I'm surprised to say I thought this was very good. Reading the early comments, my expectations were pretty low but the episode was quite successful in my mind.

I think the exploration of the Sentinel Prime angle really worked well and gave both characters a great deal of growth. They aren't exactly friends but they've moved forward somewhat. What I find particularly interesting is it is alluded to that Sentinel somehow caused Optimus to get demoted many cycles ago. It's a nice little question that I want answered that will only shape this Prime even more.

Speaking of Prime, I really think he's starting to shine here. He's learning the ropes of leadership but showing that he can learn how to handle himself. He learns to deal w/ Sentinel's irritable demeanour while retaining a measure of compassion that Primes are well known for. To me, this looks to be the Prime that will grow the most.

THe subplot w/ Sari was nice too as for once she was actually very bearable and I did indeed feel for her plight. Prowl getting a cameo was nice as well as Bulkhead and BBs depictions.

The guy who is running Sundac now is a veritable prick. I think they've made him a good villain and I wouldn't be surprise if this is some kind of facsmile or pretender that Megatron created to infilitrate Sundac Systems and start global catastrophe.

Headmaster was okay. Still very annoying but there were a lot of other pluses to easily compensate for him. This series is definitely picking up and I hope for more of the same. Quiet episodes like these are perfectly fine. Hopefully the quality of future filler episodes will be as good as this.