Season 2, Episode 16: Beauty and The Beast

"Beauty and The Beast"
Episode 16
Air Date: October 10, 1994

Wow and I thought last episode nothing happened!!! This episode was such a chore to sit through as the only thing redeeming about was Amy Jo Johnson's over the top shrieking performance as Rita Repulsa....other than that, MAN is this episode bad!!! O_o I honestly don't get why Lord Zedd would want to put Kimberly under a spell to make her his queen??? Such a random and stupid plot point if you ask me. Look I don't care how HOTT the Pink Ranger is because the plot makes no sense for Lord Zedd to get all lusty after her!! The hell would Kimberly bring to the table as an evil queen???What was the point of her being taught how to be evil if nothing was going to happen with the magic dust?? Oh Yeah, why the hell didn't the magic dust work in the first place?? Why did Kimberly go along with it and let Goldar kidnap her....I just so many questions!!!

Also Bulk and Skull are forced into yet another episode with a sub-plot that involves them continuing to find out the identities of the Power Rangers. It leads them to a fortune teller named....sigh...Madam Swampy...yes, I'm. SERIOUS. She pretty tricks them into following a map that will lead them toward the rangers apparently but clearly since the two idiots didn't pay why should they believe anything she says. She is clearly a hack you fools!!! Also there is the moment where Curtis and Richie, suddenly those two are best buddies now, are attacked by Putties because Lord Zedd wants to send them down to split up the team. So while Billy and Trini track the location of the cave where Kimberly is at, Zack will go to the park, unmorphed to face the Putties and save them. I got to admit Zack's solo Puttie fight is badass!!! Man, these unmorphed fights have come a long way since the clumsily choreographed fights of the early Season 1 episodes.

Also, can I just point out I hate Trini's ADR in this episode with her fighting grunts and groans sounding like a lady who just came into this country the day before inside of an American teen that can speak English without an accent you racist, pieces of .....-_- Anyway, I know this is because Austin, Thuy and Walter left the show before they could finish ADR for their last couple of episodes but my god, the ADR team could have done a better job masking the fact it's not Trini's voice when she's in-suit. Also what's up with Jason missing out of his suit and being randomly in the mountains?? What was he doing up there??? Hiking?? Did Austin St. John not appear in this episode cause he was available or something??? O_o Uhhh once again, I'm so frustrated by this and I want my questions answered.

Oh God, do I have to even talk about the monster of the episode that was pretty much severely underused and not needed...at all!!! -_- Yes, Lord Zedd creates a mirror monster from Kimberly's mirror that Tommy got for her and calls him....let me guess...Reflector!!! :) Nope.....not even close....Mirror Manic.....I just.....MUTHAF$%^**!!! Like Reflector would have been simple but a more appropriate name than Mirror freakin' Manic. Ehwwww, anyway after Kimberly is saved and Richie and Curtis are saved. The rangers regroup at the park and fight off some Putties before facing off with the monster. Zedd makes it grows, rangers summon their Thunderzords, a megazord fight ensues, yada, yada, yada, the monster is destroyed. Oh Yeah and Curtis manages to get Kimberly's mirror after it returns back to normal. Oh Bulk and Skull map was a promo for a deal at the Juice Bar??? You're kidding!!! Dumb plot, wasted monster, noticeably horrible ADR, etc. This is the worst episode of the season so far bar none!! Wow......O_O

Final Morph: D+