Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1255374-20150425050906/@comment-995426-20150504050621

I took a nap. I'm awake now. I still have more thoughts in this episode.

First of all, this episode had an enormous plot hole. So, Slash and Rockwell were programmed as sleeper agents, right? They went to the lair, then were activated, then they escaped the lair and made it all the way back to Shredder. So why didn't Shredder give them more meaningful orders, like..."Tell me the location of their lair."? If he's supposed to be a dangerously genre-savvy villain, he would not waste such a golden opportunity. The show better make this up to us and reveal that he's known their location for some time, or something. Shredder's lair may be a fortress defended by plenty of Foot Ninja, but the Hamato family lair's only real security is in its secrecy. The show drove home just how vulnerable it was during the Kraang invasion, and I was surprised they moved right back in without questioning whether the Kraang told Shredder its location. The show is not tying up this increasingly glaring loose end.

Secondly, my friend who finally spoke to me about this episode, pointed out that it did have a fantastic Mikeyhead moment, where Mikey called Leatherhead "adorable yet tortured". The show seems to be repeatedly going out of its way to delete any semblance of a "b" from their "bromance". XD Even Korrasami were more subtle than this. It makes me think that, unless they totally drop the ball on the writing again, Mikey's interactions with Renet will not be as simple as boy-meets-girl, because it's not like 7-year-olds today don't know how normal and ordinary LGBT people are. Do I think Mikey and Renet will have chemistry? They almost certainly will. But I've said this before, and I'll say it again&mdash;they need to treat it in acknowledgment of the Leatherhead situation, or they will only insult the intelligence and sensibilities of its viewers, young and old alike. Anyway, that's just my opinion; take it or don't take it. :)