Launching apps display on random monitors

I have 3 monitors. Each is its own desktop (not "mirror").
1 is the air screen
1 is a IPS monitor hooked over the thunderbolt port
1 is an ATV3.
My "primary" screen is the Air. So that's where my dock is, and that's where my active menu bar primarily is.
I click on this screen to make it active, then click on an icon on the dock to launch an app.
I have NO control, or idea, which screen will "get" the app. It seems to be random, but it's most often NOT on the Air screen, as if applications choose to be on another screen to the one that you are working on.
launching an app will "steal" the menu bar focus to the screen that launched it, too.
I often have Mail on a seperate screen, in full screen mode.
Apps WILL launch "behind" mail - that is, on a screen that already has a full screen app on it, therefore you can't see the app you just launched! argh!!!
How does this new multiple monitor thing actually work and is there a way to shut it off, because it is driving me insane! this is NOT the "mac" experience.

Have you tried CTRL click the dock icon and assign desktop for an app?
Although it sounds a bit weird if it is completely random. Apps should at least remember window location and size when they are last closed / quit.

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