Gone Fishing (episode)

"Oooh, look Ben. It's Harvey! What's he doing down at the docks?" "He's probably trying to go fishing, Bill. Better put your hook in the water, Harvey, if you want to catch something!"

- Bill and Ben

Gone Fishing is the twenty-second episode of the seventeenth season.

Plot
Porter has never seen a crane engine before, and is therefore interested in Harvey. He thinks Harvey looks like a really useful engine. Then Bill and Ben arrive, and see Harvey. They tease him about having a hook and ask if he is going fishing. Porter tells Harvey to ignore the twins, and let their teasing slide off him, like "water off a ducks back". Later Harvey has loaded some flatbeds for Vicarstown. But after Edward is delayed, Porter suggests that Harvey should take them. Harvey finds the job fun at first, but soon there is trouble. He goes down a hill too fast and the flatbeds derail. But after remembering what Bill and Ben said about using his hook, Harvey puts the flatbeds back on the rails in no time, and delivers the trucks to Vicarstown.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Gordon
 * Bill and Ben
 * Harvey
 * Porter
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * The Dock Manager
 * Rocky (does not speak)
 * Cranky (does not speak)
 * Merrick (does not speak)
 * Emily (cameo)
 * Skarloey (cameo)
 * Diesel (cameo)
 * Salty (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
 * Edward (mentioned)

Locations

 * The Docks
 * Blue Mountain Quarry
 * Animal Park
 * Gordon's Hill
 * Shunting Yards
 * Coastal Cliffs
 * Vicarstown (mentioned)
 * Sodor China Clay Company (mentioned)

Trivia

 * This episode is titled "Harvey the Crane Engine" in Japan. In Norway, it is called "Out Fishing".
 * This marks Harvey's first appearance in CGI and his first appearance since the twelfth season.

Goofs

 * When they derail, a flatbed and the brakevan overlap onto the other line, but in the next scene they do not.
 * At the end, the line "fishing, Ben!" can be heard, but it's Ben who says the line.
 * Bill and Ben's sometimes swap whistle sounds.
 * When Bill and Ben first arrive at the docks, Porter can be seen whistling, but one of the twins' whistles is be heard.