Power Rangers Samurai "Team Spirit" Episode

[O.92]

Today on an all new Power Rangers Samurai! An evil Nighlok manages to steal Emily's spirit, leaving her in a never ending sleep. Now, it's Mia's turn to double her load of awkwardly phrased, obvious statements! Can she pick up Emily's end of the stick and meet the necessary quota? Find out next on Power Rangers Samurai!

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Power Rangers Samurai
Episode 14: Team Spirit
May 21, 2011

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Do not ask about full episodes in this thread. The episode is added to the Samurai Encode Thread. (http://www.rangercrew.com/forum/showthread.php?18705-Power-Rangers-Samurai-Encodes-Thread)

[Fury Diamond]

Here's my live post during the episode...

Everyone's wearing new clothes....except for Jayden.

Mia wants to bake a cake...good thing that Antonio is picking one up.

New Opening Theme with Claw Zord!

Antonio goes fishing for Emily. Claw Zord is invited.

Deker meets Antonio and declines his new recipe.

Emily's soul is taken. Nice scene...except for the excessive camera changes.

Deker interacts with the Rangers and convinces them to become Nighloks to help Emily. *scratches head*

Symbol Power LIVE! I do believe in MAGIC!

Nice brief battle with the weapons.

Claw Zord and Claw Battle Zord <insert direction here>!

Happy birthday Emily!


This was an overall great episode. The Deker scenes feel more relaxed. The birthday scene was a nice touch. The "I want to become a Nighlok" scene wasn't half bad. Not a fan of the concept but I enjoyed the acting, especially Hector's.

[shielded117]

Live post:

-Aww... Antonio wants to catch Emily a fish
-I loved the interaction between Deker and Antonio... And Deker didn't say "Uramasa" Yay!
-Their acting is becoming more natural, sort of.
-This is actually some of Brittany's best work.
-Wow, that's a great sacrifice they were going to make... give up their human existence and essentially become evil. Who's to say that once they became half-Nighlock they would have a desire to save Emily and the others? Noble? Yes. Well though out? No.
-Thank you Antonio for having a back-up plan
-So umm... why aren't they using their Samuraizers and using the same symbol that Antonio is using? Or is that they were just feeding it raw symbol power with their spin swords?
-So that would have been some useful information to give the others rangers before they did something stupid
-I really like Clawzord. Hate the name, but really love the zord.
-I was wondering why Jayden, Mike, and Kevin didn't bust out the Battlewing sooner.
-So did they have Emily watch the scene were Zordon was resurrected in MMPR:tM? 'Cause that's exactly what it looked like.
-So Emily is turning two? Now everything makes sense...

I really enjoyed this episode. I'm not sure if it was a lack of Emily, or if everyone has just stepped up their game a bit.

[StormWatcher]

Deker tells the Rangers to become Nighloks to help Emily? Uh....

[President Ranger]

The episode itself wasn't that good. I liked the concept but it felt rushed to me. The emotions of Mike being so upset about Emily being hurt felt forced to me. I also think that letter that Emily received from her sister was stupid and had no emotion....However, I am pleased by the fact that the acting seems to be improving.

One more thing, wasn't it a plot hole to say that going into the netherworld would partly turn them into nighloks? I'm too lazy to check, but didn't Ji basically say in there go the brides that humans going into the netherworld would kill them? Which is it? Will you die or will you become like Deker?

[Barracuda]

No he just wanted Jayden to become a Nighlok to make there battle even better. I must say I LOVED THIS EPISODE.

[BlackWolf2007]

I was finally given a Saturday off since New Years Day and got a chance to see today's episode. I must say it was pretty good. Basically a Nighlok stole people's souls including Emily's and the rangers had to defeat him before sundown. I'm surprised Bulk and Spike wasn't in today's episode but I can see the reason why they weren't. Hopefully in the future there will be an episode focusing on Bulk and Spike mostly.

[MintBuster]

Amazing episode. Deker & Antonio were the best thing in this one.

[Lonewolf92]

This episode ... it was an episode. It just kind of met my expectations of what I expect from a Samurai episode. It didn't surprise me in goodness like some episodes or do especially bad like some episodes. It was just an episode of Samurai. Well it was much better than last episode at least which I couldn't even sit through. And I sat through The Team Unites. THE TEAM UNITES! Comments

What do you do when one female Ranger is down and there is only one female ranger battle capable? That's right have her do nothing while the male rangers do all the work! Yay For Japanese sexism awkwardly seeping into what's suppose to be an American show!

I personally feel this episode would have worked as a two parter. I mean what an awesome cliffhanger to get kids ready for next episode. Yellow Ranger is in danger of being "asleep" forever and the other Rangers have to decided whether to become Nighlocks or not to save their friend. To bad this show is a slave to Shikenger.

I don't really believe Deker is Cole because that would actually be good writing but if he is I do wonder what was "Cole's reason for giving up his human life or whatever to cross over to the Neitherworld

"Quit changing your costumes" "thats just how we roll." Clever nod to how non-fan comment on about how Power Rangers constantly changes everything? Probably not since that would actually be clever

They actually mentioned Emily's sister! Well I'm sure the same thing with the card happened in Shikenger so that's not a surprise

This comment doesn't pertain to this episode specifically but it's so sad how much American footage appears and they still insist on copying the plot from each episode almost word from word. When you look how the first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was wholly dependent on Japanese footage for its fight scenes and 98 percent of its villain scenes and it STILL managed to tell original stories save one episode. And well wow. Power Rangers Samurai has really made me admire the first season of Power Rangers all the more

[Samurai Pink]

This episode was awesome. A new opening scene with the claw zord, awesome. The rangers throw a suprise party for Emily, how sweet of them. Splitface, what kind of name is that? He steals people's spirits, he needed a better name. The rangers used the same technique as the shinkengers to activate the clawzord (ebi oragami). Gold's new and only megazord, Clawzord, that has four modes. Yes! The wheel that Genta had in his megazord, Antonio uses also, sweet. It's interesting how Deker wanted Jayden to become a nighlok to make their battles more interesting. All in all I rated this episode awesome.

[Fury Diamond]

The encode is added to Samurai Encode Thread (http://www.rangercrew.com/forum/showthread.php?18705-Power-Rangers-Samurai-Encodes).

[Alpha 5]

This episode was great a far cry from the other episodes this one was really enjoyable

[TimeKaiser]

Awww ****, Mike's words from one of the scenes in this episode are gonna give the Mike/Emily shippers hope... we're all doomed...

[Fury Diamond]

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[Thrax]

Awesome episode of PR Samurai

-Opening scene it as cool Emily looking fro the others
-Opening credits have now Clawzord and Battlwing Megazord
-Octoroo know Dayu it as meet with Deker
-Dayu it as plot something and even Octoroo hind from Master Xandred
-Antonio know Deker funny scene
-Battle between Rangers and Samurai rangers cool
-Sanzu River waters are Rising
-Mike it as really freak out because what happens to Emily
-Deker helps the Rangers and tells them about the way of can go to Neitherword interesthing way to help the Samurai Rangers and Deker just want to make the Duel between him and Red Ranger more interesthing
-Rangers are ready to sacrifice there own humam side to became Half Humam and Nighlok
-Antonio and the Rangers use the Symbols Powers to make the Clawzord Awake and have Power and bring the Nightlok to Humam World
-Rangers use there Weapons aganst the monster really cool
-Clawzord vs the Nightlok and is Changes are cool and i really liked of Nightlok line to Antonio" Why Sow Costume Changes Pick One"
-The ideia of Give names of which position of the Clawzord Battlezord West,East and and West it as awesome and Funny
-The Zord battle in Sunset it as awesome.
-The Final Scene it as really cool see the Emily Birthday Party

[O.92]

Today's damage report.

--I thought the episode started off well. I was getting so many 'Happy Birthday Zach' vibes it was ridiculous. But I felt the episode just started to drag its feet once Emily's spirit was stolen. Just too much "We need to save Emily!", "We must do this!", etc. It just felt dragged out.

--Why is Antonio offering up a fish festival to Deker, or a random dude walking down the path? It didn't come off as funny. It came off as unnecessary and lent some credibility to idea of Antonio being a complete lunatic.

--Mia: "The sun is setting". Oh yeah. Mia at her finest.

--What was the point of having Emily wake up? All it did was cut the tension, loosen the drama, and remove any sense of urgency. Would it have killed them to just leave her asleep for those extra 20 seconds?

--Mike and Antonio's Emily-boners came out of nowhere. Mike snapped in the middle of the scene, and Antonio's strong dedication to catch a bass for Emily also felt very sudden.

--Wow! That scene where Mike was slashing at the wall, and Deker arrives, that entire scene...my goodness was Hector's acting absolutely OUTSTANDING. Give this guy a raise, that acting really blew me away. I want to re-watch this episode just to see that scene again.

--So just because Splitface is "marked", how does that stop him from using his attack where he breaks apart into pieces? Huh? Just more of the whole 'Symbol Power can do anything' trash.

--This is a bit difficult to word, so I hope this makes sense. I'm getting real tired of these stupid, mysterious, flashback resolutions where the monster gets all "But how!?" and the Rangers then resort to a "Simple. We did this! And then that!" in a flashback that absolutely pushes the boundaries of believable. It's getting to be overkill now, big time. It's happened 4 times already, and I wasn't a fan of any of them. Now I'm about to downgrade the entire episode because of it.

1) 'There Goes The Brides': The Rangers explain to Dayu how they used Ranger doubles and switched Emily in place of the actual bride.
2) 'I've Got A Spell On Blue': Jayden explains to Madimot how he tested his resist symbol power to hold off his mind control powers, and it'd work on Kevin.
3) 'Unexpected Arrival': Jayden explains to Vulpes how his mirroring eye was not able to work around pure water, so he knew coming to the springs would work.
4) 'Team Spirit': Antonio explains to Splitface how he marked his body with symbol power, capable of drawing him out of another dimension.

Overall, another episode, just dragging its feet along. Just like a couple weeks ago, I also fail to see the big hooplah over this episode. Mediocre at best. Oh, and does anyone still care about Deker? They've beaten that bush to death. I know I sure as hell don't give a rat's *** who he is anymore.

[PR Lover]

So i definetly wouldn't have believed this would have been a good episode. I was wrong

Though I feel that the Spirit stealing of Emily was a bit rushed, it was a good episode overall.

[Lonewolf92]

You know how many episodes has power rangers done where multiple bystanders are victimized by a monster in some way and one or more of the Rangers get affected? Stolen Beauty from Lost Galaxy comes to mind but I'm pretty sure there were others.

[Barracuda]

I don't understand why that Nighlok didn't try to destroy the Samurai Rangers, instead this current Nighlok wimps out and goes back to the neitherworld.

[PR Lover]

I don't understand why that Nighlok didn't try to destroy the Samurai Rangers, instead this current Nighlok wimps out and goes back to the neitherworld.

He was more or less trying to make it so Emily...dare I say it...died. Which would cause the Rangers to be at a disadvantage with no Samurai Megazord, even if they did have the Samurai Battlewing.

And say Antonio didnt work o nthe Clawzord, they would technically be screwed if the Samurai Battlewing was destroyed.

Did i just come up with a better plan than Xandred?

[Digifiend]

I don't understand why that Nighlok didn't try to destroy the Samurai Rangers, instead this current Nighlok wimps out and goes back to the neitherworld.Just like every other Nighlok - they have to retreat when they dry out, so most of them "wimp out", as you put it.

[Azriel]

Did those 2 candles, indicate that Emily is 2?

Very nice episode, I really disliked the 5 minute megazord battle though.

[Digifiend]

No, it indicates that Saban didn't budget for more candles - I guess it was her 16th birthday.

[FangJoker]

The acting seemed much better overall in this episode... definitely Samurai's best so far.

[shielded117]

It actually wasn't a bad plan on Splitface's part. Steal a bunch of spirits, including one of the ranger's, and then hide out in the Netherworld until the 24 hour mark passes. Cowardly, yes, but it would have worked had Antonio not had his plan.

[nekollx]

live feed from my vieweing

- New look for everyone but did you REALLY need to green screen emily into th empty living room set?

- Jayden is giving Captain Trollface, er Marvelous-San a run for his money ith that grin he walked in with.

- Did squidface really just sing Oh Ahh Ooh?

- I can actually see Antonio offering a free meal to Decker, at first he thinks he's a kindred fisherman but after finding out he isn't it's a perfect lead in to get a honest opion on a new dish before you start charging people for it. Hehe Decker the Beta Tester

- GREAT MESSAGE FOR KIDS - you don't need a soul to live.

- Ha i knew it! Emily did wish to be Big! but i never would have pegged her for 2!

[Neo Aguni]

Awww ****, Mike's words from one of the scenes in this episode are gonna give the Mike/Emily shippers hope... we're all doomed... What are you talking about anybody that saw Shinkenger knew this was coming, and if you think this gave us hope, than wait until episode 19 (Act 27 of Shinkenger) Jemily will be crushed into oblivion

[OujaStrike]

good episode much better then last week's episode

[Neo Aguni]

--So just because Splitface is "marked", how does that stop him from using his attack where he breaks apart into pieces? Huh? Just more of the whole 'Symbol Power can do anything' trash.

Well in Shinkenger Genta explained that "Splitface" couldn't do the body swarm, because he was supporting the weight of the claw zord or Ebizu origami

[Barracuda]

Just like every other Nighlok - they have to retreat when they dry out, so most of them "wimp out", as you put it.

I know they have to return eventually to rejuvenate themselves but that Nighlok wouldn't come back out.

[shielded117]

Again, why would he come back out and risk getting beaten? It's cheap yeah, but it's brilliant. Steal a ranger soul, wait 24 hours, ranger's gone. Can they be replaced? Yeah, but they'll need time. So you go out, attack, steal another ranger soul, wait 24 hours, knock another ranger out of commission.

[Jacen Solo]

So was that Octoroo's plan again? I don't seem to remember Xandred doing anything in this episode.

Emily and a bunch of others get Dementor-Kissed.

I liked the new zord and the fact it got to celebrate its birthday too.

[terrierlee]

So. I went and counted every time someone said the word "spirit".

NINE TIMES.

About near the end, I realized I should have counted how many times Antonio used the word "claw".

Besides that... Dang Mike. Dang. And uh... Antonio talks to his zords. I liked that. I also liked the puns he used when mentioning what direction Clawzord was going to use. Though, while watching it, I was going, "HE'S GOING TO MINAMI. MINAMI. MINAMIIIII!!!"

In the beginning, I randomly remembered the Shinken ep, and burst out into laughter. If only because I was reminded of something (http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u136/Arrowned/ScaryRyunosuke.jpg).

AND AGAIN. No Bulk and Spike. This makes twice during something related to Antonio where the two did not show up. I'm starting to see a trend. If and when Daigoyou shows up, let's see if it happens again.

And jeez, how many times are we going to mention Mia is a horrible cook? It was mentioned what? Twice in this episode alone? And we were reminded of it last episode too. WE GET IT. SHE CAN'T COOK.

EDIT: And actually, I think I know why Emily's cake had two candles in it. One for her, one for Ebizo----I mean Clawzord.

[Black Warrior]

- Jayden is giving Captain Trollface, er Marvelous-San a run for his money ith that grin he walked in with.
LOL! Captain Marvelous does looked like a troll when he smiles, I always though it was wierd but now i have a perfect description for it.

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- GREAT MESSAGE FOR KIDS - you don't need a soul to live.
Dependng on your religion and what you believe, but you can say that soul and spirit are two different things. Your soul is who you are and what you need to life, spirit as power rangers depicted it was their drive or spunk, ie you could say Jayden has a fighting spirit while emily has a can't act gullable one liner spirit. The nylock said he was takingn "spirits " Guess you could say spirit here = talent or gift power? Example they say humans have souls and spirits while animals just have souls...

- Ha i knew it! Emily did wish to be Big! but i never would have pegged her for
Lol, yes, yes she did, because her sister couldn't go, so they had to age her to be able to be the yellow ranger, it all makes sense!


Even if they rangers couldnt form they megazord they still could of helped with thier individual zords. And so the battlewingg only helped while the Claw zord was being overwhelmed. After that what did he just fly around watching?

When they said this was emily's first birthday without her sister, i though she had died... but it was just her leaving to be a ranger...

Anyway, i just hope the serioius can coninue to improve going forward...

[Dai Ranger]

Boy... Steven Skyler and Ricardo Medina Jr. were tearing up the scene...

[O.92]

Again, why would he come back out and risk getting beaten? It's cheap yeah, but it's brilliant. Steal a ranger soul, wait 24 hours, ranger's gone. Can they be replaced? Yeah, but they'll need time. So you go out, attack, steal another ranger soul, wait 24 hours, knock another ranger out of commission.

It was a great plan. In fact, before he stated his plan, I thought to myself that that was exactly what he should do! And when he stated his intent to stay down there, I was actually very pleased. Because anyone with half a brain would've stayed down there to let Emily rot.

And then the conclusion happened. And this episode reminds me very much of 'There Goes The Brides'. They take a good plot, but it's too good for them to handle. They work themselves into a corner. It really feels like that. And then they have no way out but to make up some bogus crap that anyone with common sense would have a hard time believing. Antonio marks Splitface with his symbol power and that draws him out of the Netherworld like a magnet? WTF? Is that some kind of joke? This has got to be the 20th time this season we see something with symbol power that makes us say "Oh...wait...it can do that too?". Seriously. First of all, you can leave your symbol power marked on something? Why not leave it on Dayu or even Octoroo, the guy who flat out said "I'm the brains of Master Xandred"? But anyway, let's move on. So not only is Splitface marked, but apparently, summoning the symbol power will draw out the marked item like its some kind of magnet? WTF? And furthermore, marking him prevents him from doing his signature attack? What in the world is going on here? Where is the sense in any of this?

It just feels like these writers don't think of a conclusion before they finish the plot. The just put a plot together, film as they go, and then try and put some bogus conclusion together. And as shown over the weeks, going under the influence of some illegal substance is also in the middle of that somewhere.


Well in Shinkenger Genta explained that "Splitface" couldn't do the body swarm, because he was supporting the weight of the claw zord or Ebizu origami

Well, this isn't Shinkenger. And that wasn't said here. But just for the record, that makes no sense either.

[nekollx]

I was partially angry at Mia not doing anything but it was at least partially ok when i saw they used the battlewing but still mia could have throws some Symbol Power at the monster, at least try

Incidently for my story Bushido Way, which i wrote inspired my Shinkenger (as samurai was still in limbo at the time) i had one of my rangers go Gedou, and then for several episodes they become a enemy, never decided if they were cured or not

[shielded117]

For my own sanity, I'm pretending the symbol power that Antonio marked Splitface with was "magnet". I have no idea what the kanji was, it wasn't one I recognized, but since they've butchered the kana anyway, I'm going with magnet. Thus when he used it on Clawzord, he made it magnetic too. When the other four rangers used their spin swords to create the raw symbol power (still baffles me, btw), they made one huge electromagnet that was strong enough to pull Splitface from Netherworld.

Also, because Splitface was marked with "magnet" it held him together so that he couldn't split up.

Edit: In recollection, perhaps it was life? That's what Antonio was shouting. Still, for my sanity, "magnet"

[Barracuda]

"I'm the brains of Master Xandred"? But anyway, let's move on. So not only is Splitface marked, but apparently, summoning the symbol power will draw out the marked item like its some kind of magnet? WTF? And furthermore, marking him prevents him from doing his signature attack? What in the world is going on here? Where is the sense in any of this?

Well actually, Antonio just now discovered a method because of his current research on the Claw Zord. Antontio didn't even have a symbol power that could help revive the Claw Zord.

BTW Why did Antonio mark the Nighlok in the first place?

[nekollx]

Well actually, Antonio just now discovered a method because of his current research on the Claw Zord. Antontio didn't even have a symbol power that could help revive the Claw Zord.

BTW Why did Antonio mark the Nighlok in the first place?

He read ahead in the script?

[O.92]

For my own sanity, I'm pretending the symbol power that Antonio marked Splitface with was "magnet". I have no idea what the kanji was, it wasn't one I recognized, but since they've butchered the kana anyway, I'm going with magnet. Thus when he used it on Clawzord, he made it magnetic too. When the other four rangers used their spin swords to create the raw symbol power (still baffles me, btw), they made one huge electromagnet that was strong enough to pull Splitface from Netherworld.

Also, because Splitface was marked with "magnet" it held him together so that he couldn't split up.

That's not an entirely bad theory, but this whole symbol power ordeal still confuses the crap out of me. I thought maybe a month or two back that there were some rules to this symbol power, but it's becoming more and more evident that there are none. And the symbol power only exists to get the writers out of holes they've dug themselves into. We've got some great people in this fandom, and if someone wanted to try and tackle making a document explaining what exactly symbol power is and the limitations it has, that'd be one heck of a feat. I mean, we've seen Mike struggling to write his symbol power on a piece of paper, the power taking a physical toll on Kevin, the ability to create body doubles, reflect attacks, repair Zords, suck opponents out of another dimension like a magnet, create horses, make fishing rods appear out of nowhere, put rocks in monster's mouths, the list is virtually endless. And senseless at that. I mean, this is loads worse than Mystic Force. This just feels like they're toying with our common sense and sanity now.

[nekollx]

That's not an entirely bad theory, but this whole symbol power ordeal still confuses the crap out of me. I thought maybe a month or two back that there were some rules to this symbol power, but it's becoming more and more evident that there are none. And the symbol power only exists to get the writers out of holes they've dug themselves into. We've got some great people in this fandom, and if someone wanted to try and tackle making a document explaining what exactly symbol power is and the limitations it has, that'd be one heck of a feat. I mean, we've seen Mike struggling to write his symbol power on a piece of paper, the power taking a physical toll on Kevin, the ability to create body doubles, reflect attacks, repair Zords, suck opponents out of another dimension like a magnet, create horses, make fishing rods appear out of nowhere, put rocks in monster's mouths, the list is virtually endless. And senseless at that. I mean, this is loads worse than Mystic Force. This just feels like they're toying with our common sense and sanity now.

A Samurai Did it (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AWizardDidIt)

[shielded117]

I might tackle such a feat, but I will wait until Samurai is over so I don't have to go back and revise it heavily.

[terrierlee]

You know, I'm sick of hearing, "Well, in SHINKENGER..."

This isn't Shinkenger we're watching. If we were watching Shinkenger, maybe what we saw in today's episode would have made sense. But we're watching Power Rangers Samurai, where they basically don't tell us anything except how they defeated a Nighlok through the convenience of flashbacks. Every episode feels rushed, and when it doesn't, it's boring as all hell. Every time it looks like we're getting something halfway decent, they manage to screw it up.

Comparing a PR series to its sentai counterpart happens every year, but this is just ridiculous. Why bother comparing the two? If you want to say, "Well, in SHINKENGER..." then go watch Shinkenger. Some people here haven't even watched Shinkenger, so chances are they don't even know what you're talking about. There's no point in comparing the two.

[White Wind]

What are you talking about anybody that saw Shinkenger knew this was coming, and if you think this gave us hope, than wait until episode 19 (Act 27 of Shinkenger) Jemily will be crushed into oblivion WTF are you talking about? There is nothing that happened in Shinkenger in episode 27 or 20 that made green/yellow more canon or convincing then red/yellow . . . but in Samurai, this may or may not be the case, since they are skipping Shinkenger 22, or so I hear (which sucks because the episode was actually about the yellow ranger and not about the others blubbering over her). But I guess they could not skip this one because it was the intro of the new zord.

I wonder will they skip the meager number of yellow ranger episodes that are left? I bet they skip all but one. Poor Emily, but since her voice and the way she delivers her lines irks me to no end . . . this is relief for my bleeding ears.

[rogueguy]

Yet another episode that is just there for me. I couldn't care less about whether or not Emily dies, the show has given me absolutely no reason to do so.

Ricardo Medina wasn't lying when he said Steven Skylar was "tearing up the scene". Dude needs to tone it down a few hundred notches.

Now Hector David Jr on the other hand really impressed me here. Unlike the rest of the rangers, I actually believed he gave a damn about Emily and was willing to sacrifice himself to save her.

I'm interested in seeing what changes from Shinkenger have been made to Deker's origin. They seem to be hinting that Dayu has something to do with it.

I like the new megazord, but I'm not crazy about the whole north, south, west gimmick. And the whole battle went about 3 minutes too long.

Once again, I didn't notice Bulk and Spike's absence until someone else pointed it out. Shows how pointless and unnecessary they are to the show.

Overall 3/5

[YellowAccel]

Tie between poor & Ok.
+:
-Erika's acting is better
-Hector is really a good actor. I believe Mike was really worried about Emily unlike the rest of the groupe
-I think it's too cute that Antonio is putting a candle for his Zord
-No Bulk & Spike
-I love the fight scene

-:
-Britanny continue to be a bad actress. Her performance was awful.Too bad emily don't die!
-Too bad they never give something to do to Kevin, & Mia.
-I don't like the new megazord design and the megazord fight scene is too long
-I don't like the MOTD.
-OMG Deker is so boring now. At first he was interisting but now Jt make the character annoying as hell
-Again the rangers don't try to hide their identity.

[Thrax]

I'm interested in seeing what changes from Shinkenger have been made to Deker's origin. They seem to be hinting that Dayu has something to do with it.

well in the past episode Day asks to Deker if he remembers odf something from the Past and he tell he dont remembers of nothing eve nin this episode when Jayden asks about if he mades that kind of chois becames a Nightlok he tell he dont remember of nothing from the Past.

[Digifiend]

-No Bulk & Skull
Spike, not Skull! :p

[YellowAccel]

Spike, not Skull! :p

OMG. For once it wasn't a sarcasm it came naturally XD

[ForeverBlue]

This was a great episode!

How come you don't like long Megazord battles? We had long megazord battles before (kinda) in past seasons (except RPM as they went pretty fast and rushed)

[Stormy]

I personally thought that this episode was great! The part where Emily spirit was taken really scared me. It's kinda like the Nighlok almost took her soul. Even though it was hard on the Rangers to finish off the battle without Emily, I'm so glad that they pulled through for her. I'm also glad that Emily finally gets to have an awesome birthday after all this! It was also very sweet that her sister sent her a birthday card. Like I've said before, great episode! I cannot wait to see the next one!

[Thrax]

This was a great episode!

How come you don't like long Megazord battles? We had long megazord battles before (kinda) in past seasons (except RPM as they went pretty fast and rushed)

I think long Megazord battles it always cool to see its better that have battles (Fast and Rushed) because they sometimes made really fast battles just because they want to have a Megazord battle in the episodes happens in some past seasons.

[Fury Diamond]

Every time that I watch the "Symbol Power...LIVE" scene, I keep waiting for the Mystic Force theme to play and someone to say "I do believe in Magic!" Other than that, it was a great scene.

[White Wind]

This episode was pretty good. I would like to say that Mike stood out the most to me in this episode, but it was Antonio. His presence just makes things more fun and when he got serious during the megazord battle, it was awesome. After this episode I can believe every guy but Mentor has a thing for Emily; even Kevin got a personality when she lost hers.

There's just something about Emily.

Well, at least Mia has Spike.

They felt like a team and not some random strangers, for the first time for me. Another Ranger needs to almost die to make things more interesting.

[rogueguy]

How come you don't like long Megazord battles? We had long megazord battles before (kinda) in past seasons (except RPM as they went pretty fast and rushed)

I usually zone out during Megazord fights unless something major is going on, so the shorter the better IMO.

[YellowAccel]

I usually zone out during Megazord fights unless something major is going on, so the shorter the better IMO.

Same Here.

[Thrax]

Every time that I watch the "Symbol Power...LIVE" scene, I keep waiting for the Mystic Force theme to play and someone to say "I do believe in Magic!" Other than that, it was a great scene.

When they use the Symbol Powers reminds a litte of MF.

[PR Lover]

OK, does anyone else besides me have a problem with this:

Last episode, Jayden says that they didn't want to bring attention to themselves by ditributing the toys.
HOWEVER, they stood in part of the city, where everyone (who didnt have this soul go bye bye) could see them, and made the Clawzord grow?

[President Ranger]

This team is constantly drawing attention to themselves. From day one they were morphing in public. In the trailer they even did it in their training uniforms.

[Barracuda]

Would it be crazy to assume that the rangers are in Angel Grove?

[PR Lover]

This team is constantly drawing attention to themselves. From day one they were morphing in public. In the trailer they even did it in their training uniforms.

Its freakin stupid. I mean for God's sake ZORDON chose the originals, and gave then three rules to follow:

Never use your Power for personal gain
Never escelate a fight
Never tell anyone you are a Power Ranger

Two out of three rules have been BROKEN! And where is Mentor Ji? Too busy walking around with his staff up his arse. Even Kevin and Mia, two of the worst Rangers, had the deceny to have the little boy run away before they morphed.

Seriously, let them lose their Powers like Mike did for about a good hour Ranger time.

Tell me right now that this is some kind of sick joke, or that I am dreaming. I know it will be a lie, but I'll believe it anyways since I'm that desperate

[Ravie]

I knew I wasn't the only one who felt they weren't actively trying to keep their identities a secret.

[adamclark83]

Another excellent episode. Emily was totally superb and cute as ever.

[nekollx]

Another excellent episode. Emily was totally superb and cute as ever.

i agree Emily's acting as a comotose body was the best i have ever seen!

[O.92]

i agree Emily's acting as a comotose body was the best i have ever seen!

LMAO! I wish you could like comments on this site.

[shielded117]

I agree. If there were a thank you button or like button, I would totally hit it. Dang why couldn't Splitface's plan have worked.

[nekollx]

I agree. If there were a thank you button or like button, I would totally hit it. Dang why couldn't Splitface's plan have worked.

Would it have mattered? Emily could still move about even without her soul...hum a souless ranger...would we have even noticed the change?

[shielded117]

I would imagine that after the 24 hour mark, she would in fact die. If that were not the case, I would find it hard to believe that she would be able to use Symbol Power anymore. And if that were not the case, then no, no change.

Ok, maybe a little change. Now Mia on the other hand... no change whatsoever.

Edit: On second thought I'm sure the rangers could use their omnipotent symbol power and create a new soul for her.:o_O:

[nekollx]

I would imagine that after the 24 hour mark, she would in fact die. If that were not the case, I would find it hard to believe that she would be able to use Symbol Power anymore. And if that were not the case, then no, no change.

Ok, maybe a little change. Now Mia on the other hand... no change whatsoever.

though you have to admit as bad as that scene was coming back without a soul is petty determined...i'll have to add another Determinator entry to the trope

[O.92]

To all the Shinkenger watchers, since it's pretty evident which Acts will be translated from here to the end of season 1, are there any Mia focus episodes in the remaining stretch? Or are we about go to an entire half a season without one Mia focus episode?

[DarkBlaze]

It depends if they decide to skip anymore Acts, and when they (Nickelodeon) decides to take a break. This Saturday's episode will based on this Act (http://www.supersentai.com/episodes/2009_shinkenger/ep_2009_23/index.html), and we don't know what comes after. May is almost out, so hopefully we get episode titles for June. After that Act, we should get this (assuming it doesn't get skipped) http://www.supersentai.com/episodes/2009_shinkenger/ep_2009_24/index.html and then this one: http://www.supersentai.com/episodes/2009_shinkenger/ep_2009_25/index.html Again, this all speculation until we get episode titles with descriptions. The only advantage we have for Samurai being such a literal translation.

As you can see though, we have some pretty interesting plots coming up. The only thing that can ruin them is the writing, and how well (or not so well) the actors perform. Other than that, we have solid plots coming, albeit little to no development for characters like Mia (besides Act 25). However, expect things to be watered down (and possibly original).

[shielded117]

So wait, not that it surprises me, but they didn't even rename Tengen? The episode coming up is "Tengen Gate"...

The amount of sheer laziness this season is unfathomable, yet here we are.

[Mr. White]

To all the Shinkenger watchers, since it's pretty evident which Acts will be translated from here to the end of season 1, are there any Mia focus episodes in the remaining stretch? Or are we about go to an entire half a season without one Mia focus episode?

Act 34 was Pink focus.... and I guess you could count Act 39 if you want.

[Thrax]

well if the next episodes will be like that in Shinkenger that means will be episodes focues in Deker and Dayu and the Clawzord will combine with Samurai Megazord.

[DarkBlaze]

Act 34 was Pink focus.... and I guess you could count Act 39 if you want.He said before season 1 ends, and those acts will most likely appear in season 2 (if they aren't skipped for some reason).

[Draco's Girl]

Its freakin stupid. I mean for God's sake ZORDON chose the originals, and gave then three rules to follow:

Never use your Power for personal gain
Never escelate a fight
Never tell anyone you are a Power Ranger

Two out of three rules have been BROKEN!

But uh a lot of teams have broken these. They're not Zordon's team, they shouldn't abide by his rules...


To all the Shinkenger watchers, since it's pretty evident which Acts will be translated from here to the end of season 1, are there any Mia focus episodes in the remaining stretch? Or are we about go to an entire half a season without one Mia focus episode?

She had an episode with her dad, but I think that was it for solo episodes. Most of her episodes feature her acting like a mom for the team members. The episode where she and Ryu watch over the boy, the girl focus episode (Which was sadly skipped), the episode where she and Chiaki are in a hostage situation (They skipped this one right? ^_^ Been a while since I've watched Shinkenger...), the one where Genta quits, and

when she and Takeru were stuck on an island while the other Rangers try to kill one another due to a spell.

Mako has a lot of scenes with Takeru where she tries to bring out his secrets. They tried translating these with Mia and Jayden, but it didn't turn out so good since Jayden isn't a stoic who bottles his feelings up like Takeru....

Shinkenger had a lot of dual-focus episodes in its second half but since the Samurai cast has terrible screen chemistry, those are gonna feel really awkward...

[Mr. White]

He said before season 1 ends, and those acts will most likely appear in season 2 (if they aren't skipped for some reason).

Whoops.. my bad. :p

[Neo Aguni]

Ya know speaking of Sentai anybody notice that at the end of the sentai season they show the red from that season crossing paths with the red from the next season

[DarkBlaze]

Yes, they've been doing ever since Dekaranger I think.

EDIT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npKSLUT16Ek

Would love to see a full team version of this for Power Rangers, if not at least have the new team show up somehow in the finale. Kind of like how they did for the Go-Onger/Shinkenger team up when Goseigers came and in Shinkenger/Goseiger when Gokaiger came.

[Lonewolf92]

So wait, not that it surprises me, but they didn't even rename Tengen? The episode coming up is "Tengen Gate"...

The amount of sheer laziness this season is unfathomable, yet here we are.

I think the most annoying bit is them keeping the background information word for word. Right down to the Samurai Rangers being all descendants of Japanese warriors. Even though 2 of the 5 Rangers are so blatantly white. I mean yeah Mia is asian and Mike and Kevin can pass for maybe having some Japanese in them. But there is no way in hell Jayden and Emily have any Asian ancestry. Even worse it appears Jayden has kept Takeru's surname. A better power ranger series trying to directly hack a sentai would have at least bothered to rework the bits with culture conflict. The show doesn't even want to bother explaining why the Nighlock's have bothered to go from attack Japan centuries ago to attacking what appears to be New Zealand, America

[Neo Aguni]

It depends if they decide to skip anymore Acts, and when they (Nickelodeon) decides to take a break. This Saturday's episode will based on this Act (http://www.supersentai.com/episodes/2009_shinkenger/ep_2009_23/index.html), and we don't know what comes after. May is almost out, so hopefully we get episode titles for June. After that Act, we should get this (assuming it doesn't get skipped) http://www.supersentai.com/episodes/2009_shinkenger/ep_2009_24/index.html and then this one: http://www.supersentai.com/episodes/2009_shinkenger/ep_2009_25/index.html Again, this all speculation until we get episode titles with descriptions. The only advantage we have for Samurai being such a literal translation.



As you can see though, we have some pretty interesting plots coming up. The only thing that can ruin them is the writing, and how well (or not so well) the actors perform. Other than that, we have solid plots coming, albeit little to no development for characters like Mia (besides Act 25). However, expect things to be watered down (and possibly original).

well Saturday's episode will be Act 23 of Shinkenger, and according to my math. With the episodes we have 14 and the episodes of Shinkenger left assuming they don't skip anymore we should get all the Acts from 23 through 49 for a grand total of 40 episodes

[Thrax]

I think the most annoying bit is them keeping the background information word for word. Right down to the Samurai Rangers being all descendants of Japanese warriors. Even though 2 of the 5 Rangers are so blatantly white. I mean yeah Mia is asian and Mike and Kevin can pass for maybe having some Japanese in them. But there is no way in hell Jayden and Emily have any Asian ancestry. Even worse it appears Jayden has kept Takeru's surname. A better power ranger series trying to directly hack a sentai would have at least bothered to rework the bits with culture conflict. The show doesn't even want to bother explaining why the Nighlock's have bothered to go from attack Japan centuries ago to attacking what appears to be New Zealand, America

The Rangers could have there Families by Ancients roots with Japonese cultures until comes to America but i think they will explain the reasons why Nighloks are attack the American in the "Samurai Origins" The Real Premiere episodes because i think that episodes will show as Episodes 19 and 20 of the Season 1 for the Break until the Season 2 comes out and i think they could give to was more episodes titles because until now we have the "The Tengen Gate" and not announce new episodes tittles.

[Ryan Steele]

All I can say about this episode is "Fantastico"!!! :D

[Neo Aguni]

The Rangers could have there Families by Ancients roots with Japonese cultures until comes to America but i think they will explain the reasons why Nighloks are attack the American in the "Samurai Origins" The Real Premiere episodes because i think that episodes will show as Episodes 19 and 20 of the Season 1 for the Break until the Season 2 comes out and i think they could give to was more episodes titles because until now we have the "The Tengen Gate" and not announce new episodes tittles.

I think it's time we accept the fact that Act 1 and 2 of shinkenger where dubbed simply for promo material.

[Lonewolf92]

They actually did film the first two episodes. We know for a fact that The Team Unites is actually the third episode.

[Neo Aguni]

I know that. I saw Shinkenger as well, so I know the episodes when I see them, I just think that since we've had no word on whether or not there will be a PR tv Movie, and that every episode from now on is critical to the buildup of the story. That just maybe all act's one and 2 of Shinkenger where dubbed for are Promo and Flashback reasons

[Thrax]

well in the case of SPD the episode Wormhole it as soon next to the Season Finale but possible will show up in the Final episodes of the Break or maybe show up Next to Season Finale of Samurai.

[Neo Aguni]

both highly doubtful. If they show them it'll be a tv movie during the break, but since we've had no word on if that will even happen. Don't hold your breath.

[Qarlf]

Loved this episode, liked the meeting of Antonio and Deker. Also loved the scenes when Deker says you could always give up your soul and become a Nighloks.

[TimeKaiser]

Loved this episode, liked the meeting of Antonio and Deker. Also loved the scenes when Deker says you could always give up your soul and become a Nighloks.

I don't know if the people in PRS actually HAVE souls... I mean the kind of sleep Emily and the countless civilians were in should've been the kind you don't just suddenly wake up from a few seconds.

EDIT: I suddenly wish Cmdr Crayfish would do an essay about this to give us his take on the issue.

[Thrax]

Loved this episode, liked the meeting of Antonio and Deker. Also loved the scenes when Deker says you could always give up your soul and become a Nighloks.

The ideia of they have to give up is soul to becames Nightlok it as interesthing possible the Nightlok could by people with give up of there soul for something.

[nekollx]

Word of God is that they did film the first 2 bur Nick aired the order wrong so complain to N-N-Nickalodion!

[SapphireBuster]

Word of God is that they did film the first 2 bur Nick aired the order wrong so complain to N-N-Nickalodion!

No. Nick doesn't have a say in international airings of the show, and what did France get? "The Team Unites". It was a Saban decision.

[PR Lover]

[QUOTE=Draco's Girl;817606]But uh a lot of teams have broken these. They're not Zordon's team, they shouldn't abide by his rules...QUOTE]

Yes, but no other teams out of the blue said "We dont want to bring attention to ourselves" lol

[RyanRXP]

Word of God is that they did film the first 2 bur Nick aired the order wrong so complain to N-N-Nickalodion!

No, Saban has officially stated that they removed the first two episodes from the airing order and they consider "The Team Unites" as the first episode.

[denzel]

No, Saban has officially stated that they removed the first two episodes from the airing order and they consider "The Team Unites" as the first episode.

Please tell me your joking.

[TimeKaiser]

Chakai's Dad, Mako's Dad, Tanba, Kotoha's sister, the first three don't need to be male. But yeah it's proably Karou's comapritive.

Two names I see spelled incorrect are Chiaki and Kaoru...

[O.92]

Please tell me your joking.

What's the joke? 'The Team Unites' is clearly numbered with production number 2001, meaning it was always intended to be the first episode. And furthermore, Nick has no say in what airs worldwide, and yet they're also missing out on the origins. Now before you get all "He just didn't want to jump ahead and spoil us!", keep in mind that France just recently got a couple episodes before us and will see more episodes before us in the near future. Saban could care less about spoilers and jumping ahead.

See, everything points to this being Saban's doing. People just choose to ignore the evidence and blame Nick because "dear Saban wouldn't do this to us!".

[Lonewolf92]

It is bit odd seeing how this is the first time they've done this. It's possible Saban is holding out on the first two episodes (in chronological order not production or airing order) and is going to combine them into a tv movie later on.

[O.92]

It is bit odd seeing how this is the first time they've done this. It's possible Saban is holding out on the first two episodes (in chronological order not production or airing order) and is going to combine them into a tv movie later on.

Keep in mind, it could have been Nick's idea to begin with. Maybe they made a proposition to Saban about putting those two episodes aside for a "big movie event" or something. Nick could have been the one's to come up with the idea, but most evidence says that Saban ultimately pulled the trigger.

[Lonewolf92]

Well Nick does like doing those tv specials. I mean how many specials has ICarly had?

[Barracuda]

Definitely a lot but Samurai is completely different. Nick couldn't have THAT much control over Samurai.

[Lonewolf92]

But as Overdrive suggested they could have put the idea in Saban Brands head that hey why don't you hold out on these two episodes later and we can air them as a tv movie in the summer for ratings?

[DarkBlaze]

Power Ranges Samurai: The Lost Episodes

[Barracuda]

That would work out, knowing that the same teaser would show each week of the orgins.

[SilverPirate]

At this point, I could care less about the origin parts. "Mentor" assembles a team of unlikeable, immature teenagers to hoard in his house and attemps to guide them through the path of the Samurai by having them read the scripts of Samurai Sentai Shinkenger. That's all we need to know and we don't need the episodes to show this to us.

[Thrax]

What's the joke? 'The Team Unites' is clearly numbered with production number 2001, meaning it was always intended to be the first episode. And furthermore, Nick has no say in what airs worldwide, and yet they're also missing out on the origins. Now before you get all "He just didn't want to jump ahead and spoil us!", keep in mind that France just recently got a couple episodes before us and will see more episodes before us in the near future. Saban could care less about spoilers and jumping ahead.

See, everything points to this being Saban's doing. People just choose to ignore the evidence and blame Nick because "dear Saban wouldn't do this to us!".

well but why Saban will give to "The Team Unites" by the First episode of the PR Samurai instead of "Samurai Origins" because maybe they are saving that episodes for something like a Tv Movie event of the Power Rangers for make the Ratings more high, well the ideia of France have more advanced in the episodes of Nick it just weird because why they live France goes more further that them in Nick in the Number of the episodes because in France they just have the First season of PRS 20 episodes because they are filming the other 20 episodes of the Season PR Samurai Season 2, or maybe they want to show the "Samurai Origins" when they are showing the Re-runs possible when they go to start the Second Season of Samurai they will make a marathon with the First Season and they could show up the Origins Episodes to was.

[nekollx]

well but why Saban will give to "The Team Unites" by the First episode of the PR Samurai instead of "Samurai Origins" because maybe they are saving that episodes for something like a Tv Movie event of the Power Rangers for make the Ratings more high, well the ideia of France have more advanced in the episodes of Nick it just weird because why they live France goes more further that them in Nick in the Number of the episodes because in France they just have the First season of PRS 20 episodes because they are filming the other 20 episodes of the Season PR Samurai Season 2, or maybe they want to show the "Samurai Origins" when they are showing the Re-runs possible when they go to start the Second Season of Samurai they will make a marathon with the First Season and they could show up the Origins Episodes to was.

*Ponders a set up where skinkenger is actually a past team and Ji actually hands then scripts/summeries of their stories and how they beat the Nilock the first time and EXPECTS them to follow it to the letter or else "evil wins"*

[Lonewolf92]

At this point, I could care less about the origin parts. "Mentor" assembles a team of unlikeable, immature teenagers to hoard in his house and attemps to guide them through the path of the Samurai by having them read the scripts of Samurai Sentai Shinkenger. That's all we need to know and we don't need the episodes to show this to us.

I wouldn't call them unlikable. Unremarkable. Uninteresting. But not unlikable. The SPD and Overdrive cast were unlikable. The Samurai Rangers don't have any defining characteristics to BE unlikable

[Aeon87]

nice to see they kept the original names for golds megazord or rather battle zord i like that name though but i woulda thought they would name the clawzord lobster zord or something does sound a bit funny though.

[O.92]

I wouldn't call them unlikable. Unremarkable. Uninteresting. But not unlikable. The SPD and Overdrive cast were unlikable. The Samurai Rangers don't have any defining characteristics to BE unlikable

Samurai's cast is unlikeable because they are so unremarkable. The acting is terrible, the characters are bland, and I feel no connection to any of them whatsoever. What's to like? I'd personally take the SPD and Overdrive cast over Samurai's any day. I thought SPD had a pretty good cast too actually. Great characters, five good actors, great chemistry.

[Thrax]

nice to see they kept the original names for golds megazord or rather battle zord i like that name though but i woulda thought they would name the clawzord lobster zord or something does sound a bit funny though.

The Zords of the Gold Ranger are really cool i really want to see when they combine with Samurai Megazord the design of the Megazords of the Shikenger are really awesome.

[Ravie]

Samurai's cast is unlikeable because they are so unremarkable. The acting is terrible, the characters are bland, and I feel no connection to any of them whatsoever. What's to like? I'd personally take the SPD and Overdrive cast over Samurai's any day. I thought SPD had a pretty good cast too actually. Great characters, five good actors, great chemistry.

I have to say I agree with this. Squizz tells me Bridge is just a westernized version of his Sentai counterpart and if that is the case, it somehow works so much better than all the Samurai Rangers combined.

[TimeKaiser]

Am I the only one thinking that this episode shows all the people in Power Rangers Samurai (except Bulk) have no souls?

[Thrax]

Am I the only one thinking that this episode shows all the people in Power Rangers Samurai (except Bulk) have no souls?

This ideia of the Nightlok dont have a Soul reminds me a little of the WF when the Org dont have a Heart !!!

[Lonewolf92]

I don't think thats what Kamen Rider TriOOO was getting at...

[TimeKaiser]

I meant the people who had their souls taken away didn't have souls in the first place, and that what WAS being taken away was more along the lines of just some sort of generic life energy.

[Fenix84]

I watched this episode just today, more than a week late. After several weeks of lousy Samurai episodes, I just hadn't found the enthusiasm to catch up on this one until now. Now that I've seen this episode, I'm pleasantly surprised.

The episode began with a subplot about the Rangers preparing a surprise party for Emily, which I thought was cute. I've said again and again that if the show is going to be cheesy, then it should at least show the Rangers acting like friends and being fun and upbeat to watch. Samurai can be OK when it does things like this, instead of trying and failing to be serious. All of the Rangers' acting in this episode also seemed to be decent, except for Antonio's. Steven Skyler still puts way too much enthusisam and energy into his words, which comes acrosss as odd.

The scene onboard the villains' ship was better than usual as well. I liked how Dayuu and Octoroo interacted, tip toeing around Master Xandred and keeping secrets about Deker. While I don't think these villains could be genuine friends, it did seem like they realized they were in the same boat and didn't want to rock it. This wasn't anything new or groundbreaking, and their desire to keep Xandred drugged and out of the way had already been established before. But this was a bit better than the usual rushed, obligatory scene used just to introduce a monster.

The monster was pretty good for PRS as well. Instead of some lame scheme to make children upset, it sucked people's life energy. Its Body Swarm attack also made it look more powerful and dangerous than usual. I liked how instead of just running away (at best an excuse about "drying up"), this monster ran back to the underworld knowing that it just needed to wait things out for victory to come. Actual intelligence from the villains, and a plot that put the pressure on the Rangers to get things done.

The Rangers reactions to Emily's condition were great, especially Mike's. I liked how he lost his cool and showed how he would do anything to save her. I still don't know if the PRS writers are competent enough to write consistent and growing characterizations, or if they just copied all of this straight from the Sentai. But it was a good way to build on the somewhat closer relationship that Mike and Emily have had in previous episodes.

Deker showed up with another excuse for not fighting Jayden already. It is SO obvious that they're just stalling this story out. But surprisingly, Deker actually played a part in this episode, giving the Rangers advice on how to enter the Netherworld. It's also suggested that Deker actually started out as a human (instead of a Nighlok who was cursed into being half human), which was intriguing.

Antonio shows up with some new symbol power that could pull the monster back to Earth, which he just pulled out of thin air. This was just handled in a sloppy way. Why didn't he tell the other Rangers about this the day before, or during the night? And once again, PRS relies on a flashback to retroactively explain something, this time to show Antonio marking the monster in the previous battle right after Emily had been drained. It's the same symbol that he marked Claw Zord with...which somehow pulled the monster back just because the Rangers powered the Zord up. If it were up to me, Antonio would've used his symbol power to enchant his fishing rod and use that to retrieve the monster.

Mike: "Shut your mouths."
Emphasis on the plural, referring to the monster's many heads. This is one of the few times that PRS has seemed somewhat clever or badass.

The Zord battle came, and it wasn't just a throwaway fight that went straight to the Megazord finisher. But I felt that it went on way too long as well. It was almost all Antonio, with the other Rangers on the sidelines. While creative, the Claw Zord also seemed a bit too elaborate, with the episode taking time to show it going through each and every mode.

So Antonio saves the day, and Emily gets her birthday party. Overall, I liked this episode. There were still problems with the acting and the use of flashbacks to unseen events, which are recurring problems with PRS. But the character interaction and plot were surprisingly good for this season. Overall, I'd give "Team Spirit" a 7/10.

[KalishPlosion]

At last, AT LAST!!!! I have time to watch PR again! You know the drill:

Yeah guys, set up the party while she's still in the house... LOL.

Erika's acting is actually going pretty well so far here. I've given up on Najee though.

Good scene between Octoroo and Dayu.

Not sure if anyone mentioned it, but what is Antonio humming while fishing? It sounds familiar...

A fish gift for Emily? LOL, Antonio. He also seems to be overacting.

I cannot wait for more Deker/Antonio scenes. Juzo/Genta scenes were by far the funniest scenes in Shinkenger.

Was that video jump when Antonio answers his phone in the episode, or a result of the uploading?

No, no, no... As a half-PA German with a big appetite, I can tell you it's pronounced Schmor-ges-BORD, not schmor-ges-BORT! Get it right!

Poor Emily... now who'll call Antonio "sparkly?"

Okay, Erika definitely needs to work on her voice-over work.

Wait, Emily just woke up on her own? Talk about your major script and plot fails.

Meanwhile, Rick Medina decides to try his hand at acting. A pretty good job in that scene!

I like how they think they can just walk right in... as Dayu and Deker shall likely show later this season, even willingly choosing to do so, a person needs to do some serious s*** before falling to gedou...uh... I mean becoming a Nylock.

I love how Antonio was looking around, trying to get some props from the guys before deciding "screw it, let's beat the monster up."

I'll agree... stop explaining everything. It's like reverse Quest for Camelot.

I take it back... please explain why marking him makes him unable to break apart. I think I missed something.

I never understood the N/S/E/W versions of the Clawzord/Ebi Origami, and it becomes SO much more confusing when blindly translated into English.

For once, I agree with the Nylock. Pick a costume to stick with.

I'm gonna get a lotta crap for it, but yeah... that Asian son is DEFINITELY adopted.

Props for putting Clawzord on the cake too!

Overall, a rather good episode. The acting (save Rene and Najee as usual) was actually pretty good. A lot of plot holes in the episode (the result of Shinkenger slavery), but still well made.

[Vivek's Girl]

This was a great ep and one of my favorites. Hector's acting was great. I felt that Mike really cared and was worried for Emily. Overall, great episode.

[AndyUK]

Good episode, a few of the characters got to stand out on their own. The ''pick a costume already'' line from the villain got a laugh. The plot was good, there was a good deal of suspense in it as there didn't seem to be any obvious way out for them and it was interesting to hear some more about what happened to Deker to become half Nighlok. Personally, I think this series is getting more consistent as it goes on. 8/10.

[alpona]

from this episode we learn the importance of Antonio. if antonio wasn't there, they were all going to be nighloks !