Season 4 Episode 4: You Can't Win

So, we are still going on about Duke since he is the hero of all the engines. Duke in this story, is sick. His crew was cleaning his tubes, (That sounds nasty) when Stuart pops in. Duke tries to hide the fact that he is screwed up. Stuart calls Duke "old" and Duke heads off.

It was like engine pneumonia.

Duke didn't stay mad long. All he had to do is have his face plate switched to happy. His mood didn't last long though, as he approached a hill he started to get his old man wheeze on. 

He managed to make it up the hill and make it to the station. Duke's driver gets out and inspects his engine. The passengers wait on the side for the news.

They ranged from concerned to angry.

The driver informs the passengers that Duke will take them to the harbor with the help of two other engines. 

Falcon and Stuart come to the rescue. Falcon hitches on the front and and Stuart hitches on the behind. The three head off like a human centipede to the harbor.

They reached the next station and they split up the duties. Falcon took off with the passengers to the harbor. Stuart moves to the front the help Duke. Of course, he rubs it in.

Well of course, you're the front of the centipede.

Stuart kept it up the point that Duke wanted to pay him back. Duke and his driver schemed the payback. They waited until they reached the hill and Duke pushed full steam, showing Stuart that he still had it.

The two reached the next station, a boy asks, "Why there was two engines?"

The boy's father replies, "Stuart needed help."

This upsets Stuart. (Wait didn't this happen to James and Toby earlier? This is almost the same story!)

Dammit!

Turns out this was Duke's plan all along. Duke reminds him, that he is old and will always win.