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Episode Summary
Written
by J. Cole Weston
Overlord
tries to destroy the Panama Canal.
Episode
Notes
Written
by J. Cole Weston
In
depth: The Zone Riders, having just destroyed a generator
are in the air in Eagle. San Christobel, a cruise ship is
heading with refugees to the Panama Canal. Overlord plots
to destroy the canal to cripple North and South America. He
sends a force of Black Widows and Zoners to accomplish this.
The Zone Riders deploy along the canal to guard the area.
Max who is on the ship, runs into his friend Jane whom he
hasn't seen in some time. She is helping the UN with the refugees
transported on the boat from the Caribbean Islands. Max reconnoiters
the ship to find Overlord's presence, but finds nothing.
On
the bridge, the Captain and crew are stunned by Razorback's
blasts, and he ordered all ahead full from Reaper in the engine
room. Reaper cuts open the hull and uses a Zone cannon to
zone one of the control towers. With the other Zone Riders
cut off, only Max can stop Overlord now. Just then, a Zone
Generator emerges from the hull. Almost crushed by the hull,
Max gets them down to below decks, losing a boot in the process.
As Max storms the bridge, Reaper and Razorback retreat in
a boat. Max discovers a bomb on board the boat. The Black
Widows jam the lochs behind the ship so it cannot escape and
flee with Sledge Hammers. The Zone Riders discover with the
bomb that Overlord's attempt was always to destroy rather
than capture the canal.
Courage
floods the lochs so the ship can pass through quickly rather
than offload the refugees in the middle of the loch. Hiro
and Kat attack the control house with the Black Widows offering
resistance. They get through the next loch with two to go.
Unfortunately Overlord blasts the last loch's controls. Courage
decides to blow the power plant and loch so they can get through.
Having evacuated the refugees earlier on boats, the ship sails
through and causes minimal damage to the canal. Back at the
recovery center, Max tries to make a date with Jane, but the
Zone Riders are called away again to South America that night.
Items
Noticed: At 10:15-16, one can see the padding of Max's helmet
where it keeps an air tight seal. Little touches like this
are the mark of the better animation studios animating an
episode.
The
Zone Riders' suits encompass even the feet, and apparently
the loss of a boot will not compromise the suit.
The
scene in which Overlord blasts the controls is another signal
of a good animation studio - look inside the panel - it's
riddled with complex debris that was carefully animated. Brilliant
work!
Notes:
Is it just me, or does the little kid at the table with Jane
after the battle sound exactly like Orko from He-Man?
"No
time for love, Lt. Jones!" - shut down by Commander Courage
when trying to get a date. Man, this war's rough all over,
isn't it?
What
do we learn? Jane asks about Louise Jones, Max's sister. Like
the rest of his family, they are all lost in the SPIRAL
ZONE as per his file card that came with the toy.
Louise
and Jane were best friends before the Zone.
Goof
ups: Max reports "less than a minute and a half Commander!"
when the clock clearly reads 1:41.
Quotable
Quotes: "Your plan was foolproof, Overlord!" - Razorback
"Even though it was implemented by fools!" - Bandit
"Watching this is worth all the battles lost to Courage
and his Zone Riders!" - Overlord, apparently figuring
out how things go after a mere 22 episodes
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