I finally got around to seeing this episode!
Okay, so first, I completely missed the shooting stars at the very end of the episode. I did catch them toward the beginning, around the 5:30 mark, though. But I didn't actually think much of them at first, until you all mentioned it having some significance.
Overall, it had the obvious high points
- AJ episode
- AJ got to SING
- More Granny Smith
- Complete focus on the Apple family, but with short appearances from a couple of the others from the mane 6
- More Babs (wasn't sure of her at first, but she's growing on me)
I'll always enjoy an episode featuring AJ, but overall the thing seemed a bit flat. Not sure if that's because it's following on the heels of some exceptionally strong episodes, or that it is returning to a more light-hearted feel after some of the fairly dark episodes we've had recently.