Good as Gold

Good as Gold was the 50th official episode of Power Rangers Zeo and was the intended season finale, but transmission-wise, and indeed chronologically, the season finale was the Christmas Special A Season To Remember, which takes place in the future and reflects on an incident set earlier in the season. This episode resolves most of the sub-plots begun in A Zeo Beggining and Revelations of Gold, whilst also opening up new plotlines that went unexplored, leading to a rather notorious sequence of plot holes

Plot Synopsis
Jason becomes the target of The Machine Empire, and Rita and Lord Zedd, his Golden Powers frequently abandoning him and threatening his life as he weakens.

Zordon realizes the only way to save Jason is to merge Trey once more with his other halves, a process which requires a difficult energy transfer using two planets. The Rangers must also ensure the Machine Empire does not get to Jason or Trey in their present condition and seize the Golden Powers...