Interesting to see so much in-fighting amongst the Decepticons... doublecross upon doublecross upon doublecross! Seeing Decepticons warring with each other is certainly different from just seeing Autobots vs Decepticons or Autobots vs MECH all the time.

Also interesting to see Optimus Prime being presented with the mother of moral dilemmas when he was given the opportunity to kill Megatron. The fact that Optimus Prime pulled out his guns, aimed them at Megatron and paused was awesome... in that brief moment we saw Optimus Prime facing an internal conflict which was really interesting to see! At first I thought, "Here we go, he's just gonna let Megatron go..." but no, he actually deliberated! And we never got to see which path Optimus took as the decision was taken out of his hands with the arrival of Dreadwing and the airborne Vehicons (speaking of which - toys please, Hasbro).

Dreadwing reminds me of G1 Grimlock from the Marvel Comics. Morally ambiguous with his own sense of honour/pride and more than willing to break the rules to save his leader.

Also interesting how Starscream chose to save Arcee - not because it changes his character at all, but more of a way to torment Arcee. Firstly it dishonoured Arcee -- having to bear the shame of being saved by the Decepticon who killed her previous partners instead of being granted a "warrior's death." You could even see the humiliation in her face and hear it in her voice when the Autobots radioed her, and when Bulkhead assumed it was Megatron who took care of Airachnid, Arcee didn't correct him.

Now... for some odd reason Airachnid has the ability to mentally control the Insecticon... why? And please don't say that because they're both insects. Airachnid's an arachnid^helicopter, so that makes no sense. It's not as if insects of one species obeys the queen of another (heck, I don't think most of them would obey the queen of another colony would they?). Still... having an entire brood of Insecticons at her disposal now has made Airachnid much more deadly (instead of a limping lamer like Starscream ). Sarah Kerrigan'd!

Also neat seeing the reference to the gladiatorial pit fights of Cybertron (Kaon). I hope that the Autobots will take advantage of the obvious disunity amongst the Decepticons now... cos they'd be really silly not to. Come on Prime... be more proactive!