A monster who summons lightning through
spikes is attacking Mariner Bay, with some Batlings at
his side.
The Rangers arrive and battle the
monster, who shoots a few spikes and zaps the living
daylights out of them
As the monster prepares to deal the final
blow, five other Rangers show up. Who or what are they?
Whatever they are, they're good - these
Rangers effortlessly pummel the monster and send him
retreating.
As the Rangers greet their saviors, they
find out that they are in fact robots, controlled by a
Lightspeed scientist.
At the Aquabase, General McKnight tells
Mitchell about his Cyborg Rangers, who are superior to
his "kids".
So superior, that they are replacing
them. The Rangers are relieved of duty, and forced to
give up their morphers.
The monster returns, and again faces the
Cyborg Rangers. They beat the tar out of him just like
last time, until..
He uses the lightning spike attack, which
takes them down just as it took down their human
counterparts.
As the ex-Rangers sulk, they see the
explosion, and debate over whether or not to check it
out.
The scientist checks on his cyborgs, and
finds them operational, but they have gone psycho!
Once a Ranger, always a Ranger. They
decide to help after all, and save the scientist.
Captain Mitchell drives by in the Rover
and gives the heroes their Morphers.
They morph, and pair off against their
respective counterparts.
One by one, the Rangers make spare parts
out of the overgrown toasters, until they are all
destroyed.
For the third time, the lightning monster
appears. The Rangers destroy him with the Rescuebird.
Jinxer the mighty resurrects and enlarges
him, but the Rangers defeat the monster with the
Lightspeed Megazord.
General McKnight apologizes to the team
for to replacing them, and reinstates them as Power
Rangers.
Comments:
It didn't seem like a wise idea for the scientist
to control the Cyborg Rangers from the
battlefield. If it was necessary, he could have
at least stayed in the truck.
It was a very tense and dramatic moment when the
Rangers were relieved of their duties. The way
Chad refused to let the soldier take the morpher
from his wrist, the way Joel looked at Ms.
Fairweather as he handed in his morpher, and the
way Ms. Fairweather got misty eyed at the sight
of her friends being fired. Excellently done.
That was a clever attack by the Rangers in the
Lightspeed Megazord. Once they got hit with
spikes, they immediately grabbed the monster with
the ladder arms and lifted him off the ground,
which conducted the lightning attack through them
and right back at the monster!
Skull Cavern scenes have seemed so forced and
useless lately. Diabolico appeared for only a few
seconds, and only to rant about destroying
Mariner Bay, and his queen returning. Same thing
every episode. They might as well just leave him
out of it, and give the monsters different
origins.
