The fact that Victor didn’t show the intro means shit is getting real

The cold open and close is sincerely appreciated for this. The classic intro and outro just wouldn't fit when the subject matter of the episode is so heavy. It really makes it feel like a unique, albeit very grim, occasion in the series.

You know what, I’ll give Francis a bit of credit here: given his reaction to Peter’s death, at least he feels bad about what he said, and probably guilty about giving Peter’s killer vital information. That’s more depth than Spamcan shows in pretty much any other fan works.

Peter really didn't deserve to die so soon. Especially not a year after returning from being inside.

The expression of Francis at 9:23 shows he's now remorseful and guilty for how he treated his steamie colleagues. R.I.P to Geoffrey, Peter and Mr. Zorro.

Damn…this was way more darker than I thought it would be. RIP Peter and RIP Mr Zorro. I suspect it’s Robs twin who’s doing the revenge and murders as he blames the LMS and Henry for his family’s troubles and abuse. Also, I liked how we see the past Zorro and how cold and scummy he was. Even towards a grieving family he was horrid to them. Though I wonder why he didn’t help them out further, maybe he didn’t feel entitled to it or it would’ve been bad publicity. Either way, his fate was sealed when the boys mother died…

I think Robert’s father WAS the guard that Henry killed back in season 2. He said his father worked for Mr Zorro. This brings me to the father’s name, Mike, this brings me to the name of the guard who died, Michael Creedy. It only took me about a minute to put 2 and 2 together about this.

God dam... Both of those two became heroes to their hells, Peter surviving war and living with the guilt of his crime, and Zorro surviving 2 world wars and cancer only for a bullet to dictate his fate. Both weren't the best, but by God, nobody could say they didn't try. Rest in peace Mr. Zorro and Peter, hopefully, you'll both be able to have some long-overdue chats with your brothers.

So it looks like we found out who Rob’s twin brother’s name is. His name is Shawn. And it proves that he was not only after Henry, but he was after Mr. Zorro as well. 1. He wanted to kill to Henry for killing his father. 2. He wanted to kill Mr. Zorro for putting his family in jeopardy of losing their house and for his mom committing suicide.

Before Peter's death, when I saw he was having problems I thought he had metal fatigue. I was right but... RIP Peter...

When Peter mentioned that he was having a hard time pulling heavy trains, I immediately suspected he had metal fatigue. So when they found out he had metal fatigue after he was murdered, I’d made sense

Rest well Peter. Surely you’ll be in heaven where calm peaceful and hardworking engines like you belong.

This showed a lot more than I was expecting. First off, I had a feeling someone linked to the victims of the hospital Peter destroyed would be the one who would inact revenge. But wasn't expecting him to shoot Peter. I thought he was gonna cause Peter ti crash. Second, the flashbacks with a young Robert Hall. I did have a theory that Rob's dad was the Middy guard that 'died back in the day' namely the one who was on the back part of the goods train Henry crashed into back in Sabotage. That would explain Henry crashing in Rescue. Then there's the stuff with Mr Zorro. Seeing he never gave the compensation he promised leading to Hall's mother taking her own life, it's clearly left a massive effect on Rob hence why he shot Zorro. I did have a feeling he might have been the one responsible for Geoffrey's death and I think I might be right. Random side note: The Middys seem to be the ones who bite the bullet a lot in this series. Of course a few Nor easters have (Alfred and Mr Star) but the Middys seem to get it most of the time.

If a series about WW2 still gets an intro but this doesn't means that this is gonna be some serious stuff.

Babe, wake up, new Stories of Sodor dropped Edit: was not expecting this to go down such a dark path, RIP Peter

That one part with James cutting off Frank on the "Three Dis-words" phrase was absolutely hilarious!!! I instantly cracked up at it! Reminds us about how equally funny it was when Gordon, Henry, and James yelled at The Fat Controller who then used the term "disruptive".

Woke up to Revenge. The perfect way to start my morning.

My goodness, that was dark indeed. Rest well Peter and Mr. Zorro 😔Robert may have wanted revenge for what happened when he was a boy, but he won't be able to hide or escape for long...

I feel so bad for Peter. He was barely out for a year, and he got killed off before he had a chance to live again. I mean, who knows how long he would've lived otherwise since he literally had a mild case of the train equivalent of cancer. As for Mr. Zorro, as much as I liked him, I think he really he had what was coming to him, despite turning over a new leaf. It seems his deeds might have been a bit worse than we thought.

Breath taking episode, did not expect for two characters to die at once. But, I have to put a small detriment on this. There's a minor inconsistencie in that Peter has actually pulled coaches. In Blitz he rushes into Knapford with coaches as well as in the Reshuffle he mentions that he doesn't mind pulling coaches and that it makes a change. Other than that, phenominal episode, top notch story telling Victor.

This is probably the second stories of Sodor episode that genuinly gives me chills and the best episode of my favourite season in my opinion

After watching, i went and rewatched Return since thats when Peter comes home. and he has an interaction with Douglas and says he had slept outside to see the stars and he says he wants to keep doing it... only for it to be revealed that he had metal fatigue... possibly due to the elements from sleeping outside.. Huge detail that was cleverly set up and it gave me goosebumps when i first had the thought and pieced it together, well done!

RIP Peter and Mr Zorro This was a very dark episode, and this is only the start. That talk Mr Zorro had with the mother was very sad, and I can imagine it's something he regretted for the rest of his life. I feel sorry for Peter, hopefully he rests peacefully. Also, he apparently had metal fatigue, I guess that explains why he'd been having trouble. Now I hope Robert Hall isn't behind this as he had some serious development last episode, but I believe it's either him, his brother or they're working together.

I was surprised by the number of rotating camera shots in this episode. Makes it all the more incredible. I like it!

Wow. Peter and Mr Zorro. Was not expecting that. RIP yous will be missed Looking forward to next week

Wow, I didn't expect peter and mr zorro to be killed but still R.I.P you two will be missed 😞

you know when something like this is good when you start actually getting emotional, very beautiful victor 10/10.

Victor. ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME? THIS IS TOO MUCH. ITS TOO GOOD I NEED MORE THIS INSTANT!!! No, but seriously, great work Victor. This series keeps getting better. Keep up the great work.!

Dang, first Alfred and Mr. Starr, now Jefferey, Peter and now Mr. Zorro? I think these stories are about to get crazier! Well done Victor!

I just gotta say, I never thought Peter would go out like this.

The atmosphere was perfect for the theme of revenge. The black screen intro and credits coupled with the lack of any narration, even less than Lamp and Revelations combined, goes to show how serious this episode is supposed to be compared to other episodes that simply omitted the Thomas theme orchestration such as Vandalism and Rescued for recent examples.

13:55 Donald: First Jeffrey, Then Peter, Now Mr. Zorro. They say bad luck comes in threes I'm praying this means it's over. Me: I have a bad feeling in my pistons that it's not over, Donald, but may Mr. Zorro and Peter Rest In Peace and Rust In Peace respectively.

Your stories and production value keeps getting better and better. Thank you for all your hard work Victor!

What a great episode! So dark and it shows revenge begets revenge, it's a cycle that sometimes is, but alas not always broken.

Personally, I believe both brothers are in on this. Keep in mind how Robert described Peter's autopsy to Sir Topham. All 3 bullets struck the right, or wrong places, to kill Peter with his metal fatigue. With how Peter was short on steam, he definitely has had to go to the works, or at the very least got looked over by workmen. Robert would've had to have been involved in these checkups and discovered Peter's metal fatigue, but never said anything in order to make a plan with his brother, who would've suffered alongside him. His brother likely took out Peter in order to throw off suspicion so Robert could continue to work discreetly and finish getting revenge for both of them. However, it may not go according to plan... Peter died seemingly before he could reach the end of his character arc, but I personally think this is part of it. This isn't the first time Victor's used a ghost to wrap up a character arc, as we've seen Geoffrey patch things up with Alfred's spirit in a dream. What's likely gonna happen is Peter, and potentially the others who got killed from this revenge plot, are going to intervene in Munitions, rescuing all that they can from getting snuffed. Of course, take this with a grain of salt

The poor guy Peter had suffered enough well I’m most sad that he died but I hope we get another steam like Peter I was hoping that he would survive I guess not

Victor, I’m my honest opinion, this is my favorite episode of season 5! The dark aspect is something that goes well with this series.

Things that I noticed: -So both Peter AND his twin Alan had metal fatigue? Either it's hereditary (or the engine equivalent thereof) or Alan's metal fatigue really was a coverup, because that's one hell of a coincidence. -When Douglas saw Mr. Zorro dead, I thought it was going in the direction of him (mis)identifying Hall as the killer. Looks like they're chalking it up to Peter's killer instead. -At the end of "Fire", Edward said "it was a good long time before another fire happened on Sodor, at least one that was the fault of an engine, but that's a story for another day." Are we about to see that story next time? EDIT: Okay, so I missed that the engines know Peter's killer was arrested immediately. So they aren't chalking up Mr. Zorro's death to him.

Season 5 has been really good man, these last 2 episodes are likely going to the best yet

RIP Mr. Zorro, who's been there from the beginning. And RIP Peter, who only just came home. Robert Hall seems like he's going to stop at nothing to make Sodor suffer.

Rest in Peace Peter, you were a great character in the series even if you did some time in Railgate, we will miss seeing you in the future, Also I'm gonna pray that Henry doesn't die in the next episode

You know it's going to be good when there's no intro

Victor’s content’s quality is in a nosedive that would make my 8th grade math grades jealous

The camera angles are awesome flying over Peter was sick 😅

Okay….wow!! Just wow, this was a lot darker than I thought it would be. I knew it was going to be but geez dude that was another level 😟😬😕. Rip Peter, Mr. Zorro and Mrs. Creedy, (also Rip Geoffrey, since he was involved in the beginning of this arc). This episode was fantastic, dark, disturbing and shocking. I thought this was gonna be all about Peter and then “Munitions” and “Fallout” would be all about the Donald/Mr Hall/ Michael Creedy plot. The fact there’s two revenge stories makes everything chaotic and Peter’s death made my jaw drop. Francis’ reaction at 9:23 was a nice moment for him to show he isn’t heartless, we know he feels bad for things he’s said to Peter earlier that same day. Again may they all Rip 🙏, I’m terrified and looking forward to next weeks episode “Munitions”. It’s just going to get more insane

Holy moly, what a chilling episode. Rest in Peace, Peter.

That was.. something different, though it is of course a master piece! I can’t wait for the next episode

Montage-itis again. This season could be so much better without them. But what a story... RIP Peter and Mr. Zorro

Damn! This got dark quickly! I knew from the title alone that this was going to be a serious episode; I just didn't know how serious and how Robert Hall was tied to all of this! R.I.P. Peter (#15) 😞 R.I.P. Nigel Zorro 😞

An amazing episode, R.I.P Mr Zorro and Peter. 7:19 I also liked this new camera shot at this scene it makes it lot more cinematic.

It keeps getting better and better. ❤ Awesome work as usual, Victor. Damn, with Peter out, how many heavy goods engines does the NWR have now? Only Spamcan and Henry have the capacity to do so.

Jesus. Shit is getting real. Now I'm gonna backtrack on my theory about Robert being a red herring, since there's little chance he would've told his brother about meeting with Nigel Zorro. This is too real. And I can't believe that Peter got killed. I wonder if being in Railgate slowed his metal fatigue since he wouldn't have been moving much, assuming that Metal Fatigue is caused by normal running. And now it's down to the matter of who all will get killed in the Munitions episode. This is quality writing, Victor, when so many people are on the edge of their seats watching, making theories about little details, and changing their theories when another episode comes out

This is by far and away the darkest episode in the series. Holy shit is it amazing. Spoilers: RIP Peter and Mr Zorrow. I’m so excited for next week. I wonder when they will catch Mr Hall?

This is my new favorite episode of the series, didn't expect Peter to go since he just got out of railgate RIP to him and Mr Zorro, also we've gotten more evidence that Rob is the son of the guard that died in the Flying Kipper accident in season 2, so its confirmed by this point, and it makes sense that it would be him (and maybe his brother as well) that sets the munitions disaster at Brendam docks because it was the homebase of the LMS

I always wondered as to why Rob would ever go further than attacking Henry, but it’s pretty clear now. He didn’t just get a job within the railway to get back at Henry, but now we know he was even out for Mr. Zorro for not financially compensating his family after his father’s death. I must say, I am loving these realistic events of the consequences of death and financial compensation. One minor issue i’d have with this episode, is that Peter’s death seemed taken so lightly as we didn’t see many reactions from a lot of the cast.

Geoffrey Sambursky: I won the game. But I was battered up from the bloodbath of my story! Now I am confronting the crooks

Spoilers. Rest in Peace, Peter. Even though you did what you did, you didn't deserve to go out like this. No matter what those tossers say. But Holy Shit, Mr. Zorro too? Peter we kinda saw coming, but this one came out of nowhere! I'm thinking that it might be Robert's brother, Sean, who killed Zorro, but if it was Robert himself, he had a perfectly good reason to do so (unless he was warning Zorro about his brother, whom he might have been covering for because he's family). Then again, at least we finally have confirmation that Hall's father was Michael Grady (and on that note, holy shit, his wife killed herself? That might be the first time we've ever gotten a suicide in this series.) And now that one of the Halls has broken into the munitions factory to likely cause the disaster in the next episode? Whatever happens next, I'm not sure how Sodor is going to recover, if they ever do.

Right now, there are 10 characters listed under the "Middies" section in the Stories of Sodor TV Tropes character page. Do you know how many of those Middies are still alive after this episode? Four. Diesel, Donald, Douglas, and Reginald.

This has genuinely left me in suspense. Well done Victor! Your writing style with such an overarching plot is good! Also the amount of people that think SOS is ending is shocking. 😂

RIP to both Peter and Mr. Zorro.

5:55 Thanks James

1:57 this moment gave me chills from Sabotage,Also R.I.P Mr. Zorrow and Peter

I actually just now realized that Peter actually has pulled passenger trains before this episode. Back in the stories of war series he raced into knapford with a passenger trains during the air raid.

And he survived like a beast!!!

Welp...I'm gonna go cry in the corner. You were my favorite engine. Rest in peace, Peter.

Not only was what Francis said about Peter incredibly cruel and uncalled for, but it wasn’t even clever. “Warcrime Express” was really the best the diesel could come up with to roast Peter? Why not “Warcrime Coach Train”, “Bombshell Branch”, or “Murderer’s Midday Trip”? Of course, he shouldn’t make fun of Peter’s past and the lives he took regardless, but if Francis HAS to be a jerk, he should at least learn how to roast.

peter…. oh god i never expected him… he suffered so much yet.. so many hated him and another case with metal fatigue… R.I.P bud a least you can be with you brother

Be prepared for when Geoffrey confronts his foes who have all surrendered to him

RIP Sir Nigel Zorro. You were a wonderful controller and an even more wonderful friend and colleague to work alongside. As the controller of Trafalgar Island Railway operations, your family will be compensated by my company. I know that we haven’t always seen eye-to-eye on matters, but after your brother saved my life, and yours in the Great War, you and I have cooperated splendidly together, alongside Topham and Mr. Wiese. Rest In Peace dear friend😢

RIP Peter & Mr. Zorro.

Oh boy two deaths and now we find out zarro wasn't as kind as we thought. And my geuss is Reginald is next or maybe one of the narrow gauge engines as a twist

I so loved the Last episode because the idea of converting steam engines to diesel is the 1965 equivalent of putting Electric motors in A 1982 DeLorean

Gotta watch this when I get home

Oh hell no this episode was wild and I don’t even what to say and Peter dying just broke me

I TOTALLY forgot that this was on today! Thanks for this! xxx

I'll be shocked if Coppa say this is "Made for Kids".

YES!!! 2 MORE EPISODES AND SEASON 5 IS DONE!!! Edit: NOW PETER!!?! YOUVE GOTTA BE KIDDING MEE

Pot calling the kettle Spamcan was another good roast to him! And also, I'm impressed to see that even he was downed by Peter's killing. So it's safe to say even Frank regrets what he said earlier before that man shot Peter. And also good thing that that guy was immediately sent inside for good for what he did. And as for the aunt's skeleton, I was taken aback by the fact that she was done in as well. Plus, that was stupid of the mother to kill herself by suicide! That was not right, and she shouldn't have done that!

I called it! I knew Peter would go out this season. Didn't expect Nigel to die.

He is the special attraction

Ok, theory time: I think that in either the next episode or the following one, Robert will be framed for Shawn’s crimes and taken into custody due to them being twins. Only for the engines and authorities to realise their mistake at the end of “Fallout” and the season ends on a much-earned happy note with Shawn going to prison for life and Robert staying on as the Croven’s Gate Superintendent until he either retires or the series ends.

😲😥😔 golly what a episode, rest in peace Peter and Mr. Zorro, and I knew Rob had a twin brother!

Bro did abraham Lincoln to peter😂😂😂😂

Amazing cinematic shots in this episode, Victor!

13:35 the moment you realize these 4 are the only ones left of the original midis with Colin and Lily dying in the war Adam getting metal fatigue in diagnosis and Peter dying in this episode (Geoffrey doesn’t count since while he was a midi he wasn’t one of the og 8 during season 1)

Best birthday gift ever, thanks victor Edit: bloody hell, this is getting serious. The next two episodes are going to be mental.

When I saw the thumbnail, not gonna spoil anything but I def knew what was about to go down for a certain engine before watching the episode 😱

Victor has exclusively killed my three favorite characters this season

Gotta say, well played Victor well played. And SPOILERS It’s shocking that both Peter and Mr. Zorro are both now gone and will be missed and the twist that people theorized about Mr. Hal having a twin brother that caused the munitions disaster has now been debunked.

Such a shock! Hey VT, would you consider doing a Cold War of Sodor given the timeline is now in the 60s?

That was both intense and tragic at the same time. Peter and Nigel Zorro, may you both be at peace now.

Bro these make my Fridays that much better EVERY time

Well it begins. This episode really got dark and i'm sure the last 2 episodes will get even darker and will find out if rob hall is a good or bad guy. Also I can't believe that Peter and Mr Zarro was killed by people who wanted revenge. RIP Peter RIP Mr Zarro

NOTE: My thoughts here will contain some spoilers so if you haven't watched the whole episode, please make sure that you do before commenting. No intro, no narration from Edward. Now we’re back into grim territory. We're finally in the endgame of the last three episodes and my god, I wasn't expecting all of that. I knew there was some planned attack going on but I was not expecting the glock. Just- wow... I-I have no words on what to say nearly but I'll do my best because there's a lot to take in and I know it's going to get absolutely worse. So after seeing the events in the current day, we finally get to see the origins of the Hall brothers and the events that lead to its rampage. We now do know that it was Michael Creedy that's the father of the Hall brothers, the guard that Henry accidently killed, planting the seeds of what's happening now. We see that Mr. Zorro is involved in the planting of the seeds to this act of revenge. Come back to this later in my paragraph. Skipping to Peter... the absolute gasp, shock and horror I had when IT happened, felt soul-destroying and made me shaken throughout. Not only did he had metal fatigue, he was shot three times in the area the metal fatigue was, killing him instantly?! I am in terrible shock. I know the events of World War 2 seeing Colin, Lily and Alfred die in explosions was horrible but that's history, that's war. This was a planned attack! I'm not sure if that's supposed to be Luther acting revenge for what happened in the war or that it's actually supposed to be Sean Hall, who was mentioned earlier, acting revenge towards... the LMS. Then we see what happened to Mr. Zorro later on and find out that... the family was not compensated the life insurance for what happened with Creedy, telling the mom if she was prepared to take on the full might of the LMS. That all leading to the mom's suicide, leading to Robert and Mike moving in with Gregory Hall and it all leads to now with Zorro getting shot and killed too. And then after that, we see the guy in the gray suit back at the Munitions building which all lead to next week's episode... Oh no... so maybe all this time of seeing Robert doing something good, it was all a ruse to us viewers. Maybe it's not just Rob's brother that's doing the revenge, it's both brothers! All of this revenge is all actually all towards the LMS because of the damage caused to the family with the Hall's losing their father, losing their mother, not being compensated and moving in with their uncle. So I can now guess that Robert is behind the first attacks all this time and he's actually working with his brother? So maybe if it was Sean that shot Peter, then that means Robert is carrying out the rest of the attack. The attack on Wellsworth Harbour, that was the LMS owned. Oh my god! I'm scared to find out more of what's going to happen with next week's episode. I am genuinely worried now. Poor Peter and Poor Mr. Zorro. Excellent work with the pacing and the camera movements, I do like that it's getting more dynamic and I hope that's the case for Munitions. I'm still not a fan of the montage scenes where it's just music and no dialogue, still makes it hard to understand what's going on at times but the drama in this. It's just wonderful. I can't wait for Munitions and Fallout now but I'm scared to see what's going to happen next, especially for the remaining LMS engines.

Good video, Victor, and R.I.P to Peter and Mr.Zorro despite the things they did in the past, at least they learned to regret it, and made up for what they did, may they rest in peace.

He is ready to work on ponytown

Oh no... not Mr. Zorro. My favourite human character. Victor, this season is getting a little overloaded with death, dont you think?

This really sets the tone

What a banger Victor! Amazing story telling!

Can't say I'm surprised the non rws/tvs characters seem to be getting the axe but that doesn't lessen the blow