Jewely and Naoko's Birthday Celebration - Day 6

Episode 86 (Season 2/ Sailor Moon R)
"Saphir Dies! Wiseman's Trap" (Dub: "Brotherly Love")

Original Air Date: February 19th, 1994 (Dub: December 17th, 1998)
Cast:
Sailor Moon/Usagi-Kotono Mitsuishi (Dub: Terri Hawkes)
Sailor Mercury/Ami-Aya Hisakawa (Dub: Karen Bernstein)
Sailor Mars/Rei-Michie Tomizawa (Dub: Emilie Barlow)
Sailor Jupiter/Makoto-Emi Shinohara (Dub: Susan Roman)
Sailor Venus/Minako-Rika Fukami (Dub: Stephanie Morgenstern)
Luna-Keiko Han (Dub: Jill Frappier)
Artemis-Yasuhiro Takato (Dub: Ron Rubin)
Mama Ikuko Tsukino-Sanae Takagi (Dub: Barbara Radecki)
Wiseman-Eiji Maruyama (Dub: Tony Daniels)
Black Lady-Kae Araki (Dub: Liz Wartenberg Brown)
Dimande-Kaneto Shiozawa (Dub: Robert Bockstael)
Saphir-Tsutomu Kashiwakura (Dub: Lyon Smith)
Petz-Megumi Ogata (Dub: Norma Dell'Agnese)
Koan-Wakana Yamazaki (Dub: Mary Long)
Berthier-Yuri Amano (Dub: Katherine Trowell)
Calaveras-Akiko Hiramatsu (Dub: Jennifer Griffiths)

The girls are all over at Usagi's house. Usagi is distraught over the loss of Rini and tells them that she had no idea she would miss her so much.
Mama Ikuko comes in and gives everyone tea but is shocked to see that she made tea for ChibiUsa... who she doesn't remember at all.  Luna suspects that with ChibiUsa gone, her mind control over Usagi's family seems to have faded.
On Nemesis, the Dark Moon Kingdom, Wiseman is raving to himself about how soon he will have enough power to free Death Phantom and that Dimande and all the others are just pawns in his great scheme. Saphir overhears this though and teleports to the control room of the Dark Crystal and removes the control chip.Wiseman notices that Saphir was watching and then proceeds to attack him. Saphir manages to escape into the past.

Wiseman tells Dimand and Black Lady that Saphir has betrayed them and tells them to destroy him. Dimande is hesitant as he is his brother but Black Lady volunteers and goes after Saphir.
In the present, Saphir arrives but is badly injured and collapses in the park. Luckily Koan, Berthier, Calaveras and Petz see him and take him to Petz's apartment where they lived.

Petz tends to Saphir while the other three girls give them some privacy. Calaveras tells Koan and Berthier that Petz and Saphir used to be a couple.
While asleep, Saphir remembers how he and Dimande came across a flower a long time ago and Dimande promised to take him to Earth were there were many more.
As he wakes he is surprised to see Petz who tells him how wonderful Earth is. Saphir tells her how much she's changed and that he likes her company.

Eventually though he stands to leave and tell Dimande that Wiseman is not to be trusted before it's too late. Petz is sad and sees him off while the others watch from the other room. Berthier says that they should go help him, but Calaveras reminds her that they don't have their powers anymore and that they'd only get in his way.
Koan then calls Usagi and tells her what's happening.
As Saphir approaches the growing crystal that's beginning to tower over the surrounding buildings, Black Lady appears and is about to kill him but Sailor Moon and the senshi arrive and stop her. Sailor Venus attacks with "Crescent Beam" but Black Lady blocks it. Sailor Mercury uses "Shabon Spray" to give them some shelter. Sailor Moon, Venus, and Mercury are attacked by Black Lady and trapped.
Saphir tells Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Mars who had been protecting him to go help their friends as he wants to talk to Dimande by himself. Sailor Jupiter and Mars try to free the others but they are also caught.
Tuxedo Mask arrives in time and frees them all.

Saphir begins to tell Dimande the truth about Wiseman, but Wiseman appears and kills him. Wiseman then takes the control chip from his body and then teleports back to the future with Black Lady.

Sailor Moon, who had been kneeling with Tuxedo Mask over Saphir's body is surprised when Dimande walks over and takes Saphir's body with him as he leaves.

Petz, who had sensed Saphir's death, begins to cry and thinks of how happy he was while he was with her.

I love this episode because it brings back the 4 sisters who were once villains. Sailor Moon is now allies with these women since she changed them into normal humans. This is the one time I can remember the series showing us how a once villain now lives as a civilian. It's a story of redemption for the sisters.

The Sailor Moon R Villains perform this song in the musical:

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~Jewely