THESE ARE MY OWN OPINIONS AND ARE NOT INFLUENCED FROM THE THOMAS & FRIENDS FANBASE
NIA'S BALLOON BLUNDER
Patrick Reiger
Directed by
Josh Groh
Produced by
Rick Suvalle
Suzie Gallo
Air Date
11/10/21 - USA
16/10/21 - CAN
14/02/22 - UK
18/01/22 - AUS
While I'll always love 'Nia and the Unfriendly Elephant', this episode did shine more of Nia as a clever engine but not every idea she has wasn't going to be a clever one. If Mattel at least had given Ian McCue and his production team another chance for BWBA, Nia could've slowly turned into a great character instead of being lambasted by the older fandom. If it was this episode it would've changed dramatically considering that the CGI era had made the character a bit like convential steam locomotives, minus the bouncing.
The episode was actually another good one in my opinion and one where the moral hadn't been told to the audience, which is that a plan can improvised if things go wrong. Sure this episode has a three strikes formula but it works here without being repetitive.
