I quite enjoyed this episode. It was a little bad for spelling out what is was setting up for the next 13 episodes or so, but I can tolerate that because it portrayed all the characters fairly well.

They did make it very easy to hate Sentinel, so I expect a big amount of character development for him (perhaps in conjunction with the 2 Academy bots he seems to have forgotten), to turn him into a more sympathetic character. Personally I'd like to see him change a little but remain mostly a jerk still.

Jazz was awesomesauce, having a more advanced Ninja will be fun, and his voice actor nailed his voice perfectly. Same goes for Magnus, he acts and sounds like an older leader, who still has plenty of battle nuance. Only slightly annoyed with his weapon, having a weapon that powers up from Thunderstorms makes no sense when Cybertron does not have storms...

Dinobots were underdone and took it far too easy on Sentinel, considering they were going to destroy him and all. Nice to know we will be seeing more of them due to Omega Supreme (whoops, I mean the Ark) being on Dinobot Island.

Was anyone else expecting Blurr and Wreck-Gar (if not more) to be on Magnus's ship? Considering he is the supreme Autobot Military Commander one would think he would have a larger contingent of soldiers at his immediate disposal, especially considering how inept Sentinel seems to be. I wonder how Blurr, Wreck-Gar and others will be arriving on Earth?

And good to see the Decepticons taking their time to recover, especially considering they seem to have limited resources in which to repair themselves. The Decepticons too must have back up troops coming to supplement them in the not too distant future, otherwise they will stand no chance against the ever increasing number of Autobots.

And kudos to all those who picked Sari was not human much earlier on in the series.