13-10: Stakeout

This is the main page for episode 13-10; credits, a synopsis, and a full episode transcription are below. Transcript by Shurimon.

Production Credits
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Greg Aronowitz
TELEPLAY BY - Jackie Marchand
DIRECTED BY - Mark Beesley

Episode-Specific Cast Credits
Dr. Rheas – Marjan Shahrina
Voice of Sinuku – James Coleman
Voice of Broodwing – Jim McLarty

When a dangerous criminal, Sinuku, escapes from prison and tries to activate a weapon capable of destroying robots, Jack and Syd are sent to stake out the lab of his old partner, Dr. Rheas, out of fear that he will attack her. However, this causes tension between the two Rangers, as Syd is forced to work on her birthday and miss her usual lavish party, but Jack does not understand why she is upset.

• We open the episode on a shot of space- a ringed planet with what looks like a meteor oribiting it, to be precise. Spaceships fly by, presumably S.P.D. ones as they have blaring alarms attached. We then cut to a futuristic city on the meteor's surface, and zoom in on a tower before cutting to an unknown location, where some Krybots are attaching explosives to a prison cell's door, egged on by a Bluehead.

Bluehead: Open it!

• The Krybots back off, and the explosives flash and make noises. The Bluehead presses a button on a device with alien writing on it.

Bluehead: Detonate.

• The door explodes, and an unknown alien walks out of it.

Alien: Excellent, finally I am free from this place. Thank you, Emperor Gruumm! Nobody will ever be held prisoner on this rock again!

• We cut back to space. Green energy flashes and zooms away before the meteor explodes.

• Scene change: the Delta Base, specifically the rec room. Jack and Sky are seated in beanbag chairs, video game controllers in their hands, enthusiastically playing a fighting game projected before them. Bridge and Z are seated behind the two, cheering them on.

Sky: Shhh! I've got this!

• Z then leans in toward Bridge, nudging him, and the two stare as Syd casually enters the room. Her hair is done up, and she is wearing a black and pink dress, carrying a pink purse.

Jack: Whoa-ho-ho!

Bridge: OK, how come I didn't get the memo on the uniforms?

Sky: I doubt if that's S.P.D. regulation.

Jack: Syd probably dresses up to go to the Laundromat! (the others laugh)

Syd: Right. Like I do my own laundry. (Bridge and Z exchange a look) But for your information, I'm going out for my birthday!

• She does a little twirl. Jack and Sky's game shuts off, and the others stare at her (or in Bridge's case, look around in confusion), surprised.

Sky: What?

Z: Huh?

Bridge: … It's your birthday.

Z: Why didn't you tell us?

Syd: Well, tomorrow's officially my birthday. It's no big deal to me, but my parents insist on throwing me this enormous party every year the night before. You know, they rent the best restaurant in town, there's limos, and a live band and… blah blah blah.

Z: Wha?

Sky: So I guess… our invitations got lost in the mail.

Syd: Don't be silly! I would've invited you guys, but I know you have to work. (The others shrug a little sadly)

Kat (over intercom): Rangers to the Command Center.

Jack: Let's go.

• They all jump up. We cut to Delta Command, where the Rangers, Kat and Cruger are all looking at a holographic projection on the center console.

Cruger: Sinuku. One of the most notorious criminals in the galaxy. I have received a report from KO-35 that he has escaped from their satellite prison.

Kat: We suspect he might be coming to Earth.

Jack: What makes you think he's heading this way?

Kat: Sinuku was a brilliant scientist who was recruited by evil forces to make weapons. His former lab partner, Dr. Rheas, lives here. We think he'll try and find her.

Cruger: Landors. I want you to choose one member of your squad to stake out her laboratory.

Bridge: (nudging Jack, who shoves him away) Oh, oh, me! Pick me!

Jack: Not a problem. Syd and I'll do it.

Syd: … What?

Jack: You have the most surveillance training, so that makes you the best person for the job.

Syd: Yes, but… I'm gonna miss my birthday dinner!

Jack: You can have your birthday tomorrow. Sorry, Syd. This is an important assignment. Your birthday's not a good enough reason to get out of it. Besides, I thought you said it wasn't a big deal, anyway.

Syd: I lied!

• Scene change to an unknown location downtown. Jack and Syd are setting up their stakeout what looks like an empty studio of some sort. Both of them are dressed in civilian attire, and Jack has a pair of binoculars in his hands.

Syd: I can't believe I have to spend time in this grimy-

Jack: Yeah, well, whining is not going to make it go by any faster.

Syd: I'm not whining! It's just so unfair.

Jack: Will you get over yourself?! You'll have another birthday next year. Can we please get back to work?

• He goes over to the miniblinds and opens them with his fingers, sticking the lenses of the binoculars between them. He looks at the laboratory across the street, before a woman strides into the frame.

Jack: Well, well, well. Commander Cruger failed to mention that Dr. Rheas would be so pretty!

Syd: Huh?

• She goes up and snatches the binoculars from Jack, looking through them herself.

Syd: (grumpily) I guess she's sorta pretty.

Jack: Sort of, are you kidding me?

Syd: Oh! You thought that just because she's intelligent she wouldn't be attractive as well?

Jack: I didn't say that. I was just noticing that-

Syd: (icily) Can we just stay focused on the job, Jack?

• She turns and walks away. Jack looks after her, amused, as a screen wipe transitions us to the beach. Bridge, Z and Sky are barely visible behind some rocks.

Sky: Cruger traced a strange reading heading towards this cave.

Z: Give that dog a bone, he's right again!

• Sinuku is walking along the beach toward the cave.

Bridge: (rising) Sinuku!

Sky: (stops him) Hold on! Let's see what he wants in there first.

• Bridge backs down, and the three watch Sinuku enter the cave. Cut to inside, where Sinuku stares at an apparently blank stretch of wall.

Sinuku: There it is.

• He blasts the wall with yellow lightning/lasers of doom from his eyes. The wall crumbles before him.

Sinuku: Just where I left it.

• He cackles as he reaches down and opens up a case on the ground, revealing strange syringe-like devices inside of it. Cut back to outside the cave, where the surf crashes on the rocks. Sinuku is carrying the case and stroking it.

Sinuku: These should make Gruumm happy.

• He is then startled by laser fire. Sky, Bridge and Z flip into action in front of him, laser blasters out and ready to fire, and rapidly walk toward Sinuku.

Sinuku: Huh?

Sky: Put the case down and your hands up!

Sinuku: S.P.D.? I thought I may run into you. Fortunately, I came prepared!

• He tosses a Krybot sphere, making said 'bots appear. The Rangers holster their weapons.

Z: Why do you guys always wanna do it the hard way?

Sinuku: Attack!

• The Krybots rush the Rangers, who fight them off individually. Sky has little trouble, but Bridge and Z get tossed around a bit.

Bridge: Z! You OK?

Z: (as Sky rushes to join them) Yeah.

Sinuku: Run along now.

Sky: (drawing his morpher) Ready!

Z & Bridge: Ready!

All 3: S.P.D., Emergency! (They morph) Space Patrol Delta!

• All of them jump into the action again, faring much better this time. Sky uses elbows, punches, and kicks, while Bridge draws his baton and takes the action cliffside, knocking some Krybots into the ocean. Z uses her Deltamax Striker to take down several.

Z: No you don't! (to Sinuku) Halt! Now are you ready to give it to us?

Sinuku: Gladly.

• He blasts the Rangers with lightning, blue-colored this time, then vanishes in a cloud of smoke.

Z: Aww man!

Bridge: He's gone!

Sky: Yeah. Question is, where?

• Cut to an unknown location in Newtech City at night. Sinuku is standing at a balcony, facing the city, and Broodwing is standing near him on top of something.

Broodwing: Sinuku, Gruumm's foot soldiers broke you out of prison. He's ready to be paid.

Sinuku: I know, of course. But I have something more valuable than mere money.

Broodwing: What are you talking about? Don't try and trick me!

Sinuku: Who could trick you, Broodwing? I'll repay you with these! (he opens his coat to reveal the devices he recovered earlier)

Broodwing: Demagnetons! I heard they can neutralize any robot.

Sinuku: Yes, and once I retrieve their activator, they'll be ready for use. Can I count on your help?

Broodwing: Of course! But where is the activator?

Sinuku: With an old friend.

• He laughs as we fade to commercial.

• We fade back in on Jack and Syd's stakeout, a clock in the corner of the screen helpfully informing us that it is 7:26 A.M. Comic book panels slide across the screen to show Dr. Rheas working, Syd watching through her binoculars, and Jack leaning against a wall and idly tapping numbers on his cell phone. The time changes to 11:52 A.M. Another comic book panel shows Syd snatching the binoculars from Jack, who grabs them back from her. More panels show Jack watching Dr. Rheas while Syd goes and opens up a case, then Syd watching as Dr. Rheas exits her lab.

Syd: Yes! She's leaving! Can we go now?

• Jack is sitting at a table, playing a game on his cell phone. The time is now 3:19 P.M.

Jack: Nope, not until Cruger says so.

Syd: (staring at her watch) Great.

• There is then a knock at the door, startling Syd, but Jack seems to be expecting it. He opens the door to reveal a green-skinned alien… delivering a pizza!

Jack: Great! (he hands the alien money) Thank you.

Alien: Thanks!

Jack: (shutting the door and sitting back down) One gourmet pizza with everything on it.

Syd: Aww! At least you did something nice for my birthday.

Jack: … Sorry, this is for me! If I would've known you wanted one I would've got a large! (he begins eating)

Syd: (sourly) … Who'd want a greasy, disgusting pizza anyway?

Piggy: (opening the blinds with a clatter) Me!! I've been following that delivery guy for three blocks!

Syd: Perfect. Now my birthday is officially ruined!

• She gets up and walks off to pout, sitting on the couch to write inside a book. Piggy climbs in the window, falls down to the floor, and picks himself up, staring after her.

Piggy: Glad to see you, too, Princess! (he sits down, grabbing a slice of Jack's pizza) What's wrong with her? Somebody steal her daddy's credit card?

Jack: Naw, she's upset because I made her work on her birthday.

Piggy: Oooh, that's cold. Well, how would you like it if you had to work on your birthday?

• Syd looks hopefully over at Jack, but he merely shrugs, looking uninterested.

Jack: I'm sure I wouldn't care. (Syd huffs as he gets up and puts on his jacket) Hey, uh, I'm gonna go for a walk, I'll be back in a few.

• He walks out, and Syd watches him, looking half puzzled and half angry. Scene change to an unknown location, but presumably right near their hiding place. Jack is walking in a park amongst some beautiful pink and yellow flowers. He then looks to his right upon hearing voices.

Woman: Happy birthday, Jackie! Blow our your candles!

• Two women and several young girls, all dressed up like fairies, are having a birthday party nearby. One of the girls leans over and blows out the candles on her cake. Jack watches them curiously as he passes by, before spotting Dr. Rheas in the distance. A hooded figure bumps into her, walks past her a few steps, then snatches her bag and runs off.

Dr. Rheas: Hey! He's got my bag! Stop!

Jack: I'll get him!

• Jack gives chase, a surprised Dr. Rheas watching him. He pursues the thief through the park, then runs on top of a bridge that it goes under, and uses his powers to phase through the bridge, land on a support, and jump down, surprising the thief. Jack makes a swipe at it, but misses, and it takes off, only to be stopped by a lake.

Jack: Dead end.

• He grapples with the thief and rips off its head scarf, revealing that it's a Krybot underneath. The two continue to fight, tossing and grabbing Dr. Rheas' bag back and forth several times. Jack then kicks the Krybot down, making it spark. A red-tinted CGI S.P.D. badge marks a scene cut to a worried Dr. Rheas sitting on a bench. Jack approaches her, handing her the bag.

Jack: I think this is yours.

Dr. Rheas: Oh, thank you!

Jack: I think it'd be safer if I walked you home.

• She smiles and nods, and a screen wipe brings us back to the lab.

Jack: Alright! I better go, it's my friend's birthday and I have to get back.

Dr. Rheas: Oh, how fun! (Jack looks puzzled) I know it sounds corny, but… I still really love birthdays.

Jack: You do? Why?

Dr. Rheas: It's the one day of the year that everyone makes you feel… really special. (Jack looks a little uncomfortable) Well, I hope your friend has a happy birthday, and thank you again so much!

• She hugs Jack, and the camera pans back to the binoculars, which are being held and looked through by Piggy.

Piggy: Wow. This is better than those, ah, reality TV shows. (Syd snatches the binoculars) Huh?

• Syd looks out at the scene, watching Jack walk away, and the camera zooms in on her eyes. Yes, our princess is not happy! There is a jump a few minutes ahead in time.

Syd: How could you go over there?! Are you trying to blow our cover?!

Jack: I didn't blow our cover, will you let me explain?

Piggy: Oh, oh, this I gotta hear!

Jack & Syd: BUTT OUT.

Piggy: OK. I can take a hint. I'll just go and pick some cheese off the pizza box.

Syd: No need to explain! You thought Dr. Rheas was cute. So you went over to chat her up. Real professional, Jack!

Jack: Will you listen to me? A Krybot tried to steal her stuff from the park. I made sure she made it home safely.

Syd: Right. And I suppose you told her how amazing it was to be the big, strong Red Ranger?

Jack: She doesn't even know I'm a Ranger. We were actually talking about birthdays!

Syd: Birthdays? … Why?

Jack: Because I wanted to understand why you were so mad at me. I didn't get how your birthday- or anybody's birthday, for that matter- could be such a… big deal.

Syd: So… no one's ever made a fuss over your birthday?

Jack: … I don't have a birthday. At least, I don't know when it is.

Syd: Oh…

Piggy: (chomping on a pizza slice) Awww…

Jack: Eh! Doesn't matter. There wasn't a lot of extra money for cake and ice cream where I grew up, anyway.

Syd: (sadly) … And I kept yammering on about my extravagant party. What a spoiled brat I must've sounded like.

Jack: Nah. … OK, maybe a little. (Syd snickers) Sorry I ruined your special day.

Syd: … Thanks.

• The two smile at each other, then both of their communicators make a strange whistling noise. They take them out and open them, before we cut to a giant robot emerging in the middle of the city.

Sinuku: Thank you, Broodwing.

• He transforms into green energy and enters the robot's cockpit, powering it up. All 5 Rangers, morphed, rush onto the scene.

Bridge: There's trouble!

Sinuku: Come and get me, Rangers- if you've got the guts!

Jack: Oh, you're asking for it! (into his morpher) How 'bout it, Dr. Manx?

Kat: (back at the base) Delta Runners are on the way.

• Stock footage of the 5 Runners driving themselves out of the Zord bay and to the scene of the battle.

Jack: Come on! Hyah!

Rangers: Delta Squad Megazord!

• The Megazord transforms and immediately fires upon Sinuku's robot, which dodges and rolls out of the way, then leaps at the Megazord and kicks it in the middle.

Syd: Whoa! That caught me by surprise.

Sinuku: Duplication mode.

• His robot makes a hand seal and duplicates itself four times.

Jack: What?

Sky: No way!

Z: How'd he do that?

• A splitscreen shows the four robots posing, then all attack the Megazord at once. However, the Rangers are undaunted.

Sky: Hey. You think you can fool us with a bunch of fakes?

• The Megazord takes out the Judgment Sword, wielding it and its gun simultaneously. It slashes and fires at the “robots”, quickly making the duplicates fade away.

Jack: Another one?!

• Sinuku growls from within the robot. The Megazord is suddenly holding only its gun.

Jack: Let's do it!

• The Megazord then leaps into the air… … suddenly only holding the Judgment Sword… and the stock footage of its finishing slash it used.

Sinuku: No!

• However, the robot simply vanishes. The Rangers' cockpits slide onto the screen individually as they speak.

Bridge: Okay. What just happened here?

Z: We've lost him again?!

Jack: Aww, man!

• We then slide to Dr. Rheas' lab, where she is preparing to leave. She picks her bag up and goes to open the door, to find a cackling Sinuku waiting for her. Frightened, she backs against the wall and screams.

Sinuku: Hello, old friend.

• The camera zooms in on his face as we cut to commercial.

• We open on Piggy, who's still at Syd and Jack's stakeout location, his hands on his belly as he makes satisfied noises. He appears to be falling asleep, and leftover pizza crumbs fall off him. Jack re-enters, glaring at him and holding up the empty pizza box, startling him.

Piggy: Oh! This place must have mice or something. They ate everything.

• He burps. Jack says nothing, grabbing the binoculars and using them to peer between the shades again. He scans the lab to find it empty.

Jack: … She's gone! Piggy, did you see anything strange happen to Dr. Rheas?

Piggy: Aside from her being dragged away by a 10-foot dude with reddish hair… no.

Jack: Which way did he take her?

Piggy: Now, hold on, bossy boots. What's in it for me?

• Jack looks worried, and a CGI Red Ranger helmet transitions us to an unknown location, possibly a stockyard. Sinuku and Dr. Rheas walk into the frame.

Sinuku: Are you sure this is where you hid the activator?

Dr. Rheas: Yes. But I wish I'd had the sense to destroy it. Your genius was wasted, Sinuku! You could have helped so many people!

Sinuku: That's always been your goal. Not mine.

• Dr. Rheas watches, concerned, as she and Sinuku walk over to some… big… orange thingy, and Sinuku blasts it open with his eye lasers. Dr. Rheas covers her head and winces, and Sinuku reaches inside, pulling out a device.

Sinuku: At last…

• He cackles as Jack runs in, looking worried. He stops and watches them.

Dr. Rheas: Jack?!

Jack: Let her go.

Sinuku: No. She's served her purpose anyway. Now I'll deal with you.

Jack: (takes out his morpher) Ready! S.P.D., Emergency! (he morphs) Space Patrol Delta!

• Dr. Rheas watches with a gasp as Jack poses. Sinuku tosses out a Krybot ball, making 'bots appear and surround him and Dr. Rheas.

Sinuku: Krybots! Attack!

• Jack draws his Delta Blasters and enters the fray. He easily dispatches all of the Krybots with some smooth dodging and well-aimed smoking laser fire.

Jack: That takes care of those clowns. (to Sinuku) I'm bringing you in!

Sinuku: (drawing a sword) It won't be that easy.

• The two opponents charge at each other. Jack deflects all of Sinuku's sword blows.

Jack: You're going right back to prison!

Sinuku: That will never happen!

• He flips Jack over his head, and he lands painfully on his back several feet away, struggling to get back up. Sinuku then blasts poor Jack, and Dr. Rheas gasps in fright. Sinuku takes out the activator.

Sinuku: I'm sure Gruumm wouldn't mind if I used one on you.

• He draws one of the demagnators from his coat, activates it, and clamps it onto his wrist.

Sinuku: Perfect. This should stop you forever…

• He laughs at aims it at Jack, who is still fighting to get back up. Dr. Rheas then cries out and tries to stop Sinuku, but he easily shoves her away.

Jack: (getting up) Leave her alone!

• He charges at Sinuku again, drawing his blasters. Sinuku fires his eye lightning, but misses. Jack then leaps at Sinuku and kicks him back, landing, and Dr. Rheas runs up to him.

Dr. Rheas: Oh, thank you!

Jack: You OK?

Dr. Rheas: Yeah.

Jack: Take cover. Delta Blasters!

• He fires again. Sinuku leaps out of the way on top of a stack of… odd, pipey kinda things… and Jack jumps after him, engaging him in battle. He pistol-whips the monster, then rips his cape off and throws him to the ground, firing as he falls. Sinuku drops the activator. Jack tosses the cape away, drops down and poses, and Sinuku wields his sword, charging once more. Dr. Rheas smiles with delight as Jack gains the upper hand.

Jack: He's a tough one.

• The other Rangers, all morphed, then dash onto the scene.

Bridge: Hey!

Sky: Your backup's here, Jack.

Jack: Just in time. Ready! (all pose) Red Ranger!

Sky: Blue Ranger!

Bridge: Green Ranger!

Z: Yellow Ranger!

Syd: Pink Ranger!

All: S.P.D. Rangers! (their helmets flash) Defenders of Earth!

Sinuku: Enough posing! Let's fight!

• He fires his eye lasers; the boys are knocked back, but the girls roll forward through the impact, then deliver flying kicks. Sky and Bridge follow up with flying baton slaps. Jack delivers another chest kick, then points one of his blasters threateningly.

Jack: You're outnumbered!

Sinuku: Time for Plan B.

• He takes out some really odd-looking thingy and presses it, making his robot re-emerge. He then vanishes inside it in a poof of green energy.

Sky: No way.

Jack: Megazord time!

• Stock footage of the Runners leaving the base again, etc. etc.

Rangers: Ready to roll!

• And the Megazord forms, facing off against Sinuku's robot, which immediately duplicates itself again.

Sky: Not again.

• The Megazord turns to look at all of the duplicates, then spins to fire at each of them, but they all dissolve.

Sky: They're all fakes!

• The camera pans back, revealing that the real one has merely made itself near-invisible.

Jack: Except that one. Look out!

• The Megazord dives, rolls, and shoots, revealing the robot in a shower of sparks. Sinuku takes out the activator and sets it into a waiting groove inside its cockpit.

Sinuku: Enough games. Time to end this. I'll power this up to 100 times its strength. Fire!

• His robot holds up its weapon in both hands and fires. The Megazord's gun is knocked away, and Jack yells with pain as it falls over.

Bridge: He's got some serious firepower, I'll give him that.

Sky: Bridge. Try to remember whose side you're on, will ya?

Z: Guys! Save it for later!

Sinuku: I can't believe you survived that. Let's try one THOUSAND times the power! No machine can withstand that!

Jack: We're not afraid! Give it your best shot!

• The Megazord picks itself up and faces the robot.

Sinuku: I intend to. Goodbye, Power Rangers!

• His robot raises its weapon and fires again.

Jack: Hang on, everybody!

• The Megazord… … catches the fireball/energy and is knocked backward.

Syd: Jack, I hope you have a plan!

Jack: I do. Back at ya, Sinuku!

• The Megazord spins and flings the energy ball back at the robot.

Sinuku: Eject!

• He presses a button, but for some reason still yells in pain as his robot falls over and explodes. He is then flung to the ground, and all of the Rangers jump down after him. Sinuku snarls in pain and rage as Jack points at him.

Jack: I told you before, you're going back to where you belong! We'll see to that. Judgment Mode!

• And iiit's Judgment Time!

Sinuku: I don't wanna go back! … The food is terrible! (but of course, the Red X of Doom appears)

Sky, Bridge, Z, Syd: Guilty!

Jack: Canine Cannon!

• He tosses the key bone to an appearing-out-of-nowhere R.I.C., the stock cannon transformation and dropping-into-Rangers'-hands sequence following. Sinuku draws his sword and charges.

Rangers: Target locked, fire!

• They let loose, and Sinuku falls over, explodes, and is sealed into a Confinement Card in a shower of sparks.

Rangers: Yeah!

Sinuku: Let me out! Hey, hey, let me out!

Jack: (picks up card, taps it) This time you're going away for good!

• We fade to the commercial break.

• We open on the same park Jack was walking through earlier in the episode. Syd, dressed in civilian clothing, is walking around, looking for something.

Everyone: Surpriiiise! Happy birthday!

• They all pop out of a nearby gazebo, unfurling a pink banner reading “Happy Birthday Syd”. Jack, Sky, Bridge, Z, Kat, Boom, Doggie, Dr. Rheas, and several unnamed alien cadets all walk toward her, some carrying presents. Most of them are in civilian clothing as well, with the exception of Sky and the aliens. Syd spots them, gives a cry of delight, and runs toward them, hugging Jack.

Syd: No way! This is so sweet!

Bridge: Happy birthday!

Z: (to Sky) I see you got all dressed up for the party.

Sky: Well, I'm a Ranger, and as a Ranger-

Z: Sky, give it a rest! Lighten up! It's a party!

Cruger: Yes, have some fun.

• Sky reaches up and unzips his jacket, smiling shyly. We then cut to later in the party. Jack hands Syd a cupcake (with pink frosting, no less, and a lit candle on top). In the background, the others are enjoying themselves- Boom has a napkin bib and is stuffing himself with cake, Sky pours himself a drink, and Bridge plays a game with Kat, taking off a glove and using his powers to “see” what's inside all of Syd's presents, as Doggie looks on.

Jack: Happy birthday, Syd. Sorry… being a Ranger doesn't pay that much.

Syd: Oh, tell me about it. … It's perfect. Now I'd like to give you a gift.

• She reaches down to the table, and grabs another cupcake (which is split in half), handing him a half with another lit candle in.

Syd: Half my birthday. It'd make me really happy if you would share it with me.

Jack: So, like, every year it'd be my birthday too?

Syd: Exactly. And if you know what you're doing, you can milk it for a whole week.

• Jack laughs… and so does Piggy, who snatches the cupcake halves from both.

Piggy: Happy birthday, Princess! Mwah!

Syd: Who invited you?

Jack: I did. … It was the only way he'd tell me what he knew!

Piggy: Phaw! This needs mustard!

• Everyone else laughs. Jack and Syd embrace again, and the episode ends.

• Whole series continuity error: Sinuku escapes from what is called KO-35's satellite prison; however, the planet shown bears no resemblance whatsoever to how it is seen in Power Rangers in Space.
• Continuity error/oddity: During the stakeout montage, in most of the panels, Jack and Syd are wearing the same clothing they were when they arrived. However, the panels showing Jack tapping numbers on his cell phone and Syd peering out the window through the binoculars show them both in different clothing, which they are still wearing when the montage ends. Presumably, it all takes place on the same day, so why would they change?
• Continuity error: When Jack gets up to go for a walk, the pizza slice he was holding vanishes.
• Continuity error: When Piggy jumps down off the heater after Jack and Syd tell him to butt out, the pizza box has about 3 slices in it, all still stuck together. However, when he sits down on the couch, there are more slices, and they are all spread apart inside the box.
• Continuity error: During the Megazord fight, it pulls out both its weapons. When it's time to finish off Sinuku, the Judgment Sword vanishes, and when it leaps into the air, the sword is suddenly there but the gun has vanished, with no time for it to have put away nor re-drawn either.
• Continuity error: Several times during Jack and Sinuku's fight, their surroundings look different. Dr. Rheas suddenly vanishes as well (except for her reaction shots). This, of course, is because the fight is Japanese footage, and Ban (Jack's counterpart) was rescuing a different woman.
• Continuity error: Sinuku drops the activator when Jack fights with him, and did not have time to pick it back up; however, he suddenly has it when he's back in his robot's cockpit.
• Continuity error: At the end, when Doggie says “Yes, have some fun” to Sky, his mouth doesn't move.
• Continuity error: When Syd hands Jack the cupcake, there is nobody right next to them. However, Piggy suddenly appears there to snatch the cupcake halves from both.
• Oddity: It's hard to tell for certain, but during the morphed footage it sounds as though several of Jack's lines were dubbed by another person (and not his actor, Brandon Jay McLaren, as usual). Bridge sounds a bit off at times, as well. In general, the ADR in this episode is a little subpar.
• Oddity: How could Bridge and Sky live and work with Syd for two years or more and not know when her birthday is, especially considering she makes such a big deal about it every year?
• Oddity: If Jack wasn't willing to share his pizza with Syd, why does he not mind when Piggy sits down and starts helping himself to it?
• Oddity: Why would Jack and Syd be sent on a possible overnight stakeout without food and water, therefore necessitating Jack ordering a pizza to feed himself (and quite possibly giving away their location/exposing them to the client)? Shouldn't Syd have known this, seeing as how she has the most surveillance training in B-Squad? Also, wouldn't she have heard Jack calling to get the pizza in the first place, seeing as how they were confined to that one room?
• Oddity: Sinuku mentions many times that he's working for Gruumm, but the Emperor himself never appears or gives him any commands.
• If you watch the background while Syd and Jack are talking near the end, Bridge can be seen speaking to Kat and taking a glove off to “see” what's inside Syd's birthday presents with his powers. Awwww. :)
• This is one of the few episodes whose time within the series' timeline can be definitively established; Zapped mentions that Syd is a Gemini, meaning this episode takes place sometime between May 20th and June 21st, 2025.
• The character Jack is playing with on the video game is the Blue Senturion from Power Rangers Turbo.
• Jack has a cell phone, which he uses to order pizza.
• The little girl whose birthday party Jack observes is named “Jackie”. This is quite likely both a pun on Jack's own name and a nod to longtime PR writer Jackie Marchand, who coincidentally wrote this episode.