Season 25, Episode 20: Reaching the Nexus

"Reaching the Nexus"

Episode 20

Air Date: November 10th, 2018

Honestly, that was a pretty great finale! Sure, it feels a bit rushed but luckily there are stakes here and the set up for the rangers' last battle against Odius has a couple of nice surprises! ;) Anyway, so with Mick now under her control, he leads Odius to the rangers' base while the rangers split up to try and stop Odius' plan from going further.  While Brody, Levi and Preston follow Odius and Mick, Sarah and Hayley follow the mind controlled civilians to try to stop Badonna from starting to bring them on the ship.  As Hayley and Sarah arrive, they realize they are too late....as well as Calvin is one of the mind controlled civilians! *Gasp* Hayley in a moment of desperation joins the mind controlled people as Sarah follows; calling her appropriately crazy but she's doing it for LOVE!!! :_( lol  While Sarah and Hayley arrive on the ship to start sneaking around, the other rangers try to alert Red Bot that Odius is coming and to get out of there with the Super Ninja Steel.  Too bad as Red Bot is leaving Odius arrives with Mick and the Basherbots. Ouch! O_o  As Red Bot begins malfunction from the blast, Mick prepares to make a new Ninja Nexus Star with the Super Steel so Odius can use the Nexus Prism to finish the new star to give her power beyond the combined power of all 6 rangers! Yikes! As the three rangers realize this, Odius detects them and blasts them enough for her and her minions to get away.  As Brody, Levi and Preston regroup and find Red Bot, they are contacted by Sarah and Hayley on the ship.  I'm loving this by the way! :)

Red Bot manages to reboot and tell the girls how to destroy the Satellite the mind control of all the people of Summer Cove. While the two sneak around the ship to find the ray, Victor and Monty continue to look like fools...only Cosmo give them explosive juggling balls now that will destroy them if they drop them.  Hang in there you pathetic dorks! O_o  Anyway, while Sarah gets a kick a$$ solo fight with the Basherbots (Like seriously, well shot too! Considering how ridiculously fit  Chrystie Ane is, I have no doubt that is was mostly, if not ALL her! The way she was tossing those foot soldiers! Awesome! :)  Meanwhile, Hayley finds the satellite but of course, runs into Cal who's all red eyed and nearly throws her off the damn ship! Damn boy! It's hilarious that unlike most moments like this where the non-mind-controlled lover tries to save the mind controlled lover from killing them with the memories of their love and relationship (Like Tyler did with Shelby during the awful Christmas episode!)  Hayley straight up takes out her blaster and uses it to blast the satellite before Calvin can make her fall to her death. ......ahahahahahah! Omg! Oh Chip! What a twist on that cliche! lol

Back on Earth, the other rangers get a taste of what Hayley got when.....Brody and Levi's father comes out of nowhere to destroy them.  Guess the mind control was set on, destroying the people you love??? Where has Poppa Ninja been all this time anyway??? Well, he was gone for 10 years, must have been a struggle not to mention overwhelming task to get yourself up to date on the world; not to mention getting a job and explaining where you been all this time.  Wish they explored that this season! We didn't get any building on the family dynamic like we should of.  Oh well...:(  While Mick throws the Super Steel Nexus Star into the Prism, Odius enjoys the show of the rangers' father trying to kill them.  Luckily, Hayley destroyed the signal in time for all the civilians to snap out of their mind control.....even the ones on the ship revolt and literally throw out the Basherbots off the ship.  That has got to be the most hilarious badass thing! Omg! And Sarah is just watching like "Ummmm, aren't we here to save YOU?" O_O  Anyway, as Calvin and Hayley romantically make up; the run back into Sarah and actually get Victor and Monty to do something good for a change by teleporting all the capture people back to Summer Cove.  They actually even get a hilarious one liner moment by using the explosive balls (.....hehehe! Sorry! :( to destroy Badonna and Cosmo Royal before they leave the ship.  Some how the combined explosion of the rest of the explosive balls (Ha! dammit!) blows up the Galaxy Warrior ship as well......ok????

Anyway, as all six rangers regroup on Earth, the Ninja Nexus Superstar comes out of the prism as Odius uses it to become an even more hideous and too powerful version of herself.  Pretty much the rangers are screwed as even after they morph the blast that she sends at them is massive and overwhelms them into a quick retreat.  Soon the rangers realize they need to combine all 6 power stars to create enough power like the original Ninja Nexus Star to be on equal footing with her.  Preston quickly using his magic creates a powerful connection between the rangers and the Nexus itself as they each have the combined power of all six stars within each of them.  They even glitter in battle while fighting Odius so you know they have been seriously upgraded! Didn't need those flashbacks to that Season 3 embarrassment! O_o  Anyway, as both sides combine blasts to destroy one another, the rangers manage to overpower even Odius' new power by destroying her once and for all with the Nexus power within them.  So the day is saved and even Victor and Monty are nicely rewarded for their heroism for once.  I guess their arc was actually doing something selfless for once instead of their empty headed schemes to constantly get Victor his 50th trophy...... How the HELL did he get the first 49 again!??? -_-  Anyway, the rangers return the now Ninja Nexus Star made of Super Steel to the Nexus as it flies off after the rangers have completed their mission.  We get the usual tear jerker of a goodbye but Mick and Red Bot don't seem to going anywhere! Awwwww! Overall, superb finale, while it does have its shortcomings (like the final battle being quiet brief and arguably anti-climatic), it manages to wrap both seasons up fairly well by giving each character a moment to shine (outside of maybe the brothers! Surprisingly! O_o) and give us some really fun, fantastic moments that are the highlights of the season. :)

Final Morph: A-