[Locke]

Gia's only tropes are *scowl* and *oh wow an extra Ranger must bang*

Jokes aside, that was probably THE BEST episode of Power Rangers in YEARS. It didn't feel good just in comparison to all the lacklustre seasons but there seemed to be genuine love, effort and enthusiasm put into this episode. From heaps of new footage, leaps of improvement in the acting and much more focused writing.

I was also surprised to see some of the biggest deviations from Gokaiger were actually a lot darker. Gai became the Silver Ranger through his being a super fan, Orion turns out to be a lot more of a badass, a vigilante fuelled by vengeance and although tragic backstories are fairly trite in sentai, I'd grown to accept Neo-Saban as a staple of watered down family friendly entertainment.

So with that in mind, hearing Orion talking about war crimes, dead worlds and fallen heroes feels very well...Disney, not Saban at all, and that is great. Plus they left some of the darkest parts of this episode intact, while changing some of the silliest aspects. I'm not a "grimdark" fan, but I don't remember the last time Power Rangers got so serious, it was GREAT.

The editing for the Gokaiger footage was still largely atrocious though. Maybe it's because I've seen Gokaiger but I can painfully tell where footage has been smashed together.