THESE ARE MY OWN OPINIONS AND ARE NOT INFLUENCED FROM THE THOMAS & FRIENDS FANBASE
BRIDGE BUILDERS
Written by
Peter Gaffney
Directed by
Campbell Bryer
Produced by
Suzie Gallo
Air Date
24/04/25 - SNG
Plot
Sandy tries to build a bridge in stormy weather but things turn out wrong.
As much as I like Sandy I wish she figured out the idea of restoring a bridge in stormy weather was bad herself instead of having others to tell her. Have her trying to do things to fix it but instead of Carly being all gentle and tip toeing around to not upset Sandy have her get through her head angrily that building a bridge in the storm is dangerous, give them a fall like what friends do in real life, and she finds out why by doing it, perhaps she'd gotten washed away in a raging torrent instead of falling in the river a few times. That way she learn the lesson the hard way. The episode was fine and I do like the Sandy/Carly dynamic but it could've been better had Carly been a better character instead of this bland yellow crane engine and that it would feel more like a story that is entertaining instead of Sandy builds the bridge the fourth or fifth time but fails by falling into the overused creek gag.
You know when writing stories for children you're suppose to make them entertaining not boring!
One thing that was surprising was that this episode had no song to fill in time! It's good that the production team finally realised that not every episode needs a damn song but it only took them until the second last episode of the show to realise that when they could've done that after the first season. But Mattel really needs those songs for those digital albums they barely tell people about.
Anyway I like Sandy and the dynamic between her and Carly was alright but it could've been a much better entertaining story if Sandy got washed away and it would give the message that working in a storm is not a good idea and have her to be the one to learn it herself instead of being told by others.
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
Don't Train on My Parade - 4/10
Shiny Spiffy Sandy - 3/10
Diesel's Bad Day - 4/10
Moo-Ving Friendship - 4.5/10
Art Engines Go - 1/10
Lightening the Load - 1/10
Baaa-tatsrophie! - 5.5/10
Terence Time Out - 1/10
Postage Percy - 4/10
A Crate Rescue - 1/10
Chaos at Cronk Crossing - 3/10
The Big Do-Over - 3/10
Did I Miss It? - 5/10
No More Surprises - 1/10
Bruno to the Rescue - 8/10
Kana's Last Minute Delivery - 1/10
Goodnight Gordon - 1/10
Cronk's Crossing Conundrum - 1/10
Bridge Builders - 2/10
Overall Rating (So far):
71/240
