XIII. Episode Summaries


Episode 1
Beginnings: Part 1

Aired: 02/05/05
Writer: Bruce Kalish
Director: Greg Aronowitz
It is the year 2025 and humans and Aliens live together in peace, a new team is formed to keep the earth safe. Space Patrol Delta. However, they are about to face a new and deadly threat to the galaxy. Emperor Gruumm has arrived, sending his advanced Krybot guard to access a device that will boost his power, only one group can stop him, three cadets recently promoted to the rank of Power Rangers.


Episode 2
Beginnings: Part 2
Aired: 02/05/05
Writer: Greg Aronowitz
Director: Greg Aronowitz
The B-Squad Rangers battle Gruumm’s Krybots, whilst two thieves, Jack & Z are brought to justice and are given a choice, join SPD, or suffer in prison.


Episode 3
Confronted

Aired: 02/12/05
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Greg Aronowitz
When the A-Squad, are called off-world to battle the Troobian Empire, B-Squad is given the task of safeguarding Earth, but Jack’s complacent laziness and abuse of power as a Power Ranger separates him from the team.


Episode 4
Walls

Aired: 02/19/05
Writer: John Tellegen
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Sky’s bitter jealousy of Jack’s position as Red Ranger comes to the surface once more, as he becomes more confrontational and isolated from the team.


Episode 5
Dogged

Aired: 02/26/05
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Andrew Merrifield
R.I.C is seriously malfunctioning so Cruger orders his shutdown. Syd asks Bridge and Boom if they can fix him.


Episode 6
A-Bridged

Aired: 03/05/05
Writer: Mark Hoffmeier
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Bridge personally investigates a recent bank robbery in an effort to prove the innocence of a monster.


Episode 7
Sam: Part 1

Aired: 03/12/05
Writer: Bruce Kalish
Director: Charlie Haskell
The SPD Rangers face a formidable challenge in Sam, a young boy with amazing powers.


Episode 8
Sam: Part 2

Aired: 03/19/05
Writer: John Tellegen
Director: Charlie Haskell
Z & Cruger attempt to convince the Rangers that Sam’s situation is not unique in an attempt to prove how much good he can provide them, but Sam is still being targeted by both sides.


Episode 9
Idol

Aired: 04/02/05
Writer: David Garber
Director: Charlie Haskell
Sky’s best friend Dru returns to Earth after a year missing from duty. Loyalties are tested however when Dru is implicated in a failed assassination attempt on Cruger’s life.


Episode 10
Stakeout

Aired: 04/09/05
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Mark Beesley
Tension builds between the SPD Rangers when Jack neglects Syd’s birthday and gets involved with a criminal suspect’s former partner under careful observation.


Episode 11
Shadow: Part 1

Aired: 04/16/05
Writer: Bruce Kalish
Director: Mark Beesley
Haunted by nightmares of his past, Cruger is most intolerable to be around, biting people’s heads off at the slightest remark.


Episode 12
Shadow: Part 2

Aired: 04/23/05
Writer: Bruce Kalish
Director: Mark Beesley
When an old enemy of Cruger’s kidnaps Kat, he vengefully attempts a rescue mission with the aid of a new morpher.


Episode 13
Abandoned

Aired: 04/30/05
Writer: John Tellegen
Director: Britta Johnstone
When Cruger refuses to help B-Squad battle Gruumm’s latest agent of destruction, the B-Squad are forced to solve their latest case without the aid of their commanding officer.


Episode 14
Wired: Part 1

Aired: 05/07/05
Writer: Jackie Marchand & John Tellegen
Director: Britta Johnstone
The SPD Rangers learn there is more to eager D-Squad member Sophie than meets the eye as Mora and the criminal Valko make preparations to sabotage the Delta Base.


Episode 15
Wired: Part 2

Aired: 05/14/05
Writer: John Tellegen & Jackie Marchand
Director: Britta Johnstone
With her true nature revealed, Sophie is cast out of SPD. An enraged Cruger demands B-Squad retrieve Sophie at all costs but Valko intercepts her ahead of the team and takes her to a remote warehouse, where her unique abilities play a hand in helping him to control the monstrous Goradon.


Episode 16
Boom

Aired: 05/21/05
Writer: Greg Aronowitz
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Boom, with help from Bridge, Z & Syd is forced to lie to his parents that he is the Orange Ranger when they come to visit him. Meanwhile, Jack & Sky disappear while investigating a disturbance in a warehouse.


Episode 17
Recognition

Aired: 06/04/05
Writer: David Garber
Director: Andrew Merrifield
On his way to interrogation, alien criminal Wootox switches bodies with Sky and creates havoc within the Delta Base whilst Sky is incarcerated.


Episode 18
Samurai

Aired: 06/11/05
Writer: Matthew Hawkins
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Emperor Gruumm uses a time portal to bring a skilled alien Samurai, Katana, into the present day.


Episode 19
Dismissed

Aired: 06/18/05
Writer: Jesse Horsting
Director: Paul Grinder
Cruger issues an open challenge to Emperor Gruumm to meet him face-to-face on Earth. Meanwhile, Supreme Commander Birdie arrives at the Delta Base to check on progress.


Episode 20
Perspective

Aired: 06/25/05
Writer: Bruce Kalish
Director: Paul Grinder
When the satellite surveillance systems are cut off during a battle between the B-Squad & the Krybots at the World Gold Depository, Cruger demands a first-hand account of the mission, only to be subjected to various, ego-driven points of view from the SPD Rangers questioned.


Episode 21
Messenger: Part 1

Aired: 07/10/05
Writer: Bruce Kalish
Director: Paul Grinder
Morgana leads a personal assault against the B-Squad. Meanwhile, Boom discovers a cryptic and ominous message from the future warning of the fall of SPD and the triumph of Gruumm.


Episode 22
Messenger: Part 2

Aired: 07/16/05
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Paul Grinder
The B-Squad is bailed out of their difficult battle with Morgana and her cohorts by the enigmatic Omega Ranger, an SPD member from a timeline presently under the grip of Emperor Gruumm’s evil.


Episode 23
Zapped

Aired: 07/25/05
Writer: Stan Berkowitz
Director: John Laing
Morgana helps out downtrodden magician Mysticon, offering a means to become genuinely powerful in exchange for assisting her in defeating the SPD Rangers.


Episode 24
Reflection: Part 1

Aired: 08/12/05
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: John Laing
In order to track down and nullify the threat of the alien copycat criminal Slate, a new SPD Battlizier is developed. Sky is assigned to gain information on Slate from the criminal Mirloc, who, unbeknownst to Sky, is the being responsible for the death of his father.


Episode 25
Reflection: Part 2

Aired: 08/12/05
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: John Laing
Learning of how closely connected Mirloc is to his past, Sky angrily confronts Cruger over concealing the truth from him for so long. Meanwhile, Mirloc offers his services to Gruumm and uses his unique reflective powers to seize control of B-Squad’s weapons and ultimately captures them.


Episode 26
S.W.A.T: Part 1

Aired: 08/15/05
Writer: John Tellegen
Director: Britta Johnstone
When two acquaintances of Piggy’s Stench & Thresher begin to get the better of the bickering and unfocused B-Squad with heavily advanced armor, Cruger sends the squabbling SPD Rangers to the planet Zentor to undergo a rigorous series of exercises under the supervision of Sergeant Silverback.


Episode 27
S.W.A.T: Part 2

Aired: 08/22/05
Writer: Greg Aronowitz
Director: Britta Johnstone
On the planet Zentor, the B-Squad fail to impress Sergeant Silverback and are demoted and will have to learn the full measure of teamwork if they are to regain their rank and their right to defend the Earth, but will even the new S.W.A.T upgrades be enough to overcome Stench & Thresher’s Armor?


Episode 28
Robotpalooza

Aired: 08/29/05
Writer: Bruce Kalish
Director: John Laing
The SPD Rangers are plagued by a wave of robotic assailants, taxing them to the point of exhaustion. Meanwhile, Bridge begins to have a series of recurring dreams revolving around a battle that has yet to occur.


Episode 29
Katastrophe
Aired: 09/26/05
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Britta Johnstone
Kat is offered the chance to serve with Galaxy Command, but an envious former classmate arrives on the scene armed with a deadly weapon, and only Kat can bring his rampage to a halt with the aid of special powers.


Episode 30
Missing

Aired: 10/03/05
Writer: Bruce Kalish
Director: John Laing
Whilst tracking down a fugitive called Bork, Bridge mysteriously vanishes, leaving the SPD Rangers with an urgent need to locate him before he meets certain doom.


Episode 31
History

Aired: 10/11/05
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Paul Grinder
Broodwing and his assistant Professor Cerebros of the New Tech City Laboratory bring the Dino Thunder Rangers to the future. It soon falls to the Dino Thunder Rangers & SPD Rangers to foil Broodwing & Gruumm’s plan.


Episode 32
Impact

Aired: 09/23/05
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Paul Grinder
One of Broodwing’s allies impersonates a respected meteorologist and succeeds in setting a meteor on a collision course with Earth.


Episode 33
Badge

Aired: 10/17/05
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: John Laing
Cruger faces his past as an old enemy begins inflicting pain on SPD officers before stealing the badges of his victims.


Episode 34
Wormhole
Aired: 02/02/06
Writer: Bruce Kalish
Director: Paul Grinder
Emperor Gruumm travels back in time to 2004 to take Earth over long before SPD even existed to oppose him. B-Squad pursue him and once again run into the Dino Thunder team to unite against the allied forces of Gruumm & Zeltrax,


Episode 35
Insomnia
Aired: 10/28/05
Writer: John Tellegen
Director: John Laing
The SPD Rangers have difficulty sleeping after overhearing a conversation between Cruger & Kat lamenting over the loss of A-Squad and their effectiveness. They reflect on their previous adventures, whilst Mora discovers the truth behind Gruumms’ pilfering of resources.


Episode 36
Resurrection

Aired: 11/04/05
Writer: Bruce Kalish
Director: John Laing
Jack meets a kindred spirit offering out goods to the homeless, a trait he was once accustomed. Meanwhile, A-Squad is finally located but they have new allegiances.


Episode 37
Endings: Part 1

Aired: 11/07/05
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Greg Aronowitz
Cruger is captured by A-Squad and held on board Gruumm’s ship. Gruumm’s superior, Omni prepares the final stages of its’ grand ascension. The B-Squad confront the A-Squad in a devastating conflict.


Episode 38
Endings: Part 2

Aired: 11/14/05
Writer: Bruce Kalish
Director: Greg Aronowitz
Omni, the Magnificence descends on the planet and begins attacking the city.