Season 4 Episode 24: Fish

Henry is waiting at the harbor to pull 'The Flying Kipper'. An extra load of fish had been ordered. The Fat Controller wants it put on extra vans. Duck shunts up some ugly old vans on the train.

Thomas (of course) pulls up with the mail train and stops to speak with Duck. Thomas lectures Duck about the dangers of fish in your boiler. He then goes on to rant about how stinky and disgusting they are. 

Duck has the look of Thomas is a lunatic.

Meanwhile with Henry, he is upset over the extra load. His driver tries to calm him down and mentions that he can have hill getting up Gordon's Hill now with the extra load. Henry says nothing and heads off.

Duck heads off to Edward's station to wait for Henry. He was going to be the helper kitty. 

I'm Duck and I'm here to save the day!

Henry arrives at Edward's station. His driver stops him at the platform. Henry calls for Duck's assistance. Duck pulls up to the back of the train. They didn't couple him on so, Henry could spread his wings and fly away at the top of the hill. The two then set off.

At the hill, all is going well until Henry's tail lamp fell off. Duck felts his buffers slip and then he lost sight of Henry. Henry then started to notice that his train was too heavy and he began to slow down.

I've been violated. 

Duck unaware of Henry's position rear ends him. 

Oh fish sticks!

The next morning, The Fat Controller arrives to inspect the fishy situation. For once he didn't blame Duck. He sends Duck to be duct tapped back together. And Duck now understands why Thomas hates fish.

Nothing was found to be fishy about the situation. 

Season/Series 3 Review

What can be said about Season/Series 3? Well the crashes were not as spectacular as prior seasons for one thing. Before we saw damage in the crashes, this season it was very mild. Which was budget issues in all fairness.

For example, Oliver looks pretty unscathed but, he was sent to The Works.

With our characters this season, some of them are starting to loose their edge. Thomas is becoming less of a jerk and more of the good guy. Percy is slowly dumbing down. Henry is suddenly a tree hugger. 

We did though get introduced to some new ones that I enjoy. Mavis, Oliver, Toad, and Bulgy. 

Mavis being a favorite.

I did enjoy the 2D animation that was thrown in this season. The bee scene with James was great. 

All and all it was a pretty good season. And I know it will be looking even better when I get pass Season 7. Season 8 is where the snark is going to go over and beyond. 

Just to note, I actually still enjoy this show.  But, I like to make fun of those things I like. I am loving looking back on these stories and remembering them. The work and the talent that went into this series is amazing. Even looking back on the original books, that took imagination. I truly appreciate the talent in took to bring this characters to life.

With that I leave you and tomorrow we'll dig into Season 4. We will meet the Narrow Gauge Engines, Stepney, and a postal postal worker. And we will also see elephants, more cows, The Queen, and The Flying Kipper return.

Season 1 Episode 19: The Flying Kipper

It is winter and he find that Henry has to be up early in the morning, to get his Egg McMuffin on. Oh just kidding, they are picking up a fish train called, "The Flying  Kipper". The driver also thinks this is their opportunity to knock Gordon off The Express.

And after we knock off Gordon, we get Thomas

We find that The Flying Kipper is the fish that arrives at the dock that needs to be trained off to far away lands. 

In the morning, Henry arrives minus the Egg McMuffin to take The Flying Kipper. There was snow and frost on the rails. But, everything goes down perfect and Henry is set to go.

Smells like fish

Poor Henry is going along beautifully. I can not snark at this at all. The scenery and detail they put in on this set is beautiful too bad, I know bad things are going to happen. 

Henry is passes a green signal and everything seems alright. But the next signal is yellow. His driver was gearing to stop but, they found that another signal said, "All clear." so they head through. 

Ah here it goes, the points are frozen and the other signal should have been set to "Danger". 

On a siding, a goods train is waiting for Henry to pass. The crew is enjoying coco in the brake van. They decide to get their train ready to go since Henry should be there any second. They escape at just the right moment. 

I like my coco with danger

Henry smashes right into the back of the goods train.

I honestly have never felt so bad for a model train in my life

Poor Henry, I feel so bad for him. I remember this episode actually made me tear up as a child. 

Henry derails and this is the saddest picture ever.

Someone needs a hug

The Fat Controller arrives to see the carnage. Henry explains that the signal was down. The Fat Controller is actually understanding this time. He explains the ice had screwed up everything. He also tells Henry that he is getting plastic surgery in the form of a new shape and firebox.

Henry gets his procedure done and heads home happily. I crowd gathers to see his new shape. Everyone cheers for him. 

Looking hot, Henry.

Henry also now gets to pull the express which makes Gordon jelly. 

I am so glad Henry made it.