Shows You Should Be Watching
Honest reviews. Zero hype.
Summary Megatron urges Optimus Prime to accept a treaty, while Starscream questions Jetfire’s leadership. The Autobots try to recruit Bumblebee to their side. Our Take Middle of the road. Watchable, but you’ll forget the details by next episode.
Our Take A slight step up from the season opener, mostly because it commits to a single Decepticon-focused idea instead of juggling subplots. The action is decent for a show this budget level, though the dialogue still leans pretty basic.…
Our Take This one runs closer to a short than a full episode, so don’t expect much meat. It’s a quick, punchy setup piece that leans on action beats over character work, and the pacing benefits from not overstaying its…
Our Take A surprisingly heavy closer that leans on grief and alternate-universe weirdness rather than big explosions, and it mostly lands. The limited animation shows its budget in a few spots, but the voice work carries the emotional beats well.…
Our Take This one plays like a straight action episode, and mostly it works. The stealth setup gives the animation a chance to breathe with some quieter moments before the fighting kicks in, though the middle stretch repeats itself a…
Our Take A monster-of-the-week outing that leans into Cyberverse’s habit of pulling obscure G1 lore out of storage, and it mostly works as a cheap thrill. The Dweller itself is a fun, genuinely creepy threat, though the surrounding plot is…
Our Take A quieter, Ratchet-centered hour that trades the season’s usual action for character work, and it mostly pays off. The pacing drags in the middle stretch, but the emotional beats land better than you’d expect from a show this…
Our Take Middle of the road. Watchable, but you’ll forget the details by next episode.
Our Take A goofy detour that plays like a mockumentary, with Meteorfire hosting a cheesy alien-hunting show while Cosmos tags along. The jokes about cryptozoology tropes are hit and miss, but the two leads have decent chemistry and it’s clearly…
Our Take This one plays like a breather episode, leaning on humor and character bits rather than moving anything forward, which is fine if you’re here for the ride but forgettable if you’re not. The animation and voice work keep…