Tuesday, 11 April 2023

All Engines Go! Review - S1 Ep.37: Letting off Steam

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

LETTING OFF STEAM

Written by
Sarah Eisenberg & Beckey Wangberg

Directed by
Sean Jeffery

Produced by
Suzie Gallo

Air Date
21/03/22 - USA
24/04/22 - CAN
26/04/22 - UK
26/05/22 - AUS

Plot
Thomas and Percy get into their first big fight and are afraid that their friendship is over, until Nia helps them figure out how to resolve it.

I'm still not a fan of the songs since I feel that the episodes can work better without them but the song 'Let Off Some Steam' did feel like it was made to progress the story. It didn't feel pointless like the other ones but I also feel that Thomas and Percy could at least make up for their quarrel without it but just apologising, with some help from Nia, and work together. The episode in general was like the Spongebob episode from S1 'Naughty Nautical Neighbors' were Spongebob and Patrick had a falling out but without someone creating the conflict like what Squidward did in the episode. The episode just felt average. 

Though some might say that Thomas has the power to jump off the rails while he was stuck in traffic, though I will say treating the engines like cars seems stupid, it wouldn't work in the episode because they need to resolve Thomas and Percy's conflict. 

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
Super Screen Cleaners - 4/10
Overnight Stop - 5/10
The Joke is on Thomas - 3/10
Lost and Found - 4/10
Thomas' Day Off - 4/10
The Real Number One - 7/10
Rollercoasting - 1/10
No Power, No Problem! - 3/10
The Tiger Train - 7/10
The Can-Do Submarine Crew! - 7/10
Thomas and Percy's Eggsellent Adventure - 3/10
Calliope Crack-Up - 7/10
Tyrannosaurus Wrecks - 4/10
The Super-Long Shortcut - 8/10
A Light Delivery - 5/10
The Paint Problem - 7/10
A Wonderful World - 4/10
Whistle Woes - 4/10
Letting off Steam - 4/10

Overall rating (So far):
175/370