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This episode is stunning in its portrayal of the mentally ill and probably couldn't be rebroadcast in Japan today. Features a doctor who wants to blow up Europe. Not a country in Europe, just...Europe.

The Juralians attack with the physical facsimile television, able to transmit weapons into vital Earth facilities. It's up to Ken to save the day!

Caron gets a pretty doll from a secret admirer. But what sinister orders does it whisper to her as she sleeps?

Ken meets a pretty girl named Miyuki and is immediately smitten. And Barican doesn't like that, at all! Nothing about this is remotely suspicious.

It's Caron's birthday, and the Juralians crash the party to challenge Chargeman Ken. For some reason, Ken accepts and walks into the obvious trap.

Caron rollerskates straight into a bank robbery and is taken hostage. Then she's captured by Juralians!

The Juralians stir up a prisoner revolt and breakout from a giant prison. Can Ken somehow stop the Juralians without killing their human stooges?

The Juralians kidnap Dr. Yoshizaka to force the secret of Ken's weakness from him. It turns out that Ken's weakness is...losing his Alpha Gun!

The Juralians unleash their most fiendish plot yet: a record of the show's background music that sucks the life from the listeners!

Ken's class (Which apparently only goes on field trips) visits an art museum, but the students are vanishing. Could it be a Juralian plot? Could it be anything else?

The Juralians bring the famous giant Buddha statue of Kamakura to life and set it on a rampage. The result is fantastically sacrilegious!

Ken's class is off on yet another field trip, this time to an undersea city. But this time, the alien menace is a duplicate of his teacher, Miss Nagisa!

Caron's on a health kick, and the Juralians are destroying all the vegetables on Earth. It's up to Ken to return vegetables to dinner plates everywhere, earning him the eternal scorn of every other child on Earth who isn't Caron.

A runaway planet is going to destroy Earth, which would be bad news for both the humans and the Juralians. The solution? Team up, for this one time only!

In a stunningly logical move, the Juralians capture Ken and his family and prepare to execute them. Their only hope? Barican. Note - At no point does Barican actually ever run amuck.

Young Ken Izumi, his sister Caron, and their annoying robot sidekick Barican must save the local amusement park from the sinister Juralians. Watch for the scene where Ken rolls two feet off the ground, thanks to an animation error!

Ushimatsu's desperate attempts to pull something from the pond reveal a dark past.