Everyything in the modern day was kino
except trixie buying movie plots as a subplot it was kind of whatever and didn't land but eh, it's an ongoing character trait I just don't think it's that interesting
but all of the starcatcher/skywishes stuff was garbage
the fact that the actual plot was damaged when the pedoshit was purged isn't really relevant and the jokes might actually be better except where it's awkward, but it's more just that it's slow and tiresome and uninteresting and repetitive
poopsock/pisssock was kino, long chryssy was kino, mari & glimmer was kino, mane 6 was kino, scoots and belle was kino,the pills joke is up there with the very best parts of DoTS/DoTL and might be the best 10 seconds of tamers content ever with the context in mind
but man did the stuff that dragged drag
golly cameos are great