Transmission Impossible

Original Airdate: 5-02-1997

The show opens with some sort of space car speeding towards Earth. Meanwhile, Tanya's working at the local radio station, which is lucky because the radio station somehow picks up the space car's emergency message, which is basically just some guy shouting "emergency" over and over and that he needs to contact Dimitria.

Down at the space-sub, Divatox intercepts the same message, and is determined to capture the sender, mainly out of spite. Somehow it's decided that this will involve blowing up the radio station. Man, I remember 1997 when a kid's show could have a villain planning to blow up buildings with bombs every week. Different times.

At the radio station, Kat and Tanya are flummoxed, and heads on over to the Power Chamber to figure out something. Meanwhile, at the juice bar, Lt. Stone is listening to Tanya's radio program, and ChimpBulk and ChimpSkull have a new plan to convince everyone that they are human beings. Elgar plants da bomb, which is set for one hour, as required by the Fair Practices in Villainy Act of 1987. In the Power Chamber, the Rangers and Alpha 6 try to find the source of the signal, and Alpha 6 continues to grate as only she can. Anyway, the find the source of the transmission, and the sender, named Visceron, explains that he has a vital message that can only be told in person, lest it be heard by the wrong ears. Divatox hears this and orders him captured....again.

After the act break, the villains actually manage to pull it off, though the existing Japanese footage means that it essentially amounts to Visceron informing us all how he has totally been captured. Back at the radio station, some gadget alerts Tanya to the existence of the bomb, that, according to the time display, has already been there for the better part of an hour. Deep below the sea in the space-sub, Divatox's interrogation of Visceron is going nowhere, so she orders him take to the sea cave. The scene also includes the clumsiest stuntwork that you're ever apt to see, where it looks like Visceron somehow manages to flip himself onto the floor for no reason.

Down at the Power Chamber, they suddenly realize that they somehow can't communicate with Tanya at the radio station, Adam says he'll get right on it.

In the dreaded sea cave, Divatox has a new plan. The plan involves turning Visceron into a loyal minion, which is accomplished by giving him a new helmet, an apron, and a bizarre New Jersey accent as well as a fixation with cleaning things. This will somehow lead to him divulging the contents of the secret message.

Anyway, the communicators are still down, so Tanya contacts the other Rangers by coded message on her radio show. They teleport on over to the radio station and begin yet another bomb hunt. Divatox sends in the Piranatrons to slow them, and the episode, down. Mission accomplished. Then Divatox sends in the brainwashed Visceron, despite the fact that she hasn't extracted any information from him yet, and that monsters are a lifetime 3-217 against the Rangers.

However, the redoubtable Rangers find the detonator, but with only twenty seconds to spare. Ninety seconds of fighting later, Visceron ends with the detonator, which then promptly explodes. For some reason, the foiling of her plans to blow up the radio station, and the loss of Visceron are cause for Divatox and crew to celebrate. I guess because she got the Rangers to blow up Visceron? Although, technically they didn't. Eh, moving on...

Back at the Power Chamber, the Rangers apologize for mortally wounding Dimitria's friend, but she understands. Or, to say in Dimitria-speak, "Doesn't she understand?" Dimitria then heals him instantly with the power of love. Anyway, it turns out that Dimitria's birth records have been tampered with and she has a twin sister. This subplot will never be resolved, but it's probably Divatox, but, again, nothing will ever come of it.

ChimpBulk and ChimpSkull have finally made it down to the radio station to continue their quest of having someone, anyone recognize their inherent humanity. It doesn't work, but it does somehow saves Tanya's job as the station manager is highly amused by the pair's desperate pleas for some sort of help. Show Over!