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Forever and Ever is the second episode of the twenty-second season.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Emily
 * Nia
 * Paxton
 * Philip
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Rosie (cameo)
 * Stephen (cameo)
 * Diesel (cameo)
 * Salty (cameo)
 * Sidney (cameo)
 * Winston (cameo)
 * Marion (cameo)
 * Skiff (cameo)
 * Cranky (cameo)
 * Carly (cameo)
 * The Thin Clergyman (cameo)
 * Hugo (stock footage)
 * Rebecca (indirectly mentioned)

Locations

 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Knapford
 * Knapford Station Yard
 * Brendam Docks
 * Sodor Shipping Company
 * Wellsworth (mentioned)
 * Wellsworth Sheds (mentioned)
 * Ffarquhar Branch Line (mentioned)
 * Vicarstown (mentioned)
 * Vicarstown Sheds (mentioned)

UK

 * John Hasler as Thomas
 * Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon and Sir Topham Hatt
 * Rob Rackstraw as James
 * Nigel Pilkington as Percy
 * Teresa Gallagher as Emily, Annie and Clarabel
 * Yvonne Grundy as Nia
 * Steven Kynman as Paxton
 * Rasmus Hardiker as Philip

US

 * Joseph May as Thomas
 * William Hope as Edward
 * Kerry Shale as Henry and Gordon
 * Rob Rackstraw as James
 * Christopher Ragland as Percy
 * Jules de Jongh as Emily
 * Yvonne Grundy as Nia
 * Steven Kynman as Paxton
 * Rasmus Hardiker as Philip
 * Teresa Gallagher as Annie and Clarabel
 * Keith Wickham as Sir Topham Hatt

Trivia

 * Nia says that a new engine will be coming to Sodor, foreshadowing Rebecca's arrival in the next episode.
 * At the end of the episode, Thomas mentions the events of Engine of the Future. Stock footage from said episode is used.
 * In the fantasy sequence, The Thin Clergyman can be seen riding the Photographer's Draisine from the sixteenth season episode, Flash Bang Wallop!.
 * Percy asking Philip how he made his voice change is a reference to The Great Race.
 * This episode is the first of several things:
 * The first episode to be written by Andrew Brenner since the twentieth season episode, Useful Railway.
 * The first time Marion is seen pulling rolling stock, albeit only in a fantasy sequence.
 * The first episode to feature the newly updated Engine Roll Call at the end.
 * This was the second episode to not feature narration in Milkshake's initial airing in the UK, the first being A Shed for Edward.

Goofs

 * When Gordon shunts Annie and Clarabel, they switch voices.
 * When Nia speaks to Gordon in the sheds about changes, Edward can be seen in two shots on the left. But when Nia reverses out the shed, Edward suddenly becomes Percy.
 * In the second shot when Nia and Gordon talking in the shed, James has moved a few inches backwards from his original position.

UK

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