The Master's Last Stand

Power Rangers: Wild Force, Episode 26

Original Airdate: 8-10-2002

Last Time: The Time Force Rangers showed up to remind us how much better they were. Mission accomplished.

Master Org is still looking at that picture of Cole's parents, and decides to make a suicide run at the Rangers for some reason.

In the desert, Toxica and Jindrax are looking for something to kill off the current Master Org. They find some sort of tomb.

Back in Turtle Cove, Alyssa is walking to class when she overhears some students talking about how they found Dr. Viktor Adler alive in the Amazon. Alyssa decides to share the news with Cole despite the fact that turning up alive after twenty years in the Amazon seems like an obvious trap.

Cole is down at his parents', and his, graves, and decides that he has to talk to Dr. Adler so that he can find out what happened to his parents. Well...on the plus side, Cole is definitely going to find that out. The other Rangers explain that just because Dr. Adler survived doesn't mean that his parents did, but Cole needs to know. They rush into the room and Dr. Adler is up and locks the Rangers in. Undeterred, Cole introduces himself and asks about his parents. Mercifully, Master Org decides to spring his trap and captures everyone.

Toxica and Jindrax continue to look for a new boss in the tomb.

But enough forward progress, it's time for flashbacks by the gallonful! Master Org has taken the Rangers to some sort of factory and Cole wakes up to find Dr. Adler walking towards him. Cole in confused, so Dr. Adler helpfully reveals that he is, in fact, Master Org. He reveals that he's trussed up the other Rangers, and tells Cole that he "destroyed" Cole's parents. Cole asks Master Org to clarify, and the villain explains that he "finished off" the Evanses. Also, he "ended their worth existence." Cole demands that Master Org reveal how such a thing came to pass in the form of a flashback, and Master Org decides to complain about some sort of nebulous pain that they caused him that led to him murdering them, and Cole is still confused.

Flashback Time! Dr. Adler used to work with Cole's parents in researching the location of the Animarium, and fell in love with Cole's mother, but just as he was about to propose, Cole's dad beat him to the punch. So, that meant that Dr. Adler had no choice but to kill everybody, but felt compelled to do it in a theatrical way. So, he continued working with the couple, even after Cole was born, until they headed off to the Amazon. Oh, and this whole process also made him want to destroy the Earth. Anyway, while in the Amazon, the team found some evil seeds, and Dr. Adler identifies the seeds as the remnants of Master Org. I'm not sure how the fuck he knew that, but sure. Having secured some Master Org seeds, Dr. Adler was finally ready to proceed with his murders, which he did by eating the seeds and becoming the pasty fellow that he is today. He then killed Cole's parents with some vines.

Cole is devastated by the news that his parents are very, very dead, and is especially depressed that they got killed by their most trusted friend. Well, enough of that, it's time for Cole to fight Master Org, which starts with the villain flinging Cole into a pipe.

But, hey, that fight would be exciting, so it's time to check in on Toxica and Jindrax. They resurrect a new general named Mandilok. Meh.

Back to the fight! The Rangers encourage Cole to stop sucking and fight back. Cole gets a speech that pretty much sums up the problems with this season:

Cole: (slowly) I swore with my life...to protect all of nature. (yelling) I'M A GUARDIAN OF THE EARTH! AAAAAAAAH!

The other Rangers, now covered in some sort of sap, cheer him on. Cole morphs and starts kicking a sixty year-old doughy white guy's ass. Meanwhile, Merrick is riding around looking for the Rangers, but probably not looking very hard. He eventually sees a big fire in the factory and frees the other Rangers. Cole summons his Battilizer and it's time for the ultimate showdown...well, as much as a showdown as there can be with fourteen episodes left in the season. Master Org gets the Org beaten out of him and returns to being Dr. Adler, but still tries shooting vines out of his hands. The Rangers decide to just leave him. Dr. Adler asks Cole why he's too much of a pussy to kill him, and Cole gives some dumb speech about the cycle of revenge or something.

Dr. Adler limps back to his base, only to find it under new management. Mandilok, a truly creepy monster with two mouths, one of which has a male voice, the other female, explains that he...or it...or something is now in charge, and throws Dr. Adler off a cliff.

Back at the cemetary, Cole puts some flowers on his parents' grave. He also tells them that they'll be happy to know that the Animarium is real. Incidentally, Cole's grave is still there, which will always be amusing for some reason.

Down at the bottom of a mountain, Dr. Adler grows a horn and turns out to be not quite dead. Oh, the suspense....Show Over!

Next Time: Zen-Aku comes back to kick some more Ranger ass!