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Our Take Middle of the road. Watchable, but you’ll forget the details by next episode.

Our Take A transparent but effective piece of fan service that finally brings Optimus Prime back after his controversial movie death. The Hate Plague premise is genuinely grim for a kids’ show, with everyone from Autobots to humans turning on…

Our Take A sluggish late-season oddity that feels like it belongs to a different show entirely. Daniel gets way too much screen time, the plot involving a mysterious Japanese girl and a reality-warping mask never comes together, and the animation…

Our Take A surprisingly somber episode for a Saturday morning cartoon, focusing on Rodimus Prime’s struggle with leadership he never asked for. The emotional beats land better than most G1 episodes, though the samurai subplot feels like padding. Worth a…

Our Take A strange, oddly beautiful outlier this late in the show’s run. The animation is unlike anything else in the series, almost surreal at times, and the flashback to Unicron’s origin gives it real weight. The actual story is…

Our Take A forgettable mid-season slog that coasts on guest characters nobody asked to care about. The animation is as rough as season 3 gets, and the comedy beats mostly land with a thud, though Marissa Faireborn brings a little…

Our Take Grimlock gets smart and honestly it’s one of the better season 3 ideas, playing his sudden genius for both comedy and a little sadness. The animation is rough in spots and the plot wraps up too neatly, but…

Our Take A weird detour that puts the Autobot minds inside human bodies for a mob-tinged crime story, complete with a barely disguised Cobra Commander cameo. The noir mood actually works better than most season 3 experiments, though the plot…

Our Take This one’s a fairly disposable half hour where the Junkion broadcasts cause trouble and the Quintessons lurk around the edges doing their usual scheming. There are a few fun moments with Wreck-Gar and the TV-signal gimmick, but the…

Our Take This is basically a clip show with the Quintessons’ journal as an excuse to replay old footage, and the frame story around it is thin. A few new bits about Quintesson history are mildly interesting, but not enough…