13-26: S.W.A.T. pt. I

This is the main page for episode 13-26; 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 – John Tellegen
DIRECTED BY – Britta Johnstone

Episode-Specific Cast Credits
Silverback – John Tui
Voice of Omega Ranger – Brett Stewart
Voice of Thresher – Paul Barrett
Voice of Stench – Greg Johnson
Voice of Broodwing – Jim McLarty

The Rangers' bickering is starting to compromise their ability to work as a team, so they are sent away for training. Meanwhile, some of Piggy's friends manage to break into S.P.D. and steal the technology for their newest upgrade- S.W.A.T. Mode.

• We open on a shot of the Delta Base. A frantic voice can be heard before we cut to inside- Doggie and Kat are in the lab, watching a video on a monitor of a human (or possibly a humanoid alien) speaking to the camera, while a battle rages in the background.

Voice: This is Gamma Four! Come in HQ! You've gotta do something! Please help us, we need your help! They're not the-

• The transmission then ends, and the video shuts off.

Kat: … They're not the what?

Cruger: We have to be prepared for the worst. Are the new upgrades ready?

Kat: Not yet. (Doggie snarls) I'm doing the best I can!

Cruger: Double your efforts.

• Cut to inside the rec room. Sky is seated on a couch, concentrating hard as he paints a blue model plane. Jack and Bridge are sparring behind him, their blasters sitting on the table in front of Sky. Jack clearly has the upper hand.

Jack: You keep wanting to spar… Bridge… but remember what happened last time?

Bridge: Yeah, I do! (Jack breaks away and vaults over the couch next to Sky, and Bridge copies him) The lucky 23 blows that you landed!

Jack: Whatever.

• The two continue to fight. Jack blocks some kicks and punches from Bridge, before flipping him onto his back onto another couch near Sky, who glares at Bridge.

Bridge: Hey! Sky! Would you rather have sausage links for fingers… or… sweat… mayonnaise?

Sky: (gives Bridge The Look) You guys shouldn't be sparring in here. (Jack pouts at him) You're gonna break something.

Bridge: I am not.

Z: (entering, arguing with Syd) …left your makeup all over the bathroom.

Syd: That was for you. You could use a little more blush. (Z looks incredulous) Besides, what about your sweat socks? They're starting to look like part of the Green Ranger uniform.

Z: Syd. Those socks were always green.

Syd: You're messy!

Z: I'm not messy!

Syd: You leave your stuff everywhere…

• Z and Syd continue to argue, but their words aren't easily discernible. Bridge suddenly runs at Jack, grabbing his arm and twisting it behind his back. Jack grabs Bridge and flips him onto his back again, this time knocking Sky's plane out of his hands by accident as he lands in a beanbag chair.

Sky: I TOLD YOU NOT TO SPAR IN HERE!

Bridge: (sarcastically) Sorry, mom.

Jack: It was an accident.

Z: -your CD.

Syd: Yeah?

Z: I've heard it. I've-

Cruger: (walking in) Enough. I can hear you from Kat's lab.

Z: …You could hear us all the way from there?

Bridge: Well of course he can. He's got those super doggie ears that can- (he shuts up when Doggie snarls at him)

Cruger: Your petty bickering has been a problem all year. I thought you would have resolved it by now, I see that I was wrong.

• The Rangers all indignantly speak up at once, talking over each other so that their dialog isn't easily discernible, but they're all clearly blaming each other- Jack and Bridge gesture at Sky, Sky holds up his copy of the S.P.D. handbook, and Z and Syd continue to bicker. Doggie shakes his head before the scene transitions to the Terror. Gruumm is threatening Broodwing with his staff.

Broodwing: Lord Gruumm! I can explain!

Gruumm: Explain? You have an explanation as to why the Power Rangers defeat everything I graciously over-pay you for?

Broodwing: No, ah…

Gruumm: Morgana!

Morgana: My lord. I just received word that the installation on Gamma Four has been eliminated as ordered.

Gruumm: Excellent. At least someone knows how to take orders. (he puts his staff down and deactivates it) Bring Piggy to me.

Morgana: Of course, Emperor.

Broodwing: Hmm. He's calling for Piggy again… but why?

• Cut back to the Delta Base. Inside the lab, Kat works at her computer. Doggie walks in.

Kat: (snippily) I'm going as fast as I can.

Cruger: (holds up his paws) I didn't say anything.

Kat: Yeah, well, you were going to.

Cruger: I was not. I was thinking about the cadets. Kat, have you noticed how they've been bickering a lot lately?

Kat: Five teenagers asked to protect the world and forced to live in such tight quarters? I'm surprised they're talking at all.

• She then cries out in dismay as her computer explodes and smokes. As she gets up to examine it, Z walks into the lab, holding a clipboard.

Kat: Oh… no… tell me I didn't fry the quantum enhancer… TELL ME I DIDN'T FRY THE QUANTUM ENHANCER!

Z: … What happened?

Cruger: Kat fried the quantum enhancer.

• Kat shoots Doggie a STFU glare, and he quickly walks out, knowing he went too far. Kat pulls a large part out of the back of a computer tower.

Kat: Where am I gonna get another quantum enhancer? If I order one, it could take a month.

Z: … I know where you can get one.

• Transition back to the Terror, where Piggy is on his knees in front of Gruumm.

Piggy: Whatever I did, Sire, I apologize profusely!

Gruumm: On your feet. (he gets up) You pledged allegiance to me, yet you would rather work at that disgusting slop cart than bring me information?

Piggy: Well, if you ever need to feed your… (he looks around at the empty ship) crew, we made a great banana slug pudding.

Gruumm: (seizing his collar) Bring me something to defeat the Power Rangers… or you'll end up a special on your own menu.

• Piggy groans before the scene transitions to his restaurant, where he's serving a bowl of slop to two alien customers, Stench (a silvery maroon-skinned one with four eyes) and Thresher (a blue-skinned one).

Piggy: It's worm stew, it's a delicacy.

Thresher: Ehhh, I've already eaten.

Piggy: What about you, Stench?

Stench: Thanks, Piggy!

• He sneezes into the bowl, then comes up, worms stuck to his snout and hanging out of his mouth. Both he and Thresher laugh derisively.

Piggy: Ah, sorry… I'm just not feeling myself today. I'm supposed to undermine S.P.D., and if I don't, I'm getting vaporized.

Stench: If you get vaporized, can I have this place?

Piggy: …No!

• Z then enters the restaurant, followed by Kat.

Z: (cheerfully) Hey Piggy! Got a second?

Piggy: Sure. Anything for S.P.D.!

Kat: I'm looking for a quantum enhancer that can handle sequences on a molecular level. You don't… by any chance… have one, do you?

Piggy: Hmmm. A quantum enhancer. Okay… but it's gonna cost you.

• Thresher kicks him under the table, and Piggy laughs nervously.

Piggy: Ha. Ha. Ha. Uh, you can have it for free! What am I gonna do with such a powerful piece of hardware, anyway? I'll just go and get it for you!

Broodwing: (observing from a point overhead) Interesting…

• Cut back to S.P.D., at the lab, where Kat is inserting her new quantum enhancer in her computer.

Kat: Here goes nothing.

Cruger: (entering) Hmmm. I see you've fixed your quantum enhancer.

Kat: Well, sir, not exactly, I was just able to locate another one. Anyway, it's working perfectly- look.

• Over on the other side of the lab, a hologram projector turns on. A rotating image shows some chest armor, with the Red Ranger's number one on it, and a weapon of some sort.

Cruger: Good.

Kat: It should be done sequencing soon.

• Cut back to Piggy's restaurant. Thresher is clipping a bracelet with a red button on it to Stench's wrist. Piggy is watching them, visibly nervous.

Thresher: Okay, it's ready.

Stench: Cool!

Piggy: Are you sure this is going to work?

Thresher: (typing on a laptop) Of course. S.P.D. doesn't know that quantum enhancer had a virus in it that will allow us access to their files. Within seconds, Stench will be sucked into this computer, and sent over the Internet, and into the main S.P.D. database! Once there, we can have our pick of S.P.D. technology!

• Stench sneezes again, and Piggy looks disgusted.

Stench: Is this gonna hurt?

Thresher: It could. Activate!

• He slams on a button, and Stench suddenly changes into wave energy and disappears inside the laptop. The screen shows a visual representation of Stench traveling across the Internet into S.P.D.'s mainframe. Thresher cackles, before we cut back to the Delta Base, where an alarm is blaring. A giant robot is emerging from the ground.

Cruger: Kat, report!

• Cut back to downtown, where Thresher is leaping into the robot's cockpit.

Thresher: Let the fun begin! Alright!

• Back at the base, the Rangers all dash into Delta Command, standing in front of their respective Zord tubes.

Jack: Ready!

Others: Ready!

All: S.P.D., Emergency!

• All of them morph, and stock footage of the Zords driving to the scene of the battle is played.

Rangers: Delta Squad Megazord!

• The Megazord quickly forms and faces the robot, which fires a blue lightning attack at them. The Megazord dodges by leaping to the side, firing its gun. Inside the cockpit, Thresher groans as it sparks around him, then takes out a communicator.

Thresher: Stench! Go!

• Back at the lab, Doggie and Kat are watching the battle.

Cruger: Hmm. This attack feels suspicious. Bring him in for interrogation.

• Stench then emerges from a piece of machinery behind them.

Stench: I'm in! (he begins typing at a console) This looks interesting… I'll take it!

• On Doggie and Kat's monitor, Sam is riding in to assist the Rangers in the Omegamax Cycle. The Megazord then hops on top of the bike, revving it and taking off after Thresher's robot, which is now attempting to flee by flying away. It turns and fires more blasts at them, and the Megazord dodges and returns fire. The robot falls to the ground.

Rangers: Megazord combination!

• The two Zords combine into the Deltamax Megazord.

Rangers: Deltamax Megazord!

Sam: Commander Cruger wants to interrogate him.

Jack: Then let's bring him in!

• The Megazord's thrusters raise up, and Thresher watches with shock as it punches his robot out, sending it to the ground. Back at the lab, Stench is still typing at a console.

Stench: Almost there…

Cruger: Good. The criminal has been captured.

• The rotating hologram of the weapon and vest disappears, and Stench's bracelet glows. On the monitor, Thresher's robot is seen to have been bound up with Super Crime Scene Tape.

Kat: They've got it under control.

• Stench then sneezes, and Doggie and Kat turn around.

Kat: Huh?

Cruger: What?

Kat: Hey! STOP!

Stench: I'm done, see ya! (he vanishes)

Cruger: What did he get?

Kat: (dashes back to her console) …The schematics for S.W.A.T. Mode.

• She looks horrified as we fade to commercial.

• Fade back in on an unknown part of the city, where the morphed Rangers are driving their patrol vehicles- the boys on their bikes, Z driving the Delta Cruiser, and Syd in the back seat with a handcuffed Thresher. For whatever reason, Sam is nowhere to be seen.

Sky: We're bringing in the criminal for questioning, sir.

Syd: (sternly to Thresher) Just sit still!

• They are then all surprised by laser fire, and skid to a stop, getting out of/off their respective vehicles.

Z: Oh no!

Jack: What's going on?

• The others all immediately surround the Delta Cruiser, presumably to make sure the prisoner doesn't get away. Syd pushes Thresher out first, then gets out, and they all start to run off so they can get into a better position to defend themselves.

Syd: Easy now.

Z: Keep him surrounded. Okay, let's regroup.

• Thresher laughs as a laser blast suddenly strikes Bridge, making him fall to the ground with a yell of pain.

Jack: Hey! Bridge!

• The girls are then also struck by blasts and fall over.

Jack: Alright!

Sky: Aww, man!

Jack: (angrily, as he draws his blasters) Who did that? Where are you?

• Stench's laugh is then heard as a nearly-invisible shape emerges from the cover of some trees and bushes.

Jack: Gotcha! Fire!

• However, his lasers have no effect, and Stench continues to giggle as whatever is protecting his body holds up. Jack ceases fire and gives a surprised grunt, as Stench makes himself visible. He is now clad in a suit of armor that almost covers his entire body.

Stench: Check it out, Thresher!

Sky: Whoa!

Thresher: Good job, Stench!

Stench: (flexing) This is my new Power Mode! Pretty cool-looking, huh?

Jack: Surrender!

Stench: Not without a fight, power losers!

Jack: Fine. You asked for it!

• He runs at Stench and attempts to engage him hand-to-hand, but none of his blows have any effect whatsoever. Stench takes a powerful swipe at Jack, which knocks him down- then his armor clangs as he is shot from behind by Sky.

Stench: I hadn't even felt that with my new armor!

Sky: How about this?

• He fires several more times, but Stench heedlessly charges forward through the assault.

Stench: I'll get you for that!

• He then picks up the unfortunate Sky and tosses him up and down several times, as easily as though he were a doll.

Sky: Let me go!

Stench: Okay!

• He flings Sky in Jack's direction, and he lands, rolling next to Jack with moans of pain. Bridge and the girls try their luck next, using their batons and triple-teaming Stench.

Bridge: Come on!

• Stench dispatches Bridge first, and the girls barely last much longer before they, too, are flipped to the ground.

Stench: Is that all you've got?

• Apparently not, as the girls get up and charge at him again; however, he blocks their attack and sends them flying backward, landing near Jack and Sky.

Z: Oh, nice, Syd. You really blew that one.

Syd: Me? You were in my way!

Z: Oh, what-EVER.

• Meanwhile, Bridge has recovered and is trying to fight Stench, who of course can still easily block all of his blows. He is flipped over, lands hard on his back, then is pulled up and flung toward the others by Stench. Stench stands before Thresher, giggling and doing a happy little dance.

Stench: Did I do good, Thresher?

Thresher: Excellent. (holds out his cuffed hands) Now get me out of these things!

Stench: Okay! (he smashes the cuffs to pieces with a karate chop)

Thresher: Cool! How'd you do that?

Stench: Simple! Everything's controlled by these power bracelets!

Thresher: Great! Let's go. (the two begin to walk away)

Jack: You're not going anywhere. S.P.D. Battlizer!

• The footage of R.I.C. sending out the Battlized morpher is shown, and Jack transforms.

Jack: Cyber Mode!

Stench: My armor's better than yours!

Thresher: Go, Stench!

• Jack takes a flying leap at Stench, using slightly-more-effective-than-without kicks and punches, but when he leaps in the air to kick him in the chest again, he's blocked.

Jack: Hey!

• Stench tosses him into the air, though Jack brings his weapon into play this time, slamming it down on Stench, but is blocked again.

Thresher: You da man! Yeah!

• Stench pulls Jack around. Jack tries to punch him, but is blocked yet again, and flipped away. He kicks Stench in the chest, flies backward, lands on his feet and poses.

Stench: I'm lovin' this!

Thresher: You rock!

Broodwing: (observing from a distance) Two new power players in Newtech City.

Jack: Battlizer, Sonic Mode!

• The C.G.I. Sequence of R.I.C. transforming into armor and a weapon and encasing Jack's body is then shown.

Stench: Hey!

Jack: Battlizer, full power! Fire!

• He unleashes his finisher at the monsters, complete with the barking R.I.C. staff.

Stench: Let's bail!

• The two manage to dodge the attack by leaping out of the way, and are gone. Sky picks himself up as they vanish.

Sky: NO!

Jack: I don't believe it!

Sky: Perfect! You let him get away!

Jack: I didn't see you chasing after him!

Sky: What did you say?!

• Back at the base, specifically inside Delta Command, the Rangers are all arguing with each other again. They speak over each other, so it's hard to discern what they're saying, but the audio from earlier in the episode has clearly been reused here. Jack and Bridge seem to be ganging up on Sky again, while the girls argue with each other as before.

Cruger: Rangers! Ten-hut!

• They all shut up and turn to face Doggie. Bridge looks surprised, Sky pouty.

Cruger: It seems the enemy is using our own technology against us.

Jack: (sarcastically) Oh. Great. That's just what we need.

Cruger: (sharply) Enough! …I have never been more disappointed in a team in all my years.

Bridge: Wow. That's a lot of years when you consider that one of my years is equal to seven of your years- (Doggie snarls at him, and he shuts up, looking scared)

Cruger: This petty bickering has not only made the command center unlivable, it has compromised our mission on the battlefield. The installation on Gamma Four was recently attacked by unknown assailants. We have to be ready for the same. This is the next level in defense… S.W.A.T. Mode.

• The image of the gun and vest seen earlier in the episode is displayed on the center console. The Rangers all make impressed noises.

Sky: Sweet!

Jack: Alright!

Bridge: I can't want to do that.

Cruger: Enjoy the hologram- that's as close as you're gonna get.

Jack: But, sir, what about the imminent threat?

Cruger: Good question. Unless you accept and embrace your teammates as Rangers and as people, you will not be strong enough to defeat Gruumm… or anyone else, for that matter. That goes for all of you.

Jack: (standing at attention) We'll do better, sir!

Cruger: You'll have to. I'm sending all of you to Planet Zentour to meet a friend of mine.

• The Rangers all glance nervously at each other til we cut to a shot out in space. A shuttle speeds away from Earth. We then cut to inside to see that the Rangers are all inside. Z is driving, Sky is absorbed in a book and ignoring the others, and Jack, Bridge and Syd all look bored.

Syd: Faster, Z! This recycled air ages you. I don't want wrinkles.

Bridge: Hey Z. Would you rather have… Piggy as your roommate, or, have morning breath for the rest of your life?

Z: I already have Piggy as a roommate.

Jack & Bridge: Oooo.

Syd: (acidly) And coincidentally, you've got morning breath as well!

Boys: OHHHHHHHH!

Jack: SNAP!

• Jack and Bridge high-five each other. We then cut to a shot of somewhere in downtown Newtech City, then to Piggy's restaurant. Piggy comes out to meet Stench and Thresher.

Piggy: Oh, I can't believe we pulled it off. Alright, give 'em up. (beat) … Where are the power bracelets? I… I need to give them to Gruumm!

Thresher: Ahhh, about that. We've realized we could either help you, or help ourselves. So, we're keeping them.

Piggy: Whaaat?

Thresher: Sorry, Piggy. They're just too valuable.

Piggy: …You shouldn't cross me, Thresher. You don't know what I'm capable of!

Thresher: I'll take my chances.

• The two walk off, and Piggy groans in frustration, knowing there's not much he can do about it. Cut back to the S.P.D. shuttle with the Rangers inside. The shuttle begins to rock back and forth, and inside, the Rangers are tossed around, giving cries of surprise.

Jack: Do something!

Z: There's nothing I can do! Prepare for a hard landing!

• There is a shot of the ship crashing onto a desert-like planet, in the sky of which a moon is clearly visible. The Rangers can be heard yelling, and inside, they continue to get jerked around violently. The ship then bounces off the planet's surface a few times before stopping. A shot out in space shows that Zentour is a purplish planet, orbited by a rather large green moon. On the surface, the Rangers have exited their wrecked shuttle and are walking around, looking for signs of life.

Sky: I am NOT looking forward to this.

Jack: Who is?

Bridge: (perkily) Me!

• The five are then scared out of their skins as an explosion suddenly goes off behind them. They all roll down the hill they were walking on, then immediately get up and run to hide behind some rocks, Jack drawing his blaster.

Sky: Who's shooting at us?!

Jack: HOW SHOULD I KNOW?

Bridge: Look!

• They all watch anxiously at an approaching vehicle, which turns out to be the thing shooting at them. More explosions go off all around them, making them yell and take cover.

Sky: Whoa!

• The vehicle is truck-like and, strangely enough, from S.P.D.- as indicated by the badge on the front. All of the Rangers look at it and each other nervously. Poor Bridge is left to cower behind the smallest rock. The truck fires at them yet again, sending all the Rangers flying into the air, then landing on their bellies. The truck brakes to a stop as they pick themselves up, and it's revealed to have a bigger S.P.D. badge and the word “POLICE” and the S.P.D. letters on the side. The back of the truck then opens, a staircase clanking on the ground, and all the Rangers stand ready with their blasters in order to defend themselves. A pair of boots can then be seen stepping out of the truck, along with a R.I.C. unit that has a bulldog's head. The creature is an alien- he has a gorilla's head, with extremely shaggy hair.

Jack: I think we're in trouble…

Alien: That's the understatement of the year, hot shot!

• He makes whooping noises like a monkey. Jack glares into the camera before we fade to commercial.

• Open on an unknown location, that looks like a lab or perhaps a club of some sort. Stench and Thresher are looking for something.

Thresher: Where is the other power bracelet?

Stench: I can't remember where I put it!

Thresher: You'd better figure it out quickly, Stench! My patience is waning. And you know how I get when I'm mad! (he grabs the sides of Stench's head)

Stench: It must be around here somewhere!

Thresher: Find it. Think, you smelly pile of rubbish!

• He throws Stench to the floor, and he spies a metal briefcase underneath a couch.

Stench: Hey, here it is right here! I knew I put it in a safe place. See?

• The briefcase has Broodwing's symbol/emblem on top of it. Thresher opens it to reveal another power bracelet, this one gold-colored.

Thresher: At last!

• He seizes the bracelet, puts it on, and activates it- and suddenly, his body is covered in armor, too. His is predominantly colored gold and maroon.

Thresher: Check it out! (Stench claps his approval) Now I'm in charge. And if Piggy thinks I'm gonna give this up, he's got another thing coming!

Stench: Yeah!

• Cut back to the planet Zentour. The gorilla alien is pacing in front of the Rangers, who are standing at attention before him. He carries a riding crop, has a pair of binoculars around his neck, and speaks like a stereotypical drill sergeant.

Alien: I am Sergeant Silverback. I am the hardest… meanest… most fearsome teacher you ever had! (his bulldog R.I.C. nods agreement) Am I clear?

Rangers: Yes sir.

Silverback: Good. By the time I'm through with you, I can promise you, you will not like me!

Jack: (sourly) I already don't.

Silverback: I heard that, drop and give me fifty!

Jack: But sir, I-

Silverback: Make that one hundred!

• Looking extremely peeved, Jack drops down and begins to do push-ups. As the scene progresses and Silverback speaks, reaction shots from the other cadets are shown. Sky and Z both look like they're about to burst into tears, Bridge looks impassive, Syd resolute.

Silverback: Anyone else wanna show me disrespect? (to Jack) You better learn respect! In fact, y'all better learn some respect! You are here to re-learn how to accept one another. And until you figure out how, you belong to me! Say it!

Rangers: (dully and out-of-sync) We belong to you.

Silverback: Say it like your freedom depends on it!

Rangers: (louder and at once) We belong to you SIR!

Silverback: Good. Now let's get started! (he makes more monkey chattering noises, and Bridge glances nervously at Sky) Whooo yeah!

• He gets back in the truck and starts to drive it away. Bulldog R.I.C. growls again. The Rangers watch him go, Jack picking himself up.

Bridge: He didn't seem so bad.

• Sky sighs and glares at him, and Z groans. They're then peppered with laser fire again and look around for the source of the attack- it's Krybots, coming at them from all directions.

Bridge: Great. A planet full of Krybots.

Z: And a wild primate drill sergeant?

Jack: Come on, let's wipe the floor with these punks so we can go home!

• The Rangers all give battle cries and charge at the Krybots, fighting them hand-to-hand. However, these don't seem to be normal Krybots, as they don't go down nearly as easily as they usually do. Sky rolls over in the dirt with one, Bridge is tossed into a puddle of water by another. Syd fares better than the boys, but Z also gets knocked down. Jack is sent rolling, Sky gets flipped around, Bridge is tossed into a puddle again, as is Syd, and Z gets thrown over again.

Jack: Sky! A little help?

Sky: (being restrained) Come on, Jack… (he flips one over) You can't handle… (another) a few Krybots?

• He tries to fight some more off, but is beaten up again. Jack is also getting pwned. The girls end up bumping into each other and stand back-to-back.

Z: Let's finish this, Syd!

Syd: You go right ahead! I wouldn't wanna clutter up your fighting area!

• Z looks at her incredulously, then both girls scream as they are seized and pulled apart by Krybots, and are subsequently pwnt. Bridge is having a hard time of it, as well. Silverback is watching them from a distance with his binoculars and shakes his head.

Silverback: Paaaathetic. What do you think?

• His R.I.C. also shakes his head in disbelief, growling. Back on Earth, at the Delta Base's lab, Kat is watching the distress message from at the beginning of the episode again. The last few seconds loop repeatedly.

Alien: They're not the- They're not the- They're not the-

Cruger: Progress report.

Kat: Whatever happened to Gamma Four shut down all communication. I can't get anything through.

Cruger: A rescue team is on its way from headquarters. We'll know soon enough.

Kat: I can't stop thinking about this transmission. “They're not the-” … They're not the what?

Cruger: More importantly, who are “they”?

• Back on Zentour, the Rangers are not happy campers.

Sky: This is ridiculous. Silverback's using extra-hard simulators!

Bridge: Well, Sky, if you would fight beside us, instead of next to us… maybe… we would do better!

Sky: You can't handle yourself, Bridge!

Jack: ENOUGH! Listen…

• A whooshing noise can be heard overhead.

Jack: LOOK OUT!

• Yet another explosion goes off behind the Rangers, this time triggered by a bolt of lightning. They all land on their butts as we fade to commercial.

• Fade back in on Piggy at his restaurant, apparently looking for something. He then backs up into Broodwing and gives a yell of surprise.

Piggy: Oh, hey, hey, thank goodness. I- I thought you were the Gruumm reaper.

Broodwing: You wanted to see me?

Piggy: Yeah, Broodwing, I ah, don't quite know how to say this…

Broodwing: What do you want?

Piggy: Help! Please help me! Gruumm's going to vaporize me, and, well, I'm not so good at the whole evil thing.

Broodwing: Maybe we could help each other. I'm as sick of Gruumm as you are. Align yourself with me, and we could destroy him together.

Piggy: Destroy Gruumm?! Well, I think you've been flapping your wings too hard.

Broodwing: Are you evil or not?

Piggy: Okay. I'm evil. But do you have a plan?

Broodwing: Yes. Tell me all about this S.P.D. technology your friends have stolen.

• Screen wipe back to Zentour. Syd rolls over, shoving Z off of her. All of the Rangers pick themselves up.

Z: I've about had it with you, Syd!

Syd: You wanna do something about it?

Z: Yeah. I do. Let's go.

Syd: Fine.

• She gives Z a little girly shove. The two shove each other back and forth a few times.

Jack: GUYS!

• A new challenger approaches! It's a very, very ugly scorpion monster. It roars, flailing its claws at them.

Bridge: Okay. Would you guys rather fight that thing, or run? Personally, I would rather run away.

Jack: Ready!

Sky, Z and Syd: Ready!

Bridge: (defeated) ready.

All: S.P.D, EMERGENCY!

• They all morph and taking fighting poses as the monster advances.

Bridge: He's… he's massive!

Jack: Sure is. Get ready, guys.

• To be continued…

• Chris Violette (Sky) mentioned in an interview that this and part II were probably the cast's favorite episodes to shoot.
• In Dekaranger, S.P.D.'s source series, Stench and Thresher's armor had nothing at all to do with the S.W.A.T. technology. It was called “Muscle Gear” and was simply a powerful new weapons system created by Agent Abrella (Broodwing) to distribute to criminals so that they could take down the Space Police and thus allow him to rule without doing any dirty work. This is why their armor bears no resemblance whatsoever to the S.W.A.T. gear.
• Silverback is portrayed by John Tui, who also plays Commander Cruger in this season and would go on to play Daggeron in Mystic Force. He is very similar in personality to his Japanese counterpart Buntar- he even made the Dekaranger acknowledge his commands with “Sir, yes sir!” (in English :) ) as opposed to their usual “Roger!”.
• The audio of the Rangers fighting in the rec room is used again when they're arguing inside Delta Command.
• The “worms” in Piggy's stew are clearly just candy.
• Continuity error: When the Rangers are transporting Thresher and get attacked, as soon as they leave their vehicles and regroup, the scenery around them changes. Throughout the battle, the scenery also changes several times, as the fight mixes Japanese and American footage (namely to show the girls arguing and to include the Battlizer, which did not exist in Japan until after the Dekaranger series had ended, when it was shown in a teamup movie).
• Continuity error/oddity: Sam disappears after the others capture Thresher and doesn't even try to come to their aid when they're getting beaten up.
• Continuity error: When the cadets are traveling to Zentour and their ship begins to rock back and forth, in some shots Sky is still attempting to read his book, but in others he's clutching it to his chest.
• Continuity error: Zentour is orbited by a single moon, but when the Rangers first emerge from their wrecked shuttle, two can clearly be seen in the sky.
• Continuity error: When the Rangers begin to get shot at and roll down the hill after their arrival on Zentour, they're clearly rolling through a lot of sand and dirt, yet when they all stand up at the bottom of the hill, they're perfectly clean.
• Continuity error: Bridge's mouth doesn't move when he says “He didn't seem so bad.”
• Continuity error: Several times while the Rangers are fighting the Krybots, they get shoved into the dirt, mud and water but come out relatively clean.
• Oddity: What was the deal with the distress message? Kat and Cruger spend a lot of time worrying over it, but never find out what it says, and it's never mentioned after this episode anyway.
• Oddity: Shouldn't S.P.D. have sufficient antivirus technology to detect whatever Thresher put into the quantum enhancer, especially considering that in Wired pt. II they feared that Sophie would get her systems fried by it by merely by doing the necessary sequencing?
• Oddity: Doggie can hear the Rangers arguing from Kat's lab, yet he doesn't even notice Stench emerging in the lab and stealing their technology until he sneezes- and Stench wasn't exactly making a stellar effort to keep quiet, either. Kat has been shown to have an acute sense of hearing, as well, so why didn't she notice, either? Were they both that focused on the battle?
• Oddity: If the Rangers had to bring Thresher back for questioning, why did they not confine him first? It's a lot less risky, and as Kat explained in Beginnings pt. I, the cards were created to make transportation of criminals a non-issue. (This, like Recognition, is a case where this discrepancy is due to the criminal's capture and transport being largely Japanese footage, and the Confinement Cards did not exist in Japan. However, this is still not an in-universe explanation.)