Episode 4
"Legacy of Power"
February 28, 2004
Written by Ann Austen
Directed by Andrew Merrifield

This is episode 500 of Power Rangers! 11 years in the making!

PREVIEW:

Last episode, Mesogog told his gang that it is time for Dr. Oliver to become a "student". He unleashed a monster, whom the Rangers defeated quite easily. But at the end of the episode, as Dr. Oliver wsa heading towards the Hayley's Cyberspace Cafe, he is kidnapped! What does Mesogog and his gang want with Dr. Oliver?

Meanwhile, our three Dino Rangers know all about Dr. Oliver's past, at least his job background; what they don't know, was that he was just like them at one time! And not just being a high school student either! They'll discover something that will forever change their impression of him. What will it be? (highlight the black area to find out) Our Rangers will learn that he was once a Power Ranger. Check out "Legacy of Power" this weekend, on ABC FAMILY on Saturday and Sunday at 8:30 AM and on TOON DISNEY at 7:30 PM on Sunday night.

(introduction)
[SUMMARY]

A screen shows white text on a black background:

Commemorating 500 episodes,

may the power live on forever.


After that touching moment, we go to a not so touching moment, with Mesogog. He has a crystal in front of him and he seems to be firing some energy ray at the crystal. Mesogog tells himself he will have it.
Zeltrax comes into the lair, with his Tyranodrones and the captured Dr. Oliver. Zeltrax tells Mesogog he has the prisoner. Mesogog says, "Finally, tie him to the life force extractor." As the Tyranodrones drag Dr. Oliver to wherever the life force extractor is, Dr. Oliver asks, "What do you want with me?" (he's probably going to make him into an evil Power Ranger). Mesogog tells him, "How rude of me not to explain. My senses tell me this stone chases a power source that will be most useful to me alas all my efforts to retrieve this power source have been, less than successful. Dr. Oliver is strapped in the same way Kira was in the premiere episodes. Mesogog tells Dr. Oliver that's where he comes in. Dr. Oliver tells Mesogog, "Sorry, can't help you there. I'm just a high school science teacher." Mesogog gets right ini Dr. Oliver's face and says, "Really.. High school science teacher. Who just happens to have taught three brats to become Power Rangers." Dr. Oliver's face looks as if Mesogog has a bad stinch. Mesogog tells Dr. Oliver, "I know you know what's inside this stone. You're going to help me get it out, or you will not like the consequences." There's some big needle thing above Dr. Oliver on a robotic arm. Dr. Oliver tries to get lose but is firmly binded.

We're at Dr. Oliver's house, in his command base. Kira says, "This is bad." Ethan says, "Real bad, worse than crashing on level 9 in SNSW." conner asks, "HuH?" Ethan says, "Super Ninja Space Wars." conner doesn't seem to get the message and asks if they are getting too freaked out about Dr. Oliver being gone. Kira says Dr. Oliver wouldn't show up for her gig (who could blame him, although he would have a good excuse) then misses a full day of school without calling (maybe he's gotten tired of Reefside High School already). Kira says they've achieved the right level of freaking out. Ethan says there's only one way to find out. Ethan is wearing a stylish white hat. Ethan and Kira walk towards somewhere. conner asks, "How's that?" Ethan sits in his teacher's chair at his mini-base. Ethan types some stuff. We then see Ethan's face, which goes from a normal look to a big smile after a beep indicates he has found something. We see Dr. Oliver on the big screen at the same spot Ethan is sitting at. Ethan says "We're in." Kira asks, "Yeah, but where?" On the screen, it appears Dr. Oliver had to adjust his webcam so that it could point to him.
Dr. Oliver introduces himself: "I'm Tommy Oliver. If you're not me, then something is seriously wrong." (looks like they're gonna get busted, how many days detention?) Dr. Oliver goes on: "This video diary is a confidential record only to be viewed in case of an emergency." Ethan looks at his two buddies for reaction. Dr. Oliver says, "What you're about to see, is a history of my life." conner says sarcastically, "More dinosaur bones stories. Yawn." The clip goes on. Dr. Oliver says, "My history, as a Power Ranger." conner seems to have been stand corrected, as he says, "Ok, unyawn."

Because we're going to have lots of flashbacks and narration, from this point on, ITALICS mean Dr. Oliver is narrating, and BOLD is a clip from past Power Ranger episodes, and YELLOW is what's going on in Dino Thunder).

Dr. Oliver says his story begins in Angel Grove. We go back to the very first episode of Power Rangers, "Day of the Dumpster." Dr. Oliver narrates, "When five teenagers with attitude were recruited to fight the evil space sorceress, Rita Repulsa." The clip as Dr. Oliver narrates show when each of the original five (not the pilot episode) with their faces and their helmets flashing onto their heads. Dr. Oliver goes on, "They harness the power of the dinosaur to become Earth's first Power Rangers."
We see the Rangers morphed, then Alpha 5 jumping up and then with the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers background music. We go to the first battle against the putties from "Day of the Dumpster". We see quick clips of the original Rangers beating up the pathetic Putties. Dr. Oliver says, "Under the guidance of intergalactic being Zordon, Trini, Zach, Kimberly, Billy, and Jason bravely defended Earth, which forced Rita, to create her own Ranger." We see a shot of Angel Grove High School. Kira says, "So where's Dr. O?" We go to the clip from "Green With Evil, Part I" where Kimberly meets Tommy in the hallway. Kimberly introduces herself and asks Tommy if he's new around here. Tommy says yeah and he introduces himself. Then, we go to the alley where Rita abducts him. Wind is blowing everywhere and he yells out, "What's goin on?" Rita Repulsa is standing atop a building and says she has chosen him. Dr. Oliver narrates, "Her evil magic was too strong. I couldn't fight it." Tommy has his arms spread out and yelling, "NOOOOOOO!" Rita points her magic wand and the beam transports him, leaving his backpack (say, what was in his bag?). We're at Rita's place, as we see the old gang, Finster, Baboo, Squatt. Rita says, "This boy is truly the one that shall become my evil green ranger!" Sparks fly everywhere and the jewels that act as the skull's eye (the skull Rita uses to summon powerful beings) light up. Rita calls for him to arise. Tommy sits up in a spooky setting. His eyes turn green. Tommy says in a monotomic tone, "How can I serve my evil empress?" We see the Green Ranger morphed."She commanded me to destroy the Power Rangers, and I almost succeded." We see Tommy in his first battle, as he took on the whole Ranger team. Kimberly is shown talking to Tommy, telling him she knows he's the Green Ranger. Tommy, on a weight machine, replies, "Well then Pink Ranger, you should also know that you, and the other Power Rangers will soon be destroyed." (probably Part IV of the Green Ranger mini-series). "But my friends never gave up, they helped me destroy the Power Sword, and I was freed." We go to the fighting scene in Part V where Jason flings his sword right at Tommy's sword (the one Rita gave him as a gift, although it shows the Dragon Dagger as the one that fell out of his hand in that scene). Tommy is shown (morphed) on the ground. Then, the green gas goes away and he becomes himself. The five Rangers go up to him. Zach says, "Rita's spell is broken!" Jason goes up to him and puts a hand on his back as Tommy gets up. Tommy asks, "What's happening to me?" Jason tells him he's no longer under Rita's power. Jason tells him to fight by their side and they can defeat Rita (he's just been free give him a moment to relax!) Tommy asks, "After everything that's happened?" All the Rangers stand behind Tommy as Jason tells Tommy they need him. Jason tells him it's where belongs. Tommy has that look from when he was evil. He looks at Kimberly (Billy is standing next to her, but I'm sure he's not noticing him). Jason asks Tommy if he will join them. He sticks a hand out. Tommy shakes his hand and both smile. "And that's when I, joined the team." We see Tommy and Jason (morphed) side-by-side. We hear the dubbed Jason "hiyahs!" (really awful, and obvious that it's not Austin St. John's voice. "But not for long, I soon discovered the Green Ranger powers were only temporary." We see the six Power Rangers, and then Tommy falling from the sky (morphed). The clip is from Season 2. Zordon announces, "As you were aware, the Green Ranger's powers was completely desicrated by his last few battles. Clips are shown where Kimberly comforts him and where Tommy is teleported to fight the seashell monster in season 2. We're now in the Command Center, as the five Rangers (minus Tommy) listen to Zordon speak; "Alpha and I felt it was time to create an even more powerful Ranger to combat Lord Zedd and his diabolical evil. The camera moves from one Ranger to another (Zach's eyes were looking at somewhere else besides Zordon). Zordon says, "And now my friends, I present to you, the White Ranger." A white light shines behind the Rangers as all the other light dims. The new White Ranger floats down. His feet land, and we see this new Ranger unclipping his helmet. Kimberly is looking real into it at this moment. The person takes off his mask, and it's Tommy Oliver! (a great moment in Power Rangers). Tommy says, "Guess who's back?" The clip stops their, as Kira asks, "What did you do that for?" Ethan says, "Cuz I'm so buggin I can't even deal." conner's mouth is wide open and says, "Our teacher, is the oldest living Power Ranger." A familiar voice says, "Not the oldest." Ethan pushes a button to shut off something as the three turn around to see Hayley (Hayley? Does her establishment lead into the base too?). Hayley finishes, "Just the best." Ethan asks, "Hayley?" (and he thought he knew everything about her). conner asks, "How did you get in here?" The three approach her (maybe she fell through that hole in the woods). Kira says, "More to the point, what do you know about any of this?" Hayley replies, "I know that Tommy is in trouble." Ethan and Kira had their arms up, and they swung down after Hayley's comment. Hayley walks up to them, saying, "And you three, are the only ones who can help him." The three look stunned.

[commercial break]

Hayley says she's been helping Tommy prepare the Ranger energy since grad school. She asks them, "Who do you think built the morphers? I mean Tommy's good with dinosaurs and fossils, but a rocket scientist? He ain't." conner asks, "And let me guess, you are?" Hayley says among other things (a person who knows everything about everyone). Kira says, "Ok, so you know who we are, you know what we are, do you know where Dr. Oliver is?" Hayley says she has a pretty good idea. She gets something out of her bag, which is a footprint which is the logo of Dr. Oliver's lab (looks more like a drink coaster to me). They all head to Dr. Oliver's workstation. We see on the screen Dr. Oliver getting jumped outside Hayley's Cyberspace Cafe. Hayley says it's a surveilence tape of the day of Kira's gig. conner asks, "Why didn't he just morph? I mean he's a Power Ranger." Hayley says, "Not anymore. Or didn't you get that far?" Hayley types some words and a clip of Lord Zedd is zoomed upon on the big screen. Lord Zedd is having Serpentara fire some lightning bolts at a target. "A new villian, Lord Zedd, was destroying Earth, and with three Rangers leaving, a new power source had to be found." The clip goes to the planet where the Rangers are trying to get the sword from the statue that will allow them to transfer their powers from one to another. Zordon says, "The Sword of Light will allow your powers to be transfered to three new Rangers." We see Aisha, Adam, and Rocky teleported in. Tommy turns around to his delight of seeing the three. The new three Rangers stand together, and Aisha asks, "Isn't this incredible?" (I sure didn't think so at the time). Tommy holds up the Sword of Light to become the transformation. "Trini, Zach, and Jason passed on their powers and the three new Rangers stepped forward." We see Aisha, Rocky, and Adam being transformed into their suits for the first time. We now see Lord Zedd and Rita crossing their staffs. Rita yells out, "By the power of force and lightning make our monster grow!" Rito Repulso grows in the middle of the desert. "And just in time, cause Rita and Zedd had teamed up to form our most powerful enemy yet. Bringing with them, a new terror, Rito." (not to mention his smell) We see the Thunder Megazord getting hit by Rito. The Rangers fall to the ground, unmorphed. "The new team fought bravely, but it wasn't enough. Rito, destroyed our Zords." We see Kimberly screaming about the loss. Tommy says they've lost more than just zords. He pauses, and says they've lost their powers (all because they refused to listen to Alpha 5 who said they needed some time to re-energize). Ninjor appears and says, "Your journey is about to begin." "A Ranger never gives up, Zordon sent us on a quest to find Ninjor, a warrior from the past who showed us the secrets of the ancient ninja." We see the Rangers holding their arms in a circle around Ninjor, and then being dressed in their Ninja uniforms. "Our quest complete, we gained new weapons, new zords, and new enemies." We see the Rangers flying out in their new Ninja uniforms to the Tenga music. We see the first battle of the first "Ninja Rangers". "But along with new enemies, came new friends." We see Tommy and Katherine introduce themselves to each other and shake hands. "When Kimberly chose to leave, Katherine was the only choice." (mainly because she was the one to get the coin back although she did steal it in the first place) We go to the scene in the Command Center where Kimberly gives Catherine the Pink Power Coin. "Katherine assumed the Pink Ranger power, and just in time. We were under attack" We go to a scene after Rito and Goldar plant a bomb under the Command Center. Zordon tells them they must evacuate. Alpha 5 is pressing buttons to teleport the Rangers to safety (NOTE: this was after Tanya was officially replacing Aisha, which was never mentioned). The Rangers are outside of the Command Center. "We got out just as Rita and Zedd succeded in destroying the command center." The command center is shown blowing up and the Rangers falling for cover (there was a great Billy scene of him refusing to leave the Command Center that wasn't put in). Tommy finds the ZEO Crystal under some rubble. Tommy says, "It's all here!" He picks it up and looks at it like a trophy. He tells himself, "This is incredible." Just then, the Rangers feet get stuck to a piece of rock which falls towards the center of the Earth. "Beneath the ruins, we found the ZEO Crystal, a misticle power that guided us in the next chapter of our lives, as Rangers." We see the Rangers fall down. Then, we see five ZEO morphers in the new command center. Zordon tells the Rangers the power of the ZEO Crystal now resides within them. Each part of the crystal flies over each Rangers' head (Billy unfortunately didn't get to be a Ranger). The Rangers are now morphed and in their suits, but without the helmets. The Zeo music plays. Zordon tells them, "You will be stowed upon you powers beyond your imagination." A siren alarms and Billy tells his former Ranger buddies that it is their first test of their new powers. The Rangers do the ZEO Morpher hand motion in costume. The ZEO Rangers are outside (with helmets on) doing their pose. We then see Tommy and mystery man try to avoid Cog attacks. "The Zeo powers were awesome. But when we needed reinforcements, we turned to an old friend." Tommy is telling everyone, "The new Gold Ranger's right here." The mystery man takes off his glasses and it's none other than Jason. "Jason returned and assumed the power of the Gold Ranger." We see the Gold Ranger doing his moves and jumping off of a cliff and doing a flip in-front of a gulf of fire. His "hyahs" sound like Trey's (the true owner of the Gold Ranger powers). "After high school graduation, we were ready to face the world." We see Kat, Tanya, Rocky, Adam, and Justin celebrating (everyone but Justin in their graduation gear). "But not before going on one last adventure as Rangers; it was time to shift into a higher gear." We have scenes from the TURBO movie where everyone buckles their seatbelts. We get the Turbo theme song and Tommy, inside his Zord, yells out, "SHIFT INTO TURBO!" "The old Rangers, were gone forever. But the Turbo Rangers, were born." We hear a very funny voice evily laughing, that Tommy would claim is Divatox's (trust me, it's not). A space pirate Divatox launched an attack on Earth. We were given the powers of Turbo, and we took her head on, with a little help." We see the scene where the Rangers placed their hands over the circular table to recieve their powers. Then, we go to a shot of the youngest/shortest Ranger in history, Justin. Justin says, "Guys, I'm the new blue Ranger." (apparently no one cares since we go on to the next scene) We see some Pirhanatrons on their cycles firing blasts at Tommy's jeep. Tommy is hit and his truck swerves to the right. Katerhine yells for Tommy to look out. Tommy is lifted in the air from the explosion. He falls and hits his head real hard on the rock ground, as it bounced up and down a few times. We see TJ and Cassie hiding behind a rock. TJ says he can't stand around and not do anything. TJ lands a pretty nice kick on a Pirhanatron. "TJ, Cassie, Ashley, and Carlos, proved that they had what it takes." We see the first Turbo Rangers walk into the chamber where their powers would be exchanged. Dimitria tells them, "You've been asked to select an outstanding individual who will take over as your successor. We welcome them now into the Power Ranger family." Colored gas appears in four Ranger colors, and we see, TJ, Cassie, Carlos, and Ashley in their new Ranger uniforms. Tommy walks up and tells TJ he wouldn't be standing here today if it wasn't for his courage and strength. He tells him he chooses him to lead the team as the new Red Ranger. The clip stops there as Hayley stops it, saying that after that, "Tommy went to college where he met yours truly." Hayley says, "But when he found the Dino Gems, he knew he could never escape the power for long." Ethan says, "Seeing how I don't want this to be the end of the line can we get back to finding Dr. O.?" Kira says she just thought of something. Kira asks, "What about invisiportals? They're all over the city. If we could find one, we could get into Mesogog's lab." Hayley says she's been working on that very thing, unfortunately she says, she needs more time. conner asks what are they supposed to do while she's doing that. Hayley types some more on the keyboard and tells them to watch more of their heritage. She says they might learn something. We see six monitors now and we go back to the history of the Power Rangers. "Divatox was tough. And her Piranhatrons were relentless. Divatox wasn't ready to give up and staged a fearsome attack, taking out the Turbo Rangers Command Center with it. She headed for space and Earth's ultimate destruction." During Dr. Oliver's narration, we go to clips from "Chase Into Space, Part I". Divatox walking down the line saying, "Ready to take over the world boys?" The Rangers are looking in the command center look on the viewing screen at the oncoming attack. The Pirhanatrons using a big tree as a battering ram to break open the Command Center's doors. Then, it shows the fight in the Command Center where it just gets trashed. Then, the Command Center is shown blowing up for the second time (in 2 years). The Rangers are shown after the destruction of losing their Ranger powers by their Ranger suits going away and being transformed into their civilian clothes. Carlos tells everyone, "We have to go to the Sumerian Planet." TJ tells the group they have to stop Divatox before she comes back. We see NASADA and the NASADA Shuttle. The Rangers board the NASADA shuttle. "The Rangers knew they had to follow Divatox into space, and embarked on the most dangerous mission, leaving behind the world they knew, forever." Carlos, already strapped in, says, "Goodbye Justin." (not that any of the viewers missed seeing him). Justin looks on from quite a distance at the shuttle taking off (Justin stayed because of his father). We see the NASADA Shuttle being pulled into the Astro Megaship. "The journey into space was treacherous." (It may have been but it was never shown that it was treacherous) The Rangers look out the window and Cassie notes, "They're pulling us in." We go inside the Astro Megaship. We then see Andros (morphed) fight what he thought were invaders. "And the line between friend and foe is eventful." We then see Astronema's spaceship firing at the Astro Megaship. The shields block the laser attacks. Andros is shown trying to steer the Astro Megaship. "Andros proved he was more than a friend." The Astro Megaship is shown landing on a planet. "He was just the kind of leader they would need to fight a new enemy." Quantrons are shown cautiously approaching the Astro Megaship. Andros is in the hatch, saying to DECA, "Open the outer space hatch." TJ blocks the doors from sliding in and tells him they (the four former Turbo Rangers) are coming with him. Mini-explosions occur in the group of Quantrons . The Rangers (minus Andros, who left) are being detained by the Quantrons. (This happened because after Andros and the Rangers defeated the Quantrons the first time, Andros left, giving the Rangers food and supplies to go back him, but the Rangers were trying to find Alpha 6; as they were looking, Astronema and her gang attacked the former Turbo Rangers and they could do nothing about it) "An enemy called...Astronema." Astronema is softly telling a Quantron, "Destroy them." "They thought they had no hope." But Andros brought them the Astro Morphers The four Rangers are shown running in-front of an explosion. "Bringing forth a new team." Andros is shown handing the Rangers their morphers and says, "Let's Rocket!" The new Space Rangers are shown in their suits. We then go into the secret room on the Astro Megaship, and the Silver Ranger is being frozen. The four former Turbo Rangers look in and Cassie wipes away the condensation. Ashley asks, "Who is he?" Andros comes in from nowhere and says, "His name is Zhane. He's the Silver Ranger." The cover is shown being released and the Silver Ranger Zhane moves his arm a little. "The Space Rangers freed Zhane from his deep freeze and the Silver Ranger was a noble addition to the team." Actually he was freed because the Astro Megaship took a beating, having to emergency land on a planet, and all the power in the ship was depleted, also depriving the power that was freezing the Silver Ranger. The Silver Ranger is shown in his first battle, handling a monster (not of Astronema's though). Zhane slices the monster with his Super Silverizer and the monster blows up. "Together, they defeated Astronema and the Earth was safe." Zhane turns around, with his suit on but helmet off. "But deep in space another battle raged." One of the wormholes takes us to Mirinoi and the stone that holds the five Quasar Sabres. "On the distant planet of Mirinoi, five new heroes, Leo, Damon, Kendrix, Maya and Kai retrieved the Galaxy Sabres and were chosen to be the Power Rangers of the Lost Galaxy. They would have to combine their powers if they were to defeat their mortal enemy, Trakeena." Clips are shown from Quasar Quest, Part II", where Leo holds his new Quasar Sabre in front of the other Rangers. The other Rangers look at their sabres. They hold their Sabres into the air and they transform into their Galaxy Ranger suits. Leo didn't pull out his Quasar Sabre, he only got it because his brother Mike pulled it out, and then fell into a crevice, giving his Quasar Sabre to Leo before he fell (he fell on his own choosing, for reasons nobody knows). Trakeena was also not their true enemy until about halfway through the series. We go to the finale, where Trakeena (already merged with Deviot), says, "Nothing can stop me this time. Nothing!" The Scorpion Stinger fires a blast at the last engine rocket in Terra Venture. "Trakeena destroyed to threaten the space colony, Terra Venture, and took on a horrifying new form. The Red Ranger, and his battlizer, were the colony's only hope." Terra Venture is shown colliding with an asteroid. Trakeena is then shown on the main dome of Terra Venture in her new form. Leo transforms into his Red Armored Power Ranger gear. His claw grabs Trakeena, and a sweaty Leo inside yells out, "FIRE!" He is within arms distance of her, yet fires anyway and a big explosion occurs. The Galaxy Rangers near the battle await to see if Leo is ok. "With Trakeena destroyed, the people of Terra Venture were forever grateful to teh Rangers of the Lost Galaxy." Leo slowly gets up from the rubble with a hole in his visor, giving a slow but firm thumbs up. "Meanwhile on Earth, an elite team was being put together to fight a new battle against an invasion of demons." They skipped most of the stuff in Lost Galaxy which will be covered in a story I'm putting together later. We're now in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue. The Demons only invaded because they were released by three wanderers. We see the submarine that is taking four people into the Lightspeed Aquabase. Captain Mitchell is saying, "Lightspeed Rescue has developed technology and highly sofisticated weapons that we believe that can stop them." Dana Mitchell opens portfolios of each of the Rangers, including her own. Joel Rawlings isn't shown for some reason. He then opens up a nice, metal suitcase and presents the Rangers their Rescue Morphers. Captain Mitchell tells the recruits, the city needs them. Carter Grayson stands up and says, "I'm in sir." Kelsey, then Chad stand up. Dana was chosen but did not know it at the time. The reason they probably didn't show Joel was because he neglected to, but eventually joined up. The Rangers morph for the first time. "The Lightspeed Rangers needed one more to complete their mission, and that's when Ryan joined the team." Ryan is shown in the Demon's castle (during the finale) morphing. All the Rangers are shown, morphed. The six screens in Dr. Oliver's base is shown. Five are scanning for Dr. Oliver while one is showing the Dr. Oliver's clip, which is currently paused. Ethan says, "Hey! I was watching that." Hayley says, "Sorry but I've got something." Hayley types some more as conner asks, "What, you found him?" Hayley says, "Almost, I've got a lock on the backdoor of Mesogog's firewall. In theory, it should lead us straight into an invisiportal." We see the middle, bottom screen as the screen scene is moving through some woods. Kira asks, "Then what?" Hayley says she'll let them know when she gets there. The scene on the screen then goes to a desert.

We're in Mesgog's castle. Mesogog is telling Dr. Oliver, "Once I access the power in this rock, my dream of returning the planet into its prehistoric roots will be a mere formality." Dr. Oliver asks, "Why can't you just want to rule the Earth like all the others?" Mesogog replies, "Cause you're going to tell me how to open that stone, or not." (that's not a reason) Dr. Oliver smiles politely and asks him to take a wild guess. Mesogog hisses and tells him, "Have it your way." (maybe he's making him a Burger King burger) Mesogog activates a button and a big needle (not the one you get shots with or sew with) turns on. Dr. Oliver now looks nervous. Mesogog asks, "Why are you always so stubborn." He walks past the big crystal (looks like a big glob of fat to me). Dr. Oliver looks up and wonders what he can do.

[commercial break]

We're back in Dr. Oliver's basement, as all six screens now appear to be looking for Dr. Oliver. conner asks, "So what's happening?" Hayley says she's losing her touch or Mesogog is really smart for a mutant freak. The six screens are showing, "Search Failed". The six screens then converge into one picture as we see the Time Ship from the first Time Force episode is shown going into the portal to 2001. Hayley says it is retrieving more Ranger history. Ethan says, "Nice spaceship." The Time Ship is shown colliding with a big rock. We see Jen at Wesley Collin's estate (still in her 300 uniform), telling Wes, "My friends and I are from the year 3000." A finger is on a button that stops the clip. Ethan says, "Whoa, hold up, Power Rangers that came from the future?" Kira says they're down with time travel and everything. She proposes that they could they take them back to the moment when "Tommy" (yes, she called him Tommy) was kidnapped. conner says, "What, so we could watch it happen all over again?" Kira just looks on. conner realizes, "Oh, so we can stop them. Got it." Kira says it's worth a shot. She says, "Let's see if this tells us how to reach him." Kira resumes the clip. Jen is telling Wes (who doesn't care at the moment of what she's saying) they're trying to capture a gang of mutants that escaped through time and take them back with them. Jen turns around and faces Wes, and tells him, "We think you may be the only one who can unlock these morphers so we can defeat them." They miss the part where he says "no". We go to the battle scene where Jen gives Wes the morpher. Wes takes it, says, "WHOO!", and puts it on his wrist. The Chrono Morpher says, "DNA confirmed". The Rangers morph, holding their Chrono Sabres. "Rangers from the future, chased a mutant criminal through time. But it took a modern day hero to help finish the job." Eric Meyers is shown in "Quantum Quest" protecting the Quantum Ranger box from enemies, firing his Silver Guardians weapon. An explosion causes Eric to fly and land back first on the ground. He puts his hand in the box and his Quantum Morpher appears on his arm. "It took a while for Eric to learn that the greatest virtue of being a Ranger, is not the power." Eric then yells, "Quantum Power!" Actually, what Eric needed to learn was that friends are good to have. Eric morphs into the Quantum Morpher. "But the reward of helping mankind." We see the group watching the clip on the six combined screens. Ethan comments, "That was sick, but not helpful." Hayley looks on. conner says, "So what about all the other Rangers? There must be hundreds of them all over the place. Couldn't we team up and scout all over the city." Hayley types some more and says, "It's not that easy, most Rangers don't have their powers anymore, some didn't want them at all." Technically, that's not true; no one has ever "quit" or turned down being a Ranger, although Joel Rawlings at the beginning of Lightspeed Rescue is as close as you will get of refusing to be a Power Ranger. On the screen, we go to Wild Force. We see Alyssa demorph and hold her hand over her heart, and tells the group, "We need a fifth Ranger." Taylor comes in (morphed), then demorphs. She tells them, "Calm down guys. I say we're just doing fine the way we are." We hear the Wild Force theme song. Then, we see a morphed Red Wild Force Ranger. "Cole joined, and the Wild Force Rangers used spirits of the ancient animals to fight the evil Orgs, creatures determined to conquer Earth through pollution and destruction." We see a clip of the Rangers presumably defeating their first Org. They skip the part of Cole's past, being raised by the jungle. "The final member to join the team, was Merrick, the Lunar Wolf." We see Merrick morph for the first time in Wild Force. Then, we see a clip of all six Wild Force Rangers, in the final episode, doing their poses in front of their Wild Zords (sort of like in the beginning scene of the opening in Dino Thunder). The clip stops there and Ethan says, "Yoo-hoo, back in reality, we still have no way in finding Dr. Oliver." Hayley says she knows there's at least one more group of Rangers out there. She says they had a guy named "Cam". She describes him more of a genius than she was. conner gives a suggestion, "Try typing in Ninja Storm." Hayley turns at him rather quickly, while Ethan and Kira just turn their eyes to him. conner asks, "What?" (we hear a little background music used from Ninja Storm that was played when the Rangers were at Ninja Ops) conner explains, "My twin brother went to this super secret Ninja School, everyone there knew a few of the students got chosen to be Rangers." Ethan looks excited and asks, "Your brother was a Power Ranger?" conner says, "Nah, my brother couldn't even finish Ninja school. He's like a total airhead. We are so different." (sounds familiar, and I'm not talking about conner either) Kira looks like she gets it. conner asks, "Huh guys?" Hayley says in a surprising yet boorish tone, "Look, I've found them." We go to the big screen. Cam is shown opening a box, telling them, "These are your Wind Morphers." Tori says, "Yeah right." Shane looks shocked, but Dustin is, "Yes, see I knew it dude! I was right! Power Rangers are real." He is the first to pick up his morpher. Sensei talks and tells the Rangers they will be known from this point as the Wind Power Rangers. (after that scene on the actual show, they looked clueless on what to do after that) "Three unlikely heroes commanded the power of earth, air, and water." We are shown clips of the Rangers morphed. We then see the Thunder Rangers. The Crimson Ranger (Hunter) says, "Let's shown these posers how it's done." "It was the power of thunder that gave them their biggest challenge." We go to the scene where the Wind Rangers face off with the Thunder Rangers, who have Cam in their hands. "But their greatest enemies." The Thunder Rangers break off their suits to show themselves. Tori says, "Blake?" Hunter and Blake push Cam away. Hunter says, "Leave him, we've got what we wanted." (the scene didn't show it but what the Thunders wanted was Sensei) We see a Crimson Thunder Ranger with green stuff on his head. Hunter says, "It's coming back!" while in pain. Hunter then demorphs. "Proved to be their greatest allies." Hunter says, "Remember!" Shane asks him, "Do you remember who we are?" Hunter (who looks dazed), "Yeah, my friends." The three Wind Rangers smile. We then see Cam (who is back in time) put on the Green Samurai Amulet, saying, "Sorry to spoil your fun." We see Sensei's brother have Cam down and about to defeat him when the power of the Green amulet pushes him away. "With Earth at the brink of destruction, another friend went back in time to retrieve the one power that could save them all. The power of the Green Samurai Ranger." We see the brother getting smooshed on the imaginary force field. Then, the Green Samurai Ranger jumps from his zord (Samurai Star Megazord). We then go to the final battle with Lothor. "In their final battle against Lothor, the Rangers made the ultimate sacrifice. Lothor tells the Wind Rangers he has their Ranger powers. Shane says, "We may not be Power Rangers, but we still have power!" The Wind Rangers say their power elements. Shane: air, Dustin: earth, Tori: water. The three then fire energy in the colors of their Ranger powers at Lothor. This sends Lothor down to the bottom of the Earth. The Rangers watch the explosion on the screen. Ethan points out, "Woah! Ninjas are real! I knew it!" conner pats Ethan on the back and says, "Hey, my brother just taught me some of those moves. Check it out." conner prepares, and does a one-two punch, right forward kick, then does a roundhouse but doesn't get all the way around, instead, kicking the computer servers which were behind him. Sparks fly everywhere. Everyone flinches and the screen turns off. Kira says, "Please tell me that did not just happen." Hayley says she thinks they've lost their last hope of finding "Tommy". conner looks like he can't believe what just happened. It looks like he will be the one that will be forever shunned by Power Ranger fans.

[commercial break]

Ethan asks, "Anything?" Hayley types, and announces, "GOT IT!" Ethan tells Hayley, "We are so lucky you're a genius." conner scratches his neck in relief. Hayley says, "Even geniuses need help sometimes. That little jolt must have done something to the wiring cuz I'm getting something!" She has a big smile on her face and looks to Ethan and conner. Dr. Oliver's face is on the screen (bottom middle) and says, "With the return of Mesogog, became necessary to invoke the power of the Dino Gems. Should anything happen to me, these three are in charge of protecting the planet." On the top three screens, Ethan, conner, and Kira are shown. On the bottom three, the three Dino Rangers morphed. Kira proclaims, "That's us!" Dr. Oliver says, "You're in good hands." The music shifts to one you would hear on a detective show. The three look on. conner tells everyone, "He really trusts us." Hayley says, "He does." Ethan says they have to save him and they owe it to him. Kira says the whole world owes it to him. Something beeps as Hayley says it worked. She explains, "I've got a lock on an invisiportal." conner rubs his hands together and says, "Time to save the teacher." Kira smiles. conner and Ethan look at each other.

We're back with Mesogog. The needle is all charged up but hasn't appeared to move yet. It's about a foot and a half from Dr. Oliver. He's looking at Mesogog, trying to wiggle free but he's strapped tight. Mesogog is hissing. The episode ends with Dr. Oliver looking on.

[to be continued...]

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