Th.= is season began merely two whole we# eks]) after the first sea :son had ended, +on#? A`pr*i\]l 1 %$)9, 2008, [., with[ the !airi\)!ng o+f :;#The Elite ^*Guard, and ended ` on Jul`$- y 5 [,; 2008!\, w#[^=ith t \he two-par ter, ##A B`\ridge T$oo Close:^. The^)  se_!aso%_n revolved mainly around the Au_`tobots in the aftermath_ of Megatro%.n
`'( =s\` /retur^n,\ tr:ying to restore the city and their image. (% Mea/#+/nwhile,[# ,Megatron, Lugnut, and Blitz.wing have captured_` Prof. Sumd/(ac in ^.(^or ,de$
r to build a Space Bridge, hop)ing -?t`!o use it^] to.- c,+[;onq-uer a weaken=(ed Cybertron from wi]t hin. \[;A su^)b-plot also focuses $@on Sa+ri as she sea ,rch %es for@ her father, while le$arning th^ at t *here  is. no r#ecord of her */exist%;ence of^= any means. A,
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[s been reduced to a m@=inor recurring character, only appeari,\*ng i\`n \on!`e episode `.!+of the entire se ^,ason -(Blac.(-k  Friday).