"Twilight Time"

...is an episode — not the last — in which Twilight Sparkle has to deal with the consequences of celebrity, more specifically how certain ponies (in this case the CMC and their bullies, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon) take advantage of her fame. I feel like this episode is really most notable for the Twilight Sparkle burger meme.

"It Ain't Easy Being Breezies"

...is a somewhat toyetic episode which was teased in a single line in one of last week's episodes. Fluttershy's "key" episode for this season's "Chest of Harmony" arc, it centers on the migration of these fairy-like creatures known as "breezies", who I believe actually originated in G3. In G4 the breezies will naturally only have two cameo appearances and one namedrop after this debut episode, which seems to be the fate of a lot of the creatures and characters of this show.

Otherwise this episode is perhaps notable for inspiring a fan song in the "happy hardcore" genre, which ended up being used as the theme song of a since-retired linguistics YouTuber.

"Somepony To Watch Over Me"

...is an episode about Apple Bloom trying to assert her independence while Applejack is overly protective. This episode features a chimera. It also features Cajuns. Now that's what I call fantasy!

"Maud Pie"

...is, I'd say, tonight's standout episode, because it introduces the titular fan favorite Maudileena Daisy "Maud" Pie. She is one of the most obviously autism-coded characters I have ever seen in fiction, and has drawn comparisons to the likes of Yuki Nagato due to her "stoic monotony".

Maud Pie was actually seen for the first time in one of last week's episodes, as a filly in a photograph shown for like a few seconds in the Weird Al episode; and Maud will go on to have voiced appearances in 11 episodes after this point, silent appearances in 5, and 1 namedrop. So I guess you could say Maud Pie broke the curse of introduced characters never appearing in any significant capacity after their debut episodes!

"For Whom The Sweetie Belle Toils"

...is tonight's second episode centered on a Crusader's relationship to her o-neigh-san. This time it's Sweetie Belle acting in a play, only for herself to be outshone by Rarity's costumes for the play. This episode has a very memorable dream/flashback sequence, which I'd perhaps describe as "A Christmas Carol-esque".

...Which is of course to say nothing of the *actual* A Christmas Carol episode in the first half of season 6, which I must say I'm looking forward to.

"Leap of Faith"

...is Applejack's "key" episode for this season's "Chest of Harmony" arc, and the penultimate "key" episode overall — Twilight's "key" episode is the season finale, which we will watch next week.

In any case, this episode centers on Flim and Flam's grand return to sell some snake oil, and how Applejack gets roped into their nonsense.

...Yeah, remember the Flim-Flam brothers from their The Music Man parody back in season 2? That episode drew some amount of criticism from fans for the Flim-Flam brothers not actually scamming anypony, and was described by one of our viewers on Blorptube as something to the effect of "fascist lionization of small business" — so I wonder if the Flim-Flam brothers' big return in "Leap of Faith" here was written at least in part to make them retroactively less sympathetic, by making them into actual scammers of the most classic variety.

• Childhood bullying ("Twilight Time")
• A cruel experiment involving a small creature, I guess? ("Twilight Time")
• A character eats fast food sloppily ("Twilight Time")
• A character is hounded or denied privacy ("Twilight Time")
• Bodily transformation ("It Ain't Easy Being Breezies")
• A rare species is threatened by bees ("It Ain't Easy Being Breezies")
• Missing child / child in peril ("Somepony To Watch Over Me")
• A character is trapped in a rock avalanche ("Maud Pie")
• A character eats a rock ("Maud Pie")
• Familial conflict ("For Whom The Sweetie Belle Toils")
• A child has a nightmare ("For Whom The Sweetie Belle Toils")
• A small child trips ("For Whom The Sweetie Belle Toils")
• Fashion and beauty stuff? ("For Whom The Sweetie Belle Toils")
• Characters get scammed ("Leap of Faith")
• An elderly character nearly does a fatal stunt ("Leap of Faith")

Please tell me if you'd like to add to or change something about this list.