All Engines Go! Review - S1 Ep.15: Chasing Rainbows

 THESE ARE MY OWN OPINIONS AND ARE NOT INFLUENCED FROM THE THOMAS & FRIENDS FANBASE

CHASING RAINBOWS

Written by
Brandon Violette
 
Directed by
Campbell Bryer
 
Produced by
Rick Suvalle
Suzie Gallo
 
Air Date
27/09/21 - USA
9/10/22 - CAN
25/11/21 - UK
16/01/22 - AUS

Plot

Thomas and Kana journey across Sodor to find the prize at the end of the rainbow.

MY VIEWS

To me this episode feels like the Spongebob Atlantis special that Nickelodeon had aired back in 2007 where the song has basically held the story. All it just is is Thomas and the others going about singing about what's at the end of the rainbow until they found Lookout Mountain. How I think the story should work is if the engines were all wondering what's at the end of the rainbow and they all argued about what they think which is what they want but in the end they found the old station and nothing else and realise they could have it as their clubhouse. So like the episode itself but with confliction from the characters. The episode was so bland and uninteresting and the only good thing coming out from it was Lookout Mountain. Plus, as I said in the previous review, the engines have the power to jump and do other things so why couldn't they jump over the buffers leading to the mountain instead of getting Sandy and Carly to fix the tracks leading towards the mountain? 

There was really no need because it can still work for the story unlike Nia in the 'Music is Everywhere' episode. This episode is boring, bland and unimpressive. It does have a nice moral about sharing but the story could've been much better if their was no song and add more confliction from the engines instead which would make the moral more stronger. Honestly I would rather watch 'Thomas and the Rainbow' from S9 than this! 

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

Chasing Rainbows - 2/10

Overall rating (So far):

61/150