The following is my personal opinion.
This is the season that started everything. Introducing the Autobots and Decepticons for the first time, their home planet Cybertron, and their civil war that led them to Earth. We get to know the leaders of both factions, key Transformers characters, and their human allies. Additionally, during the course of the first season, we are introduced to some subgroups of each faction.
As someone who always loved robots, I fell in love with the show instantly. I think the episodes of the first season are good and are still enjoyable now.
M = Must watch: Major plot event and introduction of character/s.
N = New Characters: Not a major plot event but introduces new character/s.
F = Fun Episode: A fun episode to watch.
S = Skip: Boring and or bad episode.
| Title | Importance | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| More than Meets the Eye, Part 1 | M | Series introduction |
| More than Meets the Eye, Part 2 | M | Series introduction |
| More than Meets the Eye, Part 3 | M | Series introduction |
| Transport to Oblivion | M | Introduction of the space bridge. / First proper episode |
| Roll for It | M | |
| Divide and Conquer | F | |
| Fire in the Sky | N | Skyfire |
| S.O.S. Dinobots | N | Introduction of the dinobots part 1 |
| Fire on the Mountain | F | Sequel to Fire in the Sky |
| War of the Dinobots | N | Introduction of the dinobots part 2 |
| The Ultimate Doom, Part 1 | M | One of the best multiparters |
| The Ultimate Doom, Part 2 | M | One of the best multiparters |
| The Ultimate Doom, Part 3 | M | One of the best multiparters |
| Countdown to Extinction | M | Epilogue to The Ultimate Doom |
| A Plague of Insecticons | N | Introduction of the Insecticons |
| Heavy Metal War | M | Introduction of the Constructicons and final episode of season 1 |
