The admirable flaw of the The End of Time finale

I'm not the biggest fan of Time Force. I, in contrast to many people, have issues with the acting. I like certain episodes, but it didn't really register with me completely.

Btw, FUCK NEO SABAN.

"The End of Time Part II" was like a Dark Knight, Empire Strikes Back sequel to the intro episode with a great use of Judd Lynn cliffhanger ending.

However, "The End of Time Part III" was the flaw for me.

Somewhere along the lines of the words of second Mighty Morphin Red Ranger Steve Cardenas come to mind, "Princess Leia name the child after a man who destroyed her home planet?! Ha!"

They ran out of the budget for the season. They wanted to do another part. Saban wanted them to end there, unlike with Lightspeed Rescue the previous year. Lynn was out. 

I expect Jackie Machand ad-libbed Ransik saving her daughter that brought him down to tears. And it sort of works, because in Time Force, the baddies are captured, not killed. Jen learns not to take vengeance. Ransik needed an arc too. But it wasn't alluded to earlier, and only really works if you're sentimental and weren't from a broken home, giving into right wing forms of conservative nuclear families.

Sure, it would've been cool if Ransik ruled the world and set up a base in the Middle East or something. 

But nah- it's Lynn. Tommy, Mutant Rangers, The Alliance of Evil, Astronema, Trakeena, and even the already mentioned flawed Ryan Mitchell, Diablolico story is his kind of style. 

Adaptation Decay, but the great kind.

But like "Countdown to Destruction," "The End of Time Part III"  just didn't register with me. A little bit now, but it had a bad reputation for me along the years.

However, there are some great Lynn moments I enjoy, whether directly influenced or not.

All of Carlos Vallertes' storylines such as injuring another soccer player in , injuring Cassie in "Another Chance," a man in love with Cassie who steals her diary, who we never see again.

Heck, I'll give him credit for Jason vs Tommy in "Fins and Needles," as campy as that was.

I'm not saying that it had to be a minor storyline and that was the only way to make it fit. Trakeeniot anybody?

But, Lynn has to clue in options early on in writing. I get that 40 episodes a year on a tight 12 hour schedule is tough, while Haim Saban is snoring on the set, but, you try...

I dunno.. Maybe, we'll even write it in as an auteur trope that Judd Lynn gets known for...