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Originally Posted by Krangstein
Do you know why there were only 5 episodes in the first season??
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It was a pilot designed to see if the show would be successful. If it had received poor ratings, the show would have ended there. Fortunately, it did very well in the ratings, so a second season was made, then a third, then a fourth, and so forth.
Now, what is my favorite season? That would definately have to be season three. In 1989, the turtles were at the height of their popularity with 47 episodes being produced for the third season, a live action movie, and tons upon tons of merchandize. This season will always be my favorite as it was able to retain much of the serious tone of the previous two seasons, but also contained a great deal of humor. These episodes were a lot more "fun" and, while many episodes weren't as good as others, with 47 episodes, there were enough good ones in this season to outweigh the bad. Not to mention the three-part season finale that I personally feel was never topped.
And while I love the third season, I also greatly enjoyed the fourth and fifth despite their flaws. Season 6, however, was severely lacking in quality. David Wise finally brought season 7 back to basics and delivered some of the best episodes of the series. And he then took it a step further with season 8. Season 9 was kind of mediocre, but the best part of the Red Sky years came shortly after with the season 10 "Turtles in Time" arc that brought back Shredder and Krang.
All in all, I still feel that season 3 is the best season because it offered the best balance of action and humor. I really feel this is the season that most fans tend to remember from their childhood and with good reason.