Episode Guide / Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue / The Chosen Path
The Chosen Path Airdate: 09/23/00
During the demons' dinner, Olympius
challenges Loki to create a worthy monster. He comes up
with Cyclopter.
The Rangers train in the woods. As they
pack their things up, they are greeted by someone.
It is Chad's old sensei,who puts him down
for selling out and becoming a Power Ranger.
TheRangers rushto battle Cyclopter, who
proves his might by defeating them in hand to hand
combat.
Sensei to the rescue - Chad's former
mentor single handedly beats up the monster.
Chad extands his gratitude,and offers his
sensei atour of the Aquabase, but the master continues to
snub him.
Cyclopter pays the sensei a visit, and
begs to be trained, vowing that he has turned good. The
sensei foolishly accepts, so as to spite Chad.
When Chad finds Cyclopter training, he
picks a fight with him, and loses. Cyclopter and the
sensei leave a beaten Chad laying on the ground.
When Cyclopter finds out that the
training is complete, he takes out the old man and takes
off for a rematch with the Rangers.
His training has paid off. He manages to
best all four Rangers, once again in hand to hand combat.
Chad finds the old man, and helps him to
his feet. He is truly sorry for being such a jerk.
Before letting Chad leavetohelp his
friends, the sensei gives Chad a refresher class.
Chad appears on the battlefield, just as
his friends are at their end.
He goes on to beat the stuffing out of
Cyclopter.
The sore loser brings out his staff, and
starts attacking all of the Rangers.
Chad whips out his V-Lancer, and totally
decimates his opponent.
Cyclopter grows, and is destroyed by the
Omega Megazord.
Chad and his sensei make peace with each
other, and he takes him up on the tour of the Aquabase.
Comments:
Again with an old person fighting the monster?
What is going on?
The conflicts the Rangers are having with their
parental figures are being resolved too quickly
with these unnatural sudden changes of attitude.
They would be better off arcing these storylines
over several episodes, making it more soap-like.
Cyclopter was also the name of a Masked
Rider villain.
I wonder if the sensei's initial words to Chad
also ring true with actor Mike Chaturantabut ...
What was the old man's gripe about Chad becoming
a Ranger? He is using his skill to save lives,
what better path could you possibly choose? Did
he want him to use his skill to win trophies and
make money?
