Stale Season Finales
 

Season 1's finale was the Kraang invasion with some Foot Clan in there, blended nicely, Kraang foiled, and everyone was happy. Season 2's finale was better, in my opinion, in the aspect that we got to see more action, drama, and amazing scenes. The plot? Kraang invasion. Foot Clan. They succeed. The bad guys actually won, Splinter was "defeated", and the Turtles, April, and Casey, fled the scene. Rumor has it that Season 3's finale is called "Annihilation: Earth" and it will be part of the Space Arc. Only problem: KRAANG! I'm getting tired of the Kraang always being part of the season finales. It's getting very old. Why don't we focus on an all out raid on Shredder's base with all of his mutant goons? And they save Karai too! That'd be a lot more interesting than some more "Pew Pew, Kraang, Kraang Prime, Pew Pew, Boom". Okay that's not exactly "accurate" but you get my point.

We dont know with absolute certainty that the Kraang are anything more than an incidental part of the finale.

They may just be set up so that the Triceratons have an excuse to invade and destroy Earth to prevent the Kraang ever getting their hands on it. That set up may also be only part of the Dinosaurs in the Sewers ep and its possible there wont be any Kraang at all in the finale itself.

The second season finale is a murror of the first with a different outcome. I the first the invasion was defeated. The second time it eas successful and bleed onto the third season. This time they may be a part of it once more, but since it has yet to air we cannot say for sure how involved The Kraang are. I agree with you they are a boring foe that I prefer go away as their continued oresence can be annoying. Let's just wait and see. What we know the novel version is not wedded to what happens in the cartoon.

I think whatever happens we are bound to be pleasantly surprised, at least as far as story. After all there are more forms of endings then just winning or losing.

Season 1: The Turtles won, hands down.

Season 2: Second time they lost, hands down.

Season 3: could very well be the turtles may the battle, but they would still feel like lost in the long run.

Season 4: Could be Turtles lose, still feel they won more then then lost.

Season 5: Could be in a Draw, no one wins or loses. Everything ends at an impasse.

And season 6 if they get a sixth season

Season 6: Could be the Turtles feel they should make the ultimate sacrifice to stop a great evil once and for all.

Sometime l8r in the show, I'd love if they had something like the monster from darkness within but have it be the main villain 4 at least half a season if not a whole season

Might as well wait and see how it goes I guess, that is if that book is what season 3's finale is based on. I personally was hoping for all the city to be mind controlled, but since we're getting mutants vs humans, it isn't happening.

Meh, what can you do? We can all be very well surprised with the content, you just have to wait and see like Brandon Auman would say. ;) I think other villains deserve the limelight for this, especially the Foot, but who knows?

I guess we will wait, but if it segways into the Space Arc, I'd like to see some Newtralizer and Triceratons, know what I'm saying?

I might be acting like a kid for this, but I want Newtrailzer back. Granted, I can't be too hopeful because Danny Trejo is in his 60s. I get what you mean though, just something tells me the Triceratons are in front this time hopefully. Predicting what'll happen at this point wouldn't be fair though for me on what'll happen.

I'm hoping for a good finale to blow this season into better territory, Triceratons all the way. :)

Yeah, I feel the Kraang have become a plot device now. Well, at least I have an excuse to watch the Space arc other than Mona Lisa.

That's how it's always been. I believe they (the writers) said that they were done/trying to wrap up the story of the Kraang in Season 3.