A Bad Day for Sir Handel

"What a small shed, this won't do at all. We're much too smart for this old shack!"

- Sir Handel

A Bad Day for Sir Handel is a fourth season episode.

Plot
Peter Sam and Sir Handel arrive on the Skarloey Railway. Peter Sam is kind, but Sir Handel is bad-tempered and insults Skarloey and the sheds. The next day, Sir Handel is chosen to pull the train to the top station. He does so grudgingly, and, after insulting the coaches by calling them "cattle trucks" and surprising Gordon with his knowledge of coaches, makes his way to the top station. There, he is angry to discover he is expected to go to the quarry and collect trucks, and refuses to do so, punctuating his point by deliberately derailing himself. In the end, Peter Sam helps Sir Handel back on the rails and the Fat Controller puts Sir Handel in the shed as punishment.

Featured characters

 * Skarloey
 * Sir Handel
 * Peter Sam
 * Gordon
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Rheneas (does not speak)
 * Thomas (cameo)
 * Percy (cameo)

Goofs

 * When Sir Handel and Peter Sam first arrive Percy is passing with a train of trucks. However, when Sir Handel looks at Skarloey, Percy is reversing for some reason, and a tar wagon has joined his train.
 * Percy's whistle gains a new whistle sound.
 * When Sir Handel backs onto his coaches and stops we can still hear him puffing for another four seconds.
 * When Sir Handel and Gordon greet each other, a door can be heard closing in the background.
 * From this episode on for the remainder of the fourth season, Gordon has Oliver's whistle sound.
 * When Sir Handel goes off-camera on the mountain ledge the steam platform blows steam too late.
 * When Sir Handel derails a small rod is sticking up from the tracks.
 * When the Fat Controller says "You're a very naughty engine" a fly crawls on the workbench beside Sir Handel.

Episode
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