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111. Bye George!
Written by: Britt Allcroft and David Mitton.
Aired: UK: 22 September 1998. AUS: 1 December 1998. US: 7 September 1999.
Written by: Britt Allcroft and David Mitton.
Aired: UK: 22 September 1998. AUS: 1 December 1998. US: 7 September 1999.
George has been working with the little engines and is waiting for Percy to take him to a new workplace. George is insulting Skarloey and Rheneas when Percy arrives. When they leave, the two engines are pleased to see George go. George grumbles all the way to an old branch line, much to the annoyance of Percy. The branch line is to be turned into a new road. Percy is still fuming when he meets Thomas. Thomas and Percy agree to just ignore George's rude remarks.
George is enjoying himself when Thomas races by. George calls to him, but Thomas ignores him twice. Thinking he was being ignored, George grows cross. When he comes to a crossing, George deliberately tarmacs the rails, but he knows it is not properly finished. Thomas soon runs through on the same line; the signalman has forgotten to warn his driver about the tarmacked crossing because he had dozed off. Thomas derails and crashes through a barn.
The next day, Percy explains to Gordon about what had happened but Gordon takes no notice. Later on, George is working in a station yard when Duck arrives with some trucks, but George is blocking the way. A truck is still on the main line, but the signalman has already set the points for Gordon. Before Gordon and the express can be alerted, Gordon rushes through and hits the truck, sending it flying through the air, and smashing to pieces when it hits the ground, much to Duck's horror.
At the next station, Gordon is worried that the Fat Controller will be cross about what happened. He is cross, but not with Gordon; with George. As a punishment, the Fat Controller sends George to saw wood at the timber yard for a whole week so that he can learn himself some better manners. A few days later, Thomas and Percy arrive to see him and Thomas jokes that George will just be rude as before, George's expression says that he might not.
Now this is an episode that has George going too far with his hatred of steam engines. Pretty ironic considering he's a steam engine himself.
George did go too far with his moments when all the construction workers tarmacked the railway and he made Duck the Great Western Engine stop, leaving the truck at the end of his train stranded on the main line, causing Gordon the Big Engine to smash it. That was an epic crash. That and the way Thomas the Tank Engine crashed into a chicken barn.
Though one thing puzzles me about this. Why would the workmen tarmac over the rails? What if a train was to come?
The way George was punished just goes to show what can happen if you keep doing bad things. Bad things can happen to you.
So this episode, while puzzling, was entertaining too.
George did go too far with his moments when all the construction workers tarmacked the railway and he made Duck the Great Western Engine stop, leaving the truck at the end of his train stranded on the main line, causing Gordon the Big Engine to smash it. That was an epic crash. That and the way Thomas the Tank Engine crashed into a chicken barn.
Though one thing puzzles me about this. Why would the workmen tarmac over the rails? What if a train was to come?
The way George was punished just goes to show what can happen if you keep doing bad things. Bad things can happen to you.
So this episode, while puzzling, was entertaining too.
My rating: 9/10.
Season 5 scorecard:
3. A Better View for Gordon: 10/10.
7. Bye George!: 9/10.
10. Toby and the Flood: 5.5/10.
12. Double Teething Troubles: 9.5/10.
17. Thomas and the Rumours: 9/10.
25. Snow: 3.5/10.
26. Rusty and the Boulder: 7.5/10.
Season 5 so far: 8.6/10.
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