Thomas The Tank Engine Review Seasons 1-21

Season 10

The tenth series of Thomas & Friends was first broadcast in September 2006. This was the only series with twenty-eight episodes until the twentieth series. Also, Micheal Angelis returned as the narrator. Nothing new to recap for this series so let's just review all 28 episodes of season 10.

Follow That Flour

One day, Thomas is in a grumpy mood as he has been shunting trucks and using all his puff to keep them in order. James arrives and tells Thomas that The Fat Controller has given him the job to collect the flour to make the cakes and bread for the children's harvest festival and asks Thomas to shunt the truck of flour for him. Thomas is very jealous that he did not get the job and mumbles that James is a bossy boiler.

Thomas wants to finish the job quickly, but without taking any care, he hits the truck so hard that the door on the right side opens and leaks flour, but Thomas does not know. Thomas has an idea to hide James' truck so James will have to find him and the truck himself. After Thomas leaves, James who has come back from taking on water notices the flour falling out of his truck that Thomas has and tries to tell Thomas, but he is too far to hear him, so James goes after him. Every time Thomas finds a hiding place, he is surprised that James knows where he is and continues trying to hide the truck. James finally catches up to Thomas and is very cross when he tells Thomas that he left a trail of flour all over the Wharf. Thomas is upset after realising his actions and goes to the Flour Mill to get a new truck of flour. But when Thomas arrives at the Flour Mill, it is closed. Dusty Dave who is leaving tells Thomas there is one truck filled with flour. Thomas knows he cannot move all the empty trucks by himself and goes back to the Wharf. Thomas tells James he is sorry for not listening and the two friends make up as they arrive at the Flour Mill shunting all the empty trucks out of the way for James to collect the flour truck. That evening, the flour is made into delicious cakes and bread for the festival and Thomas cheers for James as he heads home to the sheds.

Few points I would like to make.

- Once again, Thomas this time is complaining about shunting trucks. Why do you suddenly have a problem with trucks, it's your job to do.

- Nice seeing Sir Handel again after 5 seasons of being missing

- Thomas is so childish in this episode; I mean running away with a truck full of flour just to pay out your friend is so silly to watch. Also, James asked you nicely to shunt the truck for him, so why biff it if he asked nicely.

This episode gets a 4/10

A Smooth Ride

Sir Handel arrives at the Transfer Yards after working all summer at the Stone Quarry. The Thin Controller is happy to see him back and tells him to take some apples from the Orchard to the Middle Station and give a smooth ride. Sir Handel collects the trucks and starts his journey for the Middle Station. He runs the train around the Lake, across the Stone Bridge, and starts to puff up a hill. Sir Handel realises that he is rattling and rocking, so he stops. Peter Sam arrives behind Sir Handel and is concerned as to why Sir Handel has stopped. Sir Handel tells him about his problem, and Peter Sam feels sorry for his friend. Sir Handel asks if he can be pushed up the hill, and Peter Sam agrees and helps Sir Handel up to the summit. At the Middle Station, Sir Handel is praised by The Thin Controller, so he does not tell him about his problem. Then, The Thin Controller tells him to take sheep from the Farm to their new field. Sir Handel starts to worry; the sheep require a smooth ride too. When Sir Handel gets to the Farm, the farmer warns him about being smooth. Once again, Sir Handel rattles and rocks at the approach of a hill and stops. Duncan arrives behind Sir Handel. Sir Handel tells Duncan about his problem. Duncan understands and helps Sir Handel in getting the sheep to their field.