Official Ep Discussion: S3 Ep23: "The Fourfold Trap"

*GoldMutant* · 09-14-2015, 03:05 PM

I think by rewatching the episode I did have a few problems, barring it going into an extra episode. The following were in my mind:

1. Why not open with all the Turtles in a trap and go back and forth between flashback and the actual events leading up to Splinter saving the day? Spectacular Spider-Man did this before with the episode called Subtext, going between the origin of Molten Man and the current time with Spidey trying to save everyone from what MM did. I won't spoil it if anyone never saw the episode, just because it felt like Raph bashing again in this series.

2. I'm grateful that Splinter saved Karai, it's how I wanted to end this mind control arc to see father save daughter. Even with Karai controlled, why couldn't Splinter use emotion, like a hug or something similar to Raph and Mikey in the Invasion. Or, do something like the Dark Raph episode with freeing everyone barring Slash? The healing hands I'm happy for a payoff, but it feels a bit of a cop out yet again.

Probably just grasping to find flaws, but I still feel there's some mispotential in the episode.

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09-14-2015, 03:05 PM	#32
GoldMutant Control Your Narrative Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: New England Posts: 1,763	I think by rewatching the episode I did have a few problems, barring it going into an extra episode. The following were in my mind: 1. Why not open with all the Turtles in a trap and go back and forth between flashback and the actual events leading up to Splinter saving the day? Spectacular Spider-Man did this before with the episode called Subtext, going between the origin of Molten Man and the current time with Spidey trying to save everyone from what MM did. I won't spoil it if anyone never saw the episode, just because it felt like Raph bashing again in this series. 2. I'm grateful that Splinter saved Karai, it's how I wanted to end this mind control arc to see father save daughter. Even with Karai controlled, why couldn't Splinter use emotion, like a hug or something similar to Raph and Mikey in the Invasion. Or, do something like the Dark Raph episode with freeing everyone barring Slash? The healing hands I'm happy for a payoff, but it feels a bit of a cop out yet again. Probably just grasping to find flaws, but I still feel there's some mispotential in the episode.