Chain of Command

Episode Name: Chain of Command
Series: Transformers Prime, Season 3
Rating: Four Spaceships

Mission Briefing:
The Predacon is back! After somehow surviving being frozen, Predaking (what I'll be calling him in this blog so I don't have to say "the Predacon" or "the dragon" every time), comes back home to the Nemesis. He is placed under Starscream's command... much to Starscream's joy ( :) ).
Meanwhile (this is the other half of what started in Project Predacon*), Ultra Magnus, Bulkhead, and Wheeljack head off to check out a Decepticon dig site. Miko secretly tags along (though it gets revealed after a fight). There's tension between Wheeljack and Ultra Magnus, both being Wrecker leaders, having very different ways, and just being plain ol' different from each other. And poor Bulkhead is not in the greatest position.
When Megatron sends Starscream and Predaking to check out the dig site the Ultra Magnus Wreckers are at (since said dig site hadn't reported in), the Wrecker team and Ultra Magnus is going to have some serious trouble...

Mission Report:
WOW!
There were some super-awesome scenes in this episode. The relationship between Starscream and Predaking had me laughing out loud (especially when Predaking is swing Starscream in the A-Pex armor like a chew toy!!! LOL!!!).
And it was extremely awesome watching Miko pound some Decepticon butt! I mean, that was awesome and a half! Miko was acting pretty coolly beforehand, admittedly, but when she was wearing the A-Pex armor herself and kicking Decepticon butt... WOW!!! That was fun, a little of funny, and awesome!!! 
It was very nice to find out that Wheeljack was serious in considering Miko a Wrecker. I wasn't so sure last time, but it seems rock-hard and serious after this episode! I like that!
The ending was a bit of a downer, too. And not all of the episode was super-enjoyable. However, it was fun to watch, and those scenes were pure awesomeness! Plus, there were good jokes sprinkled throughout.
And I didn't totally care for the backstory. It's nice learning Transformers Prime lore, but the story of the Wreckers and the leadership issues... not so fun. And it just felt wrong.
Admittedly, I wasn't hating Ultra Magnus that bad in this episode, but I go with Wheeljack in the not-liking-him department.
All in all, this wasn't one of the best episodes. But the episode wasn't all bad, and it had some of the most awesome scenes in, dare I say, the whole series!!! At least, up to this point! I'll probably re-watch it just for those!

*Transformers Prime, Season 3