Warning do not read unless seen episode.
This is my favorate episode of the show and in fact one of my favorate episodes in the entire franchise.
It's also probably one of the sadest episodes ever, one of the things that was really unique about this show was how it had character drama episodes which revealed the depth of each character much like Alan Moore's "Watchman". I'll admit those episodes blew me away because Power Rangers never did anything like this, there were sometimes episodes in the past shows that gave characters depth but we only get a glimpse, here we get to explore.
All of the other characters stories aren't a ray of sunshine either but compared to Doctor K's they all at least had a small glimmer of it, where she had none. This story sort of predates Steven King's "The Institute as both are a little uncannily similar; makes me wonder if he watched this show.
Doctor K is a very tragic character indeed, I really like that beginning where we see her play the violin, Olivia really is a skilled violinist. But then we see at some point in the music she plays here violin strings break, which sort of reflects here psyche despite keeping up a tight demeanor underneath it she's broken.
There is a moment when Ziggy asks her a question to challenge her but then she retorts saying "What's it like to be stupid?" she didn't ask this to insult him you can see in her eyes and voice that she's a bit envious but also regard her own genus as a curse.
We get into her childhood and it's really sad as we see she has obviously been kidnaped by a corrupt organization, has been kept in captivity to be used for their own gains while denying her a chance to see even mere sunlight. In a scene she says she wishes she knew her real name. I'll admit that comment alone is heartbreaking, it shows how much of her life they have stolen from her.
We also are introduced to her friends Gen and Gemma whom are both hyperactive twins whom are also genuses but their neuro circuits are obviously not firing in the right sequences I'm not sure if it's because their both have some mental disability or just plain essentric. Whatever the case both I think are decent characters that actually managed to bring some sunshine to her.
I did like in one interaction scene Doctor K says she doesn't like them. But that comment doesn't get them down as they excuse the slight rudeness because they like her. That cold mannerism we see in Doctor K a lot from addressing the Power Ranger team only by their colors and leaving out their names to a scene where she says she doesn't like Ziggy, but she says those things not because she's a cold person but because she's defensive, she has trouble letting people into her life, she doesn't know how to properly soically interact or what it's like to have or make friends which is really sad. But we do see she slowly does learn as we see she has kept the two colored pencils Gen and Gemma have made for her, and she's put them to a different use when we see she's taped the shorten pencils and use them to help her type.
We also see during that time she was able to create the ranger suits. But all the same it just made me hate that organization even more, it doesn't really matter how many good deeds it accomplish all the same they were breaking the law, denying a person a chance to live their lives is a crime against humanity.
On a side note really like the one on one with Doctor K and Tennia 7 which was fun. I really loved seeing Doctor K using the only weapon she had against Tennia 7 which was here wits that are as sharp as a razor, it really showed that Doctor K really can hold her own against danger.
Anyway fate intervenes when she finally has her chance to escape and take the morphers she created with her to be used to save mankind, but then of course the organization being the selfish heartless bastards they are, want to steal those morphers for themselves and are about to X her out despite that fact the whole world is going to Hell. But of course Gen and Gemma save her life which I'll admit was a crowd pleasing moment, both aren't taking their crap anymore but shows their her really family because they really care about her.
But the ending is kinda sad, as we see just as their about to escape both Gen and Gemma are running to get the Silver and Gold morphers despite the fact the place was going and as they run to them we see an explosion and she assumes their both dead. This really made me feel sad for her because just as her childhood was taken from her, the two people in the world that cared for her where also taken. Though I wouldn't fret too much considering what happened latter in the show.
But things for K get sadder as we see her out of her isolated existence into a desolate one which once again relects here psyche and what her life consists of ruin and misery.
She finally sees the sunchine in a world full of darkness.
Rating: 4 stars
This is my favorate episode of the show and in fact one of my favorate episodes in the entire franchise.
It's also probably one of the sadest episodes ever, one of the things that was really unique about this show was how it had character drama episodes which revealed the depth of each character much like Alan Moore's "Watchman". I'll admit those episodes blew me away because Power Rangers never did anything like this, there were sometimes episodes in the past shows that gave characters depth but we only get a glimpse, here we get to explore.
All of the other characters stories aren't a ray of sunshine either but compared to Doctor K's they all at least had a small glimmer of it, where she had none. This story sort of predates Steven King's "The Institute as both are a little uncannily similar; makes me wonder if he watched this show.
Doctor K is a very tragic character indeed, I really like that beginning where we see her play the violin, Olivia really is a skilled violinist. But then we see at some point in the music she plays here violin strings break, which sort of reflects here psyche despite keeping up a tight demeanor underneath it she's broken.
There is a moment when Ziggy asks her a question to challenge her but then she retorts saying "What's it like to be stupid?" she didn't ask this to insult him you can see in her eyes and voice that she's a bit envious but also regard her own genus as a curse.
We get into her childhood and it's really sad as we see she has obviously been kidnaped by a corrupt organization, has been kept in captivity to be used for their own gains while denying her a chance to see even mere sunlight. In a scene she says she wishes she knew her real name. I'll admit that comment alone is heartbreaking, it shows how much of her life they have stolen from her.
We also are introduced to her friends Gen and Gemma whom are both hyperactive twins whom are also genuses but their neuro circuits are obviously not firing in the right sequences I'm not sure if it's because their both have some mental disability or just plain essentric. Whatever the case both I think are decent characters that actually managed to bring some sunshine to her.
I did like in one interaction scene Doctor K says she doesn't like them. But that comment doesn't get them down as they excuse the slight rudeness because they like her. That cold mannerism we see in Doctor K a lot from addressing the Power Ranger team only by their colors and leaving out their names to a scene where she says she doesn't like Ziggy, but she says those things not because she's a cold person but because she's defensive, she has trouble letting people into her life, she doesn't know how to properly soically interact or what it's like to have or make friends which is really sad. But we do see she slowly does learn as we see she has kept the two colored pencils Gen and Gemma have made for her, and she's put them to a different use when we see she's taped the shorten pencils and use them to help her type.
We also see during that time she was able to create the ranger suits. But all the same it just made me hate that organization even more, it doesn't really matter how many good deeds it accomplish all the same they were breaking the law, denying a person a chance to live their lives is a crime against humanity.
On a side note really like the one on one with Doctor K and Tennia 7 which was fun. I really loved seeing Doctor K using the only weapon she had against Tennia 7 which was here wits that are as sharp as a razor, it really showed that Doctor K really can hold her own against danger.
Anyway fate intervenes when she finally has her chance to escape and take the morphers she created with her to be used to save mankind, but then of course the organization being the selfish heartless bastards they are, want to steal those morphers for themselves and are about to X her out despite that fact the whole world is going to Hell. But of course Gen and Gemma save her life which I'll admit was a crowd pleasing moment, both aren't taking their crap anymore but shows their her really family because they really care about her.
But the ending is kinda sad, as we see just as their about to escape both Gen and Gemma are running to get the Silver and Gold morphers despite the fact the place was going and as they run to them we see an explosion and she assumes their both dead. This really made me feel sad for her because just as her childhood was taken from her, the two people in the world that cared for her where also taken. Though I wouldn't fret too much considering what happened latter in the show.
But things for K get sadder as we see her out of her isolated existence into a desolate one which once again relects here psyche and what her life consists of ruin and misery.
She finally sees the sunchine in a world full of darkness.
Rating: 4 stars
