The Elite Guard

Episode Name: The Elite Guard
Series: Transformers Animated, Season 2
Rating: One Spaceship

Mission Briefing:
It's the aftermath of the Autobot/Decepticon battle. The humans hate/fear the Autobots, the Autobots are trying to clean up the city, and Sari's trying to run her father's company. Meanwhile, Megatron has a scheme cooking (like any Megatron), with the forced help of Professor Sumdac.
But the Elite Guard comes. Ultra Magnus, the commander, and two others, Sentinel Prime and Jazz, don't believe Optimus Prime's story on the Allspark being dispersed, and presume it destroyed
But they may be wrong, and that fact may cause some trouble...

Mission Report:
The first three episodes of Season 2 are what I like to call the "Elite Guard Trilogy". This is number 1, and I hate it!
The main problem is all the content. The Elite Guard act like jerks, except for Jazz. Jazz is the only Elite Guard I like, and that's saying a lot. Ultra Magnus is the middle-character for the E-Guard, but he's my next-to-last favorite character in the series. I hate Sentinel Prime with a passion, however. He's my least-fave, and I even have a "below level" way under Ultra Magnus for him. In fact, he's so much a jerk and meanie and sly-ball, I gave him a nickname: "Jerkinel" (combination of "Jerk" and "Sentinel"). I may use that in my summaries and reviews, for fair warning. But that shows how much I hate him. Because of the characters, the Elite Guard Trilogy is going to have some of the lowest ratings for this series... There's one exception, but you'll see that when it happens. I also hate Porter C. Powell with a passion (I told you that he becomes important). He's so bad, that I wouldn't be surprised if he snuck (sp?) in and wiped Sari's files clean. I hate him close to as bad as I hate the Quintessons!
And the story was glitchy. The whole going-into-second-Season story is gitchy! How was half of Detroit destroyed? The battle with Megatron stayed only near the outer skirts of Sumdac Tower's parking lot/clearing and within that clearing, not into the city. And that same battle was too short for it to spread to the city. Was it all the bombing the Autobot ship? That's a better explanation, but it still doesn't make the greatest sense when one thinks about it. (details from Megatron Rising Parts 1-2). And didn't Starscream destroy about half the city when he attacked Detroit in the movie? How come the humans hate the Autobots now, and not then? No sense! And there were glitches in the storyline of the episode.
In fact, the action scenes near the end were really the only enjoyable part, though it didn't help, and my fave scene (the only other scene that I enjoyed) was watching Jerkinel  drive off the bridge and go wham!
I said it once, and I'll say it again: I hate this episode!!!