Here are yesterday's episode polls since I forgot to post them earlier:
For Over A Barrel: 3 people voted 5, 10 people voted 4, 11 people voted 3, 3 people voted 2 and no-one voted 1, giving it an average of
3.48.
For A Bird in the Hoof: 15 people voted 5, 13 people voted 4, 4 people voted 3 and no-one voted 2 or 1, giving it an average of
4.34.
Which leaves the current standing at:
1. Suited For Success - 4.73
2. Sonic Rainboom - 4.68
2. Dragonshy - 4.68
3. Winter Wrap Up - 4.54
4. Green Isn't Your Color - 4.52
5. A Bird in the Hoof - 4.34
6. A Dog and Pony Show - 4.3
7. Swarm of the Century - 4.28
8. Bridle Gossip - 4.07
9. Friendship is Magic Part 1 - 4.06
10. The Ticket Master - 4.05
11. Griffon the Brush-Off - 4
12. Look Before You Sleep - 3.81
13. Stare Master - 3.71
13. Friendship is Magic Part 2 - 3.71
14. Fall Weather Friends - 3.69
15. Applebuck Season - 3.67
16. Boast Busters - 3.58
17. The Show Stoppers - 3.5
18. Over A Barrel - 3.48
19. Feeling Pinkie Keen - 3.45
20. Call of the Cutie - 3.15
I'll be honest, I didn't expect Over A Barrel to do that bad. I know people don't like the analogies to the Native Americans but it still has some great scenes like the Fluttershy tree conversation and the western puns. I also thought A Bird in the Hoof might be a contender for the top spot.
At this point I don't think anything can beat Suited For Success, the only episodes I could see contending with it are Party of One and The Cutie Mark Chronicles, but Suited For Success got so many 5 votes and hardly anything else whereas the great episodes since then have got a lot 5 votes but also a lot of 4 votes which brings the average down.
But anyway, we'll soon find out since next week's episodes are The Cutie Mark Chronicles and Owl's Well That Ends Well, and then after that only two episodes are left.
DrForester said:
If anyone was trolling in that episode, it was Twilight, how can she not have met the royal pet....or not read Harry Potter.
We don't know how long Philomena goes from renewal to renewal. It's perfectly possible that Twilight has known Philomena since she started studying with Celestia but has only ever seen her in her dying state rather than her fire form.