It's about time we finally got a body swap episode (unless if you count "A Royal Problem"). I'm willing to call Fluttershy in Angel's body "FlutterBunny", and Angel in Fluttershy's body "AngelShy".

I liked this episode for the most part, so I'll just get the negatives out of the way first. I still find it a little weird that while in the sanctuary the predators aren't allowed to eat prey. Makes me wonder if animals would be willing to do damage to their health in order to stay in this haven. And the giraffe still sticks out like a sore thumb (or neck).

Also I would have liked to see AngelShy interact with the other ponies. Missed opportunity in both character development and comedy. 

Now I've heard someone point out that Zecora was being careless in this episode as her body swap idea caused a lot of danger to both FlutterBunny and the animals at the sanctuary. But, keep in mind that she was intending for Fluttershy and Angel to be at home and not needing to do stuff first before taking the potions. That said, I wonder if she knew they had already switched bodies when FlutterBunny came to her hut and was nearly killed by an eagle. If she did, then she should have escorted her back.

The rest of the episode I thought was entertaining enough, and does shed a little bit of light on why Angel is such a needy little brat. And I absolutely love how Andrea Libman was able to subtly change the mannerisms in her Fluttershy voice without giving it up completely. That's hard to do.

That line about "wanting to marry Discord" though.    I'm willing to believe this was just AngelShy taking a jab at Fluttershy and her friendship with Discord. But, yeah, one could imagine.

Last thing I want to mention was the scene between Antoine the python and Muriel the baby elephant.
When AngelShy gave Antoine's cookies to the fire lizard and he slithered away menacingly, I was like "No way...they're not going to show that...not in MLP..."
Yeah, that freaked me out a little bit.   

In the end, a pretty good episode. Nothing fantastic, but a fairly solid one.

Scootaloo has a house?! And she's not an orphan?!
Okay, that last one we kinda already knew from "Parental Glideance", but really this episode finally addresses Scootaloo's family relations; something we've been wanting for years now.

Anywho, this was a very heartfelt episode with some well deserved tears. That whole scene where they just cry their eyes out in the clubhouse was great (and certainly more effective than Tanks for the Memories  ).

Scootaloo's parents are alright and reasonable, albeit a tad oblivious to Scootaloo's sorrow. I hear their designs are supposed to be a reference to Jurassic Park, and I can believe that given their occupations.
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Though if anything, I got more of a Hey, Arnold! vibe from them, if you know what I mean and I've hardly seen that show.

The ending was sweet too; seeing all the characters they have affected. It really felt like the ultimate culmination of the Cutie Mark Crusaders as a whole. 

And can I just say that Aunt Holiday is so precious and huggable? 
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Also, no joke, for a moment I thought Auntie Lofty was First Folio from "The Point of No Return". 
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All in all, a lovable episode. It didn't it got quite as much of a reaction out of me as "Crusaders of the Lost Mark" did, but I think it was suitable for what may be the final CMC episode.