More like in terms of this episode, the five stages of excusing Rainbow Dash’s mistreatment of Tank and the trouble she caused.

@Dr_Osaka  
No. There’s only five.

Aren’t there usualy six stages?  
Denial  
Anger  
Fear  
Bargaining  
Depression  
And Acceptance

@Xidphel
 
But you know! Details? Whatever! :lol:

Yeah… and you’ll note she’s about the only pony other than Applejack whose parents we haven’t seen—  
makes you wonder who else Dash has had to put in the cold hard ground one dark and lonely winter….

Depression is my favourite scene!

@Psycho333  
The five stages are about loss in general, not only death.

That moment when you realize they made an episode about death without any death in it but still all the impact of death.
 
Damn are the writers awesome

@BigMax  
Details.

Hey Dash! You got a lot to answer for bring us nuclear winter. That Mushroom cloud be seen all the way from Apploosa!

The next episode has to be Dash facing the music for fucking up the Cloudsdale weather factory.

@Background Pony #1E2A  
Yeah, always favors from the political power, the same old corrupt shit.  
Only the paesants go to jail.
 
@Xidphel  
“Dollar” is no currency in Equestria.
 
@Background Pony #E690  
Indeed.  
But I don’t think Twilight didn’t even suspect of Rainbow’s wrongdoings.
 
@Nightweaver20xx  
Remember: if you never try, you never fail.

@Background Pony #E690  
I’ve made my entire life’s credo “Never try.”

@BigMax  
Yes, she is, because she never got caught. Moral of the story: Never get caught.
 
I’d say it’s up there with “Never try” “Bet it all” and “Whatever happens, you keep you f***ing mouth shut”.

I could tell from the beginning that this episode would deal with themes of loss, it was heavy.

And 1 terrorist attack later nopony is worse for wear.

rainbow You can expect to go through five stages. The first is denial.  
rainbow dash: No way, because tanks not Hibernating  
Second is anger.  
rainbow dash: Why you little… Da-! Guuuuuh!  
After that, comes Bargaining.  
rainbow dash: you’ve got to help me stop winter I’ll make it worth your while  
Depression  
rainbow dash: (crying) i…dont… want…tank…to….gooooooo  
And finally, acceptance.  
rainbow dash: Well, tank got to Hibernate sometime.  
rainbow dash your progress astounds me

@MeshGearFox  
They’ll just blame Derpy and cut her out of the rest of Season 5 for it.

Dang it, you beat me to the punch. I was just about to upload the same analysis.

@Gundlach  
Somehow I guessed exactly which video it would be. Heh.

Whenever someone mentions the five stages of grief, I always think of this.

@Xidphel  
I’m too slow for this fandom.

@Blissey1
 
Bargaining for a suspended sentence for a sabotage conviction.

@Background Pony #1E2A
 
In all fairness it was only partially her fault – the room full of lightning bolts was probably about to go off on its own without her there.
 
So between RD, whoever stacked the lightning bolts, the security guards who were off playing Nethack with whoever else was supposed to be manning that room, and the management for reasons that shan’t be elaborated upon, there probably aren’t a lot of questions that anyone’s willing to ask.