Integration

[spike78a]

for me this wasn't a total filler episode. it did progress the story arc that there building, though not alot. out of the 4 episodes so far there have been 2 episodes that have dealt with the main story arc and 2 that have only dealt with it slightly, that's not that bad. the season is still young, they'll be plenty of episodes that will deal with the quest.
you need episodes like this one because you want the main story to stay fresh. you don't want to wear the viewers out with the same thing over and over again. and i wouldn't want to take anything away from the episode just because it didn't advance the overall story much.
on that it was a great episode. it was also very touching and i actually almost shed a tear when the cool little flower dude died in lion-o's hand. that could have come off as really cheesy but it didn't. and the thundertank debut was awesome! it reminded of the batmobile's introduction to the gotham city police in batman begins.