All Engines Go! Review - S1 Ep.46: Goodbye Ghost-Scaring Machine

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

GOODBYE GHOST-SCARING MACHINE

Written by

Andy Yerkes

Directed by

Campbell Bryer

Produced by

Suzie Gallo

Air Date

8/05/22 - CAN

23/05/22 - USA

4/06/22 - AUS

26/09/22 - UK

Plot

Percy announces he's giving up his Ghost Scaring Machine, but it soon becomes clear that the machine is good for more than just scaring ghosts.

Sure the episode was about the Ghost-Scaring Machine can useful for other things. But the majority of this episode was so boring to sit through with Percy just showing everyone what the machine could do. I wish the episode was about Percy giving up the ghost machine and tries to find ways for it to be useful despite what his friends say until he accepts reality and realises that he's just growing up and he would have good memories of  the machine helping him because he had mangaed to get through with his fear of ghosts and now he could be brave without it. It would've been a good emotional episode that many kids might find it relevant to something in their lives. It would actually give the title more meaning. For the episode itself when it comes to the title, why not just call it 'The Biggest Adventure Machine' as Percy mentioned at the end of the episode? 

Honestly, this episode is very boring.

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

Nia's Perfect Plan - 3/10

Something to Remember - 5/10

Sandy Versus the Storm - 3/10

An UnbeLEAFable Day - 4/10

Ghost Train - 3/10

A Rusty Rescue - 4/10

Hide & Surprises! - 6/10

Pop a Wheelie - 4/10

Goodbye Ghost-Scaring Machine - 3/10

Overall rating (So far):

205/450

All Engines Go! Review - S1 Ep.45: Pop A Wheelie

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

POP A WHEELIE

Written by

Susan Kim

Directed by

Sean Jeffrey

Produced by

Suzie Gallo

Air Date

8/05/22 - CAN

17/05/22 - USA

3/06/22 - AUS

22/09/22 - UK

Plot

Thomas and Diesel take a friendly competition too far and put an important delivery rescue at risk as they race across Sodor.

I feel like some elements of this episode had been taken from the debut episode 'A Thomas Promise' but at least there had been some changes to make it different. Then again, there are so many episodes of the show that I can't remember how many times Thomas and Diesel had compete each other because most episodes have them racing around. The episode however was alright though I do find the troublesome trucks to be annoying with their constant chatting and bad puns and despite the episode stating the moral of the story instead of letting kids digest it for themselves, it really does bring it out. Though most of the episode was kinda meh to me. 

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

Nia's Perfect Plan - 3/10

Something to Remember - 5/10

Sandy Versus the Storm - 3/10

An UnbeLEAFable Day - 4/10

Ghost Train - 3/10

A Rusty Rescue - 4/10

Hide & Surprises! - 6/10

Pop a Wheelie - 4/10

Overall rating (So far):

202/440

All Engines Go! Review - S1 Ep.44: Hide & Surprise!

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

HIDE & SURPRISE!

Written by

Lexie Khananovitz

Directed by

Sean Jeffrey

Produced by

Suzie Gallo

Air Date

25/04/22 - USA
7/05/22 - CAN

1/06/22 - AUS

19/09/22 - UK

Plot

While playing hide and seek with Percy, Diesel accidentally gets stranded on a barge that floats out to sea, where it becomes a group effort to rescue him.

This episode was not bad in my opinion since it feels like a story instead of like an episode that involves more of the three strikes formula with the engines messing around. It also had a good message that winning isn't everything. I will say Cranky in this episode is ten times more better than what he was in S1A he was just a one-note grumpy character. He was grumpy but caring all the same just like what he was in the CGI series. 

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

Nia's Perfect Plan - 3/10

Something to Remember - 5/10

Sandy Versus the Storm - 3/10

An UnbeLEAFable Day - 4/10

Ghost Train - 3/10

A Rusty Rescue - 4/10

Hide & Surprises! - 6/10

Overall rating (So far):

198/430

All Engines Go! Review - S1 Ep.43: A Rusty Rescue

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

A RUSTY RESCUE

Written by

Nikki Lytton

Directed by

Campbell Bryer

Produced by

Suzie Gallo

Air Date

25/04/22 - USA
7/05/22 - CAN

1/06/22 - AUS

19/09/22 - UK

Plot

When Thomas throws away Diesel's favourite oil can thinking it's trash, he makes a promise to get it back and learns it's better not to touch things that aren't yours.

I do kinda wish that they gave Diesel a reason for how special his oil can was to him. Not that I expect anything deep from something like AEG but some things that are deemed special to someone has a reason behind and since the engines act like children you could just say that rusty was his first Christmas present he got when he came to Sodor or for his birthday. That's just me saying this and overall the episode was pretty much another mid episode and while not a bad with a pretty meh song that I think was kind of a bit mean from Thomas because he had been berating Diesel's oil can while helping him to find it. 

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

Nia's Perfect Plan - 3/10

Something to Remember - 5/10

Sandy Versus the Storm - 3/10

An UnbeLEAFable Day - 4/10

Ghost Train - 3/10

A Rusty Rescue - 4/10

Overall rating (So far):

192/420

All Engines Go! Review - S1 Ep.42: Ghost Train

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

GHOST TRAIN

Written by

Eva Konstantopoulos

Directed by

Campbell Bryer

Produced by

Suzie Gallo

Air Date

2/05/22 - USA
1/05/22 - CAN

31/10/22 - AUS

31/10/22 - UK

Plot

Percy has to deliver the mail on Halloween when everyone knows the legendary Ghost Train comes out! Thomas rolls along to help Percy face his fears, but when a "real" Ghost Train appears... things get almost spooky.

It's common to see stories like these in past Thomas episodes like an engine is not scared, gets scared by spooky nature while another tricks them, an engine has a tarp placed on them by accident and everyone thinks they're a ghost until they saw the misunderstanding. We've seen that in the likes of episodes like 'Halloween', 'Flour Power' etc. I would say 'Ghost Train' from S2 since it has those elements but the story was way more humour into it and not one of the engines was scared by the dark and spooky nature. 

The episode kind of lies within the likes of the former instead of the latter. Though I will say the latter part of the episode felt obnoxious with Thomas, Percy and Diesel running around over Boxy being the 'ghost' with them screaming, loud sirens etc. I don't know how children on autistic spectrum would go through this and I don't even think Mattel had any idea about that since, during the year 2022, a court filing had shown that they, Mattel as a company, thought it wasn't at best interest to them or the Thomas brand to be associated to the autism community, which is sickening. 

Overall the episode was another meh fest to me. 

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

Nia's Perfect Plan - 3/10

Something to Remember - 5/10

Sandy Versus the Storm - 3/10

An UnbeLEAFable Day - 4/10

Ghost Train - 3/10

Overall rating (So far):

188/410

All Engines Go! Review - S1 Ep.41: An UnbeLEAFable Day

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

AN UNBELEAFABLE DAY

Written by

Ghia Godfree

Directed by

Sean Jeffrey

Produced by

Suzie Gallo

Air Date

18/04/22 - USA
1/05/22 - CAN

30/05/22 - AUS

16/09/22 - UK

Plot

While the engines are setting up for the Fall Festival, Thomas is feeling down about the end of summer and the changing weather.

Most of this episode's humor is relied on bad puns about autumn or fall as some might call it, even the episode title, and like every other episode of AEG that relied on it they're just bad, unfunny and uncreative. Puns aren't just funny and while the joke about Magic Mike by Rex from Lost Treasure was a pun they didn't at least say and kept it subtle for the parents to understand so it could go over the kids heads until they're older. 

However most of the episode was pretty mid and it's basically something that I think other kids show would do when it comes to the idea of Autumn and the song while not as annoying as the others it's just another piece of useless filler that didn't need to be in there since they'd already resolved Thomas' disdan earlier in the episode. I bet me talking about the song might be getting annoying here too (laughs) but I hate them.

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

Nia's Perfect Plan - 3/10

Something to Remember - 5/10

Sandy Versus the Storm - 3/10

An UnbeLEAFable Day - 4/10

Overall rating (So far):

185/400

All Engines Go! Review - S1 Ep.40: Sandy Versus the Storm

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

SANDY VERSUS THE STORM

Written by

Jordan Gershowitz

Directed by

Sean Jeffrey

Produced by

Suzie Gallo

Air Date

11/04/22 - USA
30/04/22 - CAN

29/05/22 - AUS

14/09/22 - UK

Plot

When a big storm approaches, Thomas and company must complete all a week's worth of deliveries by the end-of-the-workday whistle, but when Sandy needs repairs, Thomas and the gang realize just how important Sandy is to the team!

I think the title is misleading because Sandy was not going up against a storm and the episode was more about her and Carly not being appreciated enough for their work. Heck it was Thomas, Diesel and Kana that battled through the storm to get Sandy's gasket. Could've easily called this episode 'Thank you Sandy and Carly' sure it would make the outcome more obvious but it at least would make sense. While the episode overall was mediocre I don't think it was bad and it had a good message that everybody can understand from Sandy's point of view.

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

Nia's Perfect Plan - 3/10

Something to Remember - 5/10

Sandy Versus the Storm - 3/10

Overall rating (So far):

181/390