Season 17 - Not Now, Charlie!

Pros:

-Cranky's personality

-The special truck

-Charlie doing actual work

-The ending

Cons:

-N/A

Now on to episode 10! How did this one go? Better than previous Charlie episodes. Speaking of Charlie, anyone think he has a cadbury-like livery? Charlie & the chocolate factory reference, maybe. Jokes aside (no episode pun intended), let's get on to the review, shall we?

Firstly, Charlie is now doing actual work! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, work! Finally! After all those years of just roaming aimlessly as a 'light engine', he finally does some work! Congrats to you, Brenner!

Secondly, the special truck used to transport the elephant. I was actually wondering a few days ago why the standard-gauge railway doesn't use trucks similar to the slate ones on the narrow gauge railway. Well, now that wish has been granted! It also looks like one of the old open livestock ones I saw in a picture of train formations in the early years of steam.

Thirdly, Cranky being in personality. I like his naturally 'cranky' attitude, and also him dropping his load on to the truck at the start. It's good to see his old personality back.

Lastly, I liked the ending of Charlie making a resolution not to tell any more jokes, but not being able to keep to it, unlike the majority of Season 13-16 episodes where they all laugh about nothing at the end, with engine X learning his/her lesson until the next episode.

Overall, this episode was quite good, actually, even for a Charlie episode. His change in what he does is quite good and Cranky's personality restoration was quite good.

5/5