THESE ARE MY OWN OPINIONS AND ARE NOT INFLUENCED FROM THE THOMAS & FRIENDS FANBASE
BACKWARDS DAY
Written by
Craig Carlisle
Directed by
Campbell Bryer
Produced by
Rick Suvalle
Suzie Gallo
Air Date
4/10/21 - USA
16/10/22 - CAN
26/11/21 - UK
17/01/22 - AUS
Plot
Thomas misunderstands the Backwards Day game and accidentally delivers the wrong cargo to the wrong places.
MY VIEWS
I will say the most annoying part of this episode was Thomas and Percy constantly saying 'Backwards day!' throughout the episode. I don't know if the writer intended this to be a running gag to make it funny but it was more annoying than funny and the audience doesn't need to be constantly reminded of it because we can see what's going on and hear them saying things backwards. Although I think this is more of a nitpick but with Thomas and Percy worried about the switch, I don't know why Thomas could just use his wheel?
There wasn't any need for something else to work with the plot like with Nia being stuck on the otherside of the bridge in the previous episode, that worked because it added confliction to story to make Nia miss out on the concert and have the engines to give her their own concert to makeup for the one she'd missed out on. The switch scene was done to make the tree go back up but that didn't need to happen. You can still use Thomas' wheel and make him stop to put the tree back up anyway.
I know that might sound petty but it just feels annoying looking at that.
Though I will say Gordon was a bit of a mood in this episode with how silly the idea backwards day is. The rest of the episode was meh and it reminds me so much of a Miller/Barlow era script with the three strikes formula.
Series Rating:
A Thomas Promise - 4/10
Thomas Blast Off - 4/10
License to Deliver - 5/10
Rules of the Game - 6/10
A Quiet Delivery - 3/10
Kana Goes Slow - 3/10
Dragon Run - 1/10
The Biggest Adventure Club - 7/10
Percy's Lucky Bell - 5/10
Sandy's Sandy Shipment - 6/10
A Wide Delivery - 4/10
Counting Cows - 3/10
Music Is Everywhere - 6/10
Backwards Day - 4/10
Overall rating (So far):
59/140
