[DreamSword]

Episode 40: Reunion of a Family Torn Apart

Randy and Rena's' parents return, but unfortunately, VUDO never left.

As it turns out, the mom and dad have been doing their best to spy on the Vudo Empire all this time, while also trying to find a way to save Ray's' folks.

And it's when they try to deliver important information to their children that Vudo strikes, preventing some top secret information from getting out and in the end taking Rena hostage.

While the plot of this one is very straight-forward, there is still some decent takeaways here. The bit at the start with Randy was good for a giggle, the drama of Rena not knowing how to handle seeing her parents again was nice, and it's only now that Mossa's' secret identity is revealed to our heroes.

Thinking about it, this is the only tokusatsu that I can immediately remember where the villains are alot better at keeping their secret identities than the heroes are. Well, except Draconer I suppose. Still, it's impressive for just how long they've been holding out on those. Perhaps it helps that they very rarely get directly involved.

Anyway, yeah, that about covers all the big highlights on this one. It's overall just decent, and I suppose it's mainly here to signal how we're officially in the endgame of the show if it weren't obvious already. Which, you know, fair enough.