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Originally Posted by DreamSword

Episodes 21+22: Messenger

Morgana is done playing games, and decides it's time to take on the Rangers directly, alongside two devious friends of hers.

Fun Fact: In Dekaranger, her two devious friends are also her siblings, so they resemble the Saima Family from GoGo V.

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

We haven't really talked about Morgana much, and this being where she shows herself in full, I wanted to wait until now to do so. Cruger describes her as a twisted criminal with the imagination of a 10 year old, and he's not wrong.

She's also known as Mora, the little girl with the ability to create monsters for Gruumm. She cut a deal with the Emperor that he'd use his magic to keep her young so long as she served him. But it's not just her magic that Gruumm benefits from, because Morgana is an incredibly capable combatant, too.

It was a surprising plot twist to learn that Mora isn't actually a little girl at all and that Morgana was her true form all along, albeit one that she clearly doesn't identify with. Really shows her immaturity that her only ambition is to be physically a 10 year-old and have tea parties forever, but she's certainly dangerous as she will do anything to get that and Gruumm knows exactly how to leverage her when Mora's drawings keep losing.

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I always saw her a sort of "Evil Ranger" in this show, even though she very much isn't a Power Ranger, what with having her very own spandex suit and materializing helmet. Not to mention her having a signature color with purple.

Makes sense that the show decided to get more use out of this weirdly evil pseudo-Ranger MOTW suit by adapting it for the recurring villain Morgana.

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And that's important because there's a new Power Ranger on the block: The Omega Ranger, the self-proclaimed "Force from the Future." The guy is incredible, having tech and abilities far beyond anything our Rangers currently have. His Zord is nothing to sneeze at either, since it can become a Megazord on its own. And one thing that immediately sets him apart from how SPD normally operates is that he's the first officer to just straight up execute a target.

Before I get to my mild complaints that you've kind of already summarized, I'll take this opportunity to add to your commendation that Omega Ranger is awesome for sure! I love the suit, powers, the Roman numeral VI in place of 6, the gold badge, all of it. I especially love his Megazord though, for how it also functions as a mount for the Delta Squad Megazord. That climax where this combination debuts against Devastation's mecha and jumps through a hole in debris made from buildings is honestly one of my favorite Megazord fight scenes of all time!

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Part of these complaints are explained by Disney once again screwing over the show runners. My understanding of the situation is that Omega was originally going to be another character entirely, but Disney wasn't willing to hire a new actor under Ranger Pay, and as such the team ended up hiring Brett Stewart to voice act, and came up with the idea that Future Sam's' body ended up as a light ball as a side effect of the time travel. This is of course a bit of a plot hole, given that time travel hasn't had this sort of effect on anyone else nor will it in future episodes. And after this bit of information got spread around, fans were quick to come up with judgment calls and what they felt were more proper solutions to the situation at hand and... I agree with none of them?

Firstly, I will say in defense of Sam that he's still a much better Sixth than Daggeron. I wish Daggeron was the ball of light instead, or just stayed as a frog.

Secondly, I don't even mind Sam being Omega, he's got the setup, but I think people on both sides can agree that the execution with the whole ball of light thing was pathetically cheap in a way that diminishes the narrative, even by just a small amount. It feels difficult to connect with Sam emotionally, as 15 years have passed since we last saw him, but he's always in the suit or as a ball of light and has limited interactions with his fellow Rangers, so we don't really get to know who he is outside of being a Ranger or what we already know about that kid Z helped.

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Granted, yes, I too would've liked to have seen atleast one or two episodes devoted to Future Sam in their entirety, but I do think we got enough out of him, and I'll be sure to point out some highlights as we go along.

I look forward to hearing the rest of your argument. And of course, I'll try and bring up any points that I think could've been handled better. I know I've got one for Reflections.

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Yeah, I personally would've just kept Aaron James Murphy, the kid actor who played Sam, around.

Good luck selling that to Androzani.