Series 16, Episode 10 Review: Percy and the Calliope

To think, not only have we seen Thomas being written as all the more stupid, the same has happened to Percy. Chasing animals in the woods, hoping they would play with him is one thing, but today’s episode was another level, Percy thought he could make the calliope work by putting water and coal down it’s pipes, and running with it down the line, if the writers haven’t made Percy hit a new low in this episode, I don’t know what would.

The CGI was as brilliant as ever, and Robert Hartshorne’s music was to the good standard it normally is, and the theme being played while Percy and Diesel were going alone sounded very different, it sort of sounded like the music played to a steam train in a 1950s Pathe newsreel, but what we were all very, very trilled about in today’s episode, was that the very tune the calliope played was the classic Thomas theme song!!!!!!!! I was so, so glad to hear it again in the series, after all these years, and Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell were actually credited, even though, we all definitely know who they are.

So all in all, a lot of absolute brilliance in this episode, but the script writing was the total opposite.  Please HiT, it’s not just Thomas, we beg of you to make all the engines smart again, please! Hopefully, they will be under the new writting standard.

Thanks for reading as usual,

Jacob