I finally saw this episode for the first time last night. I missed pretty much all of Master Quest, as it was a brief time before the release of RS that I temporarily lost interest.
Anyways, it was probably the first Meowth episode I didn't completely hate. "Go West Yound Meowth", "Meowth Rules", and "Got Miltank" are among my most hated episodes ever. Yeah, it was just another Pidgey filler, especially since we already had one earlier in Johto, but it wasn't horrible. TR really got the short-end in this one. The one time they decide to be helpful, they don't even get recognition for it! Hell, there was no comment about them trying to steal Pikachu or Meowth at all!
6/10
So...what's next on my "haven't seen" list? The Diglett one?