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Reasons 2 and 3: Redemption and Power Transfer
(Show returns from commercial break)
"We're counting down the Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Jason Scott for not retrieving the Green Candle in time to save Tommy Oliver's powers," said Brian Kenny.
"Welcome back," said Brian Kenny. "We've given you Reasons 4 and 5 why Jason Scott doesn't deserve blame, and with that said, here is Reason #3."
(A picture of Tommy's Power Coin securely in Jason's hands is shown)
"The Power Transfer," said Brian Kenny. "No, not the one where the three teenagers from Stone Canyon became Rangers themselves. This power transfer kept Tommy's powers on the side of light, and gave Jason control over them."
"Basically, after the candle had gone out," said Kimberly, "Zordon laid out the situation for us."
"I BASICALLY TOLD THEM," said Zordon, "THAT THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP RITA FROM STEALING TOMMY'S POWER WAS TO TRANSFER IT TO ANOTHER RANGER. TOMMY CHOSE JASON, AND SO IT WAS DONE."
"To this DAY, I still can't believe that power wasn't mine!" said Rita. "That was just like Tommy...got it done just in the nick of time, once again denying me victory!"
"It was a way," Trini Kwan said, "to keep Rita from stealing Tommy's powers unjustly. It was pretty lame for her to deprive him of his power through a candle, but it's even worse that she might have had Tommy's power for herself."
"That would have been extremely devastating if Rita had Tommy's power as well as her own," said Kimberly. "She would have been near unstoppable."
"That transfer," said Tommy, "may well have saved the Power Rangers in the first place. I couldn't imagine Rita with her own powers as well as mine. If she'd had Cyclopsis as well as my powers, we wouldn't have had a chance."
"You can't blame Jason," said Scorpina, "because Tommy entrusted him with his own power in the first place. If Tommy hadn't had that trust in Jason, he'd never have given him that power coin and that power would have belonged to my mistress."
(The transfer is shown again as the tape ends)
"We've got three down, and two more to go," said Brian Kenny. "Here is Reason #2."
(A picture of Zedd and Jason, side by side, then appears)
"Redemption," said Brian Kenny. "Shortly after Lord Zedd arrived on the moon and banished his future wife to her dumpster, he was successful in draining the Green Ranger's power for good. After that, he began focusing his efforts on the remaining five Rangers."
"We were en route to going to find Tommy," said Kimberly, "when all of a sudden, we get ambushed by Goldar, and we were taken to Zedd's dimensional prison."
"Zedd wanted to drain our powers, just like he had Tommy's," said Zack, "and he once again, wanted to leave Jason high and dry."
"For that purpose," said Brian Kenny, "he used the remains of the Green Candle's wax to create four similar candles which had the same potential."
"I was training for a competition which Tommy wanted me to win," said Jason, "and when I got the call from Zordon and found out what was happening, I was furious."
"I did have some advantages that time," said Jason, "and one was that Zedd's Pipe Brain monster was far less lethal than Cyclops was. I destroyed him in pretty much no time flat."
"If I'd have done it all over again," said Zedd, staff in hand, "I'd have looked for a much stronger monster to fight Jason. Pipe Brain did not put up much resistance, which gave Jason time he needed."
"Eventually, Jason did get the last laugh, as he entered Zedd's dimensional prison, restored the Rangers' powers, and managed to escape himself," said Brian Kenny.
"Zedd chose to underestimate Jason simply because he wanted to take advantage of Jason's attitude about Tommy not being there to help him," said Kimberly. "Jason's a strong person, and Zedd really did pick the wrong person to mess with."
"Jason's the last person you want to mess with when it's all on the line," said Tommy. "There's no one I'd rather have leading the team to battle when it's do or die. Zedd picked the wrong Ranger to mess with."
"That mission for Jason...was a redemption mission," said Trini. "It was his last major mission as Ranger leader, and he did a heck of a job to save us."
"It was a serious mistake by Lord Zedd to underestimate Jason's abilities," said Scorpina. "He's a strong-willed human, and he's a terrific leader. Just because he screwed up when Tommy lost his powers doesn't mean he'd do the same thing again. You can't blame Jason Scott...because he got the last laugh eventually."
(Picture of Zedd and Jason is shown again as the tape ends)
"Coming up," said Brian Kenny, "we'll reveal our number one reason why you can't blame Jason Scott for not saving Tommy's Green Ranger powers."
"While I lost my leadership role on that day," said Jason, "Tommy coming back as the White Ranger was like a 500-pound gorilla being lifted off my back. No one in the UAE could talk about how I failed to save Tommy anymore."
(Music plays as segment ends)
TBC...
