The episodes I actively dislike:

Season 1: None.

Season 2:

- Hearth's Warming Eve

- A Friend in Deed

- Dragon Quest

- It's About Time

- Canterlot Wedding

Season 3: Spike at Your Service

edited 28th Mar '13 8:25:51 PM by dRoy

It seems to be just me.

How can someone not like Hearth's Warming Eve.

edited 28th Mar '13 8:24:33 PM by Bluespade

I still think season 3 was the most consistently above-average, so I honestly get surprised that so many dislike it.

The bad episodes?

Spike at your service (Spike was considered OOC here)
Mysterious Mare Do Well (To be fair this was more because of RD issues than actual plot issues)
The Last Round Up (DERPGATE)
A Friend in Deed (Smile song is good, Rest is pinkie being OOC)

Eh, even then it's less "MMDW is a great episode" and more "It's not as bad as everyone makes it out to be".

Anyway, while we're on the subject, my bottom episodes would be the following:

• Over a Barrel: The mane cast don't really factor into the plot much, and I didn't really find any of the new characters that interesting. The only parts I really enjoyed were Pinkie's song and the stuff on the train at the start.

• Mysterious Mare Do Well: Decent premise, execution was seriously flawed in ways I'm sure everyone here is familiar with.

• A Friend in Deed: Song is great, but the way Pinkie annoys Cranky nonstop and ends up getting what she wants out of it rubs me the wrong way.

• Dragon Quest: Spent way too much time on "Spike dicks around with the teenagers" and not enough on actually answering any of the questions it raised at the start.

• Apple Family Reunion: No glaring problems, but is thoroughly unmemorable

edited 28th Mar '13 8:28:29 PM by JapaneseTeeth

Oh wait, I change my mind:

Spike at Your Service was, in my opinion, the worst episode in the season.

I actually really don't care for Look Before You Sleep either.

I thought it was pretty bland/annoying to be honest.

edited 28th Mar '13 8:27:54 PM by Mio

Season 2 was more hit or miss for me.

Also, "It wasn't that bad" is probably the worst compliment you can give something.

Feeling Pinkie Keen is the only episode i actively dislike. Pinkie's a borderline Sue, the aesop is either questionable or badly handled, and Pinkie just came off as annoying.

Other than that, Owl's Well That Ends Well, Sisterhooves Social, and the Last Roundup are my least favorites though still watchable.

yeah the onl episode that is more or less agreed to be "bad" is MMDW, becuase of just how assholish, OOC, and just plain un-pony everything was. The ONLY good things for me in that ep, were the Mare-do-well outfit itself, and the music at the end.

The rest all go into YMMV. MMC, baring the "RUINED FOREVER" idiots butthurt over Twilacorn, the consensus is, good, but far to rushed and should have been a two-parter.

The rest, it's not so much "bad" as simply, "Not as good" Like Spike At Your Service, Owl's Well, Apple family Reuinion. Dragon Quest. And those are all YMMV some like em. Most, more meh.

I like Look Before You Sleep. My least favorites, by season, would be Over A Barrel, Dragon Quest and Apple Family Reunion.

I thought people hate HWE because when the Friendship Express DVD came out most of the comments seemed to complain about what a horrible episode it was, claiming it to be horribly out of character, horrible for being about a play, horrible for "implying that the mane six hate eachother", and for having the "worst" song. But it's one of my favorite episodes because of the message, and because I thought it was cool it was about a play.

Oh come on, Sisterhooves Social is awesome. Last Roundup was thoroughly average for me. It had it's moments, but I wish it had told the story from AJ's perspective.

I don't get it either. I'm no fan of the song, but I think the bulk of the other "OOC" complaints can easily be explained by the fact that they're acting.

edited 28th Mar '13 8:31:09 PM by JapaneseTeeth

@edveed: Actually most of the defense I see for MMDW comes from people saying that Dash totally had it coming and others didn't like it because they were Dash fanboys. . .yeah.

A lot of people didn't like the Hearth's Warming Carol, which is odd cause I thought it was fine despite not liking the episode.

edited 28th Mar '13 8:31:51 PM by Mio

I realize this isn't exactly pony related, but...

...wat

I would go "I.... what" again, but I already did that today.

So I'll fall back on the usual and go "das wut"

And I can't really pick a least favorite episode. Maybe one of the season 1 eps, because nostalgia is a delusion to which I'm immune, but...

edited 28th Mar '13 8:33:18 PM by Lopiny

@Narcissa: Clearly people don't understand the concept of 'acting' in a 'play' as 'characters'.

@JT - Sisterhooves Social?

Sisterhooves Social?!

Sir, let me tell you how I feel about that episode.

I absolutely LOVE that episode!

It is one of the few episodes that I genuinely love.

@ Irish Zombie: Huh? Wha?

edited 28th Mar '13 8:33:06 PM by Sydxelia

... how can you not like Sisterhooves?

but yeah everyone involved admitted they royally messed up with the morale for FPK.

Personally, my least favorite by season.

Season 1

Owl's Well-It's just boring and dull

Season 2

MMDW-so so SO many issues.

Season 3

Spike At Your Service-Spike was WAY to OOC.

I was just about the ask about that.

Also, your sig is from a very great cartoon.

@Irish Zombie - I think that's pretty cool, actually. Granted, I am a MASSIVE Bioshock fan.

Sisterhooves is one of my favourite episodes because I've been on both sides before :V

:D

edited 28th Mar '13 8:35:00 PM by AceOfScarabs

@droy: ...what exactly does KISS or Hello Kitty have to do with Bioshock?

I thought it was fine.