With a lot of help from Linkara's "History of Power Rangers" video series and many hours of slogging through Netflix, I was able to compile a master list of episodes for people who want to get into the Power Rangers franchise while skipping through most non-essential "Filler". Simply put, this list only includes episodes that are significant to the overall story and character development for each season and to the franchise as a whole. This catalogs the original Saban and Disney era seasons up through "RPM". All seasons of Power Rangers are currently available on Netflix instant streaming. Happy viewing and "Go, Go Power Rangers!"
- Day of the Dumpster
- Green with Evil (5 parter)
- Gung Ho!
- The Green Candle (2 parter)
- Doomsday (2 parter)
- Return of an Old Friend (2 parter)
- The Mutiny (3 parter)
- The Green Dream
- Green No More (2 parter)
- Missing Green
- White Light (2 parter)
- The Ninja Encounter (3 parter)
- A Monster of Global Proportions
- Zedd Waves
- The Power Transfer (2 parter)
- When is a Ranger not a Ranger?
- The Wedding (3 parter)
- Return of the Green Ranger (3 parter)
- Best man for the job
- Ninja Quest (4 parter)
- A Ranger Catastrophe (2 parter)
- Changing of the Zords (3 parter)
- A Different Shade of Pink (3 parter)
- Master Vile and the Metallic Armor (3 parter)
- Alien Rangers of Aquitar (2 parter)
- The Alien Trap
- Attack of the 60' Bulk
- Water You Thinking?
- Sowing the Seas of Evil
- Hogday Afternoon (2 parter)
- A Zeo Beginning (2 parter)
- Graduation Blues
- The Power of Gold
- A Small Problem
- Rock-A-Bye Power Rangers
- Do I know You?
- Revelations of Gold
- A Golden Homecoming
- Mondo's Last Stand
- Where in the World is Zeo Ranger 5?
- King for a Day (2 parter)
- Rangers of Two Worlds (2 parter)
- Hawaii Zeo
- Good as Gold
- Shift into Turbo (3 parter)
- The Millennium Message
- Passing the Torch (2 parter)
- The Wheel of Fate
- Trouble by the Slice (easily one of the weirdest episodes in Power Rangers history. Includes the infamous "Rangers baked into a pizza" scene as well as the notorious "toss your salad" line.)
- The Phantom Phenomenon
- The Darkest Day
- The Fall of the Phantom
- Clash of the Megazords
- Parts and Parcel
- Chase into Space (2 parter)
- From Out of Nowhere (2 parter)
- Save our Ship
- Shell Shocked (a terrible episode, but noteworthy for the absurdity of having a crossover with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Never Stop Searching
- Satellite Search
- The Wasp with a Heart
- The Delta Discovery
- T.J's Identity Crisis
- Flashes of Darkonda
- The Rangers' Mega Voyage
- True Blue to the Rescue
- Invasion of the Body Switcher
- Survival of the Silver
- Red with Envy
- The Silver Secret
- A Date with Danger
- Zhane's Destiny
- Always a Chance
- The Secret of the Locket
- Astronema thinks Twice
- The Rangers' Leap of Faith
- Dark Specter's Revenge (2 parter)
- Rangers gone Psycho
- A Rift in the Rangers
- Five of a Kind
- Silence is Golden
- The Enemy Within
- Mission to Secret City
- Ghosts in the Machine
- The Impenetrable Web
- A Line in the Sand
- Countdown to Destruction (2 parter)
- Quasar Quest (2 parter)
- The Lights of Orion
- The Magna Defender
- The Sunflower Search
- Silent Sleep
- Orion Rising
- Orion Returns
- Redemption Day
- The Rescue Mission
- The Lost Galactabeasts (2 parter)
- Heir to the Throne
- An Evil Game
- To the Tenth Power
- The Power of Pink
- Protect the Quasar Saber
- Facing the Past
- Enter the Lost Galaxy
- Beware the Mutiny
- Escape the Lost Galaxy
- Journey's End (3 parter)
- Operation Lightspeed
- Lightspeed Teamwork
- Cyborg Rangers
- Rising from Ashes
- From Deep in the Shadows
- Truth Discovered
- Curse of the Cobra
- Strength of the Sun
- The Cobra Strikes
- Olympius Ascends
- The Omega Project
- As Time Runs Out
- Trakeena's Revenge (2 parter)
- The Last Ranger
- Sorcerer of the Sands
- Olympius Unbound
- Wrath of the Queen
- Rise of the Super Demons
- The Fate of Lightspeed (2 parter)
- Force from the Future (2 parter)
- Something to Fight For
- Ransik Lives
- A Parting of Ways
- Jen's Revenge
- The Time Shadow
- Future Unknown
- Worlds Apart
- The Quantum Quest
- Clash for Control (2 parter)
- Bodyguard in Blue
- Trust and Triumph
- Trip Takes a Stand
- Quantum Secrets
- Time Force Traitor
- Frax's Fury
- Dawn of Destiny
- Fight against Fate
- Destiny Defeated
- Time for Lightspeed
- A Calm Before the Storm
- The End of Time (3 parter)
- Lionheart
- Darkness Awakening
- Ancient Awakening
- The Bear Necessities
- Soul Searching
- Curse of the Wolf
- Battle of the Zords
- Predazord, Awaken
- Revenge of Zen-Aku
- Identity Crisis
- The Ancient Warrior
- The Lone Wolf
- The Wings of Animaria
- Reinforcements from the Future (2 parter)
- The Master's Last Stand
- Unfinished Business
- The Soul of Humanity
- Forever Red
- The Master's Herald (2 parter)
- Fishing for a Friend
- Sealing the Nexus
- The End of the Power Rangers (2 parter)
- Prelude to a Storm
- There's No “I” in Team
- Looming Thunder
- Thunder Strangers (3 parter)
- Nowhere to Grow
- Return of Thunder (4 parter)
- The Samurai's Journey (3 parter)
- Shane's Karma (2 parter)
- Shimazu Returns (2 parter)
- Eye of the Storm
- General Deception (2 parter)
- A Gem of a Day
- Storm Before the Calm (2 parter)
- Day of the Dino (2 parter)
- Legacy of Power (essentially a clip show, but serves as a kind of super-condensed Cliffs Notes version of the first 11 years of the franchise)
- Back in Black
- Golden Boy
- Beneath the Surface
- White Thunder (3 parter)
- Truth and Consequences
- Leader of the Whack
- Burning at Both Ends
- Lost & Found in Translation (unique for being the only episode of Power Rangers to feature it's Japanese counterpart Super Sentai as being a real TV show within the Power Rangers universe. Satirizes the debates within the fanbase over the merits of both versions of the show)
- Copy That
- Triassic Triumph
- A Star is Torn
- Disappearing Act
- Fighting Spirit
- Strange Relations
- Thunder Storm (2 parter)
- House of Cards
- Thunder Struck (2 parter)
- Beginnings (2 parter)
- Confronted
- A-Bridged
- Sam (2 parter)
- Shadow (2 parter)
- Wired (2 parter)
- Samurai
- Dismissed
- Perspective
- Messenger (2 parter)
- Reflection (2 parter)
- S.W.A.T. (2 parter)
- Katastrophe
- Missing
- History
- Impact
- Badge
- Insomnia
- Wormhole
- Resurrection
- Endings (2 parter)
- Broken Spell (2 parter)
- Code Busters
- Rock Solid
- Whispering Voices
- Legendary Catastros
- Fire Heart
- Stranger Within (2 parter)
- The Gatekeeper (2 parter)
- Scaredy Cat
- Long Ago
- Inner Strength
- Ranger Down
- Dark Wish (3 parter)
- Koragg's Trial
- Heir Apparent (2 parter)
- The Light
- The Hunter
- The Snow Prince
- Light Source (2 parter)
- The Return
- Mystic Fate (2 parter)
- Kick into Overdrive (2 parter)
- Pirate in Pink
- Both Sides Now
- Face to Face (2 parter)
- Man of Mercury (2 parter)
- Behind the Scenes
- Once a Ranger (2 parter)
- One Fine Day
- Ronny on Empty (2 parter)
- Things not Said
- Red Ranger Unplugged
- Home and Away (2 parter)
- Two Fallen Foes
- Nothing to Lose
- Crown and Punishment
- Welcome to the Jungle (2 parter)
- Sigh of the Tiger
- A Taste of Poison
- Way of the Master
- Good Karma, Bad Karma
- Blind Leading the Blind
- Pushed to the Edge
- One Master Too Many
- Ghost of a Chance (2 parter)
- Bad to the Bone
- Friends Don't Fade Away
- No “I” in Leader
- Path of the Rhino
- Dash for the Dagger
- Race to the Nexus
- Arise the Crystal Eyes
- Fear and the Phantoms
- Blue Ranger, Twin Danger
- One Last Second Chance
- Tigers Fall, Lions Rise
- The Spirit of Kindness
- To Earn Your Stripes
- Path of the Righteous
- Now the Final Fury
- The Road to Corinth
- Fade to Black
- Rain
- Go for the Green
- Handshake
- Ranger Green
- Ranger Red
- Ranger Yellow (2 parter)
- Ranger Blue
- Doctor K
- Blitz
- Brother's Keeper
- Embodied
- Ghosts
- In or Out
- Prisoners
- Belly of the Beast
- Three's a Crowd
- Heroes Among Us
- Not so Simple
- The Dome Dolls
- Ancient History
- Key to the Past
- Beyond A Doubt
- Control-Alt-Delete
- Run Ziggy Run
- End Game
- Danger and Destiny (2 parter)
