The Soul of Humanity

Power Rangers: Wild Force, Episode 33

Original Airdate: 10-5-2002

Last Time: Kite turned out to be Animus, who took away the Wild Zords because he disapproved of humanity. This essentially ceded victory to the Orgs, who happened to be the ones responsible for killing Animus 3000 years ago. I guess Animus is very forgiving.

Cole goes looking for the Lion Zord, but it's very, very gone. He then finds Shayla, and she's very, very comatose. Not really much of a loss compared to the Wild Zords, but I guess it's still a bummer. The Rangers reassemble on the Animarium and feel depressed that Animus thinks they suck.

Down at the Roadhouse, Merrick is too sad even to play Willie in pool. I like how his reaction to Shayla being in a coma is mild depression.

In the evil lair of evil, Jindrax and Toxica celebrate their imminent victory. Mandilok joins in and everyone has a good laugh.

Back on the Animarium, Alyssa tries talking to the comatose Shayla and thanks Shayla for all she's done for the Rangers. What would those contribution be again? All those times she answered the Rangers question with "I don't know." The other Rangers also walk around dejectedly, because they know the next Org is probably going to kill them.

Cole catches up with Merrick and tells him that Shayla is back in a coma. This proves rather disconcerting to Merrick, who remembers last time that happened. The new Org also shows up, Robot Org. It pledges to "destroy all humans." That's a bold goal. The Rangers don't really want to fight it, because they know that the second Toxica makes it grow they're boned, but Alyssa talks them into it.

The Robot Org attacks a construction site where a little girl had unwisely chosen to walk her dog. The Rangers show up, and well, they can handle this phase of the fight with no problem.

Meanwhile, Merrick has gone to visit the memorial to the dead proto-Rangers. He's unsure of what to do, and Animus shows up to explain that Merrick doesn't belong on Earth anymore, and offers to take him to Animus' dimension in the sky. Merrick mulls Animus' offer, as the Rangers struggle to defeat Robot Org, which ends up collapsing the building that the Rangers were fighting in. Mandilok taunts the Rangers about how the humans ran away from the imploding building, and then some rescue workers show up to demonstrate the human spirit. They even save the little girl's dog. Merrick has been listening to this on his morpher, and Animus tells him it's time to go. Cole continues his speech as the Robot Org attacks again. Merrick explains that he really would prefer not let all of humanity die out of spite, and decides to help the other Rangers.

Animus, taking this into consideration, wakes Shayla from her coma. The fight against Robot Org keeps going. Merrick shows up and his crystals still work, and he uses them to kill Robot Org. But, then again, that really wasn't the problem. The megazord battle was where it got a bit problematic. Of course, Merrick still has the Predazord because, I don't know, he doesn't suck quite as hard as the other Rangers. It's not enough, so Shayla runs in and explains that the Rangers' zords are connected to their hearts, which allows them to channel their zords' power into the Predazord. Animus shows up because he always wanted to fight alongside Merrick and they didn't get a chance 3000 years ago. Together, they kill the Robot Org.

Later, Animus, perhaps realizing how ineffective his zord embargo is....seeing as he himself broke it, declares that this was all a test, and the Rangers passed, giving the Rangers their zords back. He then gives Cole a new motorcycle for.....a rather nebulous reason, albeit it's going to be used next episode, and they really, really, really don't have time to introduce it then. Animus decides to leave Earth forever....or for a few episodes, as it will turn out.

Next Time: Crisis on Infinite Rangers! Or "Hey guys, let's have an episode that will only really be appreciated by diehard fans and then introduce a few continuity errors that will be sure to rile them up!"