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The Best Episodes of Thomas & Friends Season 1

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Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series, which had its first broadcast on the ITV network on 4 September 1984. It is based on The Railway Series of books by the Reverend Wilbert

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 1 - Thomas & Gordon
    7.8/10(283 votes)

    #1 - Thomas & Gordon

    S1:E1

    Thomas the Tank Engine works at the Big Station, fetching coaches for the bigger engines. He keeps teasing Gordon the Big Engine, making him very cross. When the Shunter later accidentally forgets to uncouple Thomas from Gordon's coaches, Gordon decides to be really fast to tire Thomas out.

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  2. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 2 - Edward & Gordon
    8.0/10(223 votes)

    #2 - Edward & Gordon

    S1:E2

    Edward is feeling sad, as all the other engines are bigger and younger than him. But when Gordon gets stuck whilst pulling trucks up a hill, it's Edward to the rescue.

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  3. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 3 - The Sad Story of Henry
    7.9/10(222 votes)

    #3 - The Sad Story of Henry

    S1:E3

    Henry the Green Engine doesn't like getting his paint wet - so refuses to come out of the tunnel. The Fat Controller tries everything, including getting Thomas to push Henry out but the big green engine still does not move. In the end, the Fat Controller orders a brick wall be built to block the tunnel entrance, meaning Henry stays in the tunnel forever...

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  4. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 4 - Edward, Gordon and Henry
    8.2/10(194 votes)

    #4 - Edward, Gordon and Henry

    S1:E4

    Henry is sad that he is stuck in the tunnel, and Gordon is having fun teasing him whenever he passes. One day Gordon's safety valve bursts just outside the tunnel. Edward is the only other engine available, but the train is too heavy for him. How could the situation possibly be resolved?

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  5. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 5 - Thomas's Train
    7.5/10(206 votes)

    #5 - Thomas's Train

    S1:E5

    Thomas wants to pull a train instead of just shunting coaches for the big engines, who laugh and say he wouldn't be able to do it. One night Henry is ill, and next morning he still isn't better. He is due to pull the morning train, and when no other engine is available, Thomas has to pull the train. He is so excited, he doesn't notice until too late that he has started before being coupled to the train, leaving his coaches and passengers left stranded at the platform!

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  6. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 6 - Thomas and the Trucks
    7.7/10(183 votes)

    #6 - Thomas and the Trucks

    S1:E6

    Thomas is bored, and when one night Edward offers to swap duties with him for the next day, Thomas takes up the offer. This involves taking Edward's trucks. However Thomas is not used to trucks...

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  7. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 7 - Thomas and the Breakdown Train
    8.3/10(189 votes)

    #7 - Thomas and the Breakdown Train

    S1:E7

    Thomas is in the yard shunting when new engine James rushes past with a goods train yelling for help. James has wooden brakes and the trucks are pushing him down the line. The alarm goes - James has crashed into a field of cows. Thomas has to get the Breakdown Train and help James. Afterwards, the Fat Controller gives Thomas a very special reward.

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  8. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 8 - James and the Coaches
    7.6/10(177 votes)

    #8 - James and the Coaches

    S1:E8

    James the new engine has to pull some coaches with the help of Edward. They do very well but James is so excited that he accidentally showers water all over the Fat Controller's new top hat! Later on he is pulling more coaches and bumps them so hard that a brake pipe is damaged. Newspaper and a leather bootlace could temporarily mend the problem, but only a passenger willing enough to hand over their laces will the train be able to continue...

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  9. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 9 - Troublesome Trucks
    7.9/10(172 votes)

    #9 - Troublesome Trucks

    S1:E9

    James is feeling sad as he is still staying in his shed for being naughty. Eventually the Fat Controller lets him out to pull a goods train, but the trucks don't want to be pulled by James and misbehave. Whilst pulling them up Gordon's Hill, a coupling breaks and the last few trucks roll back down the hill. James goes to get them (they were stopped by the Guard) and starts on up the hill once more...

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  10. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 10 - James and the Express
    7.8/10(170 votes)

    #10 - James and the Express

    S1:E10

    Gordon boasts to James that he is the only engine who can pull the Express. One day he sets off with it, but due to points problems he comes back to the station feeling very sheepish. Another engine will now have to take over the job of pulling the Express for the day, but who will it be?

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  11. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 11 - Thomas and the Guard
    7.3/10(171 votes)

    #11 - Thomas and the Guard

    S1:E11

    One day Thomas is late with his train due to Henry being late at the Junction, and when the Guard blows his whistle Thomas zooms off - without giving the Guard enough time to get on the train! Annie & Clarabel try to stop him, but Thomas continues to steam on!

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  12. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 12 - Thomas Goes Fishing
    8.0/10(173 votes)

    #12 - Thomas Goes Fishing

    S1:E12

    Thomas has a desire to fish, and the others tell him "Engines don't fish!" When the water tower is out of order, Thomas has to take water from the river via a bucket. When suddenly he feels like he's going to burst, the Driver and Fireman look inside his tank and discover something rather unusual...

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  13. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 13 - Thomas, Terence and the Snow
    8.2/10(168 votes)

    #13 - Thomas, Terence and the Snow

    S1:E13

    In Autumn, Thomas stops by a signal. There he meets Terence the Tractor, and teases him about his caterpillar tracks. When winter comes, so does the snow. Thomas refuses to wear his snowplough, and when he does he breaks it. Due to this he ends up getting stuck in the snow...

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  14. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 14 - Thomas and Bertie
    8.3/10(167 votes)

    #14 - Thomas and Bertie

    S1:E14

    Bertie the Bus challenges Thomas to a race, to see who can get to the end of the line first. Thomas faces obstacles such as stations, signals and a slow start, Bertie has bus stops and traffic lights - who will win?

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  15. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 15 - Tenders and Turntables
    8.1/10(163 votes)

    #15 - Tenders and Turntables

    S1:E15

    Gordon has to pull his train backwards due not trying hard enough to move into the correct position on the turntable, so as to be turned around. And when James gets on the turntable, the strong sea winds spin it round much too fast. The two, plus Henry, are very cross about the the unfortunate events that happened to them and so all formulate on a plan...

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  16. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 16 - Trouble in the Shed
    8.2/10(162 votes)

    #16 - Trouble in the Shed

    S1:E16

    Henry, Gordon and James decide to go on strike, declaring that "Tender Engines don't shunt!" The Fat Controller sends Edward to do the work; but when poor Edward is being teased, the Fat Controller then decides to buy a new tank engine called Percy.

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  17. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 17 - Percy Runs Away
    8.0/10(168 votes)

    #17 - Percy Runs Away

    S1:E17

    After being shut up for days in the shed, Henry, Gordon and James have been let out to work again. So the Fat Controller sends Thomas, Edward and Percy to play on the Branch Line. But Percy, however, becomes a little too cocky for his own good and suddenly finds himself on the Main Line - and on a collision course with Gordon...

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  18. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 18 - Coal
    7.9/10(161 votes)

    #18 - Coal

    S1:E18

    Henry keeps feeling ill, unlike the other engines. It turns out that Henry's firebox is much smaller than the other engines', so the Fat Controller orders special Welsh coal that will allow Henry to work better. The Green Engine is thrilled with the results.

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  19. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 19 - The Flying Kipper
    8.9/10(234 votes)

    #19 - The Flying Kipper

    S1:E19

    One winter's evening, Henry is excited to be given the chance to pull the fish train that the men call, "The Flying Kipper". Unfortunately, snow and ice result in an accident. The Fat Controller decides to send Henry off to the Works at Crewe, where Henry will unknowingly be given more than just a repair job...

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  20. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 20 - Whistles and Sneezes
    8.0/10(166 votes)

    #20 - Whistles and Sneezes

    S1:E20

    Gordon becomes a little too above himself but learns a lesson when his whistle valve comes out of place causing quite a noise! Meanwhile, some boys also soon learn a lesson after throwing stones at Henry and his coaches from an overhead bridge.

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  21. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 21 - Toby and the Stout Gentleman
    8.2/10(164 votes)

    #21 - Toby and the Stout Gentleman

    S1:E21

    We meet Toby the Tram Engine and his coach Henrietta, who both work hard on their little line. One day, a stout gentleman (the Fat Controller), his wife and grandchildren, Stephen and Bridget, come to visit and become very fond of Toby. Some months later, the line is sadly closed, but little does Toby know he has been saved by a letter from a certain personage...

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  22. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 22 - Thomas in Trouble
    7.9/10(161 votes)

    #22 - Thomas in Trouble

    S1:E22

    There is a Quarry at the end of Thomas's Branch Line, and he has to take the trucks to and from it. One day a new Policeman starts work and tells Thomas off because he has no cowcatchers and sideplates. It turns out this is the Law, so the Fat Controller will have to build them for Thomas. Thomas says he will look like a tram. But rather than give Thomas a tram overhaul, a much better idea has come into the Fat Controller's mind...

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  23. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 23 - Dirty Objects
    8.3/10(168 votes)

    #23 - Dirty Objects

    S1:E23

    Toby and Henrietta are old and shabby looking. James remarks about how dirty they are, and says how he'd never be seen looking like that. James then has to pull a goods train along Gordon's Hill, but the trucks push him down and up ahead, a train of Tar Wagons lies...

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  24. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 24 - Off the Rails
    8.3/10(162 votes)

    #24 - Off the Rails

    S1:E24

    One day, Gordon is dozing in a siding when Henry comes by, waking him up with a loud whistle or two! Gordon tells Henry, "Mind you keep on the rails today," in regard to his previous incident with the Flying Kipper. Not long afterwards, Gordon feels most annoyed when he is asked to pull a goods train. So whilst on the turntable, he tries a bit of sabotage - which doesn't go according to plan...

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Thomas & Friends Season 1 Episode 25 - Down the Mine
    8.4/10(168 votes)

    #25 - Down the Mine

    S1:E25

    Gordon is in disgrace after falling in the ditch. Thomas teases him about it, saying he has, "A funny, musty, sort of smell!"Later, Thomas has to deliver trucks to an old Lead Mine. The ground beneath the rails running overhead is weak and whilst it can support the weight of trucks, it can't support the weight of an engine. But Thomas ingnores the "Danger" signs.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Thomas & Gordon" is the best rated episode of "Thomas & Friends" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 283 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/9/1984. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Edward & Gordon".