Season Guide
Transformers: Prime Season 1
Season 1 Review
⚠ Spoiler alert Season notes below reveal how the story develops.
Season 1 of Transformers: Prime premiered 2010-11-26 and ran 26 episodes through 2011-10-15.
Episodes
1
SummaryIn Jasper, Nevada, three young humans, Jack Darby, Miko Nakadai and Rafael Esquivel, are accidentally caught in the crossfire in a fight between giant, mechanical aliens that transform into ordinary…
2
SummaryThe Decepticon leader Megatron returns from a three year exile with a plan to exploit the properties of a mysterious substance called "Dark Energon", which has the ability to turn…
3
Summary Optimus Prime and Ratchet head out to investigate Megatron’s activities while Arcee and Bumblebee go on patrol, leaving Bulkhead with Jack, Miko and Rafael at the base. Meanwhile, Soundwave…
4
Summary Bulkhead, Arcee and Bumblebee sneak on to the Decepticon warship, the Nemesis, to rescue Agent Fowler, while Optimus Prime and Ratchet fight off Megatron and a horde of Dark…
5
Summary With the Decepticons completing their Space Bridge to Cybertron, Optimus Prime and the Autobots race to stop Megatron from opening the Bridge and bringing forth a vast army of…
6
Summary Following Megatron’s supposed death, Starscream appoints himself as the new Decepticon leader. However, to his annoyance, he finds that the troops don’t respect him as much as they did…
7
Summary While on a scouting mission in theArctic, Bulkhead and Bumblebee find a crashed space pod buried in the ice. They bring it back to base for examination, and Optimus…
8
Summary The Autobots receive a message from Wheeljack, an old friend of Bulkhead’s from the days of the war, who is visiting Earth while journeying across the galaxy. Upon picking…
9
Summary Agent Fowler asks for the Autobots’ assistance in transporting a powerful nuclear device to a military base, but since sending such a device through the Ground Bridge could be…
10
Summary The Autobots discover that an Energon Harvester, an ancient and powerful device from Cybertron’s distant past, is on display in a museum, and they attempt to retrieve it with…
11
SummaryIn an attempt to get even with school bully Vince, as well as impress his crush Sierra, Jack convinces Bumblebee to help him win an illegal street race. However, things…
12
Summary Jack accompanies Arcee on a routine scouting mission in a forest, where they discover a crashed space ship. They soon discover that the owner of the ship, the deadly…
13
Our Take A tense, mostly plot-driven half hour that ends on a cliffhanger, so it never quite feels complete on its own. The highlight is Bumblebee's trip into Megatron's mind,…
14
Our Take A tense follow-up that keeps things moving, mostly because Megatron stomping around in Bumblebee's body is genuinely unsettling to watch. The mind-space scenes get a bit repetitive, but…
15
Summary Jack, Raf and Miko get trapped in between dimensions, along with the revived body of the fallen Decepticon Skyquake. The Autobots have to figure out a way to save…
16
SummaryM.E.C.H. capture Breakdown to take him apart and implement the gathered knowledge into their secret plans. The Autobots thus have to rescue their own enemy.Our TakeMiddle of the road. Watchable,…
17
Summary M.E.C.H. and Airachnid team up to kidnap Jack’s mom, and Arcee has to offer herself as ransom. M.E.C.H. is after the Transformer technology, while the sadistic Airachnid simply wants…
18
Summary Bulkhead and Arcee, with Miko tagging along, are sent on a reconnaissance mission to investigate a bizarre energy signal in the desert. They discover that the signal is coming…
19
SummaryArcee, Bulkhead, Jack and Miko are out investigating a seemingly abandoned mining cave. However Megatron picked this very day and cave to execute the traitorous Starscream, and when the two…
20
SummaryWhen Airachnid abandons Starscream on a mission, he takes revenge by offering to join the Autobots.Our TakeMiddle of the road. Watchable, but you'll forget the details by next episode.
21
SummaryMiko accidentally downloads ancient knowledge stored on a data cylinder into Bulkhead's brain. The Autobot gains tremendous amounts of information, but it's threatening to delete his own personality if the…
22
SummaryRatchet tests the Synthetic Energon formula obtained by Bulkhead from the Data Cylinder on various engines. Feeling the desire to take a more active role in the missions, he injects…
23
Summary As an ancient Transformers prophecy is edging close to coming true, Megatron rushes to take matters into his own hands, answering the call of the mysterious Unicron. Thus Optimus…
24
SummaryUnicron awakens, threatening to destroy the planet Earth, which is revealed to have formed around his very body in prehistoric times. He rejects Megatron as his servant, and decides to…
25
Summary Megatron joins with the Autobots to journey to the core of the Earth and vanquish Unicron with the Matrix of Leadership. Our Take Part two keeps the unlikely alliance…
26
SummaryThe Autobots and Megatron fight their way to Unicron's spark chamber. Meanwhile, Ratchet tells the kids about Cybertron.Our TakeMiddle of the road. Watchable, but you'll forget the details by next…