THESE ARE SOLEY MY OPINIONS AND ARE NOT INFLUENCED FROM THE THOMAS & FRIENDS FANDOM
FOR ALL THE MARBLE
Written by
Johnathan Hernandez
Directed by
Campbell Bryer
Produced by
Suzie Gallo
Air Date
10/06/23 - CAN
17/05/23 - USA
7/09/23 - UK
31/07/23 - AUS
Plot
When a precious marble statue of his great-grandfather arrives, Sir Topham Hatt enlists the help of Thomas and Bruno in delivering it to Vicarstown Plaza. During their journey, Thomas disregards Bruno's suggestions by doing what he thinks is best -- but his actions cause the statue's top hat to begin to crack!
Finally some respect to the Railway Series' lore, a statue named after the first Sir Topham, nice little easter egg that unless that was the intention, even it being placed at Vicarstown was a nice touch given how the NWR was based there in its early days, though I think that might be a big coincidence than intentional. As for the episode this was another good one and I see this working in the original series, given the previous production team's respect to the source material. There was no useless filler to fill in time, there was conflict of the statue being cracked and trying to find the best route and the statue of Sir Topham Hatt I changing faces when going through the canyon did give me a bit of a chuckle.
This might be a nitpick but I think the rain sequence was kinda pointless since it didn't do much for the story. You could still have Thomas and Bruno pulling into the tunnel without it and it would still be the same. All in all this is probably one of the best episodes of the show and I think it's another personal favorite.
Series Rating:
Fast Friends - 1/10
Percy Disappear - 5/10
Ashima's Amazing Arrival - 3/10
Tri-and-a-Half-a-Lon - 3/10
Carly's Magnificant Magnet - 5/10
New Mail Engine In Town - 4/10
Hot Air Percy - 2/10
Carly's Screechy Squeak - 1/10
Shake, Rattle & Bruno - 8/10
Blackout - 2/10
Brand New Track - 5/10
Stink Monster - 3/10
Christmas Mountain - 7/10
Whiteout! - 4/10
Good as New - 4/10
More Than a Pretty Engine - 9/10
Snowplough Struttin' - 4/10
Thomas In Charge - 3/10
Kana Recharges - 3/10
The Big Skunk Funk - 3/10
Off The Rails - 1/10
Diesel's Dilemma - 5/10
Bring It On Beresford - 2/10
What's in a Name? - 1/10
Sheep Shenanigans - 4/10
Tunnel Troubles - 4/10
The Case of the Missing Crane - 1/10
Not-So-Secret Mission - 5/10
A Very Percy Valentine - 3/10
Valentine's Hearts - 2/10
Speedster Sandy - 7/10
For All the Marble - 9/10
Overall Rating (So far):
125/330
