Thomas & Friends: Season 22
Season 22 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Thomas & Friends Season 21.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 22 Progress Shield
Number One Engine
Sep 3, 2018 · 11 min
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 Chin
Forever and Ever
Sep 4, 2018 · 11 min
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 t
Confusion Without Delay
Sep 5, 2018 · 11 min
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 la
Trusty Trunky
Sep 6, 2018 · 11 min
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
What Rebecca Does
Sep 7, 2018 · 11 min
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,
Thomas Goes To Bollywood
Sep 10, 2018 · 11 min
When an action movie is filmed on the Indian railway, Thomas is desperate to be involved.
Thomas in the Wild
Sep 11, 2018 · 11 min
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 Re
Thomas and the Monkey Palace
Sep 12, 2018 · 11 min
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 w
An Engine of Many Colours
Sep 13, 2018 · 11 min
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
Outback Thomas
Sep 14, 2018 · 11 min
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
School of Duck
Sep 17, 2018 · 11 min
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 Hann
Tiger Trouble
Sep 18, 2018 · 11 min
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 f
Seeing is Believing
Sep 19, 2018 · 11 min
Thomas' friend Merlin comes to Sodor from the Mainland for the first time, and Percy wants to see him.
Apology Impossible
Sep 20, 2018 · 11 min
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, Paxt
The Water Wheel
Sep 21, 2018 · 11 min
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
Samson and the Fireworks
Nov 5, 2018 · 11 min
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 o
Runaway Truck
Dec 3, 2018 · 11 min
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
Thomas' Animal Ark
Dec 10, 2018 · 11 min
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.
Cyclone Thomas
Dec 17, 2018 · 11 min
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, b
Kangaroo Christmas
Dec 22, 2018 · 11 min
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 h
Thomas and The Dragon
Feb 5, 2019 · 11 min
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.
Rosie is Red
Feb 14, 2019 · 11 min
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
The Case of the Puzzling Parts
Feb 18, 2019 · 11 min
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
Banjo and the Bushfire
Feb 19, 2019 · 11 min
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
Counting on Nia
Feb 20, 2019 · 11 min
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 T
Hunt the Truck
May 15, 2019 · 11 min
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 Edwa