Season 7, Episode 7: Double Duty

"Double Duty"
Episode 7
Air Date: March 20th, 1999

Ahhhh, yes, the Lights of Orion arc continues with possibly the most absurd episode of the entire saga as...apparently, the lights are in a random camera!!! Yes, a legendary power source is stuck in some camera on Terra Venture when Scorpius has Furio send Wise Wizard done to the space colony to find it! Sigh...let's just ignore that dumb plot for a second and go to the sub-plot with Kendrix running into a famous actress on Terra Venture that looks like her.  What a coincidence!!! How she never knew about this random actress that looked like her is a stretch is just weird, even weirder that Terra Venture has its own personal movie business??? I mean I guess it makes sense wanting to bring that type of entertainment to a new world but meh, I'd rather not think about it too much.  Anyway, after meeting face to with Carolyn, the actress who looks like her after Wise Wizard attacks the set, Kendrix decides to take her place when Carolyn is "injured". Carolyn is a real piece of work! She's snobby, stuck up and a liar on top of that.  She has no sense of responsibility and hard work to the point where she is always quitting.  Makes you wonder how she survived so long in the movie industry but I guess the large numbers of cash wasn't bad??? O_o

Anyway, I find it hilarious that the movie that Kendrix in is "Star Crossed Lovers", the movie the Space Rangers saw last year.  I think it's too soon for a remake guys, would have made much more sense if the movie was a sequel to that but anyway! Kendrix is not only having trouble with her acting but her leg was damaged during the monster attack, which makes her constantly mess up her scenes and piss off the director who doing his best Spielberg impression.  I just find it far fetched how ONLY Carolyn noticed Kendrix in actual pain and no one else! I know show business is cruel but COME ON!!! o_o Poor Kendrix just keeps messing up over and over but she just keeps going because she made a promise.  It's an unofficial lesson she teaches Carolyn who admires Kendrix for working so hard under pressure and never giving up. Awwww how nice! Also, Valerie Vernon did a excellent job playing both characters making Kendrix and Carolyn really seem like two different people so nice job there! Sigh...but if I have to talk about the monster plot/Lights of Orion non-sense than I will!

Wise Wizard attacks again at the end of production (How nice of him to wait!) as both Kendrix and Carolyn work together to trick him.  Luckily the other rangers arrive in time to help as they handle Wise Wizard while Kendrix says goodbye to Carolyn.  As Wise Wizard gets the best of the Galaxy Rangers, Kendrix soon arrives to help and while she struggles at first because of her injured leg, she gains enough strength to blast him back; breaking the spell on her leg as well as the others.  This fight is just bizarre as it just introduce random new weapons again like the Quasar Launchers!!! Where did they come from??? Who built them??? NO ONE KNOWS!!!  o_o  But it doesn't stop Kendrix from kicking ass as Wise Wizard just randomly grows (What no booze again??? O_o) and she calls on the Galactabeasts.  The Galactabeasts transform into the Galatazords and form the Galaxy Megazord.  At least the zord battles are getting a little bit longer even though they are still short as hell! -_- The rangers finish Wise Wizard off with the Condor Galactazord becoming like a crossbow and shooting a missile to destroy the monster like last episode. In the end, Kendrix got the acting bug and Carolyn learned a lesson from her.  I just hope she didn't win an award for "Star Crossed Lovers" because that was Kendrix you b!tch! -_-  All and All, I was entertained by Kendrix's story with Carolyn but the Lights of Orion arc aspect of the episode was dumb af!!! Not good!

Final Morph: D+