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Our Take A middling road trip episode where the Autobots head to Peru to stop the Decepticons from weaponizing a crystal inside an ancient pyramid. Brawn’s bad attitude is fun in small doses, and the action moves along fine, but…
Our Take The season finale goes big with the Constructicons merging into Devastator, and honestly it’s still one of the coolest ideas the show ever had. The Optimus/Megatron duel is fun even if the animation flubs half the shots, and…
Our Take Middle of the road. Watchable, but you’ll forget the details by next episode.
Our Take A messy follow-up to the pilot’s big finale, with Megatron’s space bridge scheme resolved so quickly it feels like the writers lost interest halfway through. The Dinobots get a fun moment or two, but most of the runtime…
Our Take Middle of the road. Watchable, but you’ll forget the details by next episode.
Our Take The three-parter ends on a genuinely high note, with the chaos of a planet in the sky finally paying off in big robot brawls and real stakes. The pacing barely lets up, and Megatron gets some of his…
Our Take Part two of the trilogy keeps the momentum going with some of the show’s best action, as the Autobots scramble to counter Cybertron’s arrival and Megatron’s power play. The animation holds up better than usual and the stakes…
Our Take This is where the show stops messing around. Megatron’s plan actually feels dangerous, with Cybertron being dragged into Earth’s orbit and Sparkplug turned against the Autobots, which gives real weight to the fights. The animation gets sloppy in…
Our Take The Dinobots make their first appearance, and honestly it’s a fun one. The idea of Wheeljack building dinosaur robots that immediately go haywire is silly in the best way, and Grimlock’s limited vocabulary is already entertaining. The animation…
Our Take A rare early episode that actually feels like a war story, with Optimus down and the Autobots scrambling to save him before time runs out. The Cybertron flashback material gives the show a sense of history it badly…