Classic Episode Discussion: Landlord of the Flies

[MikeandRaph87]

-Baxter's fifth of six appearances as a mutant fly was written by Gordon Bresseck. He also wrote what I refer to as the first goofy episode Burne's Blues and recently passed away. Continuity of his appearances here causes issue.
-Season 2-4 writer Michael Reeves or David Wise wrote all other Baxter Stockman appearances.
-For an unknown period before the episode began a plague of flies has been pesting New York City.
-Bebop and Rocksteady are sent to rob an electronics store on their own. It does not explain how Baxter is able to control flies. It would be nice to have some sort of explanation like Rat King's flute or mind control.
-Baxter takes the module from Bebop and Rocksteady to attempt to chaos chaos in the Technodrome.
-Sure, annoy with a horde of flies, but defeat them? I like how Shredder jump kicks his way over to the control panel.
-Anti-matter platter? Krang uses Baxter instead of him wanting to get revenge on both the Turtles and Shredder. Different. Baxter responses to Krang taking over Baxter's plan with "Does a fly like garbage?".
-Showing scenes around the city of the fly invasion a voice from a random citizen by Cam Clarke goes, "waiter, there is a fly in my soup!" Just one? You then see the flies somehow destroy the whole restaurant.
-Baxter calls himself the landlord of the flies as he addresses the television audience and reveals himself.
-Bug puns, the turtles go on the offensive as a SWAT team among others. Baseball puns too! I appreciate this humor as an adult. Maybe this cartoon is why subconsciously.
-Bebop and Rocksteady show up to help Baxter so they can become human gain too. I thought they preferred being mutants to humans? That part did not make sense, but could be a side effect of this being the writer's second of only two episodes. Also, why the continuity is of issue.
"Fire at will!"-Baxter "Which one's,Will-Bebop?" Wasn't that joke in an earlier episode?
"Never mind, just fire at all of them!"-Baxter "No your talking!Haha"-Rocksteady. They cause a pile up of vehicles on top of the turtles!
-A 4th wall break by Donatello.
-The three are all shown to be tough even if not bright.
-Final battle takes place in a baseball stadium. Is it meant to be Shea Stadium or Yankee stadium?
-How did April break into the press box? Did she happen to have a hair pin in her purse?
-The Shredder took off before they were defeated!
-The solution is to send Baxter to another dimension. Either demutate him or send him to the freaking Phantom Zone!
-Episode is resolved too quickly. Its like Bresseck realized it was going to long and had to finish it quickly.