#why is squeak rattle and roll the best one here but *still* kinda underrated within the fandom

[mean-scarlet-deceiver]

"Squeak, Rattle, and Roll" is clearly one of the highlights of S8.

At the same time I think the Fat Controller should be concerned that two of his, so help me, "Steam Team" were absolutely 100% convinced that he was about to send them to the scrapyard. Within the same season.

While he's at it, he appears to have a third engine who can't seem to break 5 mph, plus the coaches are getting the hell bashed out of them on a regular basis.

So, like. Topham. Get it together. Your railway is kinda in shambles, man.

#/lh #ttte season 8 #why is the first episode of the season deadass the worst #why is the edward and spencer episode probably the best known of the lot but also kinda one of the worst #why is squeak rattle and roll the best one here but *still* kinda underrated within the fandom #like it was an episode that actually made me feel feelings by the end of it... help #also kips is right emily's new run is an S8 highlight too #mostly because of that scene at the end #with all the relief and delight and seals #... it's a very pretty set they made for the black loch whatever are there other episodes where we get to enjoy it? #also every time i'm never actually paying attention at the end #does james genuinely not like the black loch run or was he just trying to scare emily off it i'm still not clear #ttte episode talk #... railway inspection time is an vastly under-utilized ttte plot device tbh #like the way the show handles it is never great but i could stand to see a lot more Inspection Day content! #thank you for coming to my ted tags #ttte plot inspiration