Episode 311- The Rescue Mission

I am steadfastly refusing to acknowledge the last episode even existed (because otherwise I feel dirty and wrong). It didn't happen. It wasn't there. Instead, I downed an entire glass of wine in 15 minutes. Probably not the best life choice, but it got me through that-which-shall-not-be-named.

So I get the not-really-power-rangers episode of power rangers.

There is a distress call! It's all static-y! Somebody somewhere is under attack! Commander Stanton is trying to figure out where they are because he is so going to help. Hey, it's like the start of all my favourite sci-fi movies!

(in the opening, Leo rips his shirt so beautifully... I really want to see that again, kthanks show)

So Kai tracks down the origination of the signal and the Commander and Mike take it to the upper decision making people. They have to decide if they should divert course to go help or continue on to the colony and ignore them. Mike is all about helping, because helping is second nature and they may be in trouble some day too and they wouldn't want to be ignored. I like Mike. He is a wise man.

He also gets to lead the mission! Because he is awesome, although not nearly dramatically swishy enough. He wants Leo to go with and finds him playing with a group of Tiny Children, which is utterly adorable. They board the ship which appears to be dead in space. Poor ship (is it wrong that the rescue mission ship looks like a fish and the first thing I thought was "OMG OUR SCALE IS CANON IN THIS SHOW TOO!"?).

There is video monitoring and tracking and things are covered in webs and OMG IT IS THE BEST SCI-FI HORROR MOVIE EVER! WHO WILL DIE FIRST? THIS IS THE GREATEST! I know, I know, the first guy to go will be the guy who steps in weird green goo. Or maybe not die, because this is Power Rangers. But they do find a dead crew member. And doors being eaten by the green goo.

This leads them to the bridge, where the distress call is broadcasting on repeat. The captain is long since dead, unfortunately. He was clinging tenaciously to a book of some sort so they take it back with them. Meanwhile, Kai spots movement that isn't their crew. It's rapidly approaching and all they can do is watch in horror while this otherworldly thing goes after their rescue crew. And the radio signal breaks up! THIS IS DELIGHTFUL! The THING got Jasper. The rest of the crew starts to freak out, as you do when you watch some unknown thing run away with your buddy.

Mike makes the executive decision to continue with the rescue mission, despite all the crew being long since dead (I guess he's going to find Jasper?). They trawl through the bowels of the ship, you guys! THE BOWELS OF THE SHIP!!!! It is here they find the unknown creature. It's clearly alien (duh) and it's attacking them with claws and things are chaotic and wires are torn and people go missing and IT CLIMBS ON THE CEILING GUYS! It wants to eat Leo. I can't blame it. I do, too.

They find the missing crew wrapped in cocoons and apparently being host to something or being stored for later food? It's AWESOME.

Kai is distraught because he can't get a signal on his boyfriend. Luckily Kendrix is brilliant and has an idea. She, Kai, and Maya morph and go start getting people off the ship. Leo and Mike have to buy some time to get the injured off the ship so they go after the unknown creature. They distract it and there is running and more ceiling running. But then they fire their guns and shoot it, poor thing, and somehow blow up a bunch of stuff. The creature kind of looks like a slightly overweight Terrian from Earth 2...

Leo and Mike continue to run away and find an airlock, that is jammed, so they blast it open with guns and step aside and somehow manage to avoid being sucked out into open space. Luckily the rescue ship shows up and they jump across... y'know, through open space without holding their breath or freezing or IMPLODING. Science does not work this way. Battlestar Galactica did this bit better (and they failed at a lot of things on that show).

Mike almost makes it but alien guy grabs his foot while Leo holds his hand and refuses to let go. Mike tries to make him let go, but Leo won't, not this time. It is touching brotherly love. He pulls Mike in and the ship blows up but everybody is safe and they go home all in one piece. Good job guys.


3 fish (because space really really really does NOT work even close to that). This episode is like the best of the wraith from Stargate Atlantis meets Alien meets Firefly meets Event Horizon meets Star Trek meets (yes, I had to include it) Starship Troopers and and and! THIS WAS THE BEST EPISODE OF POWER RANGERS I HAVE EVER SEEN.