THESE ARE MY OWN OPINIONS AND ARE NOT INFLUENCED FROM THE THOMAS & FRIENDS FANBASE
THE STINKING DELIVERY
Becky Wangberg & Sarah Eisenberg
Directed by
Campbell Bryer
Produced by
Suzie Gallo
Air Date
3/02/25 - UK
Plot
None of the engines want to take a super stinky compost delivery, so they make a 'hide & stink' game. But after a spill, they must work together to deliver the smelly mess.
I felt that the 'Pie and Seek' game dragged on just so it can fill in time. Perhaps it would've been if Diesel had taken more than one wagon pf compost and tries to prove that he strong and that he could do the dirty work because Thomas and the others don't want to do it. Sure we've seen typical three strike episodes like that previously but I would take that instead of a dragged out scene of them playing their game, in my opinion I think 'Mud Tag' sounds better than 'Pie and Seek', to fill out the run time.
At least with Diesel trying to prove himself would've been a better storyline than this thing. Though I would at least give the episode credit of not stating the team work moral as the audience is as dumb as a goldfish and just showed it instead. One of the rare cases of show don't tell in this iteration of the show.
This episode was boring and could've been better. It's amazing we are just six episodes in of this new season with a decent season opener and then by episode 2 it started to sink rapidly like a sinking ship smeared with duct tape to keep it afloat. I know this aimed for kids but I think kids deserve better. I don't really have any high expectations for this season to be good but my god they should at least try to be good!
Series Rating (So far):
Sheep Stampede - 6/10
The Berry Best - 3/10
Creepy Crawly Courage - 3/10
Windmill Woes - 2/10
Quacking Quandary - 1/10
The Stinking Delivery - 3/10
Overall Rating (So far):
18/60
