Episode Review: Season 18, Episode 18 - The Last Train for Christmas

Air Date: December 18th, 2014(US)

Written By: Andrew Brenner

Summary

It was Christmas Eve, and people were still hurrying home with there family's on the Island of Sodor. Thomas, Oliver and Duck were clearing the lines, then they stop and Thomas tells them that tomorrow they could go to there sheds because there where no trains on Christmas.

Conner was on the mainland collecting passengers for Sodor, but the train was full before a boy and his parents could get on, but Conner said he would be back because there was one more train before Christmas. By the time Conner got to Knapford Station he was late, so Sir Topham Hatt told him to hurry because there was  more snow on the way.

As he was leaving the station the Slip Coaches said to take them, and Thomas told Conner that you could uncouple with out stopping. Latter after all the engines were clearing the line, then they went back to Knapford Station and Sir Topham Hatt announced the mainline closed, but when Thomas and Percy asked about Conner coming from the mainland he decided to re-open it.

The engines soon finished plowing, but Emily was having trouble near Vicarstown Bridge. Then Hiro came from the other direction and finished clearing the line just in time for Conner. Then Conner started to release the slip coaches at the different stations on Sodor, but Thomas saw one that didn't make it to the station and kept going to he shunted it back to the station.

Once at Knapford Sir Topham Hatt thanked his engines and said Merry Christmas, then they went home. Thomas thought he saw Harold, so he said Merry Christmas to him, but Thomas never knew it was really Santa Clause.

Review

I enjoyed this episode and the joke about Harold being Santa Clause was funny. There isn't much else to say, but I did like the fact that they said Merry Christmas instead of Happy Holidays.