Keep Calm and Flutter On- Episode Recap

Lock up your wives and daughters and hide the fine china because it's EPISODE RECAP TIME!

The good folks at Studio B have delivered unto us yet another polarizing episode. The last time around, we had the (unintentional?) character heel-turn for Spike and its seems this weekend's episode has another beloved member of the cast doing something similar...only this time its the one and only DISCORD! King of Chaos, Master of Mischief, Lord of Loki-Type Antics, The Colossus of Clout. (maybe that last one doesnt quite fit) How is the writers going to make THE chaos sower in this universe settle down and behave himself? Short answer: they kinda pull it out from betwixt their buttocks with the help of our favorite yellow winged proctologist. Long answer: well, lets continue on and find out.

 The episode begins with 4 out of 6 element bearers standing in a field, anxiously awaiting the arrival of Princess Lazy-Pants (TO THE MOOOOOOOON!!!) and she is not alone. Seems that Celestia needs the power of Discord for some extreamly unspecified reason and wants the Mane 6 and Fluttershy in particular to rehabilitate the demi-god to make him the Draconoquus-shaped chaos missile that Celestia needs in order to conquer the world (or so I assume) So after a confrontation with a foul-mouthed beaver, the girls reunite to release Discord from his stony prison...with rainbows. Being a statue seems to have cramped Discord's style and he proceeds to change cute, cuddly woodland critters into the kinda muscle-bound mooks you wouldnt want to run into in a dark alley. After a series of hilarious sight gags, Fluttershy grows weary of Discord hamming it up and attempts the dreaded "Stare" on him (it's not very effective...) but after threatening him with their plot devices, Discord relents...kinda (FORESHADOWING!) and heads off to Fluttershy's cottage for his "rehabilitation"

The ponies, doubting Discord's sincerity, warn Fluttershy, but she has a plan. She is gonna kill him...with kindness. the whole sequence is a testament to the art of visual humor, with some truly laugh out loud moments, mostly at Angel Bunny's expense. ( I really want that lamp) Discord really has no intention to reform and decides to use Fluttershy's trusting nature to his advantage through his usual methods of insanity. One floating, rotating cottage later and now its time for a dinner party. In the immortal words of Samuel L. Jackson "Hang on to your butts"

The dinner scene is one that the fans will be taking about forever and for good reason. Its beauty and the beast, filtered through a LSD lens. every joke hits and Fluttershy's commitment to the unruly demi-god is baffling to her friends, but Discord shows a blink-and-you-miss-it feeling of remorse for what he has done, but Angel crashes the party with news that Sweet Apple Acres is flooding. (Rarity is damn good at charades, I would have never guessed Sweet Apple Acres from an apple in a pitcher)

The girls arrive to find the inundated acres and Fluttershy reveals that she knows Discord is behind the pranks and she is holding back to gain his trust. Discord enters like a boss and finally plays his hand, stating that he would fix the farm in exchange for Fluttershy never using her Element against him ever again. She agrees and Discord, doing his best Brian Boitano impression, gloats about how he is now free to rain chaos all over the world. Fluttershy denounces their friendship and Discord, right in the middle of his big boisterous villain monologue, does the most sudden heel turn that the planet stopped rotating for a split-second. But, unlike the last episode, I have absolutely zero problems with this for two reasons. 1: it was foreshadowed ever so slightly so it didnt seem like it came completely out of left field and 2: even if it did come from nowhere, that is completely in character for Discord. He IS chaos. What better way to demonstrate that then to turn good on a whim, why, because he can! Besides, he is a chaotic neutral at best. I'm willing to bet we are not done with Discord in a somewhat antagonistic role. Celestia arrives and Discord says the name of the show, the internet EXPLODES. role credits.

I'm fairly certain that I will be in the minority, but I have no problem with this episode and even if I didnt like the ending, the comedy more then makes up for it. This is going down as a classic in my mind (as insane as it may be)

9 out of 10

Discord has yet to pay for his greatest crime, no whipped cream to accompany the chocolate milk rain. I DEMAND JUSTICE!!