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I agree, the new Splinter is awful. Seems to be intentionally modeled after Danny DeVito in both stature and personality.

But as I posted on my own Turtlepedia blog, Rise of the TMNT feels like something you would have found in Mirage TMNT's Guest Era. Even contemptibly abusive Splinter is tolerable if you see the entire Rise series as a Guest Era-style story.

So far, my favorite episode by far is Repo Mantis, currently streaming here at the United States Nickelodeon site if you an access. It lets Mikey have a bit more focus if that's what you're looking for, as Leo and Raph don't even appear in the episode. You get to see the brother dynami between Mikey and Donnie without the others. Still, the best lines and delivery tend to be Donnie's.

To be honest, the 2012 TV series got really, really bad by season 3. By season 4 I found it outright cringeworthily unwatchable. It started with some potential and had a fairly decent first two seasons, but overall it turned into a really bad TMNT series.