Dino Super Charge asks the most important question of all, Why You Always Lyin?
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Power Rangers Dino Super Charge Episode 9
Forgiveness.
Its something we deal with every day.
Do you forgive your boss for being a jerk?
Do you forgive someone who cuts you off in traffic?
Do you forgive your parents for not being perfect?
Do you forgive your friends for hurting your feelings?
Lets dig in, shall we?
Weve all had things about our friends annoy us to no end.
We dont mention them because who wants to have an argument over something minor?
Not many of us.
So we let it continue and just accept it as part of their personality.
Here, Shelby has accepted her best friend Erin is a liar.
Its just who she is, apparently.
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This is where the episode began to lose me.
So okay, Erin is a bad friend.
Im totally down for that.
She pretends to be the Pink Ranger.
Okay, its basically likeStranger RangerinMegaforce.
Cool, it works a little better here because it isnt some random guy.
Shelby cant confront her because she cant reveal shes really the Pink Ranger.
Alright, Im down for that.
While I didnt buy the friendship, this could be an awesome set up for a great Shelby moment.
Standing up for herself and telling her friend off.
On the surface I totally get it.
We as human beings arent mind readers and we cant always tell when what were doing is annoying/hurting someone.
We sometimes need to tell people theyre acting a fool.
The problem is that Shelby never does this.
Erin figures out the lesson on her own, which kneecaps all the set up at the start.
By learning the lesson herself, Erin becomes the focal character instead of Shelby.
This is a bad move, if only because we know were probably never going to see Erin again.
Why give so much development to a guest character when Shelby is supposed to be the focus?
Look me in the eye and tell me you are.
It would be a huge empowering moment for Shelby that we sadly dont get.
Instead, we get Erin apologizing to the whole city.
Im okay with that, if only because I like it when characters take responsibility for their own actions.
Shelby forgives her far too easily though.
Its all wrapped up in a minute and theyre besties again.
Having it not be wrapped up so easily would make the lesson much more powerful.
The Erin/Shelby plot was not the worst thing ever.
As it stands, it was okay.
What was AMAZING was the villain side of things.
Okay, so first off we see a monster making a grocery store run.
That alone is astounding but then the Rangers attack him for… stealing?
How do you know he stole it?
What if he just wanted food?
Yeah yeah, reading too much into it but isnt it a fascinating story idea?
A monster trying to buy some food!
Cinnamon, specifically, because Heckyl is apparently a cinnamon roll too pure for this world.
Okay, not really, but I had to make the joke.
Heckyl and Wrench laugh in his face.
It endears me to this one off character way more then Erin!
Besides that hilarious villain B plot, this episode demonstrates a lot of the problemsDino Super Chargehas been having.
Lots of good ideas set up but very weak pay off.
Oh hey, while that triceratops song was fun and cute?
I have a better song to cap off this episode.
Weve got a giant problem.
I am here for Kendall showing up more in fights.
You know, theres an interesting subext at play here.
A white girl taking all the credits for the accomplishments of a black woman?
Not something I ever seePower Rangerstackling, but still fascinating to read the episode that way.
Rating:
2 out of 5
