haha, funny and kind of ironic for me you should bring up this thread, Putrescent.
It's exactly what I was starting to wonder! I had just been re-watching seasons 1-3 of Original TMNT but then missed a bunch of seasons in between and got back watching Seasons 8 and 9 and Obviously a lot has transpired and I noticed Shredder and Krang no longer around and this Dregg guy now the 'super villian'. And I was wondering what happened to Shredder and Krang and if they were defeated completely before seasons 8 and 9 but apparently they are coming back ...> I haven't yet got to those last few episodes you were describing... But now I can't wait, they sound good.
Anyways, really cool that this thread is brought up at this time.
Thanks, Putrescent.