Written by TAKE the CHALLENGE!
A great group of Masters of the Universe fans have taken the challenge to watch all 130 Episodes of the 1983 Filmation Cartoon Series “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe“ for 130 days straight, one episode per day.
Be sure to check out the RE-WATCH-A-THON celebratory memento shirts and mugs (long sleeve shirts options are available too).
Today’s Episode is:
Teela’s Trial
| PRODUCTION NUMBER | EPISODE TITLE | DIRECTOR | WRITERS | PREMIERE DATE | RE-WATCH-A-THON DATE |
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| MU52 | “Teela’s Trial” | Marsh Lamore | David Wise | October 26, 1983 | Jan 17 |
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| Synopsis: When Man-At-Arms is attacked, Teela uses his new transporter device to teleport him back to the palace. But it accidentally sends him into Skeletor’s territory, where he’s captured. Blaming herself, Teela exiles herself. | |||||
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OUR REVIEW:
Nothing is visually or narratively special in this lofty but middling episode where Teela (not Skeletor) is Teela's own worst enemy. This character flaw may be character development, but the way it's written, it is also not very entertaining to watch. (5/10)
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Tomorrow’s Episode is: “Dree Elle’s Return”
This is an interesting episode- I agree that it really drags at times but it also feels like they turned up the “realism” of this episode by 20%. Skeletor comes off as incredibly clever by telling Man-at-Arms he has to work if he wants to eat, and to only make plans, not finished projects.
The voice acting by John Erwin and Linda Gary is incredible in this episode. They hit some very emotional lines so well in their character voices.
My one criticism is Man-at-Arms vs Trap-Jaw. In 200X and Revelation Man-at-Arms is evenly matched if not better than most Evil Warriors (particularly in Revelation). He’s shown to be evenly matched in this series several times as well. However, at times when the plot calls for it he and Teela can turn borderline useless. They basically concede that Trap-Jaw’s “got him” simply by standing next to him.
“Teela’s Trial"? More like Teela’s guilt because that’s what she expresses throughout a good chunk of the episode. And when she stormed into Snake Mountain with He-Man it didn’t feel like a “trial" more just a standard rescue mission.
Meh episode. Didn’t help that I’m watching it tired after a long personal day
I like it but this episode is the weakest out of the Teela trilogy. I like the message it teaches viewers but I still wonder why Adam and Teela never went to the Sorceress for help to locate Man-At-Arms. I’m sure she could have located him. Still overall it’s a good episode. It’s just not one of my favorites.
4 stars. Not sure what everyone’s issues with it is. Had good character work, villans come across competent, and it had a nice amount of depth with good writing and animation.