Season Guide
Transformers: Prime Season 3
Season 3 Review
⚠ Spoiler alert Season notes below reveal how the story develops.
Season 3 of Transformers: Prime premiered 2013-03-22 and ran 13 episodes through 2013-07-26.
Episodes
1
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…
2
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…
3
SummaryAfter 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…
4
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…
5
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…
6
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…
7
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…
8
SummaryKnock 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…
9
Our Take A slower, talkier hour that mostly works because it keeps the focus on the Predacon storyline and lets Megatron's paranoia do the heavy lifting. The reveal near the…
10
Our TakeMiddle of the road. Watchable, but you'll forget the details by next episode.
11
Our TakeMiddle of the road. Watchable, but you'll forget the details by next episode.
12
Our Take A busy middle chapter that mostly moves pieces around, with Shockwave's Predacon project taking center stage and Starscream getting the funniest lines. The Decepticon scheming is entertaining, but…
13
Our Take A satisfying finale that mostly sticks the landing. The Bumblebee payoff lands with real weight after three seasons of silence, and the final showdown with Megatron delivers actual…