Episode Review: Thomas and the Rumors

Season 5, Episode 17

Air Date: October 15th, 1998

Writer(s): Britt Allcroft, David Mitton

Summary

Thomas was enjoying his branching, but one day he saw some children at the station upset because they had closed there playground. The children said the sand was to soiled and dirty for them to play in, Thomas said he would see what he could do. Back at the sheds Thomas was about to tell the other engines about the playground but Percy came saying that Harold was taking a visitor and not the engines.

Now all the engines were cross, the next day the engines tried to show Harold that they were more important. That night Thomas thought he would tell the engines about the playground, but deiced to solve the Harold mystery first. The next day Gordon tried to impress Harold by going fast, but they were so busy watching Harold that they diverted in to a siding and crashed in to a construction site.

Latter Thomas told Sir Top Ham Hatt about the other engines and Harold, he laughed and said a railway inspector was looking for a new playground location, but that the sand from the construction site would work. Now all the engines know that Harold isn't spying on them, he's just being really useful.

My Own Thoughts

At the end they said Harold was spying on them when non of the engines ever said that. Gordon's driver can't make them divert in to a siding from looking at Harold, the signalman would have had to switch the line. Over all the episode was OK, it was cool because it was like two stories in one.