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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!

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 Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry. These books deal with the adventures of a group of anthropomorphised locomotives and road vehicles who live on the fictional Island of Sodor. The books were based on stories Wilbert told to entertain his son, Christopher during his recovery from measles. From Series one to four, many of the stories are based on events from Awdry's personal experience.

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Season 22 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Thomas & Friends" season 22 is "Number One Engine", rated 2.8/10 from 51 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Number One Engine" aired on 9/3/2018 and is rated 0.4 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Forever and Ever".

  • Number One Engine
    2.8/10 51 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Forever and Ever
    2.4/10 52 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Confusion Without Delay
    2.1/10 41 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Trusty Trunky
    2.7/10 42 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • What Rebecca Does
    2.3/10 41 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Thomas Goes To Bollywood
    2.3/10 42 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Thomas in the Wild
    2.2/10 40 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Thomas and the Monkey Palace
    2.6/10 44 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • An Engine of Many Colours
    3.8/10 47 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Outback Thomas
    2.6/10 43 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • School of Duck
    5.5/10 51 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tiger Trouble
    2.8/10 39 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Seeing is Believing
    2.2/10 38 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Apology Impossible
    2.0/10 44 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Water Wheel
    2.2/10 40 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Samson and the Fireworks
    2.9/10 40 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Runaway Truck (Runaway Car)
    2.3/10 39 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Thomas' Animal Ark
    2.5/10 42 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cyclone Thomas
    2.3/10 40 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.

    Director: N/A

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  • Kangaroo Christmas
    2.4/10 39 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Thomas and The Dragon
    2.2/10 38 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rosie is Red
    4.0/10 49 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Case of the Puzzling Parts
    2.3/10 38 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Banjo and the Bushfire
    2.3/10 38 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Counting on Nia
    2.1/10 42 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A