....For many a generation, this is their Rodimus Prime moment...
Seriously though, I think it can be handled well in the next season, I'd like something similar to when Jack O'Neil took control of the SGC in Stargate in his final year with the show...he tries to be the same guy and help out his friends, but the demands of his new role get in the way and he has to go through all these things he finds boring and get in his way.