7.2/10846 votes#1 - Day of the Dumpster
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/28/1993
Rita Repulsa escapes after 10,000 years of imprisonment determined to conquer Earth but a team of teenagers with attitude stands in her way.
Director: Adrian Carr
Writer: Tony Oliver, Shuki Levy
6.6/10672 votes#2 - Food Fight
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/4/1993
Bulk and his gang seek to ruin the food festival while Rita sends a gluttonous pig to eat everything on Earth.
Director: Robert Hughes
Writer: Cheryl Saban
7.0/10646 votes#3 - High Five
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/7/1993
Trini must overcome her fear of heights to save Billy.
Director: Adrian Carr
Writer: Steve Kramer
6.6/10632 votes#4 - Teamwork
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/8/1993
Kimberly and Trini gather signatures to close down a nearby dumpsite while convincing their teammates to work together more.
Director: Robert Hughes
Writer: Cheryl Saban
6.4/10614 votes#5 - A Pressing Engagement
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/9/1993
Jason battles King Sphinx while trying to break a bench press record at the Angel Grove Gym & Juice Bar.
Director: Adrian Carr
Writer: Jeff Deckman, Ronnie Sperling
6.9/10621 votes#6 - Different Drum
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/10/1993
Kimberly's deaf friend is the only hope to rescue a group of girls captured by the Gnarly Gnome and his hypnotic accordion.
Director: Jeffrey Reiner
Writer: Julianne Klemm
6.1/10595 votes#7 - I, Eye Guy
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/14/1993
Rita sends her monster Eye Guy to kidnap Billy's bright young protégé.
Director: David Blyth
Writer: Stewart St. John
6.8/10591 votes#8 - For Whom the Bell Trolls
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/15/1993
Trini's favorite doll is brought to life by Rita Repulsa and commanded to capture the Rangers inside bottles.
Director: Robert Hughes
Writer: Jeff Deckman, Ronnie Sperling, Stewart St. John
5.8/10581 votes#9 - Happy Birthday, Zack
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/16/1993
Zack worries that his friends have forgotten today is his birthday while Rita sends him an unwelcome present.
Director: Jeffrey Reiner
Writer: Stewart St. John
7.2/10600 votes#10 - No Clowning Around
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/17/1993
The gang fights Rita's minions at a carnival in order to save Trini's cousin Sylvia.
Director: Adrian Carr
Writer: Mark Hoffmeier
6.1/10588 votes#11 - Power Ranger Punks
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/20/1993
Baboo sneaks a magic potion into Kimberly and Billy's drinks that turns them into angry punks.
Director: David Blyth
Writer: Mark Hoffmeier
7.2/10583 votes#12 - Peace, Love and Woe
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/21/1993
Billy draws on the powers of his friends to rescue the girl of his dreams.
Director: Robert Hughes
Writer: Julianne Klemm
7.2/10583 votes#13 - Foul Play in the Sky
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/22/1993
Kimberly is in trouble when her uncle Steve succumbs to a sleeping potion in the middle of flying an airplane with her on board.
Director: Shuki Levy
Writer: Shuki Levy
7.0/10569 votes#14 - Dark Warrior
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/28/1993
Billy is inspired by Trini's uncle Howard - a brilliant scientist and expert in martial arts.
Director: Terence H. Winkless
Writer: Jeff Deckman, Ronnie Sperling, Mark Hoffmeier
6.4/10565 votes#15 - Big Sisters
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 9/30/1993
Kimberly and Trini look after a mischievous little girl named Maria.
Director: Jeffrey Reiner
Writer: Shuki Levy, Gary Glasberg
6.6/10560 votes#16 - Switching Places
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/4/1993
Billy's latest invention goes haywire causing him and Kimberly to switch bodies.
Director: Jeffrey Reiner
Writer: Shuki Levy, Steve Kramer
8.3/10658 votes#17 - Green with Evil Part 1: Out of Control
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 10/5/1993
Rita creates her own evil Green Ranger to beat the Power Rangers at their own game.
Director: Robert Hughes
Writer: Gary Glasberg, Stewart St. John
8.2/10624 votes#18 - Green with Evil Part 2: Jason's Battle
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 10/6/1993
The Power Rangers work to restore Zordon and Alpha unaware that the new kid in school is actually Rita's evil Green Ranger.
Director: Robert Hughes
Writer: Cheryl Saban, Stewart St. John, Tom Wyner
8.1/10624 votes#19 - Green with Evil Part 3: The Rescue
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 10/7/1993
Femme fatale Scorpina joins Rita as the Green Ranger continues to battle the Power Rangers.
Director: Robert Hughes
Writer: Stewart St. John, Mark Ryan
8.4/10639 votes#20 - Green with Evil Part 4: Eclipsing Megazord
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 10/8/1993
An eclipse of the sun saps the Megazord's power as Rita's forces launch a full scale assault on Angel Grove.
Director: Robert Hughes
Writer: Stewart St. John, Sindy McKay
8.5/10651 votes#21 - Green with Evil Part 5: Breaking the Spell
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 10/9/1993
The mighty Dragonzord awakes after thousands of years as the Rangers try to break the spell over the Green Ranger once and for all.
Director: Robert Hughes
Writer: Gary Glasberg, Stewart St. John
6.9/10545 votes#22 - The Trouble with Shellshock
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 10/11/1993
Squatt and Baboo create their own Shellshock monster to impress Rita.
Director: David Blyth
Writer: Julianne Klemm, Stewart St. John
6.8/10538 votes#23 - The Spit Flower
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 10/13/1993
Rita and her evil Spit Flower monster set out to ruin Kimberly's design for a float in the world peace parade.
Director: David Blyth
Writer: Peggy Nicoll
6.8/10535 votes#24 - Itsy Bitsy Spider
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 10/19/1993
Zack must overcome his fear of spiders to face Rita's newest monster.
Director: Robert Hughes
Writer: Steve Kramer
7.4/10551 votes#25 - Life's a Masquerade
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/30/1993
Rita's Frankenstein monster crashes the Power Rangers' Halloween costume party.
Director: Robert Hughes
Writer: Cheryl Saban
The Best Episodes of Power Rangers Season 1
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A team of teenagers with attitude are recruited to save Angel Grove from the evil witch, Rita Repulsa, and later, Lord Zedd, Emperor of all...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Day of the Dumpster" is the best rated episode of "Power Rangers" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 846 votes. Directed by Adrian Carr and written by Tony Oliver, Shuki Levy, it aired on 8/28/1993. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Food Fight".