Episode Review: Passengers and Polish

Season 4, Episode 13

Writer(s): Reverend W. Awdry

Air Date: January 30, 1996

Summary

Nancy, the station master's daughter was polishing Skarloey, who was sleeping, and didn't care, until she reminded him about looking good when Rheneas came back from being repaired. Duncan came by and asked for a polish, Nancy told him that she had to go help the refreshment lady. Duncan got cross, latter Skarloey's coach derailed and Duncan had to go rescue it. On the way home they had to stop by the lake because Duncan was low on steam. Next he decided to stop right in the middle of the bridge. The driver couldn't make him budge, so Skarloey had to come and push Duncan and the train all the way to the station. When they arrived all the passengers were arguing about how it was a bad railway. That night at the shed Sir Top Ham Hatt told Duncan that no passengers means no polish.

Review

An engine is just a machine, it can't stop it self on a bridge or anywhere else with out the driver putting the brake on, oh well, I guess they have special powers on Sodor. They never mentioned that Rheneas had to go to the works in any past episodes, but over all it was funny.

Over all I give this episode a 5/10