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Episodes 01-10

Ep #	Title	Writer(s)	Original Air-date	Review	Reviewer
01	Phoenix	Robert Mandell	September 14, 1986
The Queen has put a price on the heads of the new race, humans. Captain Kidd sets a trap, snares the Phoenix spaceship with the Foxx family and the Ambassadors Waldo & Zozo aboard. Jessica and Little Zach get away. Zach and Eliza end up captured, Eliza gets turned over to the Crown, the ambassadors bust Zach out, and he gets shot in the process. Kidd then helps them get away, as the Queen has double crossed him on payment. Zach gets back to Earth, gets a bionic arm and leg, and the S5 implant. Commander Walsh creates the Series 5 team to help Zach recover his wife and the other humans captured by the Queen.
02	New Frontier	Robert Mandell	October 29, 1986
The Rangers go to Tortuna, looking for Captain Kidd, to find out what happened to Eliza. After escaping the Queens trap on Tortuna, Kidd leads them to the Queen's asteroid. They are captured by the Queen, but they can escape with Eliza's comatose body and rescue all the humans intact, but the other half of her psychocrystal is still in the hands of the Queen.
03	Tortuna	Christopher Rowley	September 15, 1986
Geezi is a snitch, and he has one of the Queen's memory birds (so she doesn't use disks for data storage and retrieval, okay?). The Rangers go back to Tortuna (this time undercover as Zanguils) to buy the bird from Geezi, and they learn about how the Queen has decimated the Gherkin race along the way. Doc almost gets turned into a slaver lord, but you gotta watch it to see how everyone gets away.
04	Chained	Robert Mandell	September 18, 1986
Goose has to transport MaCross to Earth for trial. Lucky, lucky guy. The Black Hole Gang has other ideas, as MaCross apparently hid a stash of Starstones before he was captured, and they want the stones and MaCross back. They attack Goose's interceptor while in hyperspace, and they come out WAY off course, and crash on the frontier planet Ozark. Annie O. finds them, and so do the gang. Goose promises to come back someday, Annie gives him a peck on the cheek, MaCross goes to prison.
05	Smuggler's Gauntlet	Brian Daley	October 7, 1986
Someone has stolen the Supertrooper Juice formula, and it's up to the Rangers to find out who the mysterious "Overboss" is, before the Board of Leaders puts them out of commission.
06	Mistwalker	Lucia Robson	October 22, 1986
Zach and Zozo are sent to Biste-Fenokee to check up on Audra Miles, an anthropologist studying a aboriginal species on a world where nature is in complete control, and doesn't much like technology. Zach can't deal with the tribe's Shaman, Mistwalker, and is peeved because none of his devices work (bugs in 'em, literally), while the Black Hole Gang are looking for starstones, and aren't going to let any natives get in their way. This one has a great ending.
07	Wildfire	Henry Beck	September 23, 1986
On a transport-ship carrying explosives, the Rangers get a distress call from Cody Wildfire Carson, who remembers Zach from when he was just a kid. He's being chased by a Bad Guy called Garret who wants him dead for some crime or another, and asks for sanctuary, which Zach is forced to give. Cody tries to steal Shane's ship operated by Elma in one of the show's most memorable moments, where Elma zaps him and calmly replies "You, sir, are a boob.".
08	Ghost Station	Lance Strate	October 8, 1986
An artificial planetoid is heading straight for Earth on a collision course, so the Rangers and the ambassadors got try to stop it. A highly sophisticated computer is running the show, and its a horror picture. Using holography, Spek (the computer) is trying to drive them off with one ghost story after another. Everybody splits into teams (horror movie mentality) to see who can get to the control room first. It seems Spek was programmed by some long dead alien race, and can't get out of him programming. He doesn't want to hit earth, but has no choice. Doc "helps" him to self destruct before he can do any damage, and they sadly say good-bye. This episode highly resembles Scooby Doo in a warped way....
09	One Million Emotions	Tom De Haven	September 19, 1986
The Rangers are in charge of security at an intergalactic art show where a Poe mutant Sensation doll is stolen. The doll is dangerous to humans, indeed to everyone but a Poe, as it holds the emotions of the artist. One million emotions to be exact, and will drive you mad if you touch it. Jackie Subtract steals it for Brappo (who owns New Jersey!). After fighting their way through Brappo's garden of death, Goose and Niko confront him, demanding he return the doll. He shouts no, and goes to grab it off the table. He lets it go with a scream, and Niko goes to catch it. Shane pushes her out of the way, catches it himself, and his bio defenses save him from goin' nuts.
10	Traash	Christopher Rowley	October 2, 1986	Review	Series 6 Podcast
A very aggressive new race appears and is destroying everything in its path, including Crown destroyers and Captain Kidd is the only one who knows anything about them. All he has to do is give a little whistle....

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Episodes 11-20

Ep #	Title	Writer(s)	Original Air-date	Review	Reviewer
11	Mindnet	Brian Daley	September 16, 1986
Killbane breaks into Longshot disguised as Goose, and steals one of the component's of Mindnet, a device that induces psi abilities, for the Queen. In order to clear Shane's name the Rangers have to find it quick. The Queen plants false images in Niko's head using the Mindnet, and so they are led into a trap. Goose challenges Killbane, and wins, but the Queen doesn't intend to keep her word. Niko throws a shield around the Rangers when the Queen uses the mindnet with both its parts, and all unshielded thoughts are laid bare to each other, commencing in a free for all during which Killbane and the Queen get away, but the damaged mindnet is removed. NOTE: Close to the end there's a strange situation, where the Queen excapes Niko, still having the mindnet-device in her hands (a Slaverlord grabs Niko). The Queen leaves the screen to the right side (with the Mindnet), and a second later Buzz enters the screen on the left side, slapping the Slaverlord with the Mindet. So we may assume that it was broken into two pieces before, one in the hand of the Queen, and one under the control of the Rangers.
12	Tune-Up	John Rawlins	October 20, 1986
Q-ball's lab is studying a slew of alien devices, and Buzzwang and little Zach are supposed to be inventorying them. A wicked alien xerox machine from hell grabs Buzz and makes a whole pack of Baby Buzzwangs, who steal Ranger 2, and head for a planet in the empty zone. Buzz and Zach follow (against the rules) in Ranger 1, and you just gotta watch this one. It defies description.
13	Space Sorcerer	Robert Mandell	September 22, 1986
Niko gets a distress call from Ictar, a race called the Basuti that look like small bears, that the last Space Sorcerer has taken over their planet and is forcing them to dig for starstones. The Rangers confront him and he disappears in a cloud of smoke vowing revenge.
14	Progress	John Rawlins	October 23, 1986
The Rangers receive a distress call from a planet with more water than land, so they, and the dolphins, Icarus and Winter, are sent to investigate. Three nutso aliens had restarted an abandoned factory that was polluting the one major land mass, and making the planets aquatic natives sick.
15	Queen's Lair	Christopher Rowley	September 17, 1986
The Queen has built a canon that can destroy a planet, and is trying to hold the League hostage with it. So the Rangers are sent in to work with the resistance group on the planet, and destroy the weapon. The resistance group is lead by Wirwar, who's family is held hostage by the queen and who tries to hand over the Rangers to the Queen. Anyway they succeed in destroying the Queen's weapon nut have to escape in a ship which they discover only has five minutes worth of oxygen.
16	The Ax	Dan Fiorella	October 1, 1986	Review	Dan Fiorella
Roy and Burro are prospecting and find a treasure trove of alien artifacts. He calls in his old friend and fellow archaeologist Niko, and Doc tags along. But they "tomb" is guarded by a giant robot guardian with an ax, and it doesn't like them being there.
17	Shaky	TBA	September 25, 1986
Roy and Burro are back, this time on Shaky, a planet with LOTS of seismic activity, but possibly a BIG starstone deposit, and the Black Hole Gang wants the claim.
18	Space Moby	Dan Fiorella	September 24, 1986
The Rangers are sent to rid an asteroid belt of giant space whales. But they end up in the middle of a fight between SpacePeace and a madman, consumed with a vengeful desire to destroy the whales forever.
19	Scarecrow	Christopher Rowley	October 31, 1986
Goose, Niko, and Zozo are on Grana, taking soil samples to see how well Kiwi veggies will grow. At the harvest dance, Goose dances with a young lady whose boyfriend Johnny is mildly annoyed, and goes off more annoyed. He runs afoul of a very old, very powerful, and very malevolent being who had been sleeping beneath the surface of Grana when the Rangers machine woke him. He wants off planet, badly. He steals Triton, and shoots Niko. He then assaults Niko, trying to get Ranger I's password so he can use it to get off planet. Goose confronts his, calls him "Scarecrow" after the being in Johnny's ghost story, and he adopts the name. In the end, the Scarecrow gets away, and Niko and Goose wonder what manner of creature it is.
20	The Power Within	James Luceno	September 26, 1986
Lazarus Slade grabs the Rangers out of hyperspace, and makes them play his version of the most dangerous game, without their badges. They have to make do as normal, human Rangers. And they do just fine.

Episodes 21-30

Ep #

Title

Writer(s)

Original Air-date

Review

Reviewer

21

Games

Robert Mandell

October 9, 1986

Lazarus Slade is supplying the General with warriors for his games by kidnapping. He grabbed Doc off an automated space station, and Goose is sent undercover to find out what's going on. Maya has survived the games thus far, and switches sides to help Goose and Doc put Slade and the General out of commission. The General becomes fascinated with Gooseman, believing him to be a metamorph, and the perfect candidate for his clone army.

22

Showtime

John Rawlins

October 14, 1986

The Kiwis and Andorians, on their way back from a Federation Conference, discover The Orian Flying Circus and Rodeo Show, lead by Wild Bill Krebb, and have no idea they are meant to be part of the act. You don't want to see what happens when an Andorian is caged...

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Psychocrypt

Robert Mandell& Christopher Rowley

September 30, 1986

Rabbi Bob

The Queen of the Crown uses her half of the Eliza Foxx psychocrystal to lure Zachary Foxx to her Psychocrypt, a facility in a remote area of space. Zachary is captured and used to create the most power psychocrystal ever. Against orders from Commander Walsh, the rest of the Series 5 team must track down Zach with the help of Geezi the Pedulant and rescue him from the clutches of the Queen.

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Renegade Rangers

Cy Voris

September 29, 1986

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The Rangers pretend to go bad in order to infiltrate the Black Hole Gang, who are going to try to attack the Longshot research facility. Goose is charged with keeping Daisy O'Mega, then leader of the group of outlaws, distracted after she makes it plain she is attracted to him. They are planning a trap at Longshot, but MaCross, who wanted Daisy for himself, and hates Goose anyway, finds out the plot and mucks up that plan. Note: This is the second episode where Niko gets shot for Shane, though this time she was saving his and Daisy's lives. There are also some great looks traded in this one.

25

Edge of Darkness

Robert Mandell

October 3, 1986

The Rangers are leading a strike team against the Black Hole Gang at Entropy's Edge, an asteroid very close to a black hole. During the battle (which is strikingly reminiscent of the trench battle from Star Wars) Goose, after knocking out the power source of the Black Hole hideout, is dragged into the black hole. His charge goes nuts and finally he gets spit out at the other end of the wormhole into the Empty Zone. He crashes on Ozark and wakes, unable to control his morphing. Drawn by Annie O's cries for help as she is attacked by a mean version of Barney, Goose morphs into a Wolverine-like Frankenstein monster. Annie tries to shield him from the people of Ozark, who have no tolerance for off-worlders, until the other Rangers track him down.

26

The Magnificent Kiwi

Robert Mandell

October 21, 1986

The Queen hires Killbane to destroy the defense shield of Kirwin because she has learnt the remaining members of the Gherkin race are hiding there.

27

Armada

Brian Daley

October 6, 1986

Lazarus Slade has outfitted the Queen's armada with hyperdrives, and they are advancing on Earth. Using her powers, Niko is able to find out, that the starstones powering the drives were manufactured by Captain Kidd. Goose and Niko track down Kidd at the old homestead (Enter Mrs. Kidd, a giant Chicken, and Luigi, a shorter, fatter version of Squeegie), while Zach and the BETA fleet try to find a weakness in the Crown Armada.

28

Birds of a Feather

James Luceno

October 13, 1986

Moxie and Miller, who has apparently got over touching the Poe Mutant sensation doll (ah, continuity), sneak into Longshot, after the Supertrooper Juice. This episode has the ENTIRE rogue's gallery chasing after Bubblehead the memory bird, who has accidentally been downloaded with the Supertrooper Juice formula. The Queen wants it, Jackie Subtract wants it, Daisy O'Mega wants it, the Black Hole Gang wants it, and especially, the Rangers want it back.

29

Stargate

Christopher Rowley

October 10, 1986

BETA gets a message from the people of Wolcam. It seems the Queen is back, and is looking for something this time. A legendary Stargate, a wormhole leading to a parallel universe. The only person who seems to know anything about it is a Captain Weege, who is sole crew of a submarine. Weege wants nothing to do with the Rangers, though he does take an interest in Niko. It's an uneasy partnership, as Captain Foxx and Captain Weege can't seem to decide at first who is in charge.

30

Buzzwang's Folly

Dan Fiorella & John Rawlins

November 18, 1986

Lazarus Slade has once again teamed up with the Queen of the Crown, and once again they plan an assault on Earth. This time, however, the Queen gives him 500 Plagos for the attack. Plagos lack the good sense God gave sheep. But they might have been successful if they hadn't come up against BETA's brilliant defensive minds. Yes thanks to an android double of Premier Dutch dispensing knockout gas, Buzz, his food dispensing android buddies (they cost BETA $7 million, and there are a LOT of them), the Ambassadors and the Kiwi kids are minding the store, and it's up to them to save the world.

Pending

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Disambiguation

Pages that will have intersections with Episodes, Characters, Locations, etc.

To do: Cross reference Character Guide and start creating disambiguation links.

1. Tortuna
2. Mistwalker
3. Mindnet
4. Traash
5. Scarecrow
6. Psychocrypt
7. Lady of Light
8. Mothmoose
9. Ariel
10. Bronto Bear
11. Supertroopers
12. Galaxy Stranger
13. Changeling
14. Sundancer