The Review at the End of the Universe
“Legacy” Thunderbirds Are Go closes off the first season with an episode that deals with Kayo’s familial connection to the Hood while increasing the threat he represents to the team. I wouldn’t say that the entire first season of Thunderbirds Are Go was building to this moment as such but the Hood has been a…
“Undercover” Thunderbirds Are Go builds up to the season finale with a covert operation involving Lady Penelope, Parker and Kayo. Last week was a really strong outing that built up some ideological differences between Kayo and the Tracy Brothers. This episode continues this theme as Kayo spies on an operation that Lady Penelope and Parker…
“Touch and Go” Thunderbirds Are Go brings back the underused Kayo and pits her right against her uncle, The Hood as he plans a fuel heist. Kayo has been largely absent for much of the season which is a shame as this episode proves how valuable an asset she is to the team as well…
“Chain of Command” Thunderbirds Are Go kicks off 2016 with an episode that explores International Rescue’s relationship with the Global Defence Force. Both organisations have been a fixture since the series began so I’m surprised that it took this long for the show to deal with the agendas of both of these agencies. International Rescue…
“Designated Driver” Thunderbirds Are Go gives Alan his first driving lesson as a couple of criminals try to rob Lady Penelope while her Aunt Sylvia (Sylvia Anderson) is visiting. This show is good at a great many things but comedy definitely isn’t one of them. I don’t know how young kids react to the use…
“Comet Chasers” Thunderbirds Are Go has a proper space adventure when Alan and Scott have to rescue two people stuck in the tail of Haley’s Comet. It’s been a good while since Thunderbird 3 has been the focus of an adventure and Alan has been pretty underused of late so doing an episode where he…
“The Hexpert” Thunderbirds Are Go focuses on Parker as his master safe-cracking expertise are needed to free a trapped scientist from an antimatter vault. Parker’s abilities as a safe-cracker were a present element in the original series but I don’t have a clear enough memory of it to do a meaningful comparison. For the purposes…
“Extraction” Thunderbirds Are Go lets Virgil and Gordon work together on a mission to save a seismologist and his son when an illegal mining operation malfunctions. The seismologist and his son aren’t responsible for the accident, they merely stumble onto it so International Rescue aren’t yet tasked with saving someone who is doing something illegal….
“Recharge” Thunderbirds Are Go lets Scott and Virgil team up on a mission to stop a power station from exploding after being kept busy with back to back rescues. The reality of being part of an independent, international rescue operation that only has a handful of people working on it is that they will be…
“Heist Society” Thunderbirds Are Go allows the Hood to resurface as he tries to steal a scientific breakthrough from under Lady Penelope and Parker’s noses. This episode probably amounts to a fairly typical episode of Thunderbirds Are Go but I don’t mean that in a bad way. It features multiple Thunderbirds working together to accomplish…
