Shows You Should Be Watching
Honest reviews. Zero hype.
Summary Knock Out is researching Ratchet’s Synthetic Energon formula, and is using C.Y.L.A.S. (who is still implanted within Breakdown’s corpse) as a test subject. The formula makes C.Y.L.A.S. extremely aggressive, so Starscream suggests injecting him with Dark Energon to make…
Our Take A straightforward odd-couple hour that sends Wheeljack and Ultra Magnus on a mission neither wants, and their constant friction carries the whole episode. The banter lands more often than it doesn’t, though the actual plot around them is…
Our Take A solid character episode built around Wheeljack clashing with Ultra Magnus’s by-the-book style, and the friction mostly lands because both guys have a point. The action beats are fine but the b-plot with Smokescreen feels like it’s idling…
Our Take This one’s mostly a setup hour, building out the Predacon storyline with some decent atmosphere at the fossil dig site but not a lot of forward momentum. The creature stuff lands better than the Decepticon boardroom scenes, which…
Our Take A satisfying mid-season payoff that finally lets the show cut loose. The Optimus restoration moves fast, maybe too fast, but the action delivers, especially the brutal Predaking beatdown that leaves real damage. It’s mostly plot resolution rather than…
Summary After Starscream’s armada fails to apprehend Wheeljack, Shockwave introduces Predaking, an enormous reptilian creature created in Shockwave’s laboratory and specially bred to hunt down Autobots. Meanwhile, high ranking Autobot general Ultra Magnus arrives on Earth and sets about reuniting…
Our Take A quiet, uneasy hour that mostly deals with the fallout of the base attack, and it handles the scattered-team format better than you’d expect. The Ultra Magnus scenes give the season some needed direction, though a few stretches…
Our Take A surprisingly grim season opener that leans hard into the Autobots’ lowest moment, with the scattered team regrouping and the Decepticons winning for once. The stakes feel real and the darker tone suits the show, though some of…
Our Take A rare season finale that actually commits to the bit, ending on a genuinely bleak cliffhanger with the team scattered and the base in ruins. The Optimus decision lands hard because the show spent the whole season building…
Our Take A heavy, satisfying hour that finally pays off some long-simmering tension. Dreadwing’s exit is handled with real weight, and the action beats land hard without feeling like filler. The pacing does rush a couple of emotional moments that…