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SHANKAR'S MAKEOVER
Camille Ucan & Rose Johnson
Directed by
Diana Basso
Produced by
Tracy Blagdon (Jam Filled)
Ian McCue (HIT/Mattel)
Plot
Thomas pushes Shankar into entering the Fancy Costume Contest even though Shankar doesn't want the spotlight on him.
Air Date
28/06/20 - AUS
I wasn't expecting this episode to be good but surprisingly it did turn out to be good. I love how they'd expanded Shankar's character with him not prefering to be in the spotlight and just want to be in his personal space. I understand that not many liked Thomas' peer pressuring in the episode but it worked for the sake of the episode, although I would've prefered it if they'd gone with Rajiv since both he and Shankar had a great dynamic together by being polar opposites but I think Thomas kind of fits with him excited over something by the likes of dressing up kinda of like how he got over excited by pulling Henry's train in the classic series. But while the episode was simple, it was a good episode with a nice message that everyone is different and especially by writers who were a bit topsy turvy with their stories in the past.
Series Ratings (So far):
A New Arrival - 7/10
World of Tomorrow - 7/10
Thomas and the Royal Engine - 9/10
Emily's Best Friend - 7/10
Thomas' Fuzzy Friend - 8/10
The Great Little Railway Show - 9/10
Thomas and The Forest Engines - 5/10
Emily to the Rescue - 4/10
Shankar's Makeover - 8/10
Overall Rating (So far):
64/90
