Sure we have a special premier thread, but like the 4kids series, each new episode had its own official episode discussion thread. I'd recommend to sticky this thread. My spoiler tags will be removed after the show airs in the UK the following Monday. This thread is about the episode itself, not about programming.
Spoiler:
I've just finished washing the first episode, and it was a good start with the show. I enjoyed the animation since this is just going to be a Saturday morning series for the most part, and even the OT's wasn't that great. The street scenes and backgrounds are fantasticlly drawn. It's just that the humans could be improved, which I hope as the series progresses. I liked the tension towards the Turtles first going topside.
The first pizza reference was so funny when we saw Mike's brain explode, and then how as soon as he said that the pizza tastes terrible, the other Turtles quickly snatched it.
The Second Time About Antique store is a reference to Second Time Around in the Comics, Movies, and 4kids series.
This is the first episode in any TMNT universe since Planet of the Turtleoids, Part I in which April is kidnapped at episode's end. She is not mentioned by her name yet, as is a Kraang alien. I liked how Kraang can be disguised as humans, meaning that some clone plots are likely to be used.
Also, the Nick series returns to the three-act format from the OT, except that the theme comes partway through Act I.
We can finally say that the Turtles are back on TV!