Air date: November 5th, 2018 (UK); April 5, 2019 (US)
Samson doesn't like fireworks and definitely won't be attending the Earl's firework display. But when he gets lost after fleeing from a fog warning that he mistakes for a firework on the tracks, his brake van Bradford realizes that they can use the whizzes, bangs, and flashes of the real firework display to guide them safely back to Ulfstead Castle.
Tropes:
- A Day in the Limelight: For Samson.
- An Aesop: Sometimes, when our friends feel scared, we can help them.
- The Bus Came Back: Cyril the Fogman, who last appeared in "Thomas and the Billboard", returns in this episode. His CGI model was remodified from an old male passenger, which explains his apparent appearance in "Seeing is Believing".
- Captivity Harmonica: When Samson and Bradford are stuck behind the buffers, Samson's driver plays the harmonica until Bradford tells him to stop it.
- Continuity Nod: In the And Knowing Is Half the Battle segment, Thomas recalls the events of The Adventure Begins.
- Control Freak: Bradford, who is shown to be a huge stickler for rules.
- Face Your Fears: In order to get home, Samson faces his fear of fireworks and uses the whizzes, bangs, and flashes as guides.
- Hidden Depths: Samson is revealed to be afraid of fireworks.
- Imagine Spot: Thomas has one where he is a rocket.
- Ominous Fog: There is fog in this episode, which makes Samson all the more scared. Especially since he wasn't informed of the detonators.
- Saying Sound Effects Out Loud: Thomas saying "Bang!" in his Imagine Spot.
- Schedule Fanatic: Bradford, when he criticizes Samson for being over 30 seconds late.
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: Samson denying his fear of fireworks by saying that he isn't afraid of fireworks.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: This episode reveals that Samson has a fear of fireworks. He gets over it in this episode, though.
