it contradicted her behavior as early as Griffin the Brush Off where she seemed to be well aware of what was and wasn't okay, particularly with Fluttershy. And at any point, did anyone think the prank went a bit far? It really feels as if this was written for the sole purpose of writing a zombie episode, and honestly I'm really tired of zombie stuff anyway.

If the rumors of this one being a recycled season 1 reject are true, then it deserved to be rejected. As you say, Rainbow knew even then when things had gone too far. In this episode she seems to know it, too, but disregards it, and the way it makes her putative friends feel for the lulz. That doesn't sound like something the Element of Loyalty would do, but what do I know?

Then the zombie-prank retaliation...I don't even know where to begin. This episode makes every pony involved come across horribly. The Walking Dead is popular over here, but the zombie thing itself never really took off, so I'm still up for some genre-related stuff, but it needs to be done well, and this wasn't. Even if we ignore the OoC behavior of so many ponies. It just doesn't fit MLP, and the writing itself was atrocious; you may be right, it was just done to ride the zombie-wave.

Unfortunately, I think this goes along with with my evaluation of S6: it started strong, but went rapidly downhill. *Flutter Brutter* is the worst example of htis, and was the first episode ever to make me genuinely upset. This one isn't as bad, but is pretty darn close. Good riddance.