Autoboot Camp

Episode Name: Autoboot Camp
Series: Transformers Animated, Season 2
Rating: Three Spaceships

Mission Briefing:
No, that's not a typo or misspelling; it's the actual name of the episode.
A prisoner has escaped from the Autobot jail (stockade). His name is Wasp, and when Ultra Magnus calls Optimus Prime's Autobots, Bumblebee reveals that he has some bad history with this bot! This announcement triggers flashbacks in Bumblebee's mind, to his boot camp days, when he met both Wasp and Bulkhead.
Then a secret transmission (played with and secretly sent by Prof. Sumdac) between Megatron and a secret double-agent on Cybertron is caught by Bumblebee and Bulkhead (the rest are all out on patrol). Bumblebee is sure that the double-agent is Wasp, and goes on a chase to find him and Megs' secret hideout, while the flashbacks still run.
But his friendship with Bulkhead is due some straining, and Bumblebee may soon get in trouble that he needs help getting out of...

Mission Report:
This was a so-so episode. There were two plots: the flashbacks and present-time. They spent more time in flashback mode... which I say was a good idea. I'm not quite sure what the present-time plot is about, though above is my best guess.
The story was okay. There were glitches. It wasn't the most enjoyable episode. Hey, they had Jerkinel again (at least they explain a conversation between Bumblebee and Bulkhead in The Elite Guard with this episode!)! And most of the other guys in the platoon were jerks to Bumblebee too. I almost don't blame Bee for blaming Wasp for the crime... almost. If I didn't pity the guy, Wasp would be pretty low on my list... pretty close to Sentinel! Ironhide is low on my list for jerk-factor, though having him taken out (I believe) in Mission Accomplished was a little much. I have to compliment Longarm/Shockwave on his spying job. It was pretty good!
And the storyline in that factor was good! The first time, I had no idea that Longarm was the real criminal until the Big Reveal until the end... just like I was supposed to! Nice...!
So, all in all, this was a pretty good episode, it just needs tweaking and it isn't the most enjoyable.