It’s a relief when we get to the spa scene and Twilight gets to share in the audience’s dilemna, as Rarity and Fluttershy both confide in Twilight. Pinky’s little mime routine when Twilight gets her to swear not to tell about her and Fluttershy’s plan is neat, and I liked the gags when Twilight uses magic to get Fluttershy to do unappealing things on the… Fashion platform thing. The ending of the episode makes me question whether this lesson was one that ever actually got written up to Celestia in the end, as Spike was busy in the spa and there wasn’t any parchment or scroll in sight, so we don’t actually know for sure if Twilight ever got round to dictating that letter to him again.

Overall, this episode had a lot of elements I like, but it was just too frustrating to watch the whole misunderstanding plot, it really soured the episode for me. So, I’m going to give it a 6 – still a good episode overall, but with a section that honestly makes me want to skip past it, a mixed bag if you will.