[TokuChris]

I rated this episode as poor. Hear me out.

There are times where Power Rangers makes you think 1 of 2 things:

1) Wow, this is Power Rangers!
2) Wow, this is Power Rangers?

Today's episode made me feel option 2 where once again it felt unnecessarily pandered to the young demographic we know that Power Rangers is aimed at. And while many of you will say "Well yeah, it's made for kids" ... there's two types of writing for kids - talking down to them and being entertaining for them. It felt like this episode attempted to be entertaining for them, but at the same time felt like it was written down to their level.

Fourth episode with someone getting something in their face. Fourth episode with our "bullies" being humiliated by the heroes. Fourth episode with Brody showcasing that he really can't act. Fourth episode where something new is introduced with no real explanation, just "Hey guys let's try this!".

If that works for you - awesome. Seriously, I'm happy that it works for you. But it doesn't work for me. As always, the story of the season ("Where is my brother? Where is my dad? Where is the final Ninja Power Star?") take a backseat to "Brody needs to be center stage" and "Random character development A".

As opposed to figuring out HOW IN THE WORLD PRESTON GOT MAGICAL ABILITIES, we're more focused on him not using his powers for personal gain. That's a great moral except when the moral is based around an ability that is entirely based on showing it off to people.

So far, Ninja Steel has failed to impress me. I fee like Dino Supercharge has just continued but with a new cast. At this point, I think I'm done waking up early to watch it and instead will catch it online at a later date.