13-23: Zapped

This is the main page for episode 13-23; credits, a synopsis, a full episode transcription, and interesting tidbits about the episode are below. Transcript by Shurimon.

Production Credits
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Greg Aronowitz
TELEPLAY BY – Stan Berkowitz
DIRECTED BY – John Laing

Episode-Specific Cast Credits
Shopkeeper – James Gaylyn
Dr. Helen Tyler-Jones – Jesse Peters
Voice of Omega Ranger – Brett Stewart
Voice of Mysticon & Al – Barnie Duncan
Voice of Bluehead – Derek Judge
Voice of Broodwing – Jim McLarty

Morgana seeks the help of a magician named Mysticon to assist Gruumm in abducting a scientist to work for him. Meanwhile, the Rangers feel increasingly jealous of Omega, as Cruger is spending a lot of time with him and sending him out on solo assigments. Their anger at feeling left out leads them to tag along unauthorized on his latest mission.

• We open the episode on the rec room. Jack, Sky, Z, Syd and sparkly Sam are relaxing and enjoying a snack- they've moved the couches into a circle, and a large bowl of various types of fruit along with dip and some trays sit on top of a table between them. Syd is reading aloud from a magazine with a picture of herself on the cover.

Syd: “Geminis look forward to an exciting day filled with adventure, romance, and a financial windfall.”

Jack: Ka-CHING! I could use some extra spending cash, since the salary I make at S.P.D. is nothing.

Bridge: (seating himself beside Sky) Oh, do me, do me, do me.

Syd: Alright, what's your sign?

Bridge: It's… hard to say. My mother went into labor on a transpacific airline, so I was born on one day, and then we landed it was the day before. So I was actually born the day before I was born.

Z: Here, I'll read yours. (takes the magazine from Syd) It says… today you're gonna be confused, and tomorrow, and the next day…

Cruger: (appearing in the doorway) Sam!

Sam: (transforms into Omega) Later, guys!

Syd: Sure. (after Sam walks away) Cruger gets Omega Ranger, and we get… Sparky the Night Light.

Z: Like he's Cruger's long-lost son or something.

Bridge: But he couldn't be his actual son because of the whole inter-species aspect.

Sky: Come on, guys. Sam's new and he's from the future. I'm sure Cruger's just trying to gain some valuable information, that's all.

Jack: And we're not valuable?

Cruger: Sky!

Sky: Apparently, I am.

Cruger: (to Sam) Don't worry, I'll make sure that it's done.

• Sky gets up and approaches Cruger and Sam, standing at attention. Bridge turns and watches them over his shoulder.

Sky: Yes, sir!

Cruger: I need Omega for a while. See that his daily duties are covered.

Sky: But sir… (they ignore him and walk away) … Yes, sir. (to the others) What?

• They all smile and shake their heads as a screen wipe transitions the scene, opening on a sign reading “The Great Mysticon Magic Show”. A tomato hits the sign, and we pan out to see Mysticon, a mustached and horned alien, dressed as a magician, holding a top hat. He is accompanied by a much taller green-skinned alien, Al. This scene takes place in an alleyway outside a bookstore called the Book Exchange.

Mysticon: Oh, please! Ladies and gentlemen, please. Magic isn't always predictable…

• We see that they are somewhere downtown, with a few booing and unimpressed humans watching. The sign sits on a black table. On Mysticon and Al's other side is a purple curtain hanging from a circular rod, with a black curtain behind it with cardboard bats and another sign reading “The Great Mysticon Magic Show” hanging from it. Next to these are a table with a lot of magic tricks on top, and a trunk with the words “The Great Mysticon” and an eye painted on.

Al: Oh, no.

Mysticon: But I guarantee, my next illusion will work. My courageous assistant, Al…

Al: That's me!

Mysticon: Will now make a perilous journey to another dimension.

• Al climbs inside the purple curtain, which barely conceals him, as it is flimsy and falling off the rod.

Mysticon: As you can see, most of him is inside the curtain. Abracadabra!

• The curtain falls all the way, revealing Al trying to sneak out the back and behind the black curtain. The audience boos and walks away, when the camera is suddenly obscured by a brown head of hair. Morgana turns to face it and looks around, raising an eyebrow, before a screen wipe transitions to Al and Mysticon packing up and putting their stuff away after their show.

Morgana: Loved the show!

Mysticon and Al: Hmm?

Mysticon: Oh?

Morgana: Well, maybe “loved” isn't quite the right word. Maybe “hated” is more like it.

Al: Oh, like we haven't heard that before.

Morgana: The name's Morgana. You're really bad, but you do have potential. With a little help from me, you could be the world's greatest magician. All you need is a little guidance… (takes out a much smaller version of Gruumm's staff) and this magic wand.

Mysticon: Oh, right. A magic wand.

• Morgana “hmphs”, and points the wand at Al. Lightning shoots out of it and turns him invisible with a shower of fireworks.

Al: Hey! Whoa!

Morgana: Yes, a magic wand.

Mysticon: What did you do to him?

Morgana: I made him invisible.

Mysticon: Oh… (starts to take the wand) Wait. Nobody gives away something like this. What do you want?

Morgana: Nothing. Well, maybe you can help me out should something arise. But in the meantime, you just enjoy.

Mysticon: Oh, sounds good.

Al: Uh, hello? I cannot see my feet here!

Mysticon: Al!

• Scene change to the Delta Base, the command center. Cruger's first line is spoken over one of the stock shots of the base. All 6 Rangers are in a line before him.

Cruger: Gold, cash and jewelry all taken in broad daylight, when people are present and no one saw anything. The thefts have been going on for weeks, and… (the alarm goes off)

Jack: Where is it, sir?

Cruger: 411 West Rose. Omega, I want you to go and make s-

Jack: We'll all go. Sir.

• To the parking garage, with stock footage of the unmorphed Rangers getting into their patrol vehicles and taking off, sirens blazing. Sky is on his motorcycle, Omega rides his Omegamax Cycle, the other four are in the Delta Cruiser (with Bridge driving, Syd riding shotgun and Jack and Z in the back). We then cut to them arriving at the scene of the robbery and hopping out. Bridge spots something and runs off in another direction as the others go to investigate, approaching the shopkeeper. The robbery appears to be occurring at a restaurant, as lots of people are sitting around tables outside a building.

Shopkeeper: STOP, THIEF!

Sam: S.P.D. Which way did the thieves go?

Sky: Hey! I was gonna say that.

Sam: (curtly) Then go ahead.

Sky: Fine. I will. S.P.D., which way did the thieves go?

Shopkeeper: It's hard to say, really. I didn't actually see them. I just saw cash floating out of my store!

Bridge: (offscreen) Guys! I got one over here!

• The others run to the top of a stairwell and look down on Bridge, who is apparently fighting with thin air. One of his gloves is off. Poor Bridge gets knocked back into a table.

Jack: Bridge, what are you doing?!

• Bridge leaps up, grabs something, and throws it against a pillar, revealing Al in a shower of sparks. We then cut to Morgana and Mysticon, also watching the scene.

Morgan: I think your friend's going to need a little help.

Mysticon: You're kidding! I'm a magician, not a fighter!

Morgana: (scoffs) FINE. I'll do it. MEN.

• She takes a few steps forward, smirks, and pulls out two Krybot generators- one normal and one Bluehead- and tosses them, making said 'bots appear near Bridge. The other Rangers look on.

Jack: OK, Sky, you and Omega take the big lizard. Syd, Z and I will take the rest. (pulls out morpher)

Sky: Right.

Jack: Ready!

Others: Ready!

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

• Jack and the girls flip into battle, fighting the Krybots without weapons. We then cut to Bridge as the poor guy gets tossed into a chair and falls over.

Al: I'm out of here!

• He runs away, then Sky and Omega flip down and give chase. Morgana and Mysticon look on, worried. Sky and Omega confront Al.

Sky: There he is!

Sam: Let's do it!

• The two engage Al in battle, but he's a tough opponent and easily takes all of their blows, tossing Sky aside and into a wall.

Sam: You OK?

• We then cut back to Jack and the girls fighting Krybots. Syd roundhouse and spinkicks several, while Z backflips, lies on her back and kicks a few, then leaps back up and fights some more. Jack performs some flying kicks, then fights off Bluehead.

Jack: Delta Blasters!

• He shoots down three 'bots simultaneously. The three regroup as Bluehead fires on them, and they yell with pain and fall over. Morgana giggles with delight as she watches. We then cut to Bridge, who is on his hands and knees and watching, picking himself up.

Bridge: Better join them. S.P.D., Emergency!

• He morphs and leaps at Bluehead, grabs his arm cannon, and is flipped over. He then kicks the 'bot away, and Jack runs up to him.

Jack: Want a hand?

Bridge: Do it!

• Jack flips back into battle. Bridge then leaps at Bluehead and does a corkscrew kick, knocking him backward into a flight of concrete stairs.

Z: Come on!

• She and Syd leap at Bluehead, doing some impressive flips through the air and over Bluehead, Syd firing with her Deltamax Striker. Bluehead falls to the ground. Mysticon scoffs and begins to walk away from Morgana.

Morgana: Where do you think you're going?

Mysticon: That's S.P.D. down there. I didn't sign up for this!

Morgana: Remember how you promised to help me out should something arise? Well, something just arose.

• She laughs as the scene cuts to Sky and Sam battling Al.

Sam: Come on! (revs morpher) Omega Morpher, charged up!

• His fist glows and he slams it into Al, knocking the monster backward into a concrete pillar. The two Rangers run forward and restrain him.

Sam: You are under arrest! You have the right to remain silent!

Al: Yeah, yeah. Like I haven't heard that before.

• The show fades into commercial on a shot of Al's face.

• We open in on a stock shot of the Delta Base, over which Cruger's line is spoken.

Cruger: Interrogate him.

• We then cut to inside the base. Jack, with his jacket off, sits down in front of Al, holding a mug. The two are inside an interrogation room, with a table and two chairs in the center, and a pitcher of water with some cups on the table between them. The others, including Kat and Cruger, watch through a one-way window.

Jack: Al! Now, we could go easier on you if you just tell us who else was involved. (Al yawns) We're betting you're working with somebody else. All you gotta do is tell us who and we'll take four, five years off your sentence. What do you say?

• In response, Al leans forward and burps. Sky tries his luck next, leaning forward on the table and slamming his hands on it, getting in Al's face, basically playing the bad cop.

Sky: You better tell us what we wanna know. OR ELSE.

Al: Oooh, did you have onions for lunch?

• Syd is next, checking out her reflection in the one-way mirror and playing with her pigtails, trying to look sympathetic.

Syd: It must've been tough for you, Al.

Al: Mmm…

Syd: Never getting a break from anyone. Me? I had it all. Great parents… a good education… a credit card… and you. How can you ever amount to anything with your skin so… scaly?

Al: Scaly? I AM a lizard. Hey, can you bring the blue guy back in?

• Syd sighs and looks disappointed. Behind the mirror, Jack and Z are amused (Z even chuckles), while Bridge, Kat and Cruger look a little embarrassed. Sky lifts his hands and shrugs. It's Z's turn next- she sits on the table, playing a song on a CD player in front of her, bopping her head in time to it and snapping her fingers. Near the player is a CD with Syd posing in front of old-style boom microphone and wearing a guitar on the cover.

Syd: (on CD, singing) Me, me, me, me me… Let's talk about me, me, me, me, yeah… (etc.)

Al: Ohhh! What's that racket?

Z: It's good, huh? It's a song that Syd wrote AND performs. It's called… “Me”. Because it's all about her. Ya like it?

Al: Seriously, can you bring the blue guy back? PLEASE.

• The camera pans back to show the others, who are all looking back at Syd (except Cruger, who seems to be very annoyed). Sky smirks at Syd, raising his eyebrows.

Syd: What does he know? He's a lizard.

• Now the others' final hope has a shot at it- Bridge. As he interrogates Al, the camera cuts ahead in time several times, and each time Bridge is more relaxed as Al becomes more and more impatient- by the final shot, Bridge is reclining with his legs propped up on the table and his jacket off, while Al seems ready to jump through the window.

Bridge: But really, why should you help us? Prison is safe… secure… But is anything really, truly secure? (cut ahead) Security can can only come from one place… yourself.

Al: Get to the point, will ya?

Bridge: (after a cut ahead) … all sense of… of… of security! And what does security really give us…

Al: STOP! I can't take it anymore! I'll talk, I'll talk. It was Mysticon, helped by some dame named Morgana!

• As he speaks, Bridge looks in on the others and gives them the thumbs-up. The others are all impressed.

Sky: He's good.

Kat: Gruumm, Commander?

Cruger: Yes. He's up to something.

• Scene change to the Terror, down a long, dark, badly-lit hallway. Gruumm is talking to Mysticon, whose way out is blocked by Morgana and Broodwing.

Mysticon: I don't have to help you or anyone else! Not as long as I have this!

• He holds the magic wand up, and Gruumm gives a snarl of frustration, raises his staff, zaps it out of his hands, then laughs.

Mysticon: Uhm, okay. I'm leaving now… (Morgana stops him, shaking her head)

Gruumm: You will obtain a scientist for me. If I took her myself, it would call too much attention to my plan. (Morgana hands Mysticon a new wand)

Mysticon: … Your… plan?

Gruumm: Nevermind about that. Now either you help me, or you'll be…

Morgana: Vaporized. He can do it with his eyes closed.

Gruumm: Broodwing will sell you a robot to help you.

Mysticon: But I don't have that kind of money-

Gruumm: Then he will give you one.

Broodwing: Give? I don't give anything away for free!

Gruumm: (rising, his eyes flashing) You will do as I order! I've given you ENOUGH money for your ineffectual weaponry!

Broodwing: Yes… my Emperor.

Gruumm: First, I want you to do a little charity work for me…

Broodwing: (venomously, in undertone) You'll get yours, Gruumm… I promise you that…

• A screen wipe transitions us back to Delta Command, where Z is holding up a poster advertising a benefit magic show for the Newtech University science center by the great Mysticon, taking place that coming Thursday at 7:30 PM.

Z: Benefit for Newtech University's science center… featuring the great Mysticon. (she sets the poster down and Syd picks it up) I have a bad feeling about this.

Cruger: So do I. That's why I'm sending Sam to do some undercover work.

Sky: Sam?! Again? But…

Cruger: Do you have a problem with my decision, Cadet? (Sky shakes his head and looks away, sour, rolling his eyes) Do any of you?

• The others look uncomfortable, but say nothing. A CGI S.P.D. badge transitions us to the Playhouse Theatre at Newtech University. Lightball Sam floats in over a big crowd of people. The other five Rangers are following him, all dressed in civilian clothing. Posters for Mysticon's show can be seen all over. Z, Jack and Bridge are all looking uncomfortable.

Z: I don't think this is such a great idea, guys.

Sky: We'll show Cruger we're just as good as Omega. Anyways, we're just giving him some backup.

Jack: Right. Backup he didn't ask for and Cruger didn't assign.

Bridge: Yeah, but it's still backup. It's kinda like the whole tree falling in a forest thing…

• Syd then spots a sign advertising the fact that Mysticon is looking for a new assistant and eyes it with interest.

Syd: Hmm, I'm gonna check out over here. You guys go on without me.

Jack: Alright, we'll save you a seat.

• Syd walks up to the sign and examines it briefly. We then cut to backstage inside the theatre. Syd pushes aside a curtain and walks in, now dressed in a green and gold magician's assistant getup, complete with high heels and a top hat. Mysticon, seated in a director's chair in front of a dressing table and mirror, turns to look at her.

Mysticon: Oh, and who are you?

Syd: I'm applying for the new assistant position. I love magic, I really love money, and I won't ask questions.

• Morgana can then be seen watching them from behind another curtain.

Mysticon: Ooh, you're hired. (Syd smiles)

Morgana: Psst!

Mysticon: Ooh! Uh, excuse me, my dear.

• He walks up to Morgana, and Syd takes off her hat and begins examining everything on the dressing table.

Mysticon: What is it?

Morgana: Your new assistant, she's S.P.D.!

Mysticon: Ooof! She is so fired!

Morgana: No, no, no no. Here's what you're going to do.

• She whispers something in Mysticon's ear, and he nods, walking back over to Syd.

Syd: Anything the matter?

Mysticon: Everything's just fine. In fact, we're going to do our first trick right now! (he zaps her with the wand) You will do everything I say… understood?

Syd: (opens her eyes, which flash pink) Understood.

• She stares into the camera into the commercial break.

• After commercial, the show opens on Mysticon's show inside the theatre, with the audience, including Jack, Sky, Bridge, and Z, applauding him as he bows. The stage has several odd things on it, including a giant sarcophagus.

Mysticon: Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, I am the great Mysticon. And thank you for donating to the university's science program. Now for our main event… let the magic begin! And now, with a little help from my lovely assistant… on with the show!

• The audience applauds some more as Syd walks out onto stage, staring blankly into space. The camera pans back to show lightball Sam blending in with some stage lights. Syd walks past Mysticon as he pulls a fabric cover off a chair. In the audience, Z tugs on Sky's shirt sleeve.

Mysticon: Right this way, my dear. Have a seat. (she sits)

Z: It's Syd.

Sky: She's gone deep undercover.

Bridge: (as Mysticon thrown the seat cover over Syd) I didn't know Syd could do magic.

Mysticon: Abracadabra! (He pulls the cover off to reveal that she is gone) Where could she be?

• The audience oohs, ahhs and applauds, all except the Rangers, who are looking a little worried and clap hesitantly. We then cut to backstage, where Syd is standing perfectly still… surrounded by 5 Krybots. Her eyes flash again before we cut back to Mysticon.

Mysticon: Thank you. For my next illusion, I need a volunteer from the audience.

• Several people raise their hands, including Bridge, who excitedly rises from his seat and waves his arm.

Mysticon: Ah, perhaps someone who's not quite so eager. How about… you, ma'am?

• He points to a woman with long hair and glasses in the front row. Z pulls Bridge down and glares at him, and he sinks back down, looking disappointed and a little hurt as he rubs his arm.

Mysticon: Yes, you. Please don't be shy, it's for the university.

• The woman rises and walks up on stage as Jack looks on suspiciously. Mysticon opens the sarcophagus to reveal that it is hollow inside.

Mysticon: And what is your name?

Woman: Dr. Helen Tyler-Jones.

Mysticon: Step right inside for me, please, Doctor. You'll be fine.

• Sam floats a little closer before we cut back to the Delta Base. Kat is working at her console, which shows an image of several necklaces.

Kat: Gruumm's had diamonds stolen, iridium, even sand. But I don't see how this magician fits in.

Cruger: (as his console beeps) Sam?

Sam: Mysticon's just pulled a woman named Dr. Helen Tyler-Jones from the audience. Does her name mean anything to you?

Kat: (typing at her console) Dr. Helen… Tyler… Jones. Just one of the world's leading microbiologists. But what would Gruumm want with her?

Cruger: Those things he's been stealing, he just might want someone to combine them for his evil purpose. I'll send the other Rangers.

Sam: They're already here.

Cruger: (the camera zooms in) They're WHAT?!

• Cut back to the magic show. Mysticon is directing Dr. Jones into the sarcophagus.

Mysticon: Right this way, Doctor. Mind your step.

• She gets inside, and the audience watches as he closes the door, the Rangers looking suspicious.

Mysticon: I will now tap this container, once, twice, three times, and voila!

• He opens it to reveal that Dr. Jones has vanished.

Mysticon: She is gone!

• The audience oohs, ahhs and claps again, and the Rangers join in, looking impressed now. Sam floats away toward Mysticon, and we cut backstage. Dr. Jones is being restrained by Krybots, Syd is still oblivious, and a growling Bluehead walks into the frame then begins laughing. Cut back to the stage, where the audience is still applauding.

Mysticon: Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. That will be all for tonight.

Jack: (leaning in toward Sky) Aren't they gonna bring the Doctor back?

Mysticon: Remember, give to the university! (there is then knocking from the inside of the sarcophagus) Who could that be? (he opens it)

Sam: S.P.D., Emergency! (the audience gasps and begins to run away)

Jack: Looks like it's showtime! (the Rangers stand)

Sam: (as Mysticon runs offstage) Freeze!

Jack: Ready!

Bridge, Z, Sky: Ready!

All: S.P.D., Emergency! (they morph)

• A frightened Mysticon, with Sam in hot pursuit, runs backstage, grabs Syd, and takes off with her.

Mysticon: You're coming with me! Out of my way!

• The other Rangers join Sam in fighting off some Krybots. Cut to outside the building, where Morgana is waiting in her armor, sans helmet, with more Krybots holding a struggling Dr. Jones. The Rangers then run out after Mysticon.

Sam: Hold it right there!

Mysticon: Stop them!

• The Rangers assume fighting poses before dashing into battle, knocking Krybots into cars and boxes, Z fighting with her Deltamax Striker.

Mysticon: (tapping Syd) You too! (she obediently assumes a fighting pose and runs off) Good girl!

• Bridge yells and ducks as, in a moment of severe WTF, Syd comes at him… using her high heels as weapons. Bridge dodges as she swipes at him, and he tries holding her back.

Bridge: Whoa! Syd! It's me, Bridge!

Syd: (eyes flashing) I must stop you.

Bridge: Yeah, sure, but, ah… (he reaches under her coat, grabs her morpher and places it in her hand) First say “S.P.D., Emergency”, okay?

Syd: S.P.D., Emergency, okay. (she morphs)

Bridge: Yes!

Syd: What? Where am I?

• Bridge fights off a Krybot, throwing it against a car, then grabs another and starts to run off camera.

Bridge: In the middle… of a fight!

Syd: What else is new?

• Bluehead then jumps at Sam, who revs up his morpher.

Sam: Omega Morpher, power mode!

• He knocks Bluehead back into a truck, then trips him into a stack of cardboard boxes. The normal 'bots begin to drag Dr. Jones away, but Sam leaps to her rescue.

Sam: Stop! (they let go and he fights them off. He then speaks to Dr. Jones) Go find somewhere safe!

• She runs off, and Syd can be seen tossing Mysticon around, preventing him from escaping.

Syd: Oh, no, you don't. (she pulls his cape over his head, and the wand goes flying)

Mysticon: My wand!

• She spins into the air along with him, and he lands hard on his back while Syd lands lightly on her feet. Mysticon grabs for the wand, but Bridge picks it up before he can.

Bridge: I'll hold onto this!

Mysticon: (running off) I've got to get to Broodwing's robot!

• Mysticon runs down a ramp and is all of a sudden sitting inside the cockpit of a robot, which burrows up from the ground.

Mysticon: Yes!

• Cut back to the base, where Doggie and Kat are watching.

Cruger: He looks like a tough one.

Kat: I've reconfigured the Megazord to combine if necessary. I just hope it works.

• Stock footage of the Delta Runners and Omegamax Cycle driving to the scene, then a split shot of all 6 Rangers, who are suddenly in their respective Zords.

Rangers: Transform to Megazord!

• Both quickly become their respective Megazord forms.

Jack: We'll go in first, Sam.

• The Delta Squad Megazord charges Mysticon's robot. However, it warps out of the way of all of its attacks, frustrating the Rangers.

Jack: How'd he do that?

Mysticon: You can't capture the great Mysticon!

Jack: That's what you think!

Sam: I'm going in.

• The Omegamax Megazord pushes it legs together and dives forward in order to use its finishing move. However, Mysticon's robot teleport dodges out of the way, then fires a beam of lighting at the Megazord.

Jack: Now, together!

Sam: Okay!

• The two Megazords dive at the robot. Predictably, however, Mysticon gets out of the way and they end up punching each other instead. A split screen shows Jack and Sam arguing.

Sam: Watch where you're going!

Jack: Hey, it wasn't my fault! You should've been following…

Sky: GUYS! Let's rush 'im both at once!

Sam: Right.

• Stock transformation sequence in reverse, as the Omegamax Megazord becomes the Cycle again…

Sky: Let's do it, Sam!

• … and the Delta Squad Megazord gets a running start, hopping on top of it and ridin' that hog.

Sky: Go for it! (the Megazord fires, Mysticon dodges)

Syd: Oh, so close!

• Mysticon laughs and has his robot blast lightning at the combined Megazord, which easily dodges out of the way as explosions happen all around it.

Bridge: We've gotta combine the Megazords!

Z: I don't know. Are you sure we're ready for this, Kat?

• Cut back to the base. Kat's screen shows images of the two Megazords, which then combine into one.

Kat: You've been training for this, Rangers. You are ready. Deltamax Megazord sequencing initiated.

Sam: Alright!

Syd: Let's do this!

Jack: Hang on, everybody!

Rangers: Deltamax Megazord!

• A new transformation sequence begins! The Omegamax Cycle flies up into the air, and a part from the back locks onto the Delta Squad Megazord's head. It then stands up, forming the legs. Delta Runners 2 and 3 become the arms, 4 and 5 sit on the shoulders, and 1 combines with the rest of the body. The fists visible on the Omegamax Megazord's chest become the new Megazord's hands.

Rangers: Yeah!

• The Deltamax Megazord simply stands there, in all its badassness.

Syd: Now this thing rocks!

• Cut back to the base.

Kat: Remember, Rangers, there's a hypersonic mode that might come in useful.

Sky: (on her monitor) Thanks for the reminder, Kat.

Mysticon: You don't scare me! (his robot prepares to fire)

Sky: Boosters, go!

• A series of rocket exhaust pipes lifts off the Megazord's back, propelling it up and over the robot, leaving Mysticon shocked.

Mysticon: How did they do that?

Sky: Hyperspeed!

• The Megazord turns sideways, and the boosters rocket it past Mysticon's robot, setting it sparking and knocking it to the ground. Sky takes out his morpher.

Sky: Judgment time!

Mysticon: No, wait, none of this was my idea, I was forced into it by that Gruumm fellow and Morgana!

• The Megazord, lifting the Pink Runner's sign from its shoulder, displays the verdict, which is of course…

Mysticon: I mean, sure, I'm a crook! But I can be reformed, I know I can! I've been reformed many times! (the Red X of Doom appears over him)

Rangers: Guilty!

Mysticon: Maybe just a little…

Rangers: Full power!

• The Deltamax Megazord rockets forward, its fists swinging, gaining deadly speed and momentum. It then hammers Mysticon's robot, sending it flying backward and destroying it.

Rangers: (thumbs-down) You're going down!

Sky: Case closed!

• Sky and Sam are then shown side-by-side with a split screen.

Sky & Sam: (at the same time) Thanks to me!

Sam: Huh?

Sky: (waves him off) Whatever!

• The Megazord poses victoriously, and we cut back to the base, where an excited Kat runs up to Doggie.

Kat: They did it. They did it! … You don't seem too happy.

Cruger: I'm not.

• He looks up as we fade to commercial.

• We fade back in on the base. The main 5 Rangers are all standing at attention in a line, their backs to Cruger.

Cruger: You deliberately violated my direct order!

Jack: It was my fault, sir. It was my idea. I just wanted to show you that we're as good as Rangers as Sam.

Cruger: Who said you weren't? Not me. However, Sam is a very special individual.

Sky: We know that, sir. It's just you've been spending an awful lot of time with him-

Cruger: I've been spending a lot of time with him to get him acclimated to this space, this time! I did this knowing that you are fully confident and self-sustaining! Was I mistaken?

Bridge: No, sir. It's just that we were a little…

Z: … jealous.

Cruger: There is no room for jealousy here! You are my Rangers. You are my team. You will just have to trust that. Trust in yourselves. Understood?

Rangers: Yes sir!

• The scene then changes to an enraged Broodwing at an unknown location, punching around some steel barrels.

Broodwing: They destroyed my robot! A ROBOT THAT WASN'T PAID FOR. That was MY robot! MY money! MY loss! Gruumm will pay dearly for crossing me!

• He clenches his fist, his eyes glowing red, and the episode ends.

• Oddity: During the interrogation scene, Jack promises to take 4 or 5 years off Al's sentence if he cooperates, implying he's got a long jail stay ahead of him. Doesn't this seem a little harsh for mere theft, especially considering all the other more much dangerous criminals running around?
• Oddity: If Sam needed to get used to an unfamiliar time period, wouldn't a better way for Cruger to do so be to send him off on missions with the others instead of isolating him from them?
• Oddity: Sam doesn't attend nor participate in Al's interrogation, even though he helped capture him.
• Continuity error: The crowd standing and watching Mysticon's magic show at the beginning of the episode changes composition completely between shots.
• Continuity error: When Bridge is fighting invisible Al, at first he has both gloves on. However, when he gets thrown into a chair, his right glove is off- presumably that's how he was able to see Al in the first place, so it should have been off the whole time.
• Continuity error: Bridge never puts his glove back on before he morphs to fight off the Krybots, yet the morphing sequence shows him with it on (which is especially egregious, as the hand holding the morpher before he transforms is the un-gloved one).
• Continuity error: Jack, Z and Syd fight against many more Krybots than are seen when they first appear.
• Continuity error: Syd is in her magician's assistant outfit when she morphs while under mind control, but her morphing sequence shows her in her uniform.
• Factual error: Mysticon's magic show is advertised on the poster as taking place at 7:30 PM, yet when the Rangers go it's quite clearly early afternoon.
• This episode establishes that Syd's birthday is somewhere between May 20th and June 21st, as she's a Gemini. Since Jack shares her birthday, he's one as well. This also means that Stakeout took place sometime during that period.
• During Al's interrogation, when he asks Syd if they can “bring the blue guy back”, a piece of duct tape can clearly be seen on the costume's snout.
• The robot Mysticon pilots is identical to the ones used by Chiaggo in Robotpalooza and Bork in Missing, except colored differently.
• Usually, when split-screen shots are shown during Megazord fights, comic book lines are added to the Japanese footage to more cleanly divide the screen. However, except for one or two instances, for unknown reasons it was not done in this episode.
• Syd's magazine cover has a picture of her and reads “I'm The Most Perfect Person I Know”.
• Syd's album appears to be self-titled, as the cover merely reads “Sydney Drew”. It has a picture of her posing with a guitar in front of an old-style boom microphone.
• Mysticon's magic wand is simply a smaller version of Gruumm's staff.
• The shopkeeper was played by James Gaylyn, who also voiced all of the Orangehead Krybots this season, and Benaag in Shadow pts. I and II. He previously played a major role in Dino Thunder, voicing the villain Zeltrax; he reprised this role in the S.P.D. episode Wormhole. He also had a minor part in the Ninja Storm episode The Samurai's Journey pt. II as the sensei. Four years after S.P.D., he would go on to play Colonel Truman, father of the Red Ranger, in R.P.M..
• Bridge reveals in this episode that he doesn't know when to celebrate his birthday. He was born on a transpacific flight, with the time difference meaning he was born on one day in one time zone, and when the plane was able to land, it was still the day before. This also means he doesn't know what astrological sign he is, meaning he's likely a cusp.
• Syd's song, “Me”, was actually sung by her actress Alycia Purrott and written by Matt Austin (Bridge).
• Syd's easy and swift change into her magician's assistant outfit might be a shout-out to her Japanese counterpart, Umeko, who had a talent for quick-change disguises.
• The Dekaranger episode this one adapted, “Cool Passion”, centered on Sam's counterpart Tetsu learning how Sky's counterpart Hoji is so professional, determined, and focused on his job that he'll even fight while wounded so that a criminal doesn't get away. This is why Sam and Sky have their odd little exchange in their Zord cockpits at the end of the episode, and why Sky is the one to lead the Megazord fight against Mysticon, judge him, and take credit for his capture, even though he didn't really do much more than the others to help the investigation. The rest of the episode's plot was abandoned, as it was inappropriate for American childrens' TV. In Japan, Hoji and Tetsu were sent to investigate an underground fight club that was trading in illegal muscle-enhancing drugs. The club was owned by “Mysticon”, there called Tyler Seijin Durden- a direct reference to the book and cult favorite movie Fight Club.