Hello again ranger fans here we are yet again with another ground breaking episode this one is ground breaking because it adds a fan favorite ranger and features the return of a legendary Power Ranger this is my review of the two part episode "White Light" lets begin.
So then the plot of this two part story is that the gang find out that Tommy will be back in town by the end of the week and Alpha and Zordon are busy with something secret and thus shut down all of the command center's defenses and so with all of that going on Lord Zedd decides to create a monsters to help take down the rangers for good. I have to admit this was a really good episode in terms of story i really can't fault it other then the fact that if i was in charge i would have down certain things different the story is well paced and is pretty epic.
Now i want name all of the cast since most of the cast in this episode were in the very first episode so joining the cast either from the back end of season 1 or the start of season 2 are Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver (White Ranger), Ed Neil as Lord Zedd, Robert L. Manahan as the voice of Zordon, Carla Perez as Rita Repulsa, Barbara Goodson as the voice of Rita Repulsa and Tony Oliver as the voice of Saba. In terms of acting the series regulars have gotten better and i'm glad because this episode really needed good acting to help pull it off JDF kills it again as Tommy and his entrance as the white ranger is really freaking epic overall the acting was pretty much what you'd expect from a Power Rangers episode.
I have to admit that as much as i loved the white rangers entrance there was something that happend right after that really bugged me he takes of his helmet and then a few minuets later re-morphs to me that makes no sense right didn't he just put the helmet back on and why did Zordon make him the leader of the group that again makes no sense in terms of fighting he's got more skills then the rest of the team but in terms of being a ranger shouldn't that job go to one of the others maybe i'm thinking to much about this.
Now admittedly i forgot to mention the suits in my last review but the white ranger suit look freaking epic as hell i really love the golden parts on his helmet the original suits were great to look at but this one took what i liked about the originals and upped it to about 11 whoever came up with this suit well done and i hope you got a promotion.
This episode did something that i thought was really great and it's something that looked really creepy they turned of all the lights of the command center it's a small and simple thing and yet for this show i think it worked it looked like a set from a horror movie and i have to thank the makers for doing that.
I've been gushing about the episode so far but that doesn't mean there isn't stuff in there that i wish wasn't for starters there's a whole Bulk and Skull subplot which really goes know where and really only serves as filler the other thing is the power rangers get beat so easily in the first episode and it makes them look weak and that's not what you want to do when your making a superhero show.
Now then this is where things get interesting because the original suits come from Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger but all of the stuff featuring the white ranger comes from Gosei Sentai Dairanger which means that from now on when ever we see the team fighting it's all american footage and i have to be honest in this episode it was kinda hard to tell what was American and what was stock footage since Zedd was made for Power Rangers we know all of his scenes are American but does that also go for the fight scenes in this episode as well since he does send out his putties to attack the Rangers when there morphed.Speaking of the action scenes they were really done i thought we got to see alot of great moves done by the teens when there not morphed which serves to show how much stronger they have gotten over time.
Overall this was a really good two part episode it reintroduces Tommy as well as introducing the white ranger i give this episode a solid 7 out of 10