S2E31

The Gambler

Aired 1985-11-11 30 min
⚠ Spoiler alert This recap gives away what happens in this episode.

Episode Summary & Review

Summary

With the others rendered powerless, Smokescreen has to enter the gambling world to get the Energon needed to revive them.

Our Take

A goofy detour that mostly works because Smokescreen is fun to watch hustling aliens at rigged casino games. The stakes feel fake since you know everyone gets revived by the end, and the animation takes some ugly shortcuts, but there’s a breezy charm to the whole thing. Fine as background viewing, nothing more.