Season 2, Episode 39: Rangers Back In Time, Part 1

"Rangers Back In Time, Part 1"
Episode 39
Air Date: February 5th, 1995

Ummmmm, ok!!! Well first off, I don't like this episode at all. Besides the hilarious moment where the kid rangers defeat the Putties with a game of dodgeball, nothing happens in this episode. Literally nothing!  Now Zedd's plan isn't bad by any means by making the Power Rangers' children again as they would have no memory of being Power Rangers and wouldn't have access to their powers but my goodness, those child actors!!!! O_o I pretty sure this was done because the production for "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie" has begun shooting, so the writers for the show had to think of something to keep the kids entertained as the main cast wouldn't be available for a couple of episodes. Which is fine, I just wish they thought of something better than having the rangers turned into kids. Let me tell you something, Power Rangers may be a kids show but we never wanted to see kids fight and save the world. We wanted to see the teenagers do the heavy lifting and shows us why they were chosen to be Power Rangers. Even during the episode there is a moment where Zordon tells Alpha why the rangers were chosen and believes that there is a way that they can pretty much saved themselves.

I do have to say the episode started off cute and the little actors they chose to play the younger versions of the rangers look relatively like their teenage counterparts but I'm watching an episode where the most exciting thing that happened is watching a Putty get hit in the chest with a dodgeball. Of course, little Tommy is still a badass and can fight, but the others rely on running away and maneuvering around them. Of course, they just HAD to include young versions of Bulk and Skull unfortunately, who are even more annoying now that they're kids instead of being 20 year old something men playing teenagers.

Before the episode ends, Lord Zedd makes a monster out of a camera called Photomare, aaahhhh there we go with the monster pun names!!! ;) Photomare takes a picture of the kid rangers and traps all 6 of them in a photo; seemingly forever. Isn't that shocking??? Now how will the rangers ever escape. Sigh, this is just a dreadful episode and a horrible to start to what is definitely going to be a weak two parter. I can't stress enough how these next couple of episodes will be stalling the show, but then again, there is Rita's return coming soon, so I could be wrong!

Final Morph: F