While the lessons of this one might have the usual MLP cheese to it, it's still rather nice. Especially about how friends can have differing opinions and bicker, and it isn't that big of a deal.

It's certainly much better than in Crystal Empire, Princess Twilight and Twilight's Kingdom, where they reuse the same beaten-dead lesson we had in the first episode and Return of Harmony.

"Twilight, stay away from your friends."

"Okay." one two-parter later "Today I learned that me and my friends are much stronger as a team because-"

Sora rushes in a pushes her out of the way "My friends are my power!!!"