"Silver Sacrifice," which aired on Nickelodeon on Sept. 15, 2019, is the first new Power Rangers Beast Morphers episode in four-and-a-half months. At the end of the previous episode (#8: The Cybergate Opens"), two new Rangers were introduced. Nate (Abraham Rodriguez) transformed into one of them, unnamed but looking like a Gold Ranger, while a second, with Nate's DNA mixed with insect DNA in a robot body Nate had created under orders from the villains while in captivity, became a second new Ranger, dubbed "Steel." This episode focuses on Nate and Steel and their growing bond and the efforts of the villains to recapture Steel and use his body to contain the viral cybermenace, Evox, who is looking for a host to allow him to enter the human world.
I like the villains here, especially Blaze and Roxy, the avatars of two humans, now in comas, who had been slated to be among the original Beast Morpher team. One of them, Roxy, was even the girlfriend of Ravi, the Blue Ranger, which makes his battles with her particularly heart-wrenching. As avatars, they have the memories of Blaze and Roxy, with none of the emotions. It helps that they're played by two attractive actors (Colby Strong and Liana Ramirez) who add a bit of seductive flair to their roles. In one bit, as the two hold comic relief characters Ben (Cosme Flores) and Betty (Kristina Ho) hostage and demand that Steel be turned over to them, Roxy strokes Betty's hair and chants, "Tick, tock, tick, tock." She has quite a delicious smirk. The two represent a potentially more formidable team than the Rangers, who still haven't quite developed the cohesion that the three previous Ranger teams had. It's only the ninth episode, so there's time.
I like the villains here, especially Blaze and Roxy, the avatars of two humans, now in comas, who had been slated to be among the original Beast Morpher team. One of them, Roxy, was even the girlfriend of Ravi, the Blue Ranger, which makes his battles with her particularly heart-wrenching. As avatars, they have the memories of Blaze and Roxy, with none of the emotions. It helps that they're played by two attractive actors (Colby Strong and Liana Ramirez) who add a bit of seductive flair to their roles. In one bit, as the two hold comic relief characters Ben (Cosme Flores) and Betty (Kristina Ho) hostage and demand that Steel be turned over to them, Roxy strokes Betty's hair and chants, "Tick, tock, tick, tock." She has quite a delicious smirk. The two represent a potentially more formidable team than the Rangers, who still haven't quite developed the cohesion that the three previous Ranger teams had. It's only the ninth episode, so there's time.
