Air date: September 29th, 2017 (UK), March 13th, 2018 (US)
When Bertie breaks down while they are racing, Thomas takes on his passengers. An elderly man says that Bertie always drops him off between stops. Soon Thomas is getting requests for lots of other unscheduled stops, which makes him run late and upsets his own passengers as well as the Fat Controller, who recruits Bulgy to take them so that Thomas can run on time.
This episode contains examples of:
- The Bus Came Back: Bulgy in a literal sense. He makes his return for the first time since "Excellent Emily".
- Chronic Villainy: Bulgy. Not only is he back to his old livery, but his old anti-rail ways as well. Though Sir Topham Hatt makes it very clear that he will turn Bulgy back into a hen house if he starts his anti-rail talk again in this episode.
- Continuity Nod: Thomas refers to the time Bulgy was turned into a henhouse and then Bulgy refers to the time he was turned into a vegetable bus.
- Full-Name Ultimatum: The Fat Controller says, "Thomas the Tank Engine" yet again when he spots him making unscheduled stops.
