I was not expecting much from the new Dreamworks project, but as a fan of shows like Avatar:The Last Air Bender and Legend of Korra, I maybe shouldn’t have been so surprised at how much I LOVED this show.

Aside from a cliffhanger finale that left me going through drug withdrawal-like symptoms, I couldn’t find anything to complain about! So, instead of a review, I figured I would just weave in my praises to a post focusing on all the unanswered questions of season one.

1- So, What Happened to Pidge’s Family?!- Pidge was a character who I always thought was adorable and made for a fun addition to this team. However, aside from being the brain, there wasn’t much else to the character or anything that made me think “bad-ass.” The new interpretation for this series? DEFINITELY fits the “epic mold.”

There’s depth to her, you see struggle, you see courage, and you see that blind determination to find her family no matter what. This character, who has always felt so background to me, really stood out in this show. Now, what happened to her family!?

Pidge was ready to bounce to begin hunting for her family, but decided that her talents were needed with the rest of team Voltron. After that great midseason arc there was no more information regarding what happened to her father and brother. My hopes are they’re alive somewhere and that we get more development on that moving forward.

2- How DID Shiro Escape?- The details of our hero’s escape are not just vague, they’re slightly creepy. How could he have possibly escaped an empirical warship after a year of being tortured? experimented on? modified? The fact that the season avoided any details on his escape makes me all the more suspicious that there’s more to it. Curious to see where that leads.

3-Does Anyone Else NOT Trust That Arm?- That thing is obviously tech from the bad guys. If they were able to switch Rover back to their side and turn it into a bomb, what could they do with Shiro?!

4-King Zarkon has a Bayard?- In the (perfect) first episode, Allura tells Shiro that his Bayard was lost with the previous paladin. These five weapons seem to be very unique (and dope) leading me to believe another one can’t simply just be made. Yet, Zarkon has one AND it can take on many different forms! Is his Bayard a corrupted one that should belong to Shiro?

5-Original Black Paladin ?- Besides having a Bayard, Zarkon also speaks about the lions as if he knows them personally. Sure, he’s fought them a handful of times over 10,000 years before, but his particular interest in the black lion makes me believe that he was, once upon a time, the black paladin. This would certainly give that character some depth and break him away from the one dimensional villain type.

6-What Else Can The Lions Do?- Each of the lions seems to have unique abilities. Invisibility, fire cannon, ice cannon, jaw blades, and bazooka laser (?!). Zarkon tells Keith that he may have a lion but that he doesn’t even know how to access it’s full potential. Voltron Force was a series that certainly tried to bring individuality to each lion and that seems to be where VLD is going. It leaves me to wonder, what else do these robot lions have hidden up their sleeves?

7- Will Shiro Share the Same Fate as His 80’s Counterpart?- The final two episodes of the season had me biting my nails. When Shiro finds himself fighting Haggar, I was sure he was a goner. Yet, he survived! Or did he…

Before Hunk and Allura came to the rescue, Shiro took a pretty brutal slash to his side. Wasn’t it Haggar’s crazy cat that delivered the death strike in the original? I have a feeling that though our leader might be returning next season, his time will be cut short. Whether he dies or not, who knows. These producers really have taken the original material and given it their own spin (Shiro being leader while Keith commands the red lion is just one example).

I do think it makes for better story telling if we get to see Keith evolve to that leadership role to take on the black lion should Shiro find himself, um, unable to do so.

8-Where Are They Going??!- In what can be considered one of the most frustrating cliffhanger endings to a season ever, we see the five paladins in their lions being sucked into god knows where. The only positive I can see in this ending (and all the unanswered questions) is that a second season is on the way.