Hub has season 3 of My Little Pony premiering now every Saturday Morning. However for those that aren't up at the time of the premier, or they don't have the Hub channel there is another solution. On the Hub site they now upload the new episodes for people to watch without ads.
In the 2nd episode of season 3 the story of the Crystal Empire continues. In the past episode Cadence's power had started to fail, the evil King closing in to take over again. However she is able to get the shield back up giving Twilight Sparkle time to find the Crystal Heart.
Personally I like this episode a lot better then the first episode. The animation of the crystal ponies is absolutely amazing, and makes me want a toyline dedicated to them. Also the darkness of the spells that are cast in this episode ads a new dimension to My Little Pony. Most of what has happened in the past seasons was happy times with a few evil things. However in these two episodes it shows that the ponies can turn evil with just a few spells. Also I like the maturity that was shown in Twilight Sparkle this episode, she chose the safety of others over passing her test. I have never been very fond of Twilight Sparkle, so this amount of maturity is nice to see in her. I think though one of my favorite parts in this episode is how Shining Armor threw Cadence like a javelin at Spike, after all throwing your wife is not something you see very often in cartoons. This episode didn't really have many plotholes like the first part did, however I am curious how the heck Princess Cadence was the crystal princess when she wasn't alive a thousand years ago. How did that blood line continue, unless all the kingdom's are related to one another. All in all this is a pretty good episode, much better then the first one.
