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| Episode 2 |
The turtles start off by beginning their day with practice
as Leonardo leads. He has that attitude
that you know he’s the turtle in charge.
The sparing with Leonardo and Michelangelo was awesome! Splinter saw the lack of patience being
displayed by Michelangelo and reminded him to control his temper, oh what
classic sensei teaching. They get some
time to eat their pizza topped with cereal, a tasty pizza time breakfast! That’s one thing I’ve yet to do I’ll
admit. I’ll get back to you if I ever
try it. Shredder and Krang (the brain
alien from dimension X) have a real trust issue to figure out. It’s very good writing to have them both
vying for the upper hand while discovering the turtles. Shredder tried to kill Splinter with the
mutagen but instead created a more powerful foe. Krang drops the hint to mutate his own army
of soldiers. Krang meanwhile hopes to
coax Shredder into creating a new body for him as it seems Krang lost his. It’s quite an interesting plot for the show
as new details emerge.
Bebop
and Rocksteady (still unnamed) are selected in Shredder’s little experiment to
get revenge on the turtles. It might be difficult
for them to get a date now but you get to see them in their memorable forms
now. It’s neat early on watching April
struggle to get a story on all these bizarre recent events. The boss actually doesn’t treat her with much
respect. When I was a kid I hardly paid
any attention to April’s side of the show, I just wanted the turtle power. The turtles surprise her in “disguises” as
she asks them to be serious for a change as she found a lead in the story. When she reveals that animals were taken from
the zoo the turtles crack up before they realize it could lead to the Shredder.
Splinter
discovers the technodrome only to be captured instantly, come on Splinter! The turtles face the technodrome with
incredible ninja style and fashion; no so much as they aren’t very stealthy ha-ha. The Shredder wishes to test the turtles with
random robotic machinery, you see the leadership of Leonardo as he instructs
the team how to handle and attack the situation. Michelangelo has no clue which is interesting
to see how each turtle fits their role.
The scene is exciting and the theme music is the icing on the cake! Donatello grabs a random piece of junk after
the battle. The turtles get trapped and
have a giant object bearing down on them as Donatello uses a scrap item from a
previous fight. Leonardo uses a ninja
star to explode the item and make a way out of the path of the giant
object. It’s truly great to see the
ninja star as it doesn’t make many appearances in the show. They entrusted Leonardo to take the one time
throw to allow their escape which show true character development.
The
Shredder tries to convince the turtles to join the foot clan upon which Raphael
has some great answers for him. “Does
the phrase go suck a lemon hold any meaning for you?” It establishes him as the turtle with the
sarcastic attitude with witty remarks.
The turtles free Splinter as Donatello has his own great line, “The
mutation didn’t up their I.Q.’s any.” As Rocksteady and Bebop ram heads and get
knocked for a loop. They end up trapping
the two numbskulls in a zoo offering to April that they can be her story. As far as number two in the pilot series goes
this continues on a path that should have been the trail for the show all
along. I’ll continue to watch this
episode over and over gladly.
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