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RUNAWAY ENGINE
Helen Farrall
Directed by
Diana Basso
Diana Basso
Produced by
Micaela Winter
Micaela Winter
Air Date
22/09/17
Plot
Millie is given extra work around the estate and gets very cross when Stephen and Glynn forget to clear up the garden waste to help her. When Stephen also manages to hurt her feelings and can't find her the next day to apologise, he thinks that she must have run away!
PRO
- Moral: Be careful what you say and do what you're being told
- Stephen/Millie and Glynn's dynamic was great
- Amazing to see no Thomas or any of the steam team characters
- Nice to see some narrow gauge goodness
- Moral: Be careful what you say and do what you're being told
- Stephen/Millie and Glynn's dynamic was great
- Amazing to see no Thomas or any of the steam team characters
- Nice to see some narrow gauge goodness
CON
- N/A
- N/A
Like many of Helen's stories, this one is heartfelt, down to earth and nice. Stephen and Glynn's dynamic was great to see again since the Christmas episodes last year and it was even better with the addition of Millie. The dynamic between the three characters were good to watch such as there banter towards each other. It was also great to see that there wasn't any sign of Thomas or the other 'steam team' characters, considering that the concept of the core characters is not really needed given that this and Season 20 had focused on secondary characters.
Even though they're at the Blue Mountain Quarry again. It was nice to see some narrow gauge interaction, despite being only for a few minutes. I hope we see them again in future with hopefully some brand new sets. The moral or morals are quite relatable to me, mostly the former, 'Be careful what you say.' I can say things that would rather offend people, by accident of course, and I could get quite apologetic in the end. In the end, it was only a misunderstanding by me and of course there is also the 'Do what you are being told' moral. Quite generic but it was done well in this episode. It's good see some sides of Stephen rather than him being the 'old wise engine'.
Well that's the first week done for S21. So far it's been good and almost feels better than S20 to me. I feel like there are going to be better episodes next week so stay tuned ;)
Episode Rating:
Springtime for Diesel - 8/10
A Most Singular Engine - 9/10
Dowager Hatt's Busy Day - 10/10
Stuck in Gear - 8/10
Runaway Engine - 9/10
Series Rating (So Far):
44/50
