Season 2 Thoughts

[ObiWanFan4life]

Now that Season 2 has ended, what are your thoughts? Did you like/dislike it, What did you like/dislike about it?

[Shark_Blade]

Love it.

They're bringing their ace game to the table.


Only episode I totally dislike is Mutation Situation because the writers treated Mikey like an insensitive dumb twat.

Why? Because:

- his jokes were off and unfunny

- his non-common sense/no sensitive side on what happened to April's dad being mutated into a bat.Thought he's the most compassionate one among his brothers but when they caught Kirby in a cage in the warehouse, Mikey practically excitedly exclaimed loudly: "We did it, Don. We caught the Kirby Bat!" whilst gesturing like a grotesque monster. What is so amusing about catching April's dad Mikey? I felt it's so offensive to be joyfully partying when you entrapped your friend's own father.

- him blurting out about them dropping the mutagen all over the city. This one got me: he's so casually saying "Don't worry, don't worry, we'll get it all back" to April. As if the situation is like spilled milk or ice cream and we can all get it back. Like it's no big deal. Like April's dad turned into a bat is like not a serious issue at ALL. What the hell? It's not like they can change him back (atm). Didn't he think about April's feelings? Mikey had no common sense and is completely retarded.

Thankfully, he had risen from that shallow level and came up top in Into Dimension X! And in the finale he shone the brightest, bringing hopes into people even in the darkest of time. Example: attempting to comfort Kirby and also a berserking Raph.

[Luckyday]

There are some episodes that stand out great by themselves but the season as a whole was kind of forgettable. That's my two cents.

[CyberCubed]

My only gripe was too many mutants and too much Kraang.

Other than that most of the eps were good.

[ObiWanFan4life]

I....Mostly liked it. Most of Season 2's episodes were action-packed and dramatic. Like the first season though, the filler episodes were hit and miss, but there were a lot more misses (I.E. Pizza Face,) than hits.

I have two major problems with Season 2, starting with the uneven pacing. For example, one episode would be story driven and serious, then the next one would be goody filler, I hope that they fix that come season 3.

My second problem was the season is that it repeated some of the beats of the first season, like April and one of the turtles being used as bait, or the turtles infiltrating the Kraang. Speaking of the Kraang, the writers seriously overused them. I hope that by the end of season 3, they finish up with the Kraang before they overstay their welcome longer than they already have.

[IndigoErth]

Enjoyed most of it, don't really have much in the way of complaints. There are weak points of course as pointed out by others, but eh, it's past history now.

Granted season 2 feels like it's been on for so long I sometimes almost feel surprised that some early episodes were part of season 2 not 1... it's all blurring together at this point. lol


Fave filler episode - Mazes & Mutants for sure. Adorable, spoke right to my WoW lovin' heart..

[mexichrist83]

For the most part I felt like Season 2 was fine. My main complaint against it was that it was set up with a possible season long arc of the turtles attempting to find all of the lost ooze canisters but at some point that just seemed to have been forgotten completely. Were all of the canisters found or did we even find out what happened to them all? I'm guessing they were all found and used for the trap Shredder set up which caused Karai's mutation. It just didn't seem like Season 2 was building to anything specific like Season 1 did. Maybe it'll be different if I marathon the episodes but until then I am really excited for Season 3.

[ObiWanFan4life]

Originally Posted by hollowbones83

For the most part I felt like Season 2 was fine. My main complaint against it was that it was set up with a possible season long arc of the turtles attempting to find all of the lost ooze canisters but at some point that just seemed to have been forgotten completely. Were all of the canisters found or did we even find out what happened to them all? I'm guessing they were all found and used for the trap Shredder set up which caused Karai's mutation. It just didn't seem like Season 2 was building to anything specific like Season 1 did. Maybe it'll be different if I marathon the episodes but until then I am really excited for Season 3.

Actually, that's a good point. What did happen to all the other mutagen canisters?

[snake]

It was good. Not as good as season one, but episdoes like The Invasion made it shine.

Season 3 is shaping up to be the best one yet though.

[blindturtle02]

Originally Posted by ObiWanFan4life

Actually, that's a good point. What did happen to all the other mutagen canisters?

That's what I've been wondering. Been re-watching all of these. Ciro did say Mutagen Man would play a big role at some point, so maybe he meant in season 3. Maybe MM will sniff the rest of the stuff out. I have no doubt that the writers will address the remaining canisters at some point. They let us know why we hadn't seen those mutants hanging around the city in Metalhead Rewired, so I think they'll eventually get back to this. They never really went into how the Kraang just perfected the mutagen all of a sudden, and I'd also like to learn a bit about that.

Having thought about this for some time, I've come to the conclusion that I loved season 2. I've liked the Kraang since they first showed up back in s1. I love their tech, their ooze, and their crazy redundant speech. Can't say there was an episode I disliked. I only wish we'd get more 2 and 3 part arcs. Those are a lot of fun to watch. But the writers manage to tell a great story in 22 or so minutes.

[Leofan26]

I enjoyed it for the most part, I'll give a list of things I liked and things I disliked.

Pros

- Karai's / Leo's on going story arc, the episodes involving around them were some of my favorites.

- Tiger Claw, favorite add in villain, he's amazing

- Leo one shot in the season two final was one of my favorite scenes.

- Mikey's improving in the second half of the season.

Cons

- Mikey's low IQ and gross out humor at the beginning of the season.

- All those Muntants plots

- the season two final once again was focused on mostly Kraang, I was already sick and tired of them but man
I hope the guy's are telling the truth in saying that they are done with them now.

Looking forward to season three though, please no more Kraang

[ssjup81]

I liked it ok. I liked Mikey more for it as he seemed to be maturing and the stuff from season 1 and this one, imo, foreshadowing the Into Dimension X ep with Mikey.

For the most part I liked all of the eps, some more than others. I do agree about there being too many mutants though. I wish more would've been done with Mutagen Man.

[BubblyShell22]

I thought it was fine for the most part. Biggest nitpick I have was the mutagen canisters and how it seemed they were forgotten for the most part. Seems they could have addressed that more. Other than that, everything else was fine. Only ep I wasn't fond of was "Invasion of the Squirrelanoids" mainly for the puking up of squirrels, but I've gotten over that by now and it is a pretty interesting episode once you overlook that part.

[mexichrist83]

I don't understand the Kraang hate going on here. I enjoy the Kraang but I do have to admit that there was way too much Kraang and practically no Shredder this season. There were also too many mutants with open stories. Less mutant of the week and more Shredder and character based stories.

[IndigoErth]

Agree on the canisters and that just kind of fell by the wayside after a while, expected more out of that.

Although I suppose it's a concept that could turn pretty redundant rather quickly - find another canister, enemy found it, or new mutant the episode now has to be about...

[pennydreadful]

By and large I was happy with it - my only real beefs are April and Casey, as I don't find them all that enjoyable in this series. And more Raph-centric episodes or Mikey/Raph & Donnie/Raph teamups would've been good, just for a change of pace.

Just my two cents though.

[kolaida]

I was very happy with it. I liked pretty much all the episodes the exceptions being Mutation Situation (though Mikey saying "Buzz buzz" in that episode was pretty hilarious) and Target April O'Neil. I'm not really sure why I didn't enjoy those episodes as much as others, but I didn't. Plan 10 was kind of take it or leave it, but that was the first episode I was able to watch with my new cable so I'm slightly fond of it. Oh, yeah, and I just don't really care for robots, they have no soul or brain so I don't get the emotional connection at all (ie: Metalhead Rewired).

Other than those, I loved the eps. Of Rats and Men, The Wrath of Tiger Claw, Slash and Destroy, Into Dimension X, the Invasion eps, and Fungus Humungous are the ones I've watched the most.

I didn't care much for the Donnie/April stuff (don't mind it, but don't really like it), but I did enjoy the Leo/Karai moments. Also, love how much Mikey has matured but still kept a good nature.

Absolute favorite things: Ice Cream Kitty. Yes, yes, I know some people didn't like the transformation. I have two kittens myself and am an animal activist (and, yes, that includes not eating them), but I still loved ICK and smile every time I see the cute little thing. Was happy Mikey grabbed her at the end there.

And definitely the Leo one shot. That was the most fun thing to watch, for sure.

Oh, and yeah, some confirmation about all the mutagen cannisters would be nice. I'm assuming there's not really anymore to worry about. Maybe they'll be mentioned next season.

[Shark_Blade]

I thought ICK mutation was wicked. Everytime the cat's on screen, it just brings joy and happiness to me. So adorable.

[BabyTurtles]

I was okay.

there were some rad episodes! but also some terrible ones....

so it felt...up and down up and down. (also tired of the kraang already)

but yea...this season had it's moments and I'm looking forward to season 3!