The first time I saw this, it was during the livestream and my internet was so bad that day that I must have missed a third of the damn episode, so it's about due a rewatch. From minute one, they definitely bring back Spike's crush on Rarity and in a hard way. Not saying that's a bad thing, it's just something that seemed to have been swept under the rug for a while. Anyway, I'm lazy so back to point form!

-While Rarity's theatre design was completely impractical, I'm not sure that a puppet theatre controlled by magic is that impressive when
you've got magic. 
-So this episode was co-written by McCarthy. Ah.
-Rarity deserves to be made an alicorn for being such a big drama queen.
-So Spike can talk to animals too, or just owls?

-Goddamn, a literal mountain of icecream and a box of chocos. Rares must have one hell of a metabolism.
-The BGM used when Spike enters the Boutique is just perfect and pretty much sets the tone for the rest of the episode. Frantic, funny, and a little frightening.
-Applejack used a food euphamism that wasn't apples! Ohgawd!

-Yeah, I'd completely missed the bird-mansion the first time around, so that was great.
-Kinda shocked Spike didn't try and eat his getup.
-"Oh no! Not U2! Dammit DrDino et al."
-Rarity really was Something Awful.

-Oh shut up, idgaf.
-Spike, you're such a fucking shiteater.

So yeah, kind of repetetive? Maybe, but who cares since it was so entertaining the whole way through, and Tabs' performance was simply the best.
Last thought: I wonder who wrote the book in the first place.
