Season 4, Episode 21: Brother, Can You Spare An Arrowhead?

"Brother, Can You Spare An Arrowhead?"
Episode 21
Air Date: September 9th, 1996

Well, that was a spectacular episode and definitely the strongest out of this run of "Tommy's Vision Quest" episodes. I enjoyed the introduction of the Zeo Mega Battlezord. It definitely is the coolest formation of megazord so far this season. Able to destroy Mace Face so easily when the Red Battlezord by itself could not.  Of course, with King Mondo now in the possession of the Arrowhead, apparently its full power can only be accessed through a large stone in the forest.  Meanwhile, Tommy's brother is still trapped underneath the reservation with the drawings in the wall coming to life. Apparently, the cave is home to evil spirits, in particular, an ancient monster called Autochthon, which appears in the cave before David. With time running out, the rangers must figure out a way to get David out of there while Mondo still has the Arrowhead.

Tommy heads back to the reservation to learn more about the power of the Arrowhead and leaves in hope of stopping Mondo and freeing his brother. Back at the Power Chamber, as the rangers watch David being attacked by the ancient creature, Mondo has Klank teleport the Autochthon out of the cave as David holds on. The rangers soon morph into action and arrive near the reservation to save David. Soon a group of Cogs and Mondo arrive as the rangers fight off the Cogs to get to David. When Tommy frees David from the Cogs, he orders the rangers to go back to the Power Chamber while he teleports David to safety. When David is angry that the Arrowhead is in Mondo's hands and that Tommy might be captured, Tommy reveals his identity to his brother......ummmm, isn't that breaking Zordon's rules again. I like it how he doesn't even reveal that he told his brother the truth to the other rangers and Zordon.

Anyway, with the Arrowhead still in Mondo's possession, he sends down Quadrafighters and an army of Cogs to search the forest for the stone. When Tommy and the other rangers realize this, Tommy heads out in the Rd Battlezord to stop Mondo as he finds the stone and uses the Arrowhead to release it's full power. Tommy attacks with his zord and distracts Mondo and the Cogs enough to take back the Arrowhead and meet the other rangers on the beach where they are battling Autochthon. But not before another over the top delivery of "Back to Action" by an overzealous Nakia Burrise.   Seriously, it's hilarious!!! After defeating Autochthon, Klank and Orbis make him grow and the rangers summon their Zeo Zords to form the Zeo Megazord. When the megazord has trouble against the ancient monster, Tommy summons the Red Battlezord to once again form the Zeo Mega Battlezord to destroy the monster once and for all. The episode ends with a touching moment between the brothers with him figuring out Tommy's friends are the rangers (I mean he just outs their identities, sheesh! O_o) but them each taking back a piece of the Arrowhead for safe keeping. Once again, these were a good run of episodes that not only develop Tommy but introduce a new zord as well as megazord formation. Not bad at all.

Final Morph: A-