Trust and Triumph

This article is about an episode in Power Rangers Time Force.

Trust and Triumph

Power Rangers Time Force, Episode 9x18

Air Date(s)

June 2, 2001

Production Information

Written by

Judd Lynn
Jackie Marchand

Directed by

Koichi Sakamoto

Episode Guide

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Trust and Triumph is the eighteenth episode of Power Rangers Time Force.

Synopsis[]

A blunder by Wes has Jen doubting whether she can trust him or not. Ransik's new mutant sends the Rangers into another dimension, where they fight a team of evil Rangers. Only by trusting each other are Wes and Jen able to work together to free everyone from the dimension. In the end, Jen and Wes must work together to shatter the dimension and free their friends before defeating the mutant.

Plot[]

The Rangers prepare to capture Nadira as she leaves the scene of yet another bank robbery in the city. Wes is positioned at the back to make the arrest, but he misses her when he is distracted by the Silver Guardians. Back at the Clock Tower, Jen chews Wes out for his blunder, claiming to not be able to trust him. Wes retorts that trust goes both ways, and questions why he should trust Jen at all if she doesn't trust her team enough to open up to them.

At the Cryo Prison, Ransik's latest mutant, Turtlecon demonstrates his power to send people into pocket dimensions by sending Nadira on a Hawaiian vacation. The mutant terrorizes the city, drawing the Rangers out. They arm themselves and attack. The mutant whips out his device and zaps the Rangers into a pocket dimension, where they are greeted by evil versions of themselves. The ruthless evil Rangers attack, and demolish the Time Force Rangers. A huge blast opens a rift in the dimension. The Rangers run for it and jump in. Only Jen and Wes make it out, and are unable to communicate with their teammates. They regroup with Circuit, who finds a way to destroy the dimension - fire two simultaneous blasts from both inside and outside the dimension. Circuit emphasizes that Jen and Wes must learn to work together or else the plan will never work.

The other three Rangers find themselves in a different area of the dimension, as they are stalked by their villainous counterparts. As Jen and Wes ready their plan, Wes questions how Jen can remain so calm given their current situation. Jen insists that she wasn't always like that, and takes the time to open up to Wes. She tells him how she met Alex in Time Force, and how his support made her the woman she is today. Wes attempts to comfort Jen before being interrupted by Circuit. Jen heads back into the dimension, where she is assaulted by the evil Pink Ranger, knocking her weapon out. Wes manages to fire his weapon at the right time on his end. Jen just barely grabs her gun and fires it right on time as well. The evil Rangers and the dimension fade away, and the Rangers escape.

The mutant grows, and creates a duplicate Time Force Megazord. The two Megazords battle each other. The Rangers transform the Megazord to Mode Blue and defeat the impostor. Then the mutant is defeated by forming the Shadow Force Megazord. Afterwards, Wes sets up a practice area in the Clock Tower to use with a dart gun. Wes offers to let Jen try, and he causes Jen to have a flashback of Alex when he helps her. Wes asks Jen if she trusts him, and Jen confirms that she does.

Cast[]

Jason Faunt as Wesley "Wes" Collins (Red Time Force Ranger 2) & Alex
Michael Copon as Lucas Kendall (Blue Time Force Ranger)
Kevin Kleinberg as Trip (Green Time Force Ranger)
Deborah Estelle Phillips as Katie Walker (Yellow Time Force Ranger)
Erin Cahill as Jen Scotts (Pink Time Force Ranger)
Daniel Southworth as Eric Myers (Quantum Ranger) (unmorphed only)
Vernon Wells as Ransik
Kate Sheldon as Nadira
Eddie Frierson as Frax (voice)
Neil Kaplan as Gluto (voice)
Brianne Siddall as Circuit (voice)
Edward Albert as Mr. Collins (credit only)
Steve McGowan as Turtlecon (voice)
Roy Werner as Captain Logan (uncredited)

Errors[]

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Notes[]

Jen opens up a bit to Wes, telling him that she nearly quit Time Force as a rookie as she couldn't handle the pressure. She then met Alex who helped her through it. Jen tells Wes that Alex is the one person she always knew she could trust completely and vice versa. Ironically, when Alex returns, Jen starts questioning his decisions and pushes him to give up Red Ranger status to Wes in "Destiny Defeated". She then shows complete trust in Wes who she was having trouble trusting here despite not knowing his plan to defeat Dragontron.
Jen develops a complete trust in Wes in this episode, something that as Circuit points out, was necessary for their plan to defeat Turtlecon. She shows this complete trust in Wes again in "Destiny Defeated" when Wes takes command of the Rangers to destroy Dragontron and doesn't inform anyone of his plans.
Jen finally starts showing a major change to her personality after this episode, as she is not as strict to the rest of the team and is no longer haunted by Alex's supposed demise.
At one point of the episode one of Turtlecon's dimensions looks similar to the Skull Cavern from the previous season.
Eric doesn't appear morphed in this episode as the corresponding Timeranger episodes takes place before Eric's counterpart debut.