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Just caught the mid-quality pirated version after failing to find a torrent that was actually watchable. Continue to eat a bag of dicks, Viacom.

As for the episode itself, I really, really liked it. You can tell that there's someone involved now who actually has an understanding of how to make likable characters. These Rangers, especially Shelby, are easily the best group we've had since RPM and we're only two episodes in (granted, that's not a huge challenge, but it's still impressive for a modern Saban series). Getting Judd Lynn back is clearly paying off already.

Can I also add that I love the morphing sequence? It's so wonderfully subdued after seeing how Kyoryuger did it, and the voice of the... whatever the guns are called is infinitely better than the screeching Japanese version.

I really only have two complaints. The first is Saban's continued insistence that the Rangers cannot do anything while morphed without quipping. That is stupid, but it's not as annoying as Samurai yet. The other is that I'm really bummed Keeper is still around. After watching the first episode, I really liked the idea of a team of Rangers who had no idea how their powers worked and who'd have to figure it out on their own as they slowly form a team over the first few episodes. I shouldn't be surprised that we do have a base and a mentor as per usual, but I was briefly tantalized with another option and now I'm sad that the show isn't going that direction.

(As a side note, am I the only one getting a Felicity Smoak vibe from Kendall? And how long will it be before Shelby gets fed up and smacks her?)