Saturday, April 25, 2009

Power Rangers RPM - Episode 9 - "Ranger Yellow Part 2"



Part 2 Summary:
The boys are fighting the Grinders and they are talking behind Summer's back about the arrangement she made with her parents to marry into a rich family. Ziggy still can't fight and tries his best comically. Ranger Yellow comes in, saying there will be no wedding and fights the Grinders. The 4 boys morph, Blue and Green try to convince her to get married and Black and Red are not for it. Black asks Yellow something that brings her into another flashback, Summer was attacked by a blast and all her dollars fell. Andrews came to the rescue in an ice cream truck. Back in reality, Tenaya gets an upgrade from Venjix.


Summer meets her parents and meets her new groom Chaz and Summer's friend who abandoned her is there too. It just happens to be her rehearsal lunch. Summer catches the ball they were playing. Back at the garage, her parents reveal they are now broke and need the money from Chaz's rich family. They will give her the diamond at the wedding. Her father wants to know what happened. Back to the flashback, Andrews and Summer are on foot because the Ice Cream truck is broken and Summer says she doesn't even know his first name even though he practically raised her through her whole life. She decides to walk instead of laying on his poor old back. Andrews says he is waiting to see who she really is, he says he is happy to wait. The Grinders attack them and Summer fights them the best she can at that time.


She stops them and Andrews can't move, she pleads to him to move. She tells him he still hasn't seen who she is. He says he will be waiting and watching and then dies. She then finally reaches Corinth and reunites with her parents. Back in the present, everyone prepares for the wedding in the garage (Flynn is wearing a KILT! Yay! No, it is not a skirt), especially Tenaya who is disguised---you would think security would be tighter with rich people and the Rangers. After the commercial break, Summer's annoying friend annoys Dr. K and we find out that she was raised in an organization. Dillon is still against the wedding, Scott tells him to back off because it is a family thing, Dillon says he would know about that and they get into each other's faces. Summer tells them to finish the dance at the reception, they stop and look at each other confused. Summer asks Dr. K to pick a gown.


"Summer" comes in with a heavy opaque white veil. The Rangers look unhappy. Her father mentions the 'old summer' and Scott talks about the 'new one.' In a flashback, Summer hears Scott's mayday call and hops on a bike with medic jumpsuit and goes to save Scott. Back in reality, Tenaya gets the diamond and the Grinders attack. Tenaya takes off the veil and it is revealed it is Dr. K. Summer attacks Tenaya, saying no carter would put the cake next to an oil bin. The Rangers fight the Grinders, a new photo robot and Tenaya. The Camera Bot takes the power of the diamond and becomes huge. The Rangers morph as her parents look proud. The two megazords are formed and fight Camera Bot and destroy him.


Tenaya confront Dr. K. Dr. K takes out a violin and blasts Tenaya with a big blast of sound, saying it is the universal language. Back at the garage, Suummer's parents are proud of her and defend her from Chaz's parents. Chaz's mom asks how are they going to survive without money and Summer's mom says it is called having a job. She tosses the bouquet and Summer's annoying ex-friend goes for it and lands on the cake, disappointing poor old Flynn.


"Ranger Yellow Part 1 & 2" Review
So we finally found out that Summer was not military at all nor a medic, she was just some rich girl who finally got her gusto to save people and the first person she ever saved was Scott. Summer being a shallow rich girl first was a bit annoying to me, but I liked the story idea that she had to grow from the bottom to become a better person. I liked the duality of her being rich but lacking as a person to being a full dependent strong person but being 'poor.' It means a lot to me and fans that the lone female gets 2 parts to her flashback story and is about personal growth. Summer's parents are first annoying and snarky but then we grow to love them. Many fans talked about Dillon defending Summer and thought she was going to marry him. I didn't expect Andrews to come back in Part 2 but after he died, it made sense. I expected something different to happen. If I wrote Part 2, Summer would have met a band of thieves and fight them for the diamond and then had trained for months to be a medic to then save Scott, but maybe that would have not made sense with Corinth and stuff.

Where is Part 1?
I had a test that day and decided not to do a summary.
Here is the episode summary on PRC
Also, I am not posting episodes 6-10 anymore, because they are out on DVD--on PRRPM Volume 2 starting September 8 in the U.S. and Canada.

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