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THOMAS AND THE DRAGON
Written by
Davey Moore
Davey Moore
Directed by
Dianna Basso
Produced by
Micela Winter (HIT/Mattel)
Air Date
5/09/18
Plot
It's the time of the Spring Festival, in which the New Year is celebrated in China. Yong Bao asks Thomas to bring the dragon that will serve for the festivities in the big city square.
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While the UK were watching 'Confusion Without Delay', Australia's third episode was another episode based around in China focusing on Chinese New Year, I think milkshake are keeping this for New Years at the end of this year or for Chinese New Year next year. To me this was better than the season's opener, which was also penned by Moore as the episode feels like a Thomas story with an engine being afraid of something this is completely unknown and while some might argue that Thomas wasn't scared of the dragon in the season three episode, Thomas does have a history of being scared such as Percy being a 'ghost'. I think maybe Thomas being boastful might have worked with him denying that he is scared, but it's not really any huge loss if that didn't happen as the rest of the episode just felt good.
The pacing for this episode felt natural and doesn't feel like the plot was abrupt and the fantasy sequence didn't feel as ridiculous as Gordon's in 'Forever & Ever'. The Chinese new year celebration was nice to see and they did a great job of making it accurate and despite that my home town always have a Chinese New Year celebration for our Chinese residents, I learnt that this:
The pacing for this episode felt natural and doesn't feel like the plot was abrupt and the fantasy sequence didn't feel as ridiculous as Gordon's in 'Forever & Ever'. The Chinese new year celebration was nice to see and they did a great job of making it accurate and despite that my home town always have a Chinese New Year celebration for our Chinese residents, I learnt that this:
Was actually a Lion! I always thought they were Dragons ever since I was a kid and it was nice to learn something new from this show when it comes to different cultures. If some fans however were thinking that the Chinese Dragon from S3 is a returnee, prepare to be disappointed. In the end, it was an excellent episode. I also have a feeling that ABC Australia might keep this episode for Chinese New Year in 2019 too.
Episode Rating
Number One Engine - 8/10
Forever and Ever - 8.5/10
Thomas and the Dragon - 10/10
Series Rating (So far):
26.5/30
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