Nadira's Dream Date

Power Rangers: Time Force, Episode 35

Original Airdate: 10-13-2001

Last Time: The Rangers got sent to yet another alternate dimension where they had to fight monsters to escape, but it was way different than the movie dimension, and completely distinct from the magical dimension where they had to fight evil versions of themselves.

In Ransik's House of Sitcomedy, Nadira is depressed that she doesn't have a boyfriend. Wait, all-stop! No, no, no, that's....no. Also, Ransik sends a new monster named Chameliacon to kill the Rangers and show his daughter a good time.

At the clock tower, Lucas is....in the scene, and really, that's enough. But waut, Lucas manages to become even more loathsome as he has been working on some poetry. Lucas claims that his poetry isn't about a girl, but instead about a....car. Named Lance.....who showed him a world that he'd never imagined. Okay, I might have made that last bit up. A monster attacks and the Rangers rush off to fight it. Credits!

In the town center, Chameliacon's attacking the city, but Nadira, after 35 episode, is as bored with the whole setup as I am. They fight the villains off, but Lucas drops his notebook of poetry. Nadira finds it and immediately assumes that it's about her. Er...listen writers, I know it's the end of the season and twenty minutes isn't a lot to work with....well, ten minutes really, due to immovable chunks of Sentai footage, but I'm going to have to ask you to go back and work out a plot that isn't completely moronic, okay?

Back at Ransik's Crib, Nadira explains that she met a boy, and Ransik is overprotective, especially when he learns that it's awful, awful Lucas. But, well, Ransik may be a terrorist, but he's also a softie, so he allows his daughter to date a man that he's tried to kill about four dozen times.

Ransik tracks down Lucas and explains the situation to a rather surprised and confused Lucas, who is browbeaten into submission by Ransik, who effectively forces Lucas to date his daughter. Lucas, being a coward at heart, shows up and finds Nadira wearing some sort of hideous antebellum era gown. Ransik shows up to monitor the date and ensure compliance. Er....I don't mean to nitpick, but since the Rangers knew where Nadira was going to be, shouldn't they try to...I don't know, arrest her? Or do something other than kowtowing to Ransik's orders? Anyway, the date goes rather well, and Nadira relates details of her date to Ransik.

At the clock tower, Lucas tries to explain his predicament, but is cut off by another monster attack. They fight a bit more, until Chameliacon starts attacking the Blue Ranger, and then Ransik shows up and makes it clear that no one's allowed to hurt Lucas. This kind of kills the momentum of the battle, and it basically dissipates.

Lucas explains the situations to the other Rangers, and man, you know what could make this episode even more unbearable? Another idiotic sitcom style-plot! That's right, the Rangers decide that they need to make Nadira break up with Lucas, because this will make Ransik, their sworn enemy, less likely to murder Lucas or something.

And so the sabotaged date begins with Lucas dressed poorly and acting rude to Nadira. He then asks her to do his laundry. Nadira breaks up with him and the other Rangers celebrate. This causes Nadira to go crying to Ransik who orders Lucas taken out with extreme prejudice. So....the Rangers plan worked? Or failed horribly? I don't know, what exactly were they trying to accomplish, anyway?

Chameliacon attacks and is destroyed in a fight that leaves no lasting impression. I think the monster may have had some sort of super-long ton. Oh, and Eric shows up out of nowhere to summon the Q-Rex.

Later, Nadira is still looking for love, and is still carrying around a parasol for some reason. She gets some flowers from a secret admirer, but they turn out to be from that frog monster who's kind of a recurring character, but has had about twenty lines total throughout the whole season. It does not go well. Show Over!

Next Time: The writers continue to punish the children of 2001 with a Circuit-centric episode.