Karone and Leo play in the park with some
kids. Karone mopes about never having had a childhood.
Trakeena's new monster, Magnetox,
appears. Leo morphs and fights, but Magnetox absorbs his
powers.
The Rangers arrive and hold off Magnetox
long enough for all of them to escape and take a
powerless Leo back to the Megaship.
Karone comes up with a plan to restore
Leo's powers. She recalls a warrior she had turned to
stone years ago, and his magical keys.
The plan is set in motion. Leo and Karone
leave for the planet where the stoned warrior is, and the
rest of the team stays to battle Magnetox.
Mike, Maya, Kai, and Damon battle against
Magnetox, but the monster is too powerful now that he has
absorbed the Red Ranger powers.
He could always use some more power, and
he absorbs it from Kai and Maya, rendering their morphers
useless.
Leo and Karone reach the entrance to the
cave. A skeleton holds them back, and tests Karone.
Astronema appears, and fights Karone.
After a brief battle, Astronema grabs the fallen Leo and
holds a sword to his throat. Karone surrenders herself to
save Leo, and in doing so, passes the test, and is given
access to the cave.
Meanwhile, the two remaining Rangers are
still trying to beat Magnetox, and save their powerless
friends at the same time. Magna Defender and Green Ranger
are grabbed next, and their powers are drained as well.
Karone and Leo find the warrior, frozen
just as Karone had left him. The keys however, are gone.
Karone cries over all the evil she had done in the past,
and apologizes to the warrior.
Karone's tears fall on the warrior,
bringing him back to life. He forgives Karone for turning
him into stone, and gives Leo the keys, saying that they
will restore his powers, and then some.
Injured and tired, the Rangers stand on
the brink of defeat, as Magnetox closes in on them to go
for the kill.
Karone appears in her Jet Jammer, and
rams into Magnetox, knocking him away from her friends.
Leo shows up, and uses the keys to summon
amazing techno armor, which gives him shoulder mounted
claws and torso armor.
He locks on to the monster with
computerized targeting, and blasts away with his lasers,
destroying him in a huge explosion.
With Magnetox destroyed, the Ranger
powers return to their true owners, restoring their
Transmorphers.
As the guys play football, Karone and
Maya have a little fun by spraying them with a hose.
Comments:
How did the warrior know that Leo was a Red
Ranger? And how could he so easily forgive
someone who turned him to stone for years?
Magnetox was one tough monster! I wasn't too
impressed by his "audition", as beating
a group of Sting Wingers isn't much of an
accomplishment. But man, he really had the
Rangers on the ropes.
You could see the pain in Damon's face as he took
a direct hit in the back from Magnetox while
unmorphed. That's gotta hurt..
In the tradition of the Red Battlized Ranger, Leo
gains armor based on a toy. If only a Ranger
other than Red would get a power-up.
Interestingly enough, Leo had the Orion armor
underneath the battle armor, which he didn't even
summon, and shouldn't be able to without the
other Rangers doing so as well.
Once again, Archie Kao appeared on ABC's Once
and Again. He seems to have a recurring role
as one of the architects at Rick's firm.
