My brain can't comprehend how Nia being the one to tell Gordon to suck it up even got into the script, like, how!? It's explicitly, straight up in your face so close that it's uncomfortable, that its one of the most morally misguided things one can do in a kids show!

Gordon actually had a heart in the Miller era. In KOTR, S17 & TOTB, Gordon still had a heart. In S18-S20 (minus TAB) he became more grumpy. TGR and S21 fixed his character but BWBA then gave the middle finger.

At least Edward and Henry didn't suffer getting even more bad episodes in the BWBA Era. This and Gordon Gets the Giggles are the worst Gordon episodes in the show.

The Miller era did have Gordon's goodhearted side in his episodes.

I guess I never viewed this episode as Gordon having a "tantrum", more so, he was afraid of change. That's a reasonable fear for most, and he was doing what he could to ensure everything went back to the way it was. And his outburst, I more felt was a mental breakdown. All these changes to deal with, stressed him out, and he had had enough, so he went a bit haywire.

Gordon is one of my favorite characters in Thomas. He has tons of great episodes but this one is without a doubt his worst episode. This is one I would set on fire for ruining Gordon’s character up!

According to Ian McCue, Henry was originally going to remain at Tidmouth Sheds alongside Rebecca.

Make this episode about Percy being upset about Nia filling in for Thomas’s jobs while Thomas is away on his big world adventure and have Gordon, who’s come to accept Rebecca’s presence as co-express engine, show him the good side of change, and it becomes golden. In fact, that’s exactly what my rewrite, “For Always and Always”, is all about.

Gordon: never trust domeless engines,they aren't respectable Emily: hey!

I'd always like to joke about this episode, and say Gordon is a metaphor for the fandom when we were told Henry was being written off and replaced by a uninteresting character I enjoy laughing at this episode🤣

What sucks is the episode could’ve worked if instead of making fun of the audience and implying that they’re feelings are invalid. They could’ve tried to cushion the blow a little bit. Obviously, Thomas & Friends is a fictional show so what happens it doesn’t ultimately matter, but the show still means a lot to a lot of people and making such a major change so quickly is going to have a strong response so they really could’ve use this episode to say “we get it a lot is changing, but everything is going to be OK”. Instead of the message is “deal with it, you baby.”

You know how I would have written this episode? Gordon is deeply missing Edward after he moves out and has some resentment towards Nia. However, it is also established that Henry has been making long trips to and from the mainland with heavy freight, so it's often late when he gets back... thus, he doesn't get much chance to sleep. He speaks to Edward one day, who suggests he could sleep at Vicarstown, since it'll be closer. Henry asks The Fat Controller about this, and agrees. Gordon overhears and is so cross, he ends up running into a freight train, causing himself some damage. To Gordon's annoyance, Nia is the one who has to take him to the works, but as the two talk, Gordon realises that they have a lot in common, especially since Nia can never see her old friends again. At the Steamworks, Edward and Henry visit Gordon and kindly reassure him they'll remain The Three Railway Engines.

Gordon could’ve blamed James for starting all this by crashing into the shed in the first place

Me: Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy... I don't want your GARBGE, Mattel! Mattel: Oh, please! Oh, please. Oh, please, oh, please... Me: I don't think you grasp... the severity of the situation. In all seriousness, this would definitely be the worst Gordon episode ever! I would rather watch the Tracks to Big Adventures episode Changes to the Railway over it anyday. Link: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mMCWn857zbm1qJc.htmlsi=JlL4jpXUjo2k07Le

I honestly just felt bad for Gordon in this episode. He was just upset about Edward and Henry - the two engines he's been with since the start of the NWR - leaving, and in his eyes, replaced by two new engines he hardly knows. I also hate how NO ONE regards his feelings about this. He's just treated like he's the crazy one. I also can't really blame him for lashing out in Knapford, I'd be pretty upset myself if a close friend just randomly decided to move without telling me. Personally, i think Nia DID see that he was upset, so comforting him is alright, but the way she goes about comforting Gordon in a "suck it up" kinda way is awful.

Also, Gordon notes how he’d want his own shed in “the frozen turntable” for sake of peace and quiet as he often demands the others to be quiet and they seemed to have forgotten about that

This episode is relatable bad to me. Gordon was speaking straight up FACTS about how the audience feels about Henry's departure with no explanation. The title of this episode should've been called "Gordon goes rogue". He and Edward weren't fully gone yet as they had some cameos, mentions and speaking roles in the next 2 seasons of the BWBA Era.

I think they used Gordon to represent and make fun of Thomas fans in this episode

I do understand why he got mad. Edward and Henry where his first friends

4:03 I didn't know Gordon had a mental breakdown. I still don't understand how you have one of those. And frankly, I don't want to know.

4:49 Bro was on Welsh Coal 😭

Yeah...this really was a lowest Gordon has ever been. Imagine Sodor's top link prestigious express engine of the famous A1 class of the great Sir Nigel Gresley...acting like one hell of an immature thoughtless manchild. Sure, the Brenner Era flanderized him to a grumpy selfish cynical jerk but never to THIS point. That and Gordon was seriously the only one that even cared when two of the engines that have been with him since like the beginning and not even the two engines (Edward and Henry of course) that chose to leave were the ones trying to comfort them and explain their decisions. Anyways, I'm curious to see more installments of the worst episodes for certain Thomas characters. Looking forward to Thomas, Emily, and the Scottish Twins someday!

Obviously similar to fans’ complaints on the BWBA era

I agree with you that This is by far The WORST Gordon episode of all time!🤬Gordon Acts like a Whining Baby in this just Because Edward moved out also i hate how henry JUST SAID IN 1 LINE That he is moving out of Tidmouth Sheds for NO REASON AT ALL Just to Let Rebecca into the Steam team They could just let Edward go to Wellsworth with Boco and Rebecca go to Tidmouth Sheds its not that Hard! At Least some Sharon Miller and hit era Episodes got Gordon right like Snow Tracks O the Indignity its Good to be Gordon Etc But this is so Bad and the worst episode of Season 22 next to Apology Impossible and This is why The Steam team Does not WORK! also Nice video and i cant wait for Emily i think its gonna Be Emily's Adventure: The Worst Emily Episode i hope im Right!

I actually like "Forever and Ever", even though it sucks that Henry just randomly left Tidmouth Sheds just for Vicarstown! Just why? And yeah, the whole Steam Team concept is a big joke, when there are loads of other engines we wanna see, not just Thomas and seven other well-known characters. 😒 But still, I favour this over "Gordon Gets the Giggles", "The Frozen Turntable" and especially "Gordon and Ferdinand".

It must be that Henry moves to vicarstown as he often delivers cargo trains to the mainland as told in tale of the brave and journey beyond Sodor

They should’ve given Toby a berth at Tidmouth sheds

How would I fix it? Simple. Instead of having Gordon act like a spoiled little child, you could instead just simply have him be glum about Edward leaving Tidmouth sheds cause he knew Edward for many years and had learned a lot from elderly K2. Like maybe he would try not to show his glum side and try to get on with his work, but the more he tries to focus on his express duties, the more unhappy he becomes. Eventually he finally opens up to Edward about how he felt he was being sent away and replaced. Turns out Nia had also been unsure about her new life on Sodor as it is obviously very different from the African railway she used to work on. She tells Gordon that she knows how he feels and how she had friends she used to know on her old railway and how she sometimes feels sad that she's very far away from them. Edward also understands where Gordon is coming from, but is proud of him for trying to remain mature about Edward leaving Tidmouth, but explains that he's not leaving Sodor and is simply moving to Wellsworth which is part of his branchline, but sees just how much Gordon has grown personality wise and how Gordon learned so much and gained a lot of respect for Edward. However Gordon feels guilty for not giving Nia a chance and apologizes to her, but Nia tells him that she understood where he was coming from, cause she's having a difficult time trying to get used to her new life on Sodor, and Gordon tries to make it up to Nia by offering to show her around Sodor to help her get more aquainted with the North Western Railway. And the episode ends with Gordon being happy he had made a new friend and that Edward was remaining on Sodor, but just living in a new shed closer to his branchline.

Alongside Frozen Turntable - Forever & Ever or any other Brenner/BWBA Gordon appearance didn't do my favorite Thomas character justice (the only exceptions I make in his main roles where he is genuine in my opinion are Gordon Runs Dry, Confused Coaches and Gordon & Rebecca Coming Through!). However, the early CGI seasons (when Sharon Miller was headwriter formally) handled Gordon well cause it was under HiT Entertainment's ownership until Mattel swallowed the company up and it became no more. I used to like this episode prior, but now I absolutely hated it! Gordon's tantrum is unacceptable and I see the potential in what the concept was meant to be about, but how it was handled is so turbulent. I will say it wasn't meant to be written in the first place - cause Rebecca was meant to be in Edward's place at Tidmouth and Henry never leaves for Vicarstown permanently, but then production issues occurs in Arc's bankruptcy, TAB fast-tracked into their schedule, etc. Series 21 where she was meant to be a part of was cut short and was pushed forward to this era (Confusion w/o Delay and Chucklesome Trucks). And I agree that the Steam Team concept doesn't work - they portray Tidmouth as a superhero lead corporation group when it and the main cast and other characters can use it at different times like a real locomotive shed. They just wrote themselves into a pickle, didn't they?

Finally someone says that Nia and Rebecca should've coexist with Edward and Henry. I'm tired of all those Thomas purists saying that they should be scrapped because it's so lazy. Thank you for speaking the truth at 7:03

This is where people have to give the Miller era credit. Say what you want about most of the characters, but you can’t deny that they nailed Gordon’s pompous and kindhearted sides perfectly. Not like the Brenner era and THIS abomination of any episode.

Gordon is basically the T&F fandom reacting to this…

4:14 My reaction to all of mattel's business decisions:

I knew Gordon has terrible episodes! I knew it! Can't wait for Emily.

4:09 lost treasure but the roles are reversed.

I just found Gordon’s tantrum funny

Nice video, dude. I always found this video to be a very bitter and condescending call out to upset fans, along with regressing Gordon's personality. Writing off Henry was super rushed and unnecessary and just further sours this era and makes it rather spiteful. Also, I love your usage of the FNAF SB daycare theme in your outro.

As someone who considers Gordon to be my favorite character in all of TTTE and Gordon literally having the strongest and best episodes of the show, this episode was just painful to watch, the fact Gordon would throw a tantrum is so out of character for him, sure he is grumpy and can be arrogant and pompous but by all means he would not act childish about it, the only characters of the main cast that I could consider throwing tantrums are Thomas and James, that’s it. The overall concept of Gordon having to accept change is such a good idea but MAN was it executed atrociously, plus having Nia to tell Gordon oh suck it and accept it just pisses me off because like huh??? Dude this is just wrong in so many levels man, Edward should’ve been the one to tell him that he needs to accept the change not having the new comer tell him!

Gordon felt the most relatable during that episode. Who wouldn’t react like that!

Are you having trouble deciding which on one the WORST Thomas episode? Because there are loads of disgraceful ones?

If Edward talk about changes throughout his life it would had work

I think that the worst thing about this episode was that I'm pretty sure it was written with the intent to mock the fandom, who were not in favour of BWBA.

5:13 Marion with The Express 😂💀💀

Nia Literally told Gordon to suck it up and accept that his friends left But. Gordon isn’t great himself in this episode ether.

The fantasy sequence is a perfect representation for the current state of the franchise.

This episode is honestly less of a problem with Gordon and more so a problem with the fact this episode was made out of spite but that it obvious wasn’t much Brenner but Mattel’s lashing out

And *ANDREW BRENNER* wrote it! Me thinking Mattel were in his way to force Nia in there instead of Edward or Henry for the night shed scene, Henry’s single line of dialogue, Gordon’s Tantrum, AND THE FUCKING (idk what they’re called but basically what you called it “the brain rot sequence). It’s by far the worst BWBA episode outta the entire 3 seasons Also you’re gonna regret getting Twitter. It’s the worst social media platform, and everyone is toxic over a train with a face.

I think the BWBA team just had something against Gordon, whether it be poor characterization or writing. Looking at it from a lesson angle, this isn't a good episode covering how to handle friends moving away or handling a child who is moving away from friends. Gordon can be pompous and prideful, but he is kindhearted and helpful and we have seen it in the past. The Awdry's knew what they wanted to do with Gordon and in the books showed his progression from a young boastful express engine into a mature engine that could finally accept change. However, it seems like that progression got lost over time do to the show running for so long which caused Gordon to get down graded to a big blue grumpy engine.

Great video! I think the reason why Henry moved to Vicarstown sheds is because he delivers goods trains to the mainland along with the flying kipper. But the real reason why Edward and Henry were replaced by Nia and Rebecca was because Mattel wanted to fix the gender balance in the steam team even though it was the dumbest decision ever made.

Gordon is us in this episode, and Mattel is saying that we all are just a bunch of babies throwing tantrums… I hate Bwba so much…

It's, possible Henry moved to Vicarstown to have a closer place to sleep after taking The Flying Kipper.

Can we see the next Emily-centric ep next? (My guess would be Emily’s Adventure)

Yo fellas, let’s agreed my man has been cooking well in these days?!

not to make twelve comments, i do think the detail of gordon caring about how edward left and nia replaced him, i mean the only good way i could see this is that gordons irrational fear is being replaced by the next big thing, he depicts nia as the bad guy, the next big thing that took out one of sodors oldest with gordon knowing hes next, and at the end, he sees henry being replaced (again showings hes grown a kinship with both engines) again, now knowing he would be next. as in the cgi canon, gordon was the third engine, henry (2nd) was faulty, making mr fat controller purchase gordon. thats the only way i could see this making sense, but everyone knows a 4 year old wont understand this XD

At first I didn't like Gordon when I first watched Thomas the tank engine because I thought he was just an asshole who is always rude but over time I got use to him being like this

You know how the Unlucky Tug was bewildered at how David Mitton wrote Edward the Very Useful Engine? Well, I’m completely bewildered as to how Andrew Brenner was credited for this absolute disrespectful junk. Me: WHAT DO YOU MEAN ANDREW BRENNER WROTE THIS ONE!?

Thomas: Don’t go back, saved you, wonky whistle, or too loud Thomas. Emily: As good as Gordon, Emily knows best, Emily and the special coaches, or any others. Skarloey: Skarloey the brave, wharf and peace, or push me pull you.

This is might be the worst episode of the entire show, this episode is just a big middle finger to the fans about big changes happening and that they can do nothing to stop it

They don’t even make references to how James crashed into the shed

4:49 god this scene is so brainrotting i cant

I wonder who’s next! Thomas? Emily? Donald & Douglas?

There is another worse Gordon episode. Gordon Gets The Giggles

i remember making a post on tumblr about it, how basically everyone just called gordon a crybaby over practically losing his friends

At least Rebecca helps Gordon got over his problem with this change

4:50 Bro predicted all engines go 💀

You should also do Flatbeds of Fear and Saving Time!

It’s odd that the era during CGI Thomas’ tenure that got Gordon the most correct was the Nitrogen Era… Here are a few examples: In Hero of the Rails, he was more than happy to help with Hiro by bringing him spare parts. When Thomas was a bit goofy and took the express that one time and couldn’t handle it, Gordon was happy to retake the train. In Snow Tracks, after somehow creating a giant snowball and causing Thomas to derail, Gordon feels sorry and helps Thomas by getting Rocky and helping him deliver the firewood. It’s only a few examples, and there are plenty that show Gordon to be rude, but he was treated relatively good.

i find it really interesting on andrew brenner wrote this ep. he either just gave up know how the show was going down hill or it was overhalled by a new team making it bwba - fied

I think the only 2 bad Gordon episodes are this episode and Gordon gets the giggles which I think is the least amount of bad episodes of any main cast member or at least tied with James. Gordon has some mid episodes such as in S5 or S6 but there not bad compared to these episodes

Gordon is acting exactly like people who hate BWBA in this episode.

They should also fix the 7-berth shed to 6 berths in the adventure begins

I Love Gordon The Big Engine

Maybe Skarloey’s worst episode will be next but we all know what his worst episode is.

The Worst Thomas Episode is Definitely “Don’t go Back” I think that’s what the episode is called.

this is peak. Also you have discord by chance?

What's up with the audio in this episode? There's so much noise. Are all BWBA episodes like this?

hot take that’s probably going to make some people angry but: I think nitrogen gordon is better then brenner gordon.

I hate. Bwba so much it makes the nitrogen era look like the classic series

The “confusion and delay” phrase is stupid

I actually like Nia

I Saw the tantrum scene and I actually found it hilarious. along with Gordon's reactions I've had yet to watch the whole episode

YEEEEES! My FAVOURITE series on this channel! I hate Forever & Ever merely for the fact that Nia just tells Gordon to suck up the changes, and that Henry was written out in the span of, like, what? *1 MINUTE?!* And the *MOST* baffling fact is that this was *SOMEHOW* written by non-other than Andrew Brenner!!!

At the end in the LEGO scene, I heard Chuck from Budgie the Little Helicopter. But as awful as Forever and Ever was, I wouldn't call it Gordon's worst episode. That dishonour would go to Bust My Buffers.

I really do hate the last scene of the episode. Gordon was too stubborn and not actual elegant character in the RWS. However, considering what coming after Brenner's resistance leave, this episode can be the one of the best episodes from Brenner's heart. The captalism and business exploting from the RWS contents started obviously since 2018, but in the behind the scenes, this trend may have started before, maybe in 2014. Brenner shows his anger and his genuine respect to the RWS, he warned what Matel policy team was trying to do.

At least the Nitrogen era had respect for its’s characters. Here, Nia is telling Gordon to suck it up and move on. It would have made more sense if Edward or Henry came to do this but nope.

We’re not questioning why Gordon has red coaches when you had to guess him?

Guess what really does matter is that, unless we take this whole Mattel company down and out somehow, they’re gonna keep treating Gordon like this until he eventually blows his stack on everything and everyone.

I like how your living in a apartment at the sodor trading co. I hope bill and ben don't cause you issues.

Yeah they put the self insert for Wilbur in the show As much as I hate to say it there was a reason Nia had to leave

Forever and Ever is the worst episode period

Ok the scene where Gordon throws a tantrum was a bit funny but why Gordon just why one of my most favourite characters just why. Oh I know why Mattel thinks the franchise is for babies when it's not!.

Nice

Bro and they got rid of Rebecca for all engines go like WHAT WAS THE POINT OF HAVING HER I mean I like Rebecca they could have done something but like come on that's was just a waste of a good cgi model

I prefer the 6-berthed Tidmouth sheds

What about the worst Thomas spot light episode ever.

I can't wait for thomas and emily

Mystery on how STH met Nia

I thought it was going to be Gordon gets the Giggles but still this one is pretty bad

6:12 that line make me hate Nia even more than any other characters and I literally mean any other characters like Billy Charlie the hit era narrow gauge engines Neville Flora Colin Charlie Flynn and yes even the logging logos

I didn’t expect that Gordon had the worse than Henry, and yea I get why he was upset but like he didn’t have to be a big baby and do other dumb stuff. I think Gordon in the model era did great. Cgi also did good, but not as good as BWBA era.