THESE ARE MY OWN OPINIONS AND ARE NOT INFLUENCED FROM THE THOMAS & FRIENDS FANBASE
MYSTERY BOXCARS
Written by
Phil Molloy
Phil Molloy
Directed by
Campbell Bryer
Produced by
Rick Suvalle
Suzie Gallo
Air Date
25/10/21 - USA
23/10/21 - CAN
16/02/22 - UK
20/01/22 - AUS
Plot
Kana is upset when she keeps running out of power, but a mystery scavenger hunt is just the thing to cheer her up.
MY VIEWS
This episode was alright but I was mostly interested in Gordon's characterisation in this episode. It's good to see something different to his character that isn't an overexaggerated version of his boastful character that we'd seen since the Miller/Barlow days, yes I know people would point out the Brenner/McCue era but if you look back even further it all started there or heck maybe even during the late classic series era since Sam Barlow said once in his SiF interview that they'd inherited from the Gullane era of the show. But in this episode, Gordon's character really comes up either like a father or a grandfather as he wants Kana to be happy. If Mattel or the production were allowed to develop the characters, we could've seen something more fresh with the characters instead of just being their flanderised selves but I believe the latter was done in order to make more stories that deal with conlfict.
The rest of the episode was alright and not really bad to sit through but the best thing that came out of it was Gordon.
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
Nia's Balloon Blunder - 7/10
Capture the Flag - 8/10
Mystery Boxcars - 6/10
Overall rating (So far):
82/180
