THESE ARE MY OWN OPINIONS AND ARE NOT INFLUENCED FROM THE THOMAS & FRIENDS FANBASE
FOR LOVE OR MUDDY
Sam Bissonette
Directed by
Campbell Bryer
Produced by
Suzie Gallo
Air Date
25/05/24 - CAN
19/09/24 - US
Plot
Kana gets a clean fast job while her friends are stuck with a muddy slow one
I really don't see what Kana was learning here? No one complained about her having a nice, clean job and no one complained about her going to the mainland and they weren't having any trouble at all with clearing the mud apart from complaining about how stinky it was and that's it. Sure she wants to help her friends but like I said they were doing fine so why can't Kana learn that she can't feel bad about not helping her friends all the time because she was given an important job, regardless, and that was to take passengers since they're working on a railway, though looking from this show sometimes it's hardly serving people, instead of wanting to be with her friends.
The message of her not trying to feel bad all the time is something I think kids could learn from instead of whatever the episode was trying to say.
There's nothing much else to discuss, most of the episode was just Kana going to the mainland and Thomas and the others clearing the mud and complaining about it and that's it. Sure there was a rain storm and Kana was to deliver the sand bags to prevent another mudslide but that was it and I feel Kana didn't get anything out of it since the line was cleared anyway.
This was such a bland, boring repetitive episode and even if Gordon was pulling coaches for the first time in this show, as some people have pointed out as something big, it doesn't take away the bad that was this episode towards a bland character who had personality in past episodes but never bothered to do anything with else with her afterwards.
If they were going with the don't feel bad all the time message with Kana actually going through a dilemma, this could've been a good episode but they chose not too and we were given this.
Series Rating:
What's the Buzz - 4.5/10
Bells are Ringing - 4/10
Abraca-Diesel - 2/10
Overcommitted - 2.5/10
Sandy's Fine Mess - 4/10
Nia's Green Surprise - 3/10
Duck Duck Whoosh! - 1/10
Choo-Choo Check In - 5/10
Percy's Little Problem - 3/10
Fill-In Friend - 4/10
Cake It Easy - 1/10
The Can-Do Crew - 6/10
Pizza Picnic Problem - 3/10
Travels With Terence - 2/10
Crab Crossing - 1/10
Driving Winston - 6/10
The Slowest Race in the World - 2/10
Bruno's Blustery Day - 9/10
Night Lights - 7/10
For Love or Muddy - 1/10
Overall Rating (So far):
70/200
70/200