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A Better Mousetrap (Season 1, Episode 2)
Much as I haven't really dug the last few episodes of the new TMNT, I will admit I kinda got into this episode. It's not the smart and edgy show for all ages I was hoping the new series would be, but at least I don't feel dumber for having watched it.
A Better Mousetrap is a transitional episode. It's a little heavier on the plot that the previous ep, but it also has decent action. Not a lot is resolved, but we get a solid enemy to hate, and we're sucked futher into the mysteries of the Mousers.
We open with the guys livin' it up in their new domicile, getting setup and such. Donnie is studying the Mouser parts they managed to collect (I think they fought a couple at the very beginning, and even though I watched it yesterday, that detail is already hazy), trying to figure out how they tick. Meanwhile, Raph is itching to figure out where the Mousers come from... and we segue to:
Over at Stockman Labs, home of the lefthanded can opener, and Betty the Superhuman Blowup Doll, they are showing off the latest wave of Mousers, the next and greatest way to control the city rat problem. Tween you and me, making cybernetic killers is not a humane way to eliminate rats. Really screams over kill, actually.
We're introduced to April O'Neil. No longer the ravishing reporter of old, she is now the ravishing scientist. She stumbles onto a nefarious plan of sorts, wherein Stockman and the Shredder (who we still don't know much about) are working together. The Mousers are part of it.
The Ninja Turtles get a Mouser working, and it leads them to April, who was on the run from the Mousers and Stockman. Yes, I'm goign quick, but this is just a little review. Gimmie some slack.
Anyway, like she has always done when confronted with mutant turtles, she faints, and the episode ends.
The episode moves pretty quick, covers some good ground, and isn't that cheesy. I like that we get a lot of action. It doesn't really drag much, which is a problem with most of theepisodes I watched. No major leaps of illogic either, which was good. I really did enjoy this episode, and I do hope more of the ones I end up watching are as good.
Score: 8.3
TMNT On Film - Season 1, Ep. 2
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