As advertised, episodes 21 and 22 were skipped, with episode 23 playing on Vortexx this past Saturday. It had a grand total of 12 edits, the most edits of any episode thus far.
1. Fowler's line of "Prime, the Cons really stepped in it this time. They hit a U.S. military lab. My Boys in Green'll fend them 'til your team shows," had its "the Cons really stepped in it this time," part cut out, leaving it to play as "Prime. They hit a U.S. military lab..." Why was this cut? I don't know.
2. When Optimus spoke "Megatron, I am here. On your ship. Come and face me," into the wrist-mounted comlink of a fallen Jet Vehicon, the audio of Bulkhead grunting, groaning, and stomping around from an earlier scene in which he was carrying the heavy power source that the Cons stole from the military lab, was played along with Optimus's own dialogue, as though to give the impression that the Vehicon whose wrist Optimus was speaking into was still alive and struggling to get free of Optimus's grip, even though he was clearly dead since he collapsed in slack once Optimus let go of his arm (it also made it sound more like the Vehicon had constipation). It also doesn't help that the sound of Bulkhead's feet stomping around felt out of place since no one was walking in that scene.
3. The new commercial break played after the injured Raf was placed inside the Energon chamber and right after the chamber lit up and blinded the screen with a bright white light, coming back in when the blindness subsided and the picture gradually came back into clear view.
4. After Optimus rammed Megatron over the side of the cliff and leaped down to slam on top of him, the bit of Optimus revving the tires on his leg in Megatron's face, and Megatron grabbing Optimus by the face to throw him off of him, were cut, making it look like Megatron just swatted Prime away after he landed on Megs.
5. The first punch Optimus gives Megatron after Megatron threw him off in the previous edit had its impact censored by a quick flash of white light.
6. Same with his second punch.
7. And his fourth punch (but not the third).
8. And his fifth punch.
9. And his eighth punch.
10. And his tenth punch.
11. And his final/eleventh punch.
12. Megatron saying, "My destiny... this isn't how it's supposed to end!" had the impact of Optimus stomping his foot onto Megatron's chest also covered by a white light flash.
Also, I found an old recording of Vortexx's episode 1 and was able to go back and redo the
comparison of it with the uncut version. And I'm glad I did, since I missed a lot that was changed back then.
