XVI. Episode Summaries

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Episode 1
Welcome To The Jungle: Part 1

Aired: 02/18/08
Writer: Bruce Kalish
Director: Mark Beesley
Three members of the Pai Zhuq Academy are chosen to safeguard an ancient evil, Dai Shi, who has been imprisoned for thousands of years. One of the students, Jarrod, however, is rejected in favor of the inexperienced Casey, creating dissension between the two.


Episode 2
Welcome To The Jungle: Part 2
Aired: 02/18/08
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Mark Beesley
Casey, Theo & Lily become employees at their mentor RJ’s Pizza Parlor, and unless they can become capable of wielding their weapons, they won’t be taught the skills required to stop the rampaging Mantor.


Episode 3
Sigh Of The Tiger
Aired: 02/25/08
Writer: John Tellegen
Director: Mark Beesley
Casey becomes frustrated with irrelevant housework rather than any kind of training from RJ.


Episode 4
A Taste Of Poison
Aired: 03/03/08
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Charlie Haskell
Dai Shi, in the body of Jarrod, reveals his prescience to the remaining students and summons the five fearsome poisons to destroy the team.


Episode 5
Can’t Win Them All
Aired: 03/10/08
Writer: Bruce Kalish
Director: Charlie Haskell
Theo embarrasses himself in battle and pulls out of the team.


Episode 6
Dance The Night Away

Aired: 03/17/08
Writer: John Tellegen
Director: Charlie Haskell
Lily is faced with a conflict between Casey & Theo, and their disagreements prevent all three from using their new Claw Cannon.


Episode 7
Pizza Slice Of Life
Aired: 03/24/08
Writer: David Garber
Director: Vanessa Alexander
Casey is placed in charge of RJ’s parlor, but he decides to loosen control and allow his friends to do whatever they believe is better for the business. Meanwhile, Naja schemes to overthrow Dai Shi, but Camille discovers this treacherous scheme and puts her life in jeopardy to protect her master.


Episode 8
Way Of The Master

Aired: 03/31/08
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Vanessa Alexander
After being humbled in battle by Pangolin, the Jungle Fury Rangers are told to seek out the Jungle Mace.


Episode 9
Good Karma, Bad Karma

Aired: 04/21/08
Writer: John Tellegen
Director: Vanessa Alexander
Casey attempts to teach a young boy named Josh not to steal whilst Carnisoar travels to the past with Jarrod to eliminate his good deeds and return completely dedicated to chaos.


Episode 10
Blind Leading The Blind

Aired: 04/27/08
Writer: John Tellegen
Director: Mike Smith
Theo’s endless multitasking puts him at risk in battle against Bai Lai & Carden.


Episode 11
Pushed To The Edge

Aired: 05/05/08
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Mike Smith
Camille, rejected yet again, decides to search for a new master. But will the Sea Overlord Jellica prove to be a suitable replacement or a new threat to Dai Shi?


Episode 12
One Master Too Many
Aired: 05/12/08
Writer: David Garber
Director: Mike Smith
The arrival of Master Finn takes a considerable toll on RJ when it is revealed that Finn is his estranged father.


Episode 13
Ghost Of A Chance: Part 1
Aired: 05/19/08
Writer: John Tellegen
Director: Jonathan Brough
Dai Shi reaches the second level of his development, allowing him to finally emerge and engage with a group of overconfident Jungle Fury Rangers in physical combat.


Episode 14
Ghost of A Chance: Part 2
Aired: 05/19/08
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Jonathan Brough
As Jarrod continues to torture a captive RJ, the Jungle Fury Rangers resolve to locate and retrieve the final three masters and finish their training.


Episode 15
Bad To The Bone
Aired: 06/02/08
Writer: Bruce Kalish
Director: Jonathan Brough
Lily, teased relentlessly by her friends for being too nice, elects to show a different side to her personality when one of Porcupongo’s quills affects her rationality and self-control.


Episode 16
Friends Don’t Fade Away
Aired: 06/16/08
Writer: Ally Mondera
Director: Vanessa Alexander
Following a battle with Dai Shi, RJ finds difficulty controlling his animal spirit, transforming into a ferocious werewolf.


Episode 17
No “I” In Leader
Aired: 06/23/08
Writer: William Carter
Director: Vanessa Alexander
Casey begins to feel insignificant in light of RJ’s new status as a Power Ranger.


Episode 18
True Friends, True Spirits

Aired: 06/30/08
Writer: Aran Hufee
Director: Vanessa Alexander
When RJ saves Flit’s life, a bond begins to form between the two. Confiding in RJ his own secrets, Flit elects to help the Jungle Fury Ranger in a battle against an enemy spirit sent by Grizzaka to cause friction between RJ and his animal spirit.


Episode 19
Path Of The Rhino
Aired: 07/07/08
Writer: Nico Manley
Director: Jonathan Brough
The Jungle Fury Rangers identities are discovered by a student of Master Mao, Dominic. Feeling his purpose has now been realized, Dominic vows to prove himself to the Power Rangers & RJ by mastering the spirit of the Rhino, but Casey is uncertain of Dominic’s abilities.


Episode 20
Dash For The Dagger
Aired: 07/14/08
Writer: Sofia Sprittey
Director: Jonathan Brough
The Jungle Fury Rangers & Dominic unite in a quest for an ancient dagger that provides any who wield it mastery over the Rhino Nexus.


Episode 21
Race To The Nexus
Aired: 07/21/08
Writer: Patrick Skuel
Director: Jonathan Brough
The Jungle Fury Rangers challenge the might of Dai Shi, The Overlords & the Control Dagger as the spirit of the Rhino and the fate of the nexus hangs in the balance.


Episode 22
Arise The Crystal Eyes
Aired: 07/28/08
Writer: Casey S. Neki
Director: Jonathan Brough
Dai Shi & The Overlords harness the energies of the Crystal Eyes to unleash The Phantom Beasts, a formidable enemy of the Pai Zhuq Masters.


Episode 23
Fear And The Phantoms
Aired: 08/04/08
Writer: Grace Urwin
Director: Mike Smith
The Phantom Beasts overwhelm the Pai Zhuq Masters and turn them against their own students.


Episode 24
Blue Ranger, Twin Danger
Aired: 08/11/08
Writer: KJ Bekman
Director: Mike Smith
RJ develops a new weapon he believes is capable of delaying the advancing Spirit Rangers as they inflict havoc on the city and their own students.


Episode 25
One Last Second Chance
Aired: 08/18/08
Writer: Ally Mondera
Director: Mike Smith
With The Spirit Rangers proving too formidable, RJ decides that he must risk destroying an important part of his life to ensure everything he holds sacred survives.


Episode 26
Don’t Blow That Dough
Aired: 09/29/08
Writer: John Tellegen
Director: Mark Beesley
The Jungle Fury Rangers are captured and forced to participate in a trivia quiz based around their previous adventures.


Episode 27
Tigers Fall, Lions Rise

Aired: 10/06/08
Writer: John Edward
Director: Luke Robinson
Casey is left despondent and lost after his tiger spirit is drained from him. Dai Shi & Camille gain stronger forms as Casey watches a prized student reach levels that remind him of his former strengths.


Episode 28
The Spirit Of Kindness

Aired: 10/13/08
Writer: Moni Zamazene
Director: Luke Robinson
Dai Shi, angered that Whiger’s taking of the Tiger Spirit neither broke or destroyed Casey, punishes him by seizing his own powers. Casey befriends his fallen adversary, and the two decide to work together in freeing the other Jungle Fury Rangers and several helpless civilians from Dai Shi’s gigantic rattraps.


Episode 29
Maryl And The Monkeys
Aired: 10/20/08
Writer: Bruce Kalish
Director: Luke Robinson
When Camille steals a formula a scientist named Maryl is developing as part of her genetic cloning experiments, she begins to overpopulate the area with a cloned legion of monkeys.


Episode 30
To Earn Your Stripes
Aired: 10/27/08
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Mark Beesley
Lilly & Theo, after months of hardship, combat and bravery receive their Master Stripes, but Casey does not. Feeling that he has failed the team, the Red Ranger walks off to ponder his place in life and finds Jarrod attempting to save Camille’s life.


Episode 31
Path Of The Righteous
Aired: 11/03/08
Writer: John Tellegen
Director: Mark Beesley
Casey, convinced that Jarrod can be saved from Dai Shi’s evil clutches, follows his heart and makes preparations to confront his nemesis.


Episode 32
Now The Final Fury
Aired: 11/03/08
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Mark Beesley
Dai Shi continues to gather the powers of fear and generates enough energy to open a portal to the Spirit World that frees all of his fallen warriors. Now the Jungle Fury Rangers, joined by their masters and the redeemed Jarrod, must make a final stand to save the universe from Dai Shi’s ancient evil once and for all.