While its premieres is extremely strong, as the season goes on SPD fails to deliver. The Rangers though? I mean, I have a lot of love for Danny and Max’s first focus episode, but on a whole the Rangers never left much of an impression and the plots didn’t do anything to help that. Master Org, Jindrax, and Toxica. The latter two’s relationship is what really helps keep this season together and Master’s backstory is pretty damn brutal for Power Rangers. Of course you’ve got the team-ups with Time Force and legendary ‘Forever Red’ but you can’t forget the villains. Wild Force is a season that while mostly bland, is bolstered by a few amazing elements. But it did give us badly dubbed Jason and that truly is a gift. “The Ninja Encounter” is a mess and while the season is able to recover by the end, that middle is just plain hard to watch. Having to write three Rangers out and bring three new ones in is handled as best they could, but it doesn’t make for good television.
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The start of the season features, “Missing Green” which is one of the few early MMPRepisodes to really dive deep into a characters psychology and play with continuity.īut the moment the series loses Jason, Zack, and Trini? It spirals into absurdity. 19. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 2
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Plus Tyler and especially Ivan’s lowkey jokes saved some otherwise forgettable episodes.ĭino Super Chargeon a whole was a lot of wasted potential, which is a shame when Dino Charge had seemingly set everything up so well.
The series ran in place until the most baffling finale in the series history.Įven with the weak plots the cast really did shine and Chase unexpectedly emerged as the character with the most development. All the forward momentum the season had been building up ground to a halt. While this season started off strong (anytime you have James Gaylyn you get a bump in my book) it quickly took a nose dive after Tyler’s dad was introduced. While the season starts off okay, it descends into nonsense by the end with a badly rushed final arc. Which is sad, because there was a lot of potential in the characters and even the side cast (love you, Toby!) Even episodes about other characters somehow become about Nick and his blanket of angst.
No really, I REALLY hope you like the Red Ranger, because Nick takes up almost all of the focus of Mystic Forceand leaves next to nothing for the rest. With a tragic back-story along with some wacky misunderstandings of Earth, he always brings a smile to my face. His debut episode is surprisingly solid and he gets to have some real character moments. The bright spot in all this is the sixth ranger, Orion. This sounds like it’s bad and yeah it’s low on the list but there’s just something fun in watching how bizarre it all ends up as. It’s the oddest string of choices ever seen in a Power Rangers season, with arbitrary footage usage, questionable continuity nods, and a finale that should be spectacular but ends up falling flat. When it’s bad? It just makes you go, “Why?!” But you know, the fun kind of “Why?!” When Super Megaforceis good? It’s amazing. Mack genuinely wrestling with who he is and hating his father for lying to him for long is extremely compelling. However, the season contains the episode “Things Not Said,” which is one of the best episodes Power Rangers ever produced. The characters didn’t work well, the premise of treasure hunting was hampered by the lack of budget, and the team-up was lackluster. Overdrive is when things just went wrong in the Disney era of the show. The start of the season had a few decent episodes (“ Tough Love” was a standout, along with “ Love Stings“) but by the end we had descended into the still shocking misfire of “ Sheriff Skyfire.” 23.
The only plotline it truly manages to pull off are Victor’s quest for his 50th trophy. The main plots of Ninja Steelwere resolved so this season feels like it’s killing time. In the years to come Super Ninja Steel will simply be known as “that one with the 25th anniversary episode“. At least Victor and Monty are a constant joy. The show messes around with baffling episodes (looking at you, ‘ The Ranger Ribbon‘) before rushing its climax with little build-up.
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