368. Fiery Flynn.
Written by: Sharon Miller.
Aired: UK: 28 March 2011. US: 4 June 2011. AUS: 10 December 2011.
Thomas arrives at Knapford with some wagons of engine parts destined for the Dieselworks. Then Flynn arrives on his way to the Sodor Search and Rescue Centre. Once there, he meets Diesel who remarks that the fire engine is never busy like he is. Flynn explains that he is waiting to be busy just as the emergency siren sounds. Rocky informs Flynn that there is a blue engine on fire, but Flynn races away before Rocky has a chance to tell him which blue engine. Edward is waiting at the Coal Hopper with Dart, who is shunting in a nearby siding. Then Flynn races in and, thinking he has found the blue engine that is on fire, squirts water all over Edward and his driver. Dart laughs at Flynn, making the fire engine even more determined to find the endangered blue engine.
At Maron, Gordon is collecting the Hatt family and Den is picking up freight. Flynn soon arrives and, thinking that Gordon is the blue engine who needs rescuing, starts spraying water at Gordon. But Gordon is not the blue engine in need of rescuing and Flynn has accidentally soaked a furious Sir Topham Hatt. Den laughs at Flynn, who apologizes and races away to find the blue engine that is on fire. Soon Flynn arrives at the Sodor Dieselworks where he finds the blue engine, Thomas, whose firebox is on fire. Flynn tries to shoot water from his cannons, but nothing happens; he is out of water. Diesel, Paxton, and Norman laugh at Flynn, but Flynn knows what he must do. He asks the Diesels for help and soon their drivers are extinguishing Thomas' fire with buckets of water. Flynn thanks the Diesels for their help and heads back to the Search and Rescue Centre to be refilled with water.
Then Diesel rattles in and teases Flynn for not being busy again. This time, Flynn just smiles. Suddenly, the emergency siren sounds again. This time Flynn does not speed off to the rescue; he waits for the full report from Rocky and then races off to Mavis' aid. Mavis is very grateful and Flynn tells her that he will come to the rescue as soon as he is called.
Did Season 15 end on a high note? YES! IT MOST CERTAINLY DID! This shows what a genius Flynn was for not putting out Thomas' fire! Steam engines don't need fireboxes to be on fire! And also, "I'm wet through!" Clever dialogue, Fat Controller. Flynn sure does know how to fight fires. If there isn't a fire, extinguish it!
Definitely a fantastic episode! We don't need crap like Fireman Sam to teach kids about fire safety, we need masterpieces like this episode! Flynn was the best firefighter in the world before he was screwed up in Too Many Fire Engines!
My rating: 1,000,000,000/10.
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In all seriousness, Season 15 ended on such a reprehensible note! Flynn the Fire Truck was a complete doofus in this episode! He didn't know what a fire looks like?! Give me a break! If I ever have kids of my own, I'm letting them watch Fireman Sam, a children's show about a South Welsh fire fighter from the 1990s who knows how to extinguish fires and to teach little kids about fire safety.
Also, "Firebox on fire?!" Now, before anyone says "It's supposed to be on fire!" Steam engines have an object known as a fusible plug. If the plug fails, the engine with it could explode. If they'd explained about the fusible plug in this episode, it wouldn't have been this atrocious! Also, how did Rocky know there was a blue engine on fire in the first place? Is he psychic or something? And why did he not just say it was Thomas in the first place? Not to mention Fat Controller's quote: "But I'm wet through!" He could have said "But I'm wet!" or "But I'm wet all the way through!" All in all, a reprehensible episode.
My real rating: 0.5/10.
Season 15 scorecard:
8. Up, Up and Away: 0.5/10.
17. Wonky Whistle: 0.5/10.
20. Fiery Flynn: 0.5/10.
20. Fiery Flynn: 0.5/10.
Season 15 so far: 0.5/10.
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