Previously on Jungle Fury. The Phantom Beasts got their asses handed to them when they tried to move in against Jarrod’s woman. Casey had a crying fit over not becoming a Master like the others. It was sad.

“Path of the Righteous”

 

… I don’t have a caption for this. I think you can draw your own conclusions here.

We open the episode with Casey in the pizza shop, working alone. Apparently, Masters don’t do the menial tasks anymore. Dominic sits in the corner reading a book because he’s awesome, but he senses some bad mojo coming off of Casey. He’s still crying on the inside about his lack of Master stripes.

Dominic mentions his new book (a gift from his stalker, Fran, no less) is To Kill a Mockingbird, which is about a man who stands up for what’s right even when the whole town is against him. Wait a minute… THAT SOUNDS JUST LIKE CASEY!

Dominic reveals that he knew Jarrod from Pai Zhua, and that he was a good guy who suffered a hard knock life. For some reason, I just pictured Jarrod with a backwards baseball cap and baggy pants shouting “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT I BEEN THROUGH!” in his best ghetto accent. Dominic must be picturing something like that too, because he spaces out enough for him to not notice Casey getting up and walking away. I guess Casey got what he needed from him.

Back at the Phantom Pharm, Snapper the turtle stays true to his animal roots and has a breakfast consisting of insects. But Camille warps out of invisible mode and dropkicks his ass to the floor, because that’s apparently all it takes to subdue him. She wants to know why she was targetted for termination, to which Snapper answers that she loves Jarrod and not Dai Shi.

… Huh. On one hand, this makes a lot of sense, and goes with Camille’s comment in the first episode about how hot and bothered she was over Jarrod’s body. On the other hand, I’m lost as to how the Phantoms would be able to tell who she really loves, since she’s still been pretty much evil the whole time they’ve been around anyway.

Meanwhile, Fran does her job and cleans up after the Master slobs, while Theo levitates and stuffs his face with chips. Lily, for the first time ever in the history of history, is the aggressor in their puppy love affair, and asks Theo what he wants to do for their weekly “lunch date.” Theo, being the prick that he is, decides that Masters don’t eat lunch, and Lily walks off. Fran recognizes a woman in heat when she sees one, and slaps Theo upside the head for not seeing it himself. He needs to make his move, and quick.

Fran, honey, you know I love you, but shouldn’t you take your own advice there? I mean, the season’s almost over and Dominic has already tried to ravage at least one other nerd. Get on it!

In the Forest of Manly Rage, Casey runs and jumps like it’s goin’ outta style, until he’s stopped by the glowy spirit of Master Mao. He tells Casey that he should forget about Jarrod and stop all this bullshit. Casey says he can feel Jarrod….

“What you’re feeling,” says Mao, “is guilt.” And that is the coolest thing he has ever said.

Casey feels guilty for basically existing, which caused Jarrod to kick his ass in episode one, then get booted from the school, then release Dai Shi from the Pai Zhua Toy Box. IT’S ALL CASEY’S FAULT! And regardless of whether Mao agrees with him or not, he’s GOING to have a cool fight sequence in order to bring Jarrod home.

Something about this annoys me. Casey actually does the right thing, doesn’t suck, and is interesting as a character. Everything in this paragraph feels like a lie.

With the mighty power of slow-motion, Casey eradicates a group of Rinshi on his way to the Phantom Pharm, where he meets Dai Shi/Jarrod in his throne. Casey tries to appeal to Jarrod’s humanity, and tells him he knows he’s not a bad guy, even though he did some pretty effed up things. I picture Jarrod in his ghetto suit again. “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT ME, CRACKA!”

“Oh no this bitch didn’t.”

So, Dai Shi and Casey start to scrap, and this one’s for all the marbles, y’all. As Camille watches silently, they rip the place apart, first fighting as humans, then going to the battle-suits, then finally going for the upgrades. Casey even destroys the Sexy Chair when Dai Shi tosses him across the room. In the end, Casey has the power of the script on his side, and he knocks Dai Shi out of his morph.

Then, Casey and Jarrod re-enact a scene from Zyuranger, where Casey tells him to kill him if he’s truly evil. Dai Shi powers up his angry!face like never before, and raises a hand to finish him while his back is turned. But then Jarrod flips out and forces Dai Shi to separate from him.

The big glowy spirit of Dai Shi is not pleased. He immediately attacks and starts to suck Jarrod off, hoping to kill him. But Camille steps in to protect her man, and Casey’s tiger spirit holds him off.

The three rush off, but Snapper and Scorch are ready to finish this. And then comes the most awesome role call the show has had since forever and a day. The five Rangers along with Camille and Jarrod. And I guess Jarrod gets to keep his fancy armor.

What happens next is positively fangasmic. Pretty much every super-powerful attack these kids have got in their arsenal, they use it in full force on the two remaining Phantoms. Snapper got served. Hard.

But wait! There’s more! If you act now, you’ll get a two-for-one deal, and we’ll even throw in the Lion and Chameleon spirit zords for free. Isn’t it time you started taking it easy in the zord fights? If you have asthma, Lion and Chameleon may inflame your lungs, cause baldness, erectile dysfunction, insomnia, spontaneous chlamydia, pink eye, stink eye, red eye, and jedi. Ask your doctor to see if Lion and Chameleon zords are right for you. The Lion and Chameleon Spirits. The answer to all your problems.

After the asskickery is done, Casey randomly discovers that there are three black lines on his arm. I hope Casey asked his doctor to see if Lion and Chameleon zords were right for him.

Oh, but RJ assures him that it’s not the first symptoms of a debilitating disease (Damn!). It’s actually spontaneous recognition that he did the right thing, and now deserves to be a Master……………

Jarrod humbles himself before his new Master (*snicker*) and vows to accept any punishment for his bout with schizophrenia. Casey doesn’t want to punish him. He wants his and Camille’s help. Well guess what, Casey- we don’t always get what we want. Jarrod would rather angst in the forest about how much he sucks at life.

Damn. I guess Casey really is Jarrod’s Master now.

Unfortunately for our heroes, Scorch seems to survive the apocalyptically awesome zord finisher that just came at him, because Dai Shi needs him for the season finale. Dai Shi assures him that the final battle will be epic.

To Be Continued… Right Now…

This episode pretty much rocked. A lot of the things people have been complaining about all season long ended up being addressed in some way in this episode, and the result, for Jungle Fury at least, was pretty damn brilliant. It’s got to be one of the best episodes of the season. A+.

-Dr. Tristan