Okay, I lied, I'll say things.
Amy Keating Rogers shows here that she can still write episodes that play like Applebuck Season and Ticket Master, what with the unconventional out-of-immersion narrative techniques—the VHS rewind thing reminded me of the picture-in-picture stuff in TM and the flight-path-tracing in ABS. And the round-robin nature of "each pony takes her turn" also felt like a return to the show's earliest form.
Also, how many different ways did they goofily re-enact Celestia moon-banning Luna here? Three?

Let us never again say that the show has neglected to poke fun and parody even its founding elements.
So many things that felt like subtle fandom references/show staff injokes that
we just can't be sure of.
- Firefly
- Celestial Year X
- Princess Winona
- That fucking rap, holy god. The Round Stable: "Pinkie, Stop Rapping!"
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EUP
- Lampshading breaking out in song (again)
- "I am not that tall!"

- I said earlier, but I was hoping the "spit wad to the eye" thing was a jab at how gigantic their eyes are

- RD making below-the-belt jabs at Twilight's flying abilities
.... You know, screw this list. I just got to "

Guess you're up a creek" and it's like gooooooooodnighteverybody
