Season 3, Episode 3: A Friend In Need, Part 3

"A Friend In Need, Part 3"
Episode 3
Air Date: September 9th, 1995

The more I think about it, there was absolutely no point to this 3 part premiere besides the fact that Haim Saban wanted the writers to set up Masked Rider as a series. These episodes are essentially a Masked Rider series premiere with the Power Rangers thrown in for good measure. The episode begins with Kimberly still struggling to fight off the monster and inadvertently giving him her flue; Repellator being to cause minor quakes as he sneezes. With the monster sick, he teleports away leaving Kimberly to tell Zordon and Alpha what's up. She remains on stand by as the monster could return at any moment. Back in the Moon Palace, Lord Zedd and Rita are upset that the monster returned, especially with a human illness and order Finster to have him made well so he can continue his rampage in Angel Grove. As Finster checks on the monster, he tells him he has a human illness and that he needs to take a shot. This whole sequence is typical Power Rangers silliness and just....I have no words!!! Finstr finally gives him a pill to start making him feel better.

Meanwhile, back in the Angel Grove, those two girls that Bulk and Skull lied to end up at the place they talked about where the Power Rangers would be as Bulk and Skull prepare to surprise them with the worse looking costumes I have ever seen....sigh..... So the REAL rangers are back on Edenoi as Alpha and Zordon finally get a hold them. Tommy answers as they tell them of the situation going on in Angel Grove and Tommy tells the rest of the team they have to quickly rap things up on Edenoi to make it back home to Angel Grove. Meanwhile, back with the idiots, they surprise the girls and they clearly know that they aren't the real rangers; asking where the real ones are. They keep up with the lie and looking dumb until Repellator appears behind them and scares them off. As Repellator keeps attacking them, the Command Center alarms go off as Kimberly is once again not feeling well but goes back into action hoping that the other rangers will join her soon; especially considering Lord Zedd made the monster grow.

Back on Edenoi, after defeating both the Plague Patrol and Cogwarts, Dex and the Edenties be the ranger fair well as they make it way back to the Earth. Once there they rejoin Kimberly and call for their Thunderzords. The Mega Thuderzord and White Tiger Thunderzord fight Repellator (in American zord footage I might add) and finish him off with the Thunder Saber. Meanwhile, back at the Moon Palace, Zedd is all pissed off because Count Dregon would never stop ridiculing him over his failure. Oh speaking of that, because of the rangers meddling, he decides to follow them back to Earth to take over their planet. As Zordon congratulates the rangers on a job well done on Edenoi and in Angel Grove, back on Edenoi, King Lexion prepares Dex to leave Edenoi at once to stop Count Dregon from conquering Earth. It's a nice heartfelt goodbye with some touchingly bad acting as usual from this show. Anyway, these 3 part episodes were overall very weak. I liked the whole set up going to Edenoi but not much happened there of excitement. The stuff with Kimberly and Repellator was just filler and don't get me started on Bulk and Skull. At least they are done trying to look and reveal the identities on the Power Rangers, thank god!!!

Final Morph: D+