3.0/1052 votes#1 - Number One Engine
Season 22 Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/2018
Thomas is in China taking passenger trains with An An and Lin Yong, where he gets into trouble while racing with Hong-Mei, another blue tank engine, and the number 1 engine in China.
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2.4/1054 votes#2 - Forever and Ever
Season 22 Episode 2 - Aired 9/4/2018
With all the changes being made to the railway, such as Edward and now Henry leaving Tidmouth Sheds and Nia staying in Edward's place, Gordon is feeling a little blue, so Nia has to help him get used to it.
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2.1/1042 votes#3 - Confusion Without Delay
Season 22 Episode 3 - Aired 9/5/2018
A new tender engine named Rebecca comes to work on the North Western Railway, but gets clumsy and blocks the Flying Scotsman's platform at Vicarstown early, makes her passengers late by leaving the stations early, and blocks the engines down at Brendam Docks.
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2.7/1042 votes#4 - Trusty Trunky
Season 22 Episode 4 - Aired 9/6/2018
While working on the Indian Railway, Ashima tells Thomas that elephants used to work in the yards shunting trucks. When Thomas derails in a muddy pond, he is very surprised when an elephant comes to his rescue.
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2.3/1042 votes#5 - What Rebecca Does
Season 22 Episode 5 - Aired 9/7/2018
After admiring Belle's water cannons for putting out fires, Marion's steam shovel for digging holes and playing games, and Harvey's crane hook for lifting crates and putting Bill, Ben, and the Troublesome Trucks back on the tracks, Rebecca is worried that, unlike the other engines, there is nothing special about her.
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2.3/1042 votes#6 - Thomas Goes To Bollywood
Season 22 Episode 6 - Aired 9/10/2018
When an action movie is filmed on the Indian railway, Thomas is desperate to be involved.
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2.2/1040 votes#7 - Thomas in the Wild
Season 22 Episode 7 - Aired 9/11/2018
Yong Bao informs Thomas about Pandas as the national animal in China, so he looks hard for one in the bamboo forests while taking the film crew, An An and Lin Yong to the Nature Reserve.
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2.6/1044 votes#8 - Thomas and the Monkey Palace
Season 22 Episode 8 - Aired 9/12/2018
Thomas is pulling a truckload of coconuts to the Indian Railway Station for Charubala and her friends when he encounters some cheeky monkeys at the Monkey palace, despite Rajiv's warnings.
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3.9/1049 votes#9 - An Engine of Many Colours
Season 22 Episode 9 - Aired 9/13/2018
After a crash at the back of Tidmouth Sheds for showing off, James is waiting at the Steamworks to be repaired. He hears that there might not be enough red paint to repaint him and gets worried he will be repainted a different colour. He dreams he will be blue like Thomas, Edward, and Gordon, green like Henry and Percy, and silver like Spencer, and gets into a crash while showing off in every dream.
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2.6/1043 votes#10 - Outback Thomas
Season 22 Episode 10 - Aired 9/14/2018
Shane shows Thomas the Outbacks of Australia, leading Thomas to take his coaches, Aubrey and Aiden, and some passengers on the Outback tour, only to take a wrong turn and get stuck on a high bridge.
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5.5/1052 votes#11 - School of Duck
Season 22 Episode 11 - Aired 9/17/2018
When a storm destroys a classroom at Harwick School, Duck tries to find a coach to take the children in, but fails when everyone seems unable to spare a coach, with Toby using Hannah while Henrietta is away, Edward using the Slip Coaches, Emily using hers, and Gordon just saying no. When he finds a coach named Dexter, Duck only gets bad news that reveals that Dexter has some bad wheels. He then chooses to take Reg's advice on recycling to take Jerome and Judy to help out Dexter and make him useful again.
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3.0/1040 votes#12 - Tiger Trouble
Season 22 Episode 12 - Aired 9/18/2018
When Ashima tells Thomas that tourists come to India to try to see tigers in Noor Jehan's tiger safari trains, he wants to see the tigers too. After seeing a tiger, Thomas learns from Shankar that Tiger Hunters want to kidnap the tigers, leading the two to save the tigers from some Tiger Hunters in Rajiv's passenger train.
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2.2/1038 votes#13 - Seeing is Believing
Season 22 Episode 13 - Aired 9/19/2018
Thomas' friend Merlin comes to Sodor from the Mainland for the first time, and Percy wants to see him.
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1.9/1045 votes#14 - Apology Impossible
Season 22 Episode 14 - Aired 9/20/2018
James starts to bully Philip and not say sorry to him. But when Philip takes the Troublesome Trucks of sardines over the fenland track, James blocks his way and causes Thomas, Paxton, and Rebecca to stop behind them, Philip learns that sometimes even the smallest engine's actions can make them the bigger engine.
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2.2/1041 votes#15 - The Water Wheel
Season 22 Episode 15 - Aired 9/21/2018
Thomas thinks he has been given very silly cargo until Hong-Mei explains that it is a very important water wheel, made from bamboo, but Thomas loses it while taking a shortcut and tries to get it back.
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3.1/1041 votes#16 - Samson and the Fireworks
Season 22 Episode 16 - Aired 11/5/2018
Samson is terrified of fireworks, as Thomas finds out, and when Samson mistakes the sound of Cyril the Fogman's warning detonator for fireworks, he is so frightened that he races off with Bradford into the fog and gets lost, only for him to follow Sir Robert Norramby's fireworks display at Ulfsted Castle during the night.
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2.3/1039 votes#17 - Runaway Truck (Runaway Car)
Season 22 Episode 17 - Aired 12/3/2018
Thomas tries to save one of the Troublesome Trucks of China, named Lei, but fails to do so. Yong Bao teaches Thomas all about tai chi, and Thomas soon uses it to rescue Lei, who is racing down the tracks again.
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2.5/1042 votes#18 - Thomas' Animal Ark
Season 22 Episode 18 - Aired 12/10/2018
It's Christmas and the boiler at the Animal Park breaks down, so it's up to Thomas and the Steam Team to find a way to keep the animals warm.
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2.3/1040 votes#19 - Cyclone Thomas
Season 22 Episode 19 - Aired 12/17/2018
Thomas wants to be just like Isla, a Flying Doctor's plane, who transports Dr. Claire to remote places where it is hard for patients to get to hospitals or doctors for treatment, but fails to do so. When a cyclone come in, Thomas is determined to save the day.
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2.4/1039 votes#20 - Kangaroo Christmas
Season 22 Episode 20 - Aired 12/22/2018
Thomas is in Australia for Christmas, and is disappointed that it is different from Sodor due to no snow. But in the meantime, he must help a little girl named Madeleine retrieve her toy kangaroo from a real one.
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2.2/1038 votes#21 - Thomas and The Dragon
Season 22 Episode 21 - Aired 2/5/2019
Thomas is terrified when he is given the honor from Yong Bao of bringing a dragon to the Chinese New Year celebrations, thinking it would be a real fire breathing dragon.
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3.9/1050 votes#22 - Rosie is Red
Season 22 Episode 22 - Aired 2/14/2019
During Valentine's Day, Thomas and Rosie try to avoid each other after Diesel, Bill and Ben tease them for being "special friends", but they must come through their fears when Sir Topham Hatt asks them both to prepare his Valentine's Day surprise for Lady Hatt at Vicarstown.
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2.3/1038 votes#23 - The Case of the Puzzling Parts
Season 22 Episode 23 - Aired 2/18/2019
Sidney is shunting a flatbed of engine parts, but he cannot remember what he is supposed to be doing with them since Diesel jolted his memory. Paxton thinks this sounds like a kind of mystery that can only be solved by a Special Agent.
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2.3/1038 votes#24 - Banjo and the Bushfire
Season 22 Episode 24 - Aired 2/19/2019
Thomas offers a lift to a ranger named Ranger Jill while working in the Australian Rain Forest. Thomas is excited to learn from her about all the animals that live there, but he is too loud and impatient to be very useful.
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2.1/1042 votes#25 - Counting on Nia
Season 22 Episode 25 - Aired 2/20/2019
Nia is a really clever engine and knows about all sorts of things, but when the Fat Controller asks her to take Annie and Clarabel and pick up passengers from Knapford Station to Thomas' Branch line, Nia has great trouble reading numbers so Annie and Clarabel teach her.
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The Best Episodes of Thomas & Friends Season 22
Every episode of Thomas & Friends Season 22 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Thomas & Friends Season 22!
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Season 22 Ratings Summary
"Number One Engine" is the best rated episode of "Thomas & Friends" season 22. It scored 3/10 based on 52 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/3/2018. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Forever and Ever".