S17 Ep.3: Wayward Winston

THESE ARE SOLEY MY OPINIONS AND NOT FROM THE THOMAS & FRIENDS FAN BASE 

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILER, CAUTION IS ADVISE 

WAYWARD WINSTON 

Written by

Lee Pressman 

Directed by

David Baas  

Produced by

Kallan Kagan (Arc)

Ian McCue & Halim Jabbour (HIT)

Air Date:

5/06/13 (UK)

Plot:

Winston is frustrated of the Fat Controller's driving and so decides to go drive less. But things turn to worst for it. 

PRO:
- A bit of a mash of 'The Runaway' and 'Old Iron' in this episode
- The Fat Controller realising his own mistakes

CON:
- How did Winston move by himself?
- American bells heard on British level crossing gates
- Two engines running on the same track 

The episode was alright, but its not a big wow factor for me, but that's in my taste. I never liked Winston at first, but he grew to be a likeable and a simple sort of character and he did show that in this episode. The runaway scene kind of reminds me of 'The Runaway' and 'Old Iron' mixed together and I love it how that despite Winston running away, the Fat Controller realised his own mistake. But there are flaws in the episode. First off, how did Winston just move off by himself? Sure his brakes were off, but how is he accelerated? Was there something on it that made him move? I don't really know too much about his basis unfortunately. Sure I know, if we don't have that we'll have no plot. But it seems illogical for a car to do that. 

Plus American bells can be heard when Winston and Thomas are near, the sound effects people should know that British level crossings have no bells there is a difference. Plus the ending was unrealistic as well, why are all the engines are running the same way? There is a railway consultant for this show now and should know how a railway runs. I may sound a bit harsh to this episode, but I think this episode is OK and it's better then the writing from S13-15.

Rating: 3/5