That was an okay episode. Good, but not very good. Oddly assertive Fluttershy is welcome, since unlike others I think they’re finally writing her as actually being assertive. Garble’s redemption(?) was an odd choice, and while it’s not bad I do think it was an interesting idea to go for since we’ve already done this with Spike and Smolder, and that’s just dragons. That said, him being a beat poet is spot on writing, and I love the idea. This being Ember’s first hatching season throws even canon timelines out the window unless dragons only reproduce every few years, which… would explain a lot, actually.
And a note on animation: they’re doing it wrong. Early in the episode there’s an achingly obvious attempt at forcing a meme on us, and it looks unnatural, in the same way Rarity did last week. I really hope this doesn’t keep happening, because it’s annoying and kind of unsettling.