First off, world building does not make the episode good. If it’s used to complement a story and doesn’t overstay it’s welcome, I don’t mind it. If that’s all the episode does, then it bugs me. MLP has had that problem for years. Okay, I can’t argue with their glee being cute but it only lasted for about 2-5 minutes before the episode fell apart. Also Marco trying to be nice is not an accomplishment, it’s part of his character. If anyone should be trying to be nice, it’s Tom. Okay yeah, but it’s River. That’s to be expected at this point. Same with Janna. Yeah, it was scary, but if nothing engaging happened beforehand, why should I care. Okay yeah, that was sweet. Probably the only engaging thing that happened in the entire episode. I ship Janna and Tom too, but them meeting does not make the whole episode good.



My my actual problem with the episode comes back to Star’s birthday scene. 1. Her trashing the party after Marco worked really hard to make it for her. Her actions have really rubbed me the wrong way this season for the most part. 2. Unwarranted relationship drama and Tom and Marco fighting like children. Also that scene with Janna and Kelly. We do not need ANOTHER forced, crappily done romantic subplot, writers. That’s my main problem with this season in general. The crappy, forced romantic subplots. I could spend the next 2 hours explaining why they suck, but I think I’ve typed enough so far.