Season 6, Episode 33: A Rift in the Rangers

"A Rift In The Rangers"
Episode 33
Air Date: November 4th, 1998

FAAARRRRR better than last episode's blasphemous and infuriating mess!!!  I hope Silvy was thrown into the nearest black hole during her adventure in space with Carlos.  Ohh....and why the hell can the bitch breath in space without a helmet/suit??? -_- Uhhhha anyway, Ashley and Cassie are having issues with each other when it comes to their individual duties on the ship.  Cassie is stuck cleaning for the week when Ashley decides to not care about it.  Of course, their fighting gets worse and they start calling each other names; as well as not be friends anymore.  It's pretty extreme considering this whole "rift" between them wasn't built upon but I'll go with it since there is point to it in the main plot.  I guess I would have just liked to have seen some animosity between Ashley and Cassie before hand to make their "rift" feel more natural and genuine instead of coming out of no where and abrupt.  I mean their pettiness in 'Rival Rangers" last season made more sense when they going after a boy but considering what the rangers have been through all season, this seems petty and out of character for the sake of the plot but anyway!!! I digress....

Meanwhile, Dark Specter begins to suspect someone is draining his powers when Astronema receives her latest transmission from him.  Jesus, for an evil monarch, Dark Specter isn't bright as I know Astronema seems very convincing but you're not going to suspect your newly cybernetic implanted/eviler version of Astronema is behind the power drain.  Jesus dude, get the space lava out of your brain and wake up!!! Anyway, as Astronema monologues to Ecliptor about Dark Specter's demise, Psycho Yellow comes in with her own plan against the rangers but Astronema is in no mood at the moment to hear of it and will give them her plan when she's ready to Psycho Yellow's irritation.  As Psycho Pink practices with her Psycho arrows, Psycho Yellow takes the opportunity to put her plan into motion despite Astronema's orders as she talks Psycho Pink into capturing a ranger.  Of course, this is all apart of Psycho Yellow's plan to manipulate Psycho Pink as when Psycho Pink leads an army of Quantrons against the rangers, Psycho Yellow uses it as an opportunity to steal Ashley during the battle; to Cassie's shock and Psycho Pink's anger.  But I kinda don't feel bad for Ashley here since after it's obvious that the old woman was Psycho Yellow when she captured her; she still had the never to say, "What are you doing?! I'm here to help you!!!" GURL, BYE!!! -_-

Anyway, as the rangers and a guilty Cassie look for Ashley, Ashley redeems herself from that moment of stupidity to use Psycho Pink and Yellow's in-fighting to escape her captivity.  As they follow her to an abandoned factory, Ashley once uses their inability to cooperate to try to destroy them herself in a massive explosion.  After Psycho Yellow figures they are both dead, Ashley manages to escape again but Psycho Pink attacks her just as Cassie arrives to save her.  As the other rangers arrive and free Ashley from her weird alien cuffs, the rangers prepare to fight Psycho Pink.  I love how tough even ONE Psycho Ranger is to defeat even with the whole team working together but both Cassie and Ashley manage to defeat her....until she loses it and transform into a giant monstrous version of herself.  Uhhhh Ohhh!!! Anyway, the rangers call on their Mega Vehicles and form the Mega Voyager.  Even Zhane, who's been mysteriously absent, eventually joins them with the Mega Winger.  The battle continues to be tough as Psycho Pink captures the Mega Winger with her tentacles, the rangers manage to draw enough power from the Mega Voyager to the Mega V Missile to finally fire and destroy her!!! YAAAYYYY!!! :)

Of course, Astronema doesn't care as she tells the other Psychos to not defy her like Psycho Pink or she'll destroy them herself! Sheesh!! Ashley and Cassie are best friends again; even bonding over forcing the guys to clean themselves. Ha!!! All and All, despite my minor issues with the rift plot and Ashley's dumb lines, this was a great and entertaining episode in the sage despite all that. Cool! :)

Final Morph: B+