Season 5, Episode 17: Honey, I Shrunk The Rangers, Part 2

"Honey, I Shrunk The Rangers, Part 2"
Episode 17
Air Date: September 9th, 1997

Can't believe I'm saying this but I REALLY liked this episode!!! There's something much more adventures and fun than the season has been so far.  I just LOVED seeing the tiny Turbo rangers trying to escape Divatox and her crew.  Of course, it makes them look more incompetent than usual but it's sad this is the most stakes that have been presented this season so far.  I mean 4 of the rangers are stuck shrunk; slowly turning into insects while Justin and Alpha try to figure out where the others are as well as helping the Blue Senturion get back to normal as well.  Of course, Divatx could have done the smart thing and gone after Justin as well since he was all alone but whatever. This episode was really hilarious and fun; either intentionally or unintentionally.  I gotta say, seeing Divatox trying to eat one of the rangers with her tongue kind of freaked me out!!! Licking them, then pulling poor Tanya toward her for lunch....yikes!!!  There was just a sense of fear and intensity to this episode with the rangers constantly being in danger during their time as shrunken rangers.

I also got to say, I really enjoyed the Piranathron fight for once, not just because of the fight itself but because of the introduction of the then new Piranathron theme song.  Like the majority of Ron Wasserman's music, it's infectious, fun and elevates even the simplest fights.  I liked also see the rangers getting chased by the two eels and accidentally finding themselves in Divatox's closet. Also there are some funny moments when Divatox can't speak but still orders her crew to find the rangers despite being shot in the tongue by Tommy! LMAO!!!

Meanwhile, Lt. Stone is contemplating what to do with the chimps when they escape again and take the detonator with them again.  The 4 little Turbos find their way to the engine room and come up with a pretty smart idea to use Divatox's torpedoes to grow back in size.  They launch and hang on to them; managing to contact Justin, who also gets the idea to bring the Blue Senturion back the same way.  At the beach, the team regroups and is returned back to their normal size just as Divatox orders Skrinkasect to go after the remaining ranger...finally!!! -_-  Once all the rangers and Blue Senturion are back to normal, a giant sized Skrinkasect appears and they call on their zords.  Both the Turbo Megazord and Robo Racer defeat the monster while Justin makes it back in time at the beach to get ride of the detonator before it explodes.  Funny, how the rangers have ALWAYS enough time to stop those things!!! -_-  But that's not all! When Bulk and Skull go near the radiation from the torpedoes's impact, they are some how returned back to normal.....but are now, invisible???  What?! O_o Anyway, "Part 2" was FAAAARRR better than Part 1's boring journey to get to the point of the episode.  This is how the season should have been all along.  Funny, fun and entertaining to watch despite it's glaring flaws as usual. Was that so hard, writers??? -_-

Final Morph: A-