I didn't completely hate this episode. I thought it had some good points, honestly. I thought it was interesting that Noel had a similar motivation to the thieves, but not completely the same. For a second, I thought they were retconning the show while it was still running, but it turns out Noel just didn't have all the fine details about the thieves or Zamigo. I also liked the Victory Lupin Kaizer, but I get the feeling they are building up for the reveal of a new super combination between the LupinRanger's mecha and the PatRanger's mecha. The last one was okey, but visually speaking, it was very busy to look at. And was it just me, or did Good Striker make a Zyuohger reference?
What I was kind of disappointed about was the revelation of Zamigo's powers. I thought it would have made for a more compelling story if the thieves' frozen loved ones really were dead, but somehow I knew Toei wouldn't have the guts to do that; I just knew there'd be a convenient way to get them back. Kairi/Lupin Red needs to be careful about how he acts around Keiichiro/Pat #1, otherwise he's going to blow his cover (not like it matters much, the show is over half over by now). Also, I know this is horribly after-the-fact to ask this now, but if the police know that Noel is helping both sides, couldn't they bring him in for that? Maybe bring him up on charges of fraternizing, or aiding and abetting? No? Just a thought...
What a joke this episode was. They took 39 episodes to finally have Zamigo fight the rangers and he got his ass beat like a little *****. Another complete and utter let down from this show.
Eh, depends on your viewpoint...
It's not every day you get a power-up that can help you predict the future. When I watched this episode, the impression that I got was that the LupinRangers would have been unable to defeat him without Red becoming super. They did build up how dangerous his powers are all this time. And even when Zamigo retreated, he had to really improvise to do so. At the last second, he was able to deduce that Lupin Red's future-visions still had room for error. (And I get the odd feeling that Zamigo was still holding back, despite how badly he got beat.) Could be that seeing the future is limited to the immediate future only, or maybe it can be tricked depending on how random you are/how much thought you put behind your actions. Could be both of those factors. We'll need to see future episodes to be sure. Either way, it's way too powerful of a power-up to not have any flaws.