The moral is great and one of the season's most relevant and rootable ones, as well as sincerely delivered. Loved her interaction with Applebloom, which was very endearing. Granny Smith also comes over well and it is hard to not root for her here when in similar situations. Her conflict and inner turmoil did connect with me emotionally and were identifiable, sadly deserving of a much better episode. After disliking her so much in "Somepony to Watch Over Me", she is fully redeemed here. What immediately stood out to me was the writing for Applejack. "Leap of Faith" definitely has good things. It's just not particularly good either and a good example of a great concept that never fires on all cylinders in execution, which is really frustrating. It is a long way from being a terrible episode, despite some of the season's episodes being very flawed none of them fit in the category of terrible to me.
It was a shame that Season 4 went from one of its best episodes ("For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils") to one of its worst with "Leap of Faith". Applejack has also been variably written and that is very obvious in Season 4. The premise here being a pretty good one, despite the presence of the annoying Flim Flam Brothers, which sounded easy to identify with if done right. Have always found the Apple family very variable when it comes to how they are characterised, sometimes they're good fun and identifiable and in other episodes they are not too interesting and it is dependent on the premise. Granny Smith: Why in tarnation would I do that? I just can't believe those two salesponies had me believe I could near fly! I hope this doesn't mean you'll stop swimmin'. I'll track down the pony I sold that worthless tonic to and give him another bit to replace this one. As a reminder of how you helped me finally see the truth. That was a mistake I won't be making again. Silver Shill: I got this through dishonest means. Silver Shill: Watching Applejack save Granny Smith, then admit to lying, well, that made me realize I was making ponies believe in a thing that just wasn't so!Īpplejack: Believing in something can make you do amazin' things, but if that belief is based on a lie, eventually it's gonna lead to real trouble. Silver Shill: In fact it's not a tonic at all! I know cause I helped make it! is just wrong!įlim: But you just said it boosts confidence! Apple Bloom: If the tonic is a fake, then how come Granny can swim again, and what about all that aquabatic stuff we just did?Īpplejack: I reckon sometimes you can forget what you're capable of, and it just takes a little extra confidence to remember it was inside of you all along.Īpplejack: But telling ponies your tonic can do things it can't.