Power Rangers Reflections #25 – Once And Always (MMPR 30th Anniversary Reunion)

A week has passed since the premiere of the Netflix-exclusive Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once And Always reunion special and more than enough time has passed that I’m able to reflect on my feelings regarding this special. To make a long story short, I thought it was fine as a standalone extended episode and for the most part, I was entertained. Part of that were due to somewhat tempered expectations; I wasn’t expecting something along the lines of Forever Red, which was nothing but fan service that was light on plot (though as far as anniversary episodes go, it’s still one of the better ones.) All I wanted was a nice little program with a good story behind it and some good action… and that’s pretty much what I got.
We’ll dive deeper into this after the break, so naturally, there will be spoilers.

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The Final Drop Of Sour Mead – The Final Episodes Of PICARD

So I just finished watching the last couple episodes of Picard; the final drop of sour mead from the field of memberberries that have everyone declaring this to be the bestest and greatestest season of the series… which I am inclined to agree with. If only because I actually enjoyed this season more than the first two seasons and therefore, that’s all it really takes to be the best season in a series that is preceded with one promising season that fell off the rails and another season that is so incomprehensibly awful that just giving it any semblance of attention is more than it probably deserves.
I thought about giving this thing one last big ol’ recap to sort of bring things home. I thought about diving deep into some of the plot issues and contrivinces that left me baffled. I thought about diving into talking about that one moment that brought back that warm fuzzy feeling that I had not felt with this franchise in a long time and then watch that moment fall apart in a hail of phaser fire and video game shooter schlock. I thought about doing all of that here and I even had a good chunk of it written.
Then I realized that I’m not going to do any of that here.

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