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The Last Race is the twenty-first episode of Power Rangers Time Force.

Synopsis

Lucas' old friend Dash, a mutant criminal ex-race car driver, teams up with Nadira for a rash of thefts. After a race between the two nearly turns fatal, Lucas gets Dash to see the error of his ways and Dash decides to turn himself in. Unwilling to accept this, Nadira puts him under her control and makes him grow to giant size. The Rangers quickly summon the Time Force Megazord and Lucas breaks Nadira's control with a blast from its saber. Having regained control, Dash turns himself in and asks Lucas to be the one to arrest him. Lucas, proud of Dash, fulfills his wish and believes Dash will one day be free and a great racer again. A flashfoward shows a redeemed Dash a racer once more and winning a race.

Plot

While driving, Wes eats nearly a whole box of donuts, and is about to eat the last one until, but Katie tries to stop him. Unfortunately, they cause Lucas, who is driving the car, to not be able to see, which causes him drive all over the road until they are pulled over by a police officer. The police officer tells Lucas that he has to go traffic school, much to his dismay. Later that night at the Cryo Prison, Frax tries to convince Ransik to unfreeze a mutant he likes, but Nadira wants to unfreeze a mutant who was a racecar driver, so he can take on a shopping spree. Ransik then allows his daughter to unfreeze the mutant, much to Frax's annoyance. After Nadira robs from a jewelry store, she has the mutant, Dash, make her gateway. Dash's driving skills help them evade the police until they eventually jump over a car in they way of their path. After they escape from the police, Nadira, impressed with Dash's driving, rewards him with a new car and makes him her personal chauffeur. The next morning the rangers read the story about how Nadira robbed the jewelry store and about how the driver jumped over the car. Wes comments to Lucas about how there is someone else who drives like him, which he is stunned to hear.

Later, after Nadira and Dah rob from another store, they are stopped by the rangers. When Nadira tells Dash to lose them, Dash first confronts Lucas, who is an old racing driving of his. Lucas is disgusted with Dash for being Nadira's personal chauffeur, but Dash doesn't listen then escapes with Nadira. At the Clock Tower, Lucas explains to the others about use to race against Dash, who was the only one who could ever beat him, and how Dash ended in jail when he caused a terrible accident when one day was racing around the streets for fun, and when Lucas had testify against Dash in his trial, he was frozen. At the prison, Nadira gives Dash some stolen jewelry, before he assumes human form to explore life in 2001, and she joins him. However, when Nadira is distracted Dash ditches her. At dinner, Lucas confronts Dash and tells him off for working for Nadira. Dash tells Lucas he's doing it as revenge for testifying against him in his trial. Lucas tells him that needs to take responsibly for his actions. Dash doesn't listen, and challenges him to a tie-breaker race, they raced against each other six times and they've each won three times. Lucas agrees, on the condition that if Dash loses he has to turn himself in, Dash accepts. Lucas receives a call on his morpher from Trip, tell him he got a letter that he has to go to traffic school, then Lucas finds Dash has escaped.

At Silver Hills Driving School, Lucas, distracted by his challenge, is confronted by his stern instructor Mr. Graves for not paying attention and reckless driving. He is forced to drive with Grives. Lucas does well until he gets call from Jen that Nadira and Dash robbed another store close to him, and races to them. After a scared Graves gets out the car, Lucas tries to convinced stop what he's doing but Dash still refuses and tells Lucas that their race will in the streets, despite Lucas' protest it's too dangerous. Lucas races after him and Nadira until he stops the cars to keep Dash from hitting some kids trying get their soccer ball that landed into the streets. Dash, realizing he would have hurt the kids like the people, finally sees the error of his ways and forfeits the race to Lucas, much to Nadira's fury. After Dash tells Nadira he quits, she blasts him with a device that causes Dash to be equipped with armor that makes attack the other rangers when they show up. Lucas, then morphs and immobilizes Dash. However, Nadira then blasts the rangers and Dash which causes the DNA patch to fall off and make Dash grow. The Rangers then call for their Time Flyers and form the Time Force Megazord Mode Red and then destroy the armor. Dash, now free from the armor's control, willingly gives up and asks Lucas to bring him in, which he agrees to. After Lucas shrinks Dash with the Time Force Megazord saber, he places Dash into a capsule and promises him that he will be a champion again someday. Then a flashforward shows Dash racing again and winning 1st place. After Lucas places Dash in containment with the other mutants, he visited by Graves. Lucas assumes Graves is going to him that he failed the test, but Graves tells him is the best driver he's seen and he wants Lucas to give him a lesson as Graves has always wanted to a racecar driver himself.

Cast

Notes

  • Daniel Southworth (Eric) does not appear in this episode due to the fact that the Timeranger episode was based off which it took place before the debut of Eric's counterpart, Naoto Takizawa.
  • If one listens carefully, Mr. Graves, Lucas' driving instructor, cusses when Lucas stops the car.

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