(Scene begins with a smartwatch screen and a finger as it taps the screen and the 1994 American Gladiators plays as the scene cuts to a hand as it taps an app on his phone as it opens a portal, and it cuts to James and the characters he’s played until it cut to his face and the credit of “James Faraci” is shown as it cuts to “The Last Of The Americans'” current iteration then slides away to different images of Paulo Fonseca, Brenda Fonseca, Rebecca Yaun, Nick Yaun and the characters they’ve played until it cut to their faces and the credits of “Paulo and Brenda Fonseca, Rebecca and Nick Yaun.” is shown then slides away to different images of Doug Yaun, Kyra Lee and Crosslyn Castillo and the characters they’ve played until it cuts to their faces and the credits “Doug Yaun, Kyra Lee and Crosslyn Castillo is shown as it then slides away to different images of Andrew Beach Eric Kurtzke, Renee Miller and Olivia Horvath and the credits of “Andrew Beach, Eric Kurtzke, Renee Miller, Olivia Horvath” is shown as the 0:00-0:21 mark of the theme song plays. Everything becomes a swirl of Reds, Whites, and Blues as the credits “Produced by First Choice Productions in association with Manic-Expression.com" “Executive Producers: James Faraci, Paulo Fonseca, Brenda Fonseca, Rebecca Yaun, Nick Yaun, Eric Kurtzke, Renee Miller, Andrew Beach & Olivia Horvath” “Editing by Eric Kurtzke and James Faraci” “Written and Directed by James Faraci” are shown as the 0:21-0:26 mark of the theme song plays. We then see an image of James as he jumps through the portal and lands with half of his team on his right. The other half on his left is on a black background, and the title “THE LAST OF THE AMERICANS” is shown Lazer etched into Titanium as the last six seconds of the American Gladiators 1994 theme song plays. Cut to James in his office.)
TLOTA:
I’m James Faraci The Last Of The Americans and welcome to a real edition of “Connect The Plots” (Cut to a scene of James trying to connect certain things together like the theatrical version of “Halloween: The Curse Of Michael Myers” & “Halloween: H20”, All the movie adaptations of Stephen King, Superman Returns to the original Salkind Superman movies, the first three X-Men movies to the newer ones and the “Wolverine” & “Deadpool” movies before cutting to James strapped down in a strait jacket all the while a kid sings “Connect The Plots La-La-La!” before panning down to see anything that might have a minor connection spell the words “Connect The Plots” before cutting to the opening credit and clips from the show “M*A*S*H” as James does a voiceover.)
TLOTA (V.O.):
“M*A*S*H,” What can be said about it? It remains one of the greatest shows of all time. The show is set during the Korean Conflict at the fictional 4077 M*A*S*H as Captain Benjamin “Hawkeye” Pierce, Captain “Trapper” John McIntyre, Lt. Col. Henry Blake, Maj. Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan, Maj. Frank Burns, Corporal Walter Eugene “Radar” O’Reilly, Father John Patrick Francis Mulcahy, Captain B.J. Hunnicutt, Col. Sherman T. Potter, and Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III, as they try to survive the horrors of the war and the problems they have with the war. It lasted about four times as long as the actual war, and the series achieved considerable critical and commercial success, with episodes still being aired in syndication and on streaming platforms. (Cut to James physically)
TLOTA:
But was there any connection to one of the longest-running Superhero Team Franchises ever since The Justice League, The Avengers, and all the other teams? (Cut to the opening of “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” as “Go Go Power Rangers” plays, then to clips of all the different Power Rangers teams as they fight and clips from “M*A*S*H” as James does a voiceover.)
TLOTA (V.O.):
That’s right, the Power Rangers! If someone were to tell you that there is a connection between the series, they’d ship you off to the nuthouse faster than how the 4077th shipped “Hawkeye” in the “M*A*S*H” finale. How can that be? Where is the connection? (Cut to James physically.)
TLOTA:
Today, we’re going to connect the 4077 to the Morphin Grid! (Cut to clips of “Power Rangers” and “M*A*S*H” as James does a voiceover.)
TLOTA (V.O.):
The first connection I have found is the studio that was once “20th Century Fox.” The first two movies were distributed by the same company that made the 4077 M*A*S*H happen. The second one is from the current owners of 20th Century Fox, Disney having said one name in a two-part episode of “Power Rangers: RPM,” titled “Ranger Yellow” In the episode we discover the backstory of the Yellow Power Ranger, Summer Landsdown, played by Rose McIver, who was more of a Paris Hilton-lite socialite before the Venjix virus destroyed our planet. However, the B-Plot of the Episode involves Summer being forced into marrying a man by the name of Chaz Winchester! As in a descendant of Charles Emerson Winchester III! And this was done a decade BEFORE 20th Century Fox was bought by Disney! This connection was when the Power Rangers were caught under the Disney Banner, and so much had been done to ruin the brand by their hand, what with Kalish-Plosions, horrid writing, annoying characters, and plots that were decent at best and mid at worst. And it was, at that time, had been on longer without a break on tv and some seasons were better than others, not that different from “M*A*S*H.”
While the writers would more than likely say, “Oh, it was a coincidence.” It wouldn’t surprise me if they had seen episodes of “M*A*S*H” in the New Zealand area and thought that “Winchester” would sound like a good name. Now, admittedly, that would be the most logical explanation. Still, it wouldn’t surprise if one day Charles Emerson Winchester III thought that he should try to reconnect with some part of his past from his time in Korea and met up with B.J. Hunnicutt at a Medical Convention and decided to set up in California, and since Power Rangers, the series is set in California even if it is filmed in New Zealand, it is set for California, so it might be that the fictional “Angel Grove” would be near Mill Valley, and maybe B.J. and Erin Hunnicutt were having to take care of the wounded during “Countdown to Destruction.” It would be a reminder of what B.J. and Charles went through in Korea. However, they would be Col. Potter’s age by the time that the events of “Countdown to Destruction” was occurring and it would give Erin a chance to know what it was like for her dad to be away from her during those formative years taking care of the wounded at the 4077 outside of Ouijongbu. I admit it is a stretch, but I must believe that Astronema wasn’t just attacking Angel Grove on that day. So, we may eventually hear about the descendants of those who worked at the 4077 having to pick up the torches of their parents and grandparents during that day. The day the generation after those who served at the 4077 had to handle the war the same way those who came before them did in their past, but with the knowledge that they had the power of the rangers, protecting them. (Cut to James physically)
TLOTA:
I’m James Faraci The Last Of The Americans, and that’s my opinion!
