Transformers: Robots In Disguise is currently streaming in Australia on Amazon Prime Video and Stan, and in the US on Amazon Prime Video, and it earns its premise rather than just borrowing genre trappings. Across 4 seasons, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. A 7/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Watch it for Will Friedle — the performance elevates material that could easily tip into self-seriousness. Start it on Amazon Prime Video whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, Transformers: Robots In Disguise is worth clearing space for. Transformers: Robots In Disguise treats its concept seriously enough to follow it all the way through. Years after the events of Predacons Rising, Bumblebee is summoned back to Earth to battle several of Cybertron's most wanted Decepticons that escaped from a crashed prison ship and assembles a team of young Autobots that includes Sideswipe (a rebel "bad boy bot"), Strongarm (an Elite Guard cadet), Grimlock (a bombastic Dinobot), and Fixit (a hyperactive Mini-Con with faulty wiring). Will Friedle and Khary Payton lead a cast that never lets the concept overwhelm the characters. It ran for 4 seasons (2015–2017), and the writing holds up across every one of them. What separates Transformers: Robots In Disguise from lesser genre entertainment is a willingness to let the concept cost the characters something. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Viewers burned by ambitious sci-fi that could not sustain its premise should give Transformers: Robots In Disguise a chance. If you have already watched Transformers: Prime, Transformers: Robots In Disguise is a natural next step. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. Will Friedle grounds the bigger ideas in something human. Once you are in, you will want to talk about it.

Transformers: Robots In Disguise was cancelled in 2017 — and 4 seasons are available to watch from start to finish. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.