[DreamSword]

Episode 13: The Driver's Seat

It's the season 1 finale, and what might've been the final episode as a whole!

During a run of the mill Glorft attack, Coop decides to try out his own personally made warp drive, only for it to backfire and teleport him, and only him, right into the heart of the Glorft mothership! Now it's up to Jamie and Kiva to pilot Megas and save Coop before the alien invaders decide to blow the Earth to smithereens.

Ya know, despite the very minor sequel hook at the end, I feel like, if we were in the timeline where this was the final episode of the show, I wouldn't be too mad about it, because really, it has all the makings of a great finale!

For one thing, the comedy is top notch. Despite this being like the fourth time I've watched this episode throughout my life, I was still laughing hard nearly all the way through, with gems such as:

And indeed! I wasn't able to guess what that button did!

There's a nice amount of character development too, with Jamie opening up to Kiva and the two finally finding some common ground to help themselves get along better.

The action? It's got everything. Robots fights, car chases, hand-to-hand combat, heck, in the climax, the Glorft mothership even turns into a giant mech! Which in itself is an homage to Robotech.

And as for how exactly they save the world, well, I won't dare spoil it. But let's just say that it is a very Coop way of doing things. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

Oh, and let's not forget.

PoP TV stuff destroyed:

1. A satellite
2. A billboard
3. A car show
4. A news van
5. Another satellite
6. A radio tower
7. Their HQ
8. Another HQ
9. An empty HQ
10. A neon sign
11. Another billboard

Also, yes, this had a good chance of being the final episode of the show. See, the thing is, Cartoon Network execs did NOT like Megas XLR at all, ever since the pilot during Summerfest. The show really was only put into full swing because it won the contest, and the bigwigs over at CN wanted it gone as soon as possible despite it having really good ratings. The only reasons the show even got a second season was because the creators put production of it into full swing before the higher-ups could say no. And boy am I glad that season 2 happened because it's just as good as season 1. But we'll get there in due time.