I watched a live stream of this episode and (looking at other people's comments during the commercial breaks) I was surprised by the amount of hate this episode seemed to generate. I don't know why so many fans are almost determined to undermine Applejack at every chance they can get.



They didn't seem to be able to process that fact that this story was/happened before she achieved her status as the "Element of Honesty"! Something like this was bound to happen sooner or later! It gave us a look into Applejack's character (who she used to be) and how she came to value honesty, and yes, Mac got a very prominent role (as well as showed us why he doesn't talk so much now), and I thoroughly enjoyed it.