The first season felt like Classic Spider-Man,even with villain-of-the-week format there was still a strong sense of continuity, but I do like the story arcs that followed it too. Most of the episodes were great, but it's the Alien Costume 3-parter that stands out for me.
Season 2 aka Neogenic Nightmare was awesome back then, but now you can see that it just drags on till the end of the season with the Tablet of Time and Vulture episodes.... the start was great, with the Insdious Six, Hydro-Man and the X-Men guest starring, but the Man-Spider episodes were the highlight for me. Morbius saga was a bit too long as well, but I liked Blade.
Season 3 aka Sins of the Fathers had a couple of stinkers but it had the Green Goblin and an awesome conclusion, though a shocking one with MJ and the Goblin falling through the portal. Daredevil guest starring was pretty good too, although those eps suffered from bad animation at times.
Season 4 aka Partners in Danger was more about Black Cat and returning villains, and some bad filler too. Return of the Green Goblin is the highlight, better than the rest ad matches season 1 episodes in quality.
Season 5 was like Spidey meets Cap America and Spidey goes in space for the Secret Wars. It wasn't that bad, but it didn't feel like Spidey's solo show anymore at times. The overpowered Electro as the ultimate weapon was a bit of a letdown looking back on it. The clones were mega cool, that's the highlight for me.
That being said, it's season 3 the best for the overall story with season 1 in 2nd place to me. Neogenic Nightmare had a great premise but it really felt too long after the Man-Spider was turned back into Peter Parker/Spidey and then they crammed in Silvermaine and the Time Tablet. The fourth and fifth weren't that bad either but have their weaknesses.
I have to add that I had to wait for months to see the conclusion to "Shriek of the Vulture" because that's where they stopped dubbing the show here and replaced the actors. I thought Spidey would stay old for good after seeing that cliffhanger ending so many times... no internet for me back then, but also nothing spoiled.
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