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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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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 22 Episode 26 - Hunt the Truck
    6.4/10(69 votes)

    S22:E26

    Bill and Ben's latest game consists of hiding trucks and making other engines look for them. But when the twins hide a van full of Sir Robert Norramby's Christmas supplies for Edward to collect, they try to return it, but have to travel all over Sodor to look for it.

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  2. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 11 - School of Duck
    6.1/10(71 votes)

    S22:E11

    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. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 9 - An Engine of Many Colours
    4.8/10(70 votes)

    S22:E9

    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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  4. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 22 - Rosie is Red
    4.2/10(68 votes)

    S22:E22

    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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  5. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 16 - Samson and the Fireworks
    3.4/10(56 votes)

    S22:E16

    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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  6. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 18 - Thomas' Animal Ark
    3.4/10(59 votes)

    S22:E18

    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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  7. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 12 - Tiger Trouble
    3.3/10(54 votes)

    S22:E12

    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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  8. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 13 - Seeing is Believing
    3.3/10(57 votes)

    S22:E13

    Thomas' friend Merlin comes to Sodor from the Mainland for the first time, and Percy wants to see him.

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  9. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 1 - Number One Engine
    3.2/10(71 votes)

    S22:E1

    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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  10. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 23 - The Case of the Puzzling Parts
    3.2/10(55 votes)

    S22:E23

    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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  11. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 8 - Thomas and the Monkey Palace
    3.0/10(62 votes)

    S22:E8

    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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  12. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 2 - Forever and Ever
    2.9/10(76 votes)

    S22:E2

    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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  13. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 4 - Trusty Trunky
    2.9/10(59 votes)

    S22:E4

    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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  14. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 10 - Outback Thomas
    2.9/10(60 votes)

    S22:E10

    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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  15. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 3 - Confusion Without Delay
    2.8/10(61 votes)

    S22:E3

    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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  16. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 7 - Thomas in the Wild
    2.8/10(57 votes)

    S22:E7

    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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  17. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 20 - Kangaroo Christmas
    2.8/10(55 votes)

    S22:E20

    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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  18. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 24 - Banjo and the Bushfire
    2.8/10(53 votes)

    S22:E24

    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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  19. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 25 - Counting on Nia
    2.8/10(63 votes)

    S22:E25

    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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  20. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 5 - What Rebecca Does
    2.7/10(58 votes)

    S22:E5

    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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  21. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 6 - Thomas Goes To Bollywood
    2.7/10(60 votes)

    S22:E6

    When an action movie is filmed on the Indian railway, Thomas is desperate to be involved.

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  22. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 15 - The Water Wheel
    2.7/10(59 votes)

    S22:E15

    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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  23. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 21 - Thomas and The Dragon
    2.7/10(53 votes)

    S22:E21

    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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  24. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 19 - Cyclone Thomas
    2.6/10(54 votes)

    S22:E19

    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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  25. Thomas & Friends Season 22 Episode 17 - Runaway Truck
    2.5/10(55 votes)

    S22:E17

    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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Season 22 Ratings Summary

"Hunt the Truck" is the best rated episode of "Thomas & Friends" season 22. It scored 6.4/10 based on 69 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/15/2019. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "School of Duck".