Countdown To Extinction

Episode Name: Countdown To Extinction
Series: The Transformers, Season 1
Rating: Four Spaceships

Mission Briefing:
It's the aftermath of The Ultimate Doom. The Autobots are helping to fix the Earth. The bad news? Megatron is still around, and ready to rock n' roll! Unluckily, he finds out that Starscream is way ahead of him.
Starscream has gone to Dr. Arkeville's secret lab, and he's pretty much fired up a bomb! He's going to destroy the Earth, and collect the energy of its destruction while on Cybertron. Of course, no one knows about the bomb, but the Autobots know that the Decepticons, who are hunting Starscream and Dr. Akreville, are out. Everyone's trying to stop everyone else...
But the clock is ticking...

Mission Report:
This has always been one of my faves. It has two elements that wins points for me: Starscream acting brave, and a team-up between bad guys and good guys! Yay!
But there are story problems. Quite a few center on Dr. Arkeville. Like, how did everyone know where Dr. Arkeville's secret lab was? The Decepticons make sense, because they worked with him, but the Autobots...? Get my point? And why did Starscream drag Dr. Arkeville everywhere? Was Doc Ark (LOL!) a pet? That was never clear. And what did happen to Dr. Arkeville? He never shows up again (cyborg-Arkeville lost the episodes a few points), and while I wouldn't overly rejoice to seeing him again, I would wish to know what happened. And another glitch is how the Autobots enter. Optimus said "not to let him [Megatron] regroup with the other Decepticons" (quote's off), but the screen showed Megatron with other Decepticons! Then the first battle scene... a little confusing.
But the rest of the story was good and enjoyable.
This is one of my fave shows.