[DreamSword]

A quick note before we start: The official uploads on YouTube actually have the episode order wrong, so from here on out the order in which I cover episodes won't line up with the titles of the YouTube videos. But I assure you, I am following the original, official episode order. With that out of the way, let's begin.

Episode 32: Impact

This episode directly follows up on the events of the previous one, to the point that you could argue they make a two-parter.

And yet, I feel like it would've been better if this part happened first?

Given that half the plot involves a giant meteor headed towards Earth, I feel like that would've been a much cooler way of bringing the Dino Gems back, rather than Broodwing just kinda randomly finding them on another planet.

That aside, this episode is sort of like the Jack & Sky version of "Missing" in that half of it is an intense thriller episode, and in that regard it does just as well if not even better. I think the fans agree too, because that climax of the episode is often brought up as one of SPD's' finer moments.

Now, there is a minor error here in that the start of the episode says that Sky is a better shot than Jack(which would fall in line with what was established in "Idol"), yet come the halfway point it instead says that Jack is the better shot and Sky is the better pilot, but hey, maybe they were talking about when it came to Zord stuff specifically(even though Jack's' Runner doesn't have any guns but whatever).

Again though, that's minor, because yeah, I was super into this one, both as a kid and now. That climax really is very powerful, with Jack and Sky arguing over who should be the one to take on the suicide mission, and Jack ultimately being the one that needs to finish things. That fakeout at the end actually legit got me as a kid, and even now on rewatch, the entire sequence of Jack and Sky going their separate ways, and Sky talking about how he respects Jack despite everything? Very good stuff all around.

The rest of the episode's not exactly a slouch though. The fights are of course great, and all the stuff with the Megazords is in top form this time around. Most notably, this episodes debuts the amazing finisher that involves all four Megazords, with the gun mode of the SWAT Megazord being powered up by the other three. It's a very cool concept!

It's just a great time all around, this one.