Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10400463-20130606021042/@comment-24204226-20131127144108

In the 2003 series, they escaped April's apartment (as they did in the first live action film) after their run-in with the Foot (also in the first film) and the Shredder Elite (not in the first film). This of course, was after Leo's run-in with them on the rooftop. Anyway, after they had escaped, Leo was in no shape to fight and wasn't even conscious. In "Tales of Leo," the other Turtles were trying their best to get Leo to come back to them. Of course, it was Splinter whose words finally brought him back and everyone was greatly relieved. I have to say that this is one of the rare episodes where I actually felt sympathetic towards Raphael. It was a very emotional episode and he actually cried. We finally got to see something from Raph besides a tough guy, macho exterior.

Anyway, the point I am trying to make is there probably wouldn't be another leader, at least not right away. They would have to deal with the loss of leadership first, and then go from there.