 This article is about a/an episode in Power Rangers in Space, the last installment in the Zordon Era.
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Never Stop Searching is the fifth episode of Power Rangers in Space.
Synopsis[]
Carlos stumbles upon Andros watching a video of himself as a child with his young sister Karone, when she was kidnapped by an unknown creature. Soon, a life-form reading appears on Andros' home world of KO-35, which he assumes is maybe Karone, but what actually awaits him is an ambush by Ecliptor. When this leads to Carlos being injured by following him there, Andros quickly learns the best way to get through guilt is by relying on others.
Plot[]
Carlos is finishing up repairs on the Red Galaxy Glider, as the other Rangers head to their Bedrooms to get some sleep. All that is except Andros, who is conducting a scan of nearby galaxies for any lifeforms with DECA's help. He takes out a tiny memory disk, containing on it some sort of home video type footage of him as a child along with his sister, Karone. It shows the two playing together in a park area on KO-35 and soon Andros wanders off after a toy, leaving his sister behind. As the drama unfolds on the viewing screen, Carlos walks onto the bridge and quietly witnesses the private moment from Andros' past without saying a word. It soon reveals the events of Karone's abduction by a mysterious monstrous figure. Andros knows he must find out who kidnapped Karone, and until he does he will never stop searching.
Carlos lies in his bed, unable to sleep and thinking of the video he just saw. Andros is done scanning for the time being, and goes to get some sleep, when DECA informs him that a lifeform has been detected in the Karova system, on his home planet KO-35. He quickly thinks his sister might have returned home, not knowing the colony was abandoned years ago. He has the Megaship set a course for his home. The Megaship reaches KO-35 and Andros sneaks off to the jump tubes without waking anyone, and morphs down to the planet surface, though he jumps off his Galaxy Glider a little too soon as he lands flat on his stomach. Once in the middle of an abandoned city, he proceeds to call out for Karone. A newly restored Ecliptor is lurking around on the Dark Fortress. He silently watches over Astronema as she sleeps in her chambers, speaking only to let out a slight chuckle and wish her sweet dreams. Soon he ventures to the control room where Elgar is sleeping standing up. He turns on the viewing screen, and is a bit surprised to see the Red Ranger back on his home world. Ecliptor makes a brief mentioning of the effect that he was involved in destroying the sanctity of the planet in the first place, running the people of KO-35 off into hiding.
Carlos is awaken by DECA, and he bumps his head on the top of his bed. T.J. and the girls are up too, ready to eat breakfast. Carlos notices the Red Galaxy Glider is missing from where he left it after repairs, and learns from DECA that Andros used it to go down to his homeworld of KO-35 while they were asleep. Carlos explains the entire situation of Andros' sister Karone to T.J. and the girls, and they're stunned at this secret their new friend kept from them. Carlos decides Andros has been gone too long and takes off after him by himself.
While on KO-35, Andros uses his AMScanner to search for any lifesigns, but he's being watched by Ecliptor, who suddenly makes a grand entrance by liquidized teleporting right behind him, confronting his longtime enemy. Ecliptor taunts Andros by calling his homeworld a deserted dustball. They question each others motives for being there, which immediately leads to a heated battle. Tossing aside his cape, Ecliptor begins to beat Andros into the ground, and against steel girders severely. He then throws Andros into a nearby pool of water, yet Andros shrugs off his losing position and remarks he found it quite refreshing. Ecliptor is once again angered, detaching his own head, which swings around in it's own, eyebeam blasting Andros. Nearby, Carlos is on their trail with his own AMScanner. Andros is now being bombarded by Ecliptor's head while the body strikes him with his sword. Both the added firepower of the Spiral Saber & Astro Blaster can't defend Andros from the malicious onslaught. Just as he appears down for the count and about to be skewered by the green grid warrior, Carlos tears through, jumping in and beating Ecliptor off of Andros. Ecliptor returns the favor by spouting a Cyber Shadow-Head, which fires a barrage of lasers at Carlos, wounding him severely. Andros grabs Carlos' smoking and wounded body, asking him what he's doing there, and Carlos spits out that they're a team. Andros is forced to retreat and take his teammate back to the Megaship laid out on his Galaxy Glider. Andros vows to return to finish this fight with Ecliptor, whom awaits it anxiously.
As the Megaship still orbits KO-35, Carlos is in the Infirmary, patched up and getting some rest as the other Rangers tend to his injuries. Andros feels guilty over this, despite the others telling him it wasn't his fault. They also try bringing up the fact that what effects one of them effects all of them. Andros shrugs off the notion of being a team once again and storms off by himself as he's overcome with an urge to seek revenge and on Ecliptor, running to his Jump Tube and telling DECA not tell anyone where he's gone.
Telewarping to the empty city again, he wanders around calling Ecliptor out for a showdown. Ecliptor's voice echoes about, tormenting Andros' current need of teammates to fight his battles. Ecliptor has grown huge again and stomps his foot right behind an unsuspecting Andros, who tries to prove size doesn't matter by jumping up with his Spiral Saber to take on the green grided warrior, but Ecliptor puts the literal smack down on him.
On the Megaship, T.J. and the girls realize Andros is missing, and when DECA doesn't respond to the request of his location, they figure it out for themselves and rush to their Jump Tubes.
Andros gets scorched by Ecliptor's explosive fire breath, just as T.J. and the girls Galaxy Glide onto the scene, firing their weapons in booster mode at him. This buys them time to hop down and drag their friend to safety amid the abandoned buildings. Just as things seem grim, Carlos, who has morphed down, stumbles toward them. He's still a little weak still from his injuries, but ready to help take Ecliptor down with the rest of his team. They head out to an open area and fire their Astro Blasters at Ecliptor, but they do no damage. In a pinch, they have Alpha 6 fire the Megalasers at him from above the planet, and it proves to be too much for him after his recent explosive encounter with the Megazord, so he retreats. Everyone is happy over their victory as a team, except Andros, who was fooled by Ecliptor into thinking he may have found his sister on KO-35.
Later, Andros works out on some an exercise machine, when Carlos stops by, healing nicely, though his arm is still a little tender. Andros uses his telekinesis to hand himself a towel now that his workout is finished. He apologizes to Carlos over what happened, but there's no need to apologize. Carlos reveals his knowledge of Andros' search for his sister, and tells him the Rangers will do everything they can to help him find her. That's what a team does for each other after all, and he's a pretty big part of it now. Andros is finally accepting his role in the Power Rangers, shaking his teammate's hand and smiling for the first time in quite some time.
Meanwhile, back on Earth, Professor Phenomenus is driving his van and briefing Bulk & Skull on the subject of how aliens come to Earth as seedlings. This discussion causes Bulk to hallucinate via a vivid imagination, where one such seedling egg hatches in his lap into a slimy claw and attacks him. Skull screams in horror at the sight, which turns out to be in reality just Bulk's own hand on his face. The Professor soon pulls over to inspect what looks like a watermelon patch, but only according to the untrained eye as believes them to be alien pods. In an attempt to force the aliens out of a watermelon, Phenomenus yells and shakes it, passes it around, Bulk tosses it up in fear, and it lands on his head. No alien pods this time, just seedless pulp all over the bumbling threesome.
Cast[]
- Christopher Khayman Lee as Andros (Red Space Ranger)
- ??? as Young Andros
- Roger Velasco as Carlos Vallerte (Black Space Ranger)
- Selwyn Ward as T.J. Johnson (Blue Space Ranger)
- Tracy Lynn Cruz as Ashley Hammond (Yellow Space Ranger)
- Patricia Ja Lee as Cassie Chan (Pink Space Ranger)
- Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch
- Jack Banning as Professor Phenomenus
- Donene Kistler as Alpha 6
- Wendee Lee as Alpha 6 (voice)
- Julie Maddalena as D.E.C.A. (voice)
- Melody Perkins as Astronema
- ??? as Young Karone
- Danny Stallcup as Ecliptor
- Walter Lang as Ecliptor (voice)
- Kenny Graceson as Elgar
- Derek Stephen Prince as Elgar (voice)
Zords[]
Errors[]
- It is unknown how Andros was able to get footage of Karone's kidnapping, especially considering it contained shots from Darkonda's point-of-view.
- The growling creature in the footage from KO-35 didn't sound anything like Darkonda.
- Considering that Ecliptor only traveled to KO-35 because Andros was already there, it isn't revealed what the life form that DECA originally picked up from the planet actually was.
- Ecliptor appears in his first form (with cape) in Megaranger footage, but in his second form (with the enhanced right arm) in original footage on the Dark Fortress.
- When the Red Galaxy Glider is summoned, in the first shot of it, it appears to be more orange than red.
- When the watermelon falls on Bulk’s head it’s horizontal but moments later when we see it on his head it’s now vertical.
- In some shots of Ecliptor's head the string used to control him is visible if the viewers were to look closely.
- During the first battle against Ecliptor the scenery changes between American and Japanese at random.
Notes[]
- The story of Karone is introduced.
- Darkonda makes a cameo appearance in this episode.
- The hand that hatches from the egg in Bulk's dream is that of the Peckster's from Mighty Morphin's, "Fowl Play".
- Ecliptor returns in this episode, despite being destroyed in "Save Our Ship". The reason, for this, is never explained.
- It is shown that Elgar is able to sleep standing up.
See Also[]
- Ep. 8: I Can't Lose! Turnabout Teamwork - Super Sentai counterpart in Megaranger. See comparison page. (fight footage and story)
