Jen's Revenge
 

It was an exciting episode and a great character peace for Jen. It was so powerful watching Wes talk Jen down from killing FatCatFish. But there is just one major problem. Jen shouldn't have been so mad at the monster that she would have killed him. It was Ransik that should have got that treatment. And when he almost did in the finale, Jen already knew Alex was alive.

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At least they did do a big scene in the episode where she does go after Ransik. I think they just couldn't have her take down the big bad so easily in the first few episodes. It is strange to see her get so mad at the mutant though. I could see her being mad that he almost killed them in the past. But not to the point where she would kill.

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Jen should have lost her morpher for her recklessness. Zordon would have never let her morph again!

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I really enjoyed the episode. But that part did feel off for the reasons the op lists. Of course its a holdover from Timeranger. Since the source episode had the mutant guilty of killing TimePink's family in the past. Thats probably why they used it as the Jen tries to get revenge on Ransik episode. Since in her case Ransik was the one that wronged her. They just used the same footage of Yuri trying to kill the mutant. Its a powerful scene but does feel less powerful since you know it should have been Ransik being the one she threatened to kill.

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Time Force always suffered due to its constant need to bend to the Sentai. Even in the first ten episodes, which were mostly original, they really made things odd by adapting the Yuri storyline to Jen. It was deffinitly a well acted episode. It just would have made far more sense if Fatcatfish killed Alex. But that would have bee counterproductive...Removing the main villain as the murderer for as monster of the week.

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Perhaps they should have just had the mutant have killed her family. That way it makes sense. And being mad at Ransik only makes it easier for those feelings to come out when she sees Fatcatfish,

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I don't think it is confusing at all. She was really mad after failing to get revenge on Ransik. The mutant showed up when she was already angry. And to make matters worse , the mutant tried to kill Alex and herself at one point. This brought all her anger over what happened to Alex to the surface and made her want to kill the mutant.

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It makes you wonder if Wes would have been able to talk her out of killing Ransik, if he was in FatCatfish's place.

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In her mind she directed all her anger at Fatcatfish, it wasn't a rational decision. Thats why Wes had to talk her out of it. And to her credit she listened.

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I think it would have been better if Jen made her own decision to spare the mutant. I can't buy Wes being the voice of reason.

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Just be glad he wasn't Lord Leo. He probably would have captured the mutant himself and overshadow everyone.

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I always thought it was wierd that Jen was willing to kill the Mutant. Its not like he was the reason why Alex was dead.

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I guess thats why she didn't go through with it. She realized that it wasn't right...But also it had nothing really to do with Alex's death anyway.

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I don't think it was that out of place. She just used the fact the mutant tried to kill Alex and herself as an excuse to direct her anger at him., She did snap out of it when Wes pointed out what she wanted to do was wrong. It was a pure emotional reaction not logical.

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Its just another example of how Time Force copied Timeranger way too closely. And this was in the first ten episodes, which were actually pretty stellar. I will say Erin Cahill was awesome in this episode and it had high stakes. The discrepancy with Fatcatfish does bring it down. But it would be far from the worst Sentai adaption that they would do.

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I would credit Jason Faunt's acting too. He delivered his lines perfectly in the scene where Wes has to talk Jen out of murdering Fatcatfish.

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Of course Wes had to find someway to be the "hero" of the episode.

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Just be glad it wasn't Carter. He would have saved the day single handly like he did in Lightspeed. He would have de-morphed Jen and froze the Mutant without working a sweat. As the writers loved to ridiculously over power him. Of course they would do it again in the team up that year, but I digress.

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Lord Leo would have done the same and been even more annoying.

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I loved that Time Force could explore these complex issues. Most PR seasons never went this far . It was also interesting how we had a episode dealing with the Rangers having to resist murdering a monster. Since they had to qualms with destroying them in earlier seasons, Yes, I know its because the mutants weren;t monsters and Time Force had the means to capture them. But it was still interesting for PR.

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Definitely, it was such an amazing season. This was one of my favorite episodes. But there are many great episodes this season. I see no reason why its hard to believe Jen would take out her anger on Fatcatfish. She went through a lot and in the end she made the right decision to capture him.

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Time Force is one of the best examples of how to produce American Sentai. They had to adapt the plot of Yuri wanting revenge against the monster. Its just a shame they felt the need to shoehorn the original plot of Alex and her need for revenge. But at least the show would focus more on Super Sentai as it went on. Its second half is a great example. Sure there are things they should have adapted more percisiely. But it was a heavy step in the write direction for American Sentai.

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At least Jen was pretty close to Yuri. Not a fan of the original villian in Ransik. When they had the Super Sentai suit.

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Yes ,its a disgrace that they made the main villain of TImeranger a comedy character. But at least they started to move in the right direction.

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I have to admit the op makes a good point and it bothered me at the time. But the fact Jen was acting on emoitions is also a good point, that makes me feel better about it. Regardless, I loved the episode and thing it was extremely well produced. It was a great Jen episode. We also saw Wes and Jen start to bond.

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I don't know I think the subject matter was too intense for a kids show.

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Time Force was the furthest thing from MMPR. It really didn't feel like Power Rangers at all and was just a drama. At least later seasons tried to be Power Rangers.

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I liked the cute funny episodes better. Movie Madness and Nadiera's Dream Date was so funny.

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But this really was Wes and Jen at its finest. A very well written episode overall. I forgot to mention this in my earlier post.

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I don't know what Jen saw in Wes. Alex at least wasn't annoying like Mr Smallings.

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Yeah Time Force took itself way too seriously. Except for a few of the comedy episodes. But most of the series was way too serious. I almost quit PR until Ninja Storm made it fun again.

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Jen and Wes have nothing on Kim and Tommy.

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I would rather have episodes like this that have one inconstancy with the Sentai then crap like we got in Ninja Storm a few seasons later.

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It was a great Jen focused episode. Probably the best of the season.

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I agree it wasn't far fetched for her to be so emotional that she would almost cross the line like that. The story of the episode works well actually.

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They totally ruined the arch here by having Alex end up being alive. Since Jen forgiving Ransik at the end would have been more powerful.

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It is funny how Jen's whole reason for revenge is taking away when Alex comes back. And by that point she is in love with Wes. Whether she wants to admit it or not.

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Alex is actually a very sympathetic character. He is the one that got hurt and did nothing wrong. He wound up losing the love of his life. Not that it was Jen or Wes' fault either. But Alex was a nice guy only trying to do the right thing. When he went back in time he was only a hard ass because he was trying to complete the mission. He knew that the timeline was in great danger. He was the bigger man when he realized Wes was the right person to be Red Ranger. He legitimately loved Jen and cared what happened to her. Lets also not forgot he thought the team was fooling around and became too contaminated by being in the past. But he knew he was wrong later on.

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I'd be pretty pissed him Wes stole my girlfriend too.

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He didn't really steal his girlfriend though. Jen and Wes just naturally fell in love and didn't even admit it until long after Jen dumped Alex. She clearly wasn't going to marry Alex Wes or no.