It's Riley's birthday, but unfortunately it appears everyone has forgotten. Koda and Riley talk about the latter's family, and about how he misses them. Naturally, Koda keeps Rileys's birthday to himself, so that if the others dont say anything, it is because they forgot.
Up on Sledge's ship, Poisandra and Curio are taunting the prisoners, when one of them decides to fight back, or rather cut back. As in cut Curio's friendship with Poisandra. This lands the prisoner, Shearfear in hot water with Sledge, who tells him to fix what he did, then go and cut the ranger's friendships.
As the rangers have fun on a sand dune near the local quarry, Shearfear spots them and cuts the bonds of four of the rangers, leaving Koda and Riley left. However, his scissors break when he tries to cut Koda's bond, and he retreats. The broken rangers cannot stand each other, and head back to base, bickering and fighting all the way there.
Between them, Koda, Riley and Kendall try to work out what is going on with the others, attempting classic friendship exercises to reignite their bonds. However their personalities clash and prevent any friendships from emerging. The four declare their decisions to resign from being Power Rangers, and their Energems begin to darken. Looking back on the footage Shelby's phone captured (it had been lost when they were duneboarding) he realises how Shearfear cut their bonds, and how they can repair them - they just need some of his scissors...
Wrench has been busy reinforcing Shearfear's scissors, and tells him under no circumstance is he to cut the Blue Ranger's bond, as it is far too strong to be destroyed. Shearfear spots Koda and Riley in the park, Riley moping about how badly his birthday has gone. Shearfear goes for Riley's bond, in the hopes of leaving Koda on his own. However, the scissors break just like before. AS the rangers grab the broken piece of scissor, their deception is revealed - Koda and Riley changed outfits (even putting on wigs) to sell the deception. Enraged, Shearfear attacks, but the pair run off to Kendall's truck to start fixing the bonds.
At the bus station, the four others are all boarding the bus out of town, pushing each other out of the way and generally being dickish to each other. Riley and Koda arrive and shoot their new Dino Charger at the rangers to restore their bonds. When the aliens catch up, Riley leads the team morph, and the six rangers are reunited. The aliens put up a fight, but are no match for a combined assault and retreat, save for Shearfear who gets defeated by Ivan and Riley's twin thunder strike.
Wrench calls for some Vivizords, and the rangers respond with the Dino Charge Megazord. However, Shearfear comes back and blindsides the rangers, requiring Ivan in the Pterazord to bail them out. Shearfear is a lot stronger than the other monsters they have faced before, and they call on the power of the Parazord and Raptorzord to combine with the Pterazord. With all six core zords at their disposal, they make quick work of the Vivizords and finish off Shearfear for good.
Later that evening, Riley heads into the command center, only to find it shrouded in darkness. He also sees it as strange that everyone's Energems are already here. As it turns out, they had been planning a surprise party for Riley, even screening a video message from his family farm for him. Meanwhile, Sledge is about to destroy Wrench for his repeated failings, when Fury interrupts with breaking news - he's found the location of the Purple Energem!
Tropes:
- A Day in the Limelight: Koda and Riley get the bulk of the character development this episode. Also continues the trend of Blue and Green ranger centric episodes of seasons past.
- Breather Episode: Between the Gold and Graphite centered episodes of the last few weeks, this is a welcome reprieve before arc leading into the mid-season finale.
- Butt-Monkey: Seems that Wrench has been reduced to this while Fury is getting all the glory.
- Fleeting Demographic Rule: We've seen a scissors-themed monster turn most of the Rangers against each other by cutting their bonds of friendship before, in "Snip it Good" from Power Rangers Ninja Storm.
- Incorruptible Pure Pureness: The monster Shearfear is able to snip apart the bonds of friendship between the rangers...except for Koda's. To him, the Rangers are more than just friends, they're his family. This makes it strange that he was able to sever Ivan's friendship bond. Earlier in the series, Ivan told the Rangers that as a knight, when he pledged his loyalty, it was for life.
- Limited Wardrobe: Exploited by Riley and Koda; the pair are familiar with the fact that they wear their colors, and switch clothes to fool Shearfear, even going to the lengths of putting on corresponding wigs to sell the deception.
- No-Sell: Shearfear encounters this when he tries to cut Koda's bond. Because the Rangers are all he has, his bond is so strong that it breaks the scissors.
- Not-So-Forgotten Birthday
- The Power of Friendship: The Episode.
- Sequel Hook: Courtesy of the wham line below, which leads directly into the next episode.
- Wham Line: "I've found the location of the Purple Energem!" - Fury
- You Have Failed Me: Sledge says this to Wrench before Fury reports he found the Purple Energem.
