Power Rangers Turbo, Episode 45
Original Airdate: 11-24-1997
Last Time: Justin contemplated moving away from Angel Grove. Also, the megazords were destroyed, Zordon was captured, Dimitria and Blue Senturion abandoned Earth and Divatox sent an army to capture the Power Chamber.
The Rangers are still fighting the army of Piranhatrons, and things aren't going well. They decide to retreat back into the Power Chamber. T.J. asks if the shields are working. They aren't. Justin sees the Piranhatrons withdrawing on the viewscreen. The Rangers know they'll be back. Carlos decides now would be an appropriate time to ask Justin what he's going to do about his dad's potential new job out of town. It kind of looks like that's a moot point at the moment. The Piranhatrons come back with a battering ram to get into the Power Chamber. Also, some Piranhatrons have some grappling hooks so they can scale the walls. The Piranhatrons may suck most of the time, but they've got siege warfare down. The Piranhatrons make it to the roof and break the cameras so the Rangers can't watch their movements. Alpha 6 suggests that she teleport the Rangers out. T.J. declines, because he realizes that it's only fair that he get a taste of being repeatedly defeated.
The Piranhatrons break down the main door of the Power Chamber and storm the Rangers' base. They quickly make their way to the console room where the Rangers are standing. The Piranhatrons, however, have also broken through the roof and come down from above as well. The console room gets completely trashed as the Rangers desperately try to fight off the Piranhatrons. Elgar shows up and immediately sets his eyes of Zordon and Dimitria's tube, reasoning that if he breaks it, they can't come back. He succeeds. The Rangers aren't do so hot today. Elgar decides to bring this season full circle, and has brought with him a whole mess of bombs. While the Rangers are distracted with the Piranhatrons, he attaches them all over the console room.
Outside, Elgar makes it back to Divatox, who is watching the Power Chamber burn. She detonates the bombs, and the entire Power Chamber is obliterated with the Rangers still inside. Later, Divatox and the Piranhatrons are sifting through the rubble, because she wants to make absolutely sure that the Rangers are 100% dead. The Rangers are, in fact alive, just badly hurt and with their suits in tatters. Suddenly, a firey orb appears and turns into a man's head. The firey man explains that he is a messenger who brings news that Zordon has been captured and that Divatox has been recalled for an evil conference on another planet. Divatox has no intention of leaving the Earth just after she's beaten the Rangers. The messenger announces that Dark Specter won't be happy with Divatox's answer. The mention of that name inspires Divatox to fall in line with the whole leaving-Earth idea. Apparently, Dark Specter is the Grand Monarch of Evil. You know, I always thought that evil would be more of a military despotism than a hereditary political structure. Exeunt Firey head and Divatox and her army.
The Rangers come out of hiding. Carlos spitefully throws away one of the Divatox flags the Piranhatrons had been carrying with them. Wasn't there an episode about being a good sport somewhere along they way? Did Carlos forget that lesson? The Rangers regroup and then lose whatever powers they had left, leaving them in street clothes. Alpha 6 also survived. Damn it.
The Rangers have no idea what to do. Carlos suggest immediately rushing towards where all of the armies of evil are gathering....with no powers....when they just got completely crushed by only one of the many evil armies that will be there. Shut up, Carlos. The other Rangers point out that they promised to protect the Earth. T.J. somehow thinks this means that they have to defeat Divatox before she gets back to Earth. Er, T.J. remembers the last two episodes, right? Cassie points out that they can't really get into space anyway. Alpha 6 finds the Power Chamber's black box that holds all of the secret codes that the Rangers will need. That's not what a black box does. Carlos wants to go into space to chase Divatox immediately. Justin has a plan!
Justin sneaks onto the NASADA base. Apparently our NASADA bases cannot keep out a twelve year-old. The director of NASADA is so getting fired. Justin makes it into the control room, but gets spotted by security. You can actually pinpoint the moment this season ran out of money, because they use Apollo-era footage to show Justin's view of the mission control room. Justin needs to speak to the commander of NASADA, who perks up the moment that Justin reveals that it's from the Power Rangers. Justin asks the commander of NASADA to give the Rangers the space shuttle. Justin whispers something in the commander's ear about Eltar. Commander Norquist immediately gives the Rangers the shuttle, no questions asked. I'd like to see Commander Norquist explain that one to Congress. "Well, Senator, the boy said he was asking on behalf of the Power Rangers, and who was I to say no to that? And that's how we lost a several-billion dollar spacecraft."
Outside, the other Rangers learn that the space shuttle is theirs. Okay, now, this is going to require a little explanation, the other Rangers manages to get into the base and then the shuttle without being seen by anyone, because of the whole secret identity problem. The Rangers strap into the least-convincing shuttle cockpit in television history. It's just a bench of seating with no controls whatsoever. Controls are kind of important to manned spaceflight. Anyway, the shuttle is prepped for Eltar and....wait a tick, Eltar is at the very least in another solar system, how the fuck is the space shuttle supposed to get there in less than several thousand years? Does NASADA have warp-drive technology or something? Anyway, Justin isn't there, and the shuttle's about to launch.
T.J. calls Justin to ask him what's going on. Justin explains that he can't go to space, because he has to let his dad take that job and move out of Angel Grove. Wait, wait, wait. Okay, now I want Justin to go away as much as anyone, but that makes no sense. When the Rangers were based around Angel Grove it made sense, but they're going to space, and so it makes his dad's new job out of town kind of a moot point.
The shuttle launches and Justin watches from outside and walks away sadly. The Rangers hold hands as the shuttle continues to ascend. To Be Continued....In Space!
Next Time: We learn that alliances of evil have even worse security than NASADA. Also, SPACE!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's not as cool as you might think.
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