In the wake of Sir Topham's reaction to seeing the Lucky Lamp, some disturbing revelations come to light concerning his past and that of the island. Meanwhile, Duncan must face his own demons.
When all the engines were talking about the German spies and the hospital train I remembered the lorry accident and how the lamp was sitting on the road and then it clicked for me, the lamp was on the road because sir topham dropped it! I know everyone probably realised this but When I realised it I was speechless. Well done Victor!
@@sammyjpeg8322 sorry I mumbled up my words there I guess I've made that in the dead of night, but what I was trying to say is that after the falled bombing that's when the saw the lucky lanp for the first time but how could the lucky lanp be there but then for Sir topham to have it.
Finally, Duncan reveals why he was so arrogant and mean to the other engines and we see Sir Topham learn to live with the dreadful things of his past. And even though it’s not mentioned in the video, I still think Duncan was painted yellow as a shoutout to Andreas for his hard work and the sacrifice he made to save Duncan. This is my favorite video from Victor in a long while
@@wolfzillaproductions4563ere is also other video saying why Duncan was arrogant and mean: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FY8MslU9X9s.html
I love the resolutions this episode brought. Duncan’s turning a new leaf and Topham getting over his traumatic past. It’s also nice seeing his wife for the first time and even so much as how he met and married her. Reminds me of Grandpa Simpson and Mona
In other words, this episode was "A Rollercoaster" 1) Sir Topham had a real dark story out there 2) Blimey... Whatever duncan faced on the barn hill railway was AWFUL to say the least, it makes the steelworks from JBS look like a good enviroment 3) Speaking of duncan, the mid sodor engines apologizing to him in that one scene was... Damn, i got relaxed real quick, after all these years, it finally gets Wholesome again 4) it was good featuring Lady Hatt in this story, and also, i tought for sure the doctor was Blair, as in Burke and Blair, And when i saw one bit of terence out of the place, i tought one thing, INSTANT GOSSIPING 5) i was mostly expecting a more intense confrontation between Topham and Anderson, like when Douglas had to face dominic all that time ago, but what happens!? It turns out Anderson was no Psychopath, and just wanted to test his needles, i mean, how many times did you played us like fools victor??
I’m kinda disappointed. We didn’t learn much about the lamp other than it was military property and it belonged to Benson. I guess we’ll never know how it moves around or not. I was expecting more show don’t tell like the episode “Secrets”
@@stopreadingmyusernamebroth9090 Yeah, altough, Victor wouldn't find as many narrow gauge stock engines, i don't know, The Bully Engines from Smudger's 5, The un mentioned mid sodor engines, etc.
That was an amazing episode. From Duncan finally bringing to light of his previous life before coming to Sodor, to Sir Topham Hatt finally putting his demons to rest.
Dr Anderson is right. Coming from a future biomedical engineer, I can confirm this. any healthcare professional's worst fear is striving to do the best you can do, trying to help as many people in as many ways as possible, and then eventually finding out you made things worse. there is no greater fear. it can result in not only the possible death of many people, but also survivors guilt, feelings of self worthlessness, and many other things. and it's even worse with Psychiatric professionals, because you realize you just gave them a fate worse than death, which is living with pieces missing. like with sir thoppam, you've just taken away memories, parts of their life, and it was all because you were trying to fix them. I understand this, even though, thankfully, never having experienced it. It is horrible. If you are feeling like this, I implore you, I urge you, I cannot stress this enough, TALK TO SOMEONE YOU TRUST. It will help. And sure, I may not be in the medical field yet, but most of my family is in medical professions. while none of them have suffered from this, I still understand it somehow. And the way I understand it, you simply need to talk to someone.
First new attitude Then a new livery My goodness Duncan has really changed And I knew that Sir Topham had to face his demons sooner or later It must have been hell being in that hospital
Ya know, even though Mattel gave us this terrible reboot and killed Thomas, we always have people like Victor to keep us fans by watching these amazing vids
Just what I needed to cheer me up after a horrible night! An excellent saga drawn to a fitting close. Looking forward to seeing Rusty's next adventure!
My favourite element of this series is that we don’t need dialogue to convey what’s going on. We can rely on previous lines of dialogue to understand what’s happening.
Seeing Sir Topham going to seeing a counselor because of his past reminds me of how I am still going to seeing a counselor as well because of how my depression is still lingering around.
Omg the lore building was amazing. Not only did we get to learn about Duncan's and Sir Topham's past, it all got tethered together through the stories from the very beginning up until now. It's like a whole chunk of the story was filled in. Now the thing that remains unknown for now is what is going on with the SCP foundation and, well, what will follow up in the next episodes
I really need to commend how well this was all done, especially showing how fleshed out the Fat Controller is as a character. And his character arc of dealing with his past I feel can be beautifully summarized by this quote. "The only way to heal our wounds is to make peace with the demons who made them." - Serizawa (Godzilla: King Of The Monsters)
I've spent the last week binge watching the Stories of Sodor and Stories of War, and I'm quite impressed with the storytelling. I never imagined that I would go on an emotional roller coaster as a result of Thomas the Tank Engine, and I'm glad that I hopped on that ride, as I now have an even greater respect for those who make their own stories inspired by the Railway Series, including Victor
I thoroughly enjoyed how fleshed out the Fat Controller is in this series. It’s truly wonderful. I also enjoyed how you had Duncan’s backstory justify his previous attitude on the railway and how he’s transformed from this new look. Keep up the wonderful work Victor!! -Will
What an episode, it certainly lived up to its title. 19:53 Almost the entire main Steam Team, with the exception of Percy. Also, we are now officially half way through Season Four Part Two. "Relationships" is next and from the trailer, it looks like Thomas and Kate are going to come to blows.
@@NickInfante1992 I think he might just be trying to refer to the trailer of the season which when victor says about the complicated world of relationships it shows Thomas and Kate at the mine both looking angry at each other.
Cor, I didn’t think I could handle more tension. Well done on this episode I must say. I really wanna find out what happens to the lucky lamp. I also know we’re also reaching the 1970s so we’re only 50 years away from the present, so I expect some Beatles and The Who references soon.
For what it looks like it the SCP foundation took it n put it on confinement which would explain how they are able to stay hidden n breaches not going past certain perimeters
12:46 Best part of the entire episode! It’s so heart warming to hear the music with the guitar playing with atlas and Stuart telling Falcon and Stanley that it was an accident and them feeling bad and then apologizing to Duncan is so touching, for a long time they hadn’t apologized to him for Andreas’ death and now they all have a closure on the whole event and can now move on and support each other if they ever think of him 19:13 Duncan your so right 22:05 Gordon: “FIZZLING FIREBOXES, WHAT ARE YOU THREE BANG ON ABOUT!?” I was either thinking that Duncan would explain his story and it would be a flashback and showing him in the preview of the episode “Revelations” and he would be yellow originally and then when he was bought from Peter sam then he was repainted to be part of the Skarloey railway livery colors Or it would be him as normal, but he turns yellow because he is honoring Andreas, but he was dark gold not yellow Eh close enough! The next episode is “Relationships” I will wonder how Thomas and Kate are reacting with Samantha
I like to imagine that engines have a much better memory than humans in this universe. This is for several reasons, but an example is how in this episode, Thomas not only remembers the day he first saw the lucky lamp, but he remembers a very specific train being pulled by an engine. I like to imagine that their memory is this good, because they need to remember time tables, entire railway networks, the location their trucks are supposed to be, and for shunting engines, the location which trucks are supposed to be. That’s quite a lot, so I think that engines have particularly above average memories so that they can remember all of that. I’m sure there’s some way to disprove that, but I like the theory, so I like to think it’s true.
A beautifully done job here, Mr. Tanzig It's small wonder Toppham couldn't remember his time before Sodor. Anyone would be desperate to forget such a horrible experience. Duncan's origins also leave little room to speculate. The early 30s were truly a terrible era. It's amazing that folks put his past behind them, but they're all the better for it. And actually, the MOST amazing things here: that Doctor was legitamently remorseful for everything he did, seeing his methods outpaced his restraint and made his patients lives hell, and that Toppham actually forgave him to let him rest. I can only hope to be as forgiving one day. Nice touch with the add-on of how he met his dear Lady Hat~
I love this. It has so many feels. It was good to see Sir Topham & Duncan getting over their demons. I also loved lady Hatt’s nickname for her husband. Toppy was so nice. And the bit about how they met just felt so right. Well done Victor.
That was so satisfying and overwhelmingly amazing how The Fat Controller managed to get rid of Anderson's ghost. So glad he got through his trauma and recovered from it all!
Finally, we get to see and hear the revelations to what happened with Sir Topham and learned about Duncan's origins. In terms of the episode in general, it was okay but that's only because I feel like there wasn't much of a story going on. However, the lore for both Sir Topham and Duncan has been excellent. Beginning with Sir Topham's side, I really liked the therapy scenes with Dr. Simmons as Sir vents about his experience in the hospital - couldn't believe what happened with him and I feel bad for him. The ending of his side was very tense at first, but came to a nice ending once he faced his fears with Dr. Anderson. As for Duncan's side, that explains everything to what he was so arrogant and mean in the past - he worked for "The Rotton Railway" and was mistreated and overworked, it's no wonder why he acted like the way he did. I do like his new yellow paint, really does show that he's now brand new and won't act like he did in the past. So great job with their backstories! It's a bit of a shame to see the Lucky Lamp gone from the stories from point forward, as the other engines never saw it again and that it was contained by the SCP, but I wouldn't be surprised if it does make a few cameos in the background here and there, whenever luck is needed, just as a bit of a nod to it. Overall, this has been a very interesting episode. Not that great plot wise, but answered the revelations of Sir Topham and Duncan really well. Amazing job, Victor!
I like how the psychiatrist uses the same character model as the bad guy from Thomas1Edward2Henry3’s finale trilogy. Same model used for two basically opposite roles!
When there's dark in your room and you're watching the hospital scene.....BOOM!........ Anyway, this episode is really good, Victor! The origins of Duncan & The Fat controller are completely discovered finally. I certainly hope that Sir Topham will get his childhood memories back.
27:54 My theory is that the "Lucky Lamp" was tied to Dr. Anderson's ghost because Anderson failed to help others in life; therefore, he felt he needed to aid others in death.
It could also mean that after Anderson passed on, The Lucky Lamp, no longer feeling it was needed, surrendered itself to the SCP Foundation, allowing it to be recovered and Shipped off to an SCP Facility somewhere on Sodor. (I say that because Godrick's Ghost and the Creature encounters imply that the Foundation have a HQ on Sodor, to handle the Supernatural events, and Old Bailey is likely one of the members, an SCP working with the Foundation or just a helper, as Old Bailey was stated to have been around when Duke was a New Engine fresh off the Works.)
No wonder Duncan was abrasive back then. That time he had on the Rotten Railway explains everything. And so lucky he's fully changed since then and keeping his new color.
@@tribunalseht5068 Look for the video titled "The Stories of Sodor: 1960-1964". It caps up everything, and has the titles of the videos in the description
This episode was spectacular The reveals, the twists, the gut wrenching secrets and the slightly heartbreaking ending Spoilers from here (fair warning) I mean heartbreaking as in the lamp disappeared, it’s honestly sad that it’s just vanished now, but at least Duncan is better off finally and sir topham got some very welcome character growth from this after the reveal of the hospital
I will say it looks like it was taken by the scp foundation because that crate with the scps logo was also shown at the end of season 3 which teased the company’s existence. That same crate was sitting right next to the lucky lamp in a shed.
Sir Topham has always been a strong character, no matter which generation and to see him face his greatest fear once finding out that sodor was where it was located was never any doubt. At some point he'll either retire or pass away but we can all guess his son will take over as the fat controller. Be the shocker when the engines see him look exactly his father. Great work Victor on another great episode, can't wait for the rest. I still hoping for a munitions one to happen, definitely the lamp will be involved with whatever engine is chosen to remove the exploding truck (my money's on Thomas).
This episode was fantastic, The Fat Controller confronting his past and Duncan opening up to the other engines as to why he was so rude and arrogant before he arrived was very interesting to see, this series is getting better and better with every episode
Holy crow, this one was intense. Good on Sir Topham and Duncan for finally facing their demons. Excellent work as always Victor, I can't wait for next week's episode.
Wow this and lamp are a great 2 parter. I love how well the series lines with each instalment. The German spy Lorry crashed in 1917 because Sir Topham dropped the lamp while going to the hospital. I like how Duncan has turned a new leaf and everyone forgave him. I always like the dynamic between Thomas, Toby and Edward since they've been around since the start, makes me miss Adam, Lily and Colin. I'm sad that the SCP foundation nicked the lamp but I hope it'll make an appearance in the series finale. Also James mentioned that fort actually closed. Then we see that there's a fort being built in the Skarloey railway. The hype for the past week for this episode was unreal. Looks like season 4b has three more episodes left. New fort episode, Thomas' relationship and the WAS van.
Great episode and I love Duncan’s new paint maybe he did it for Andreas and I wonder if there will be another episode of the Skarloey Railway in season 5 😍
Well, I'm certainly glad to hear that Dr. Anderson realized that what he was doing was incorrect during his trial. It's also wonderful to know that Duncan has finally found closure from the ex-MSR chaps in that they no longer blame him for Andreas' death, and he also has closure about the Barnhill Railway. I'll admit that I'm rather distraught about the disappearance of the Lucky Lamp as I'm sure the SCP Foundation may have nicked it, but I'm sure things will get better without it as time goes on.
I highly doubt they nicked it the O5 counsels would probably fire any of the SCP directors for keeping it from Sodor and the lamp seems to only magically travel around Sodor and where ever her Sodorian engines will be
I mentioned this in another reply, but I theorize that the lamp teleports to wherever it's needed. The Foundation just keeps recontaining it and it keeps getting out.
This episode was a very nice conclusion to two long-standing story arcs! Firstly, we learned why Duncan was such a jerk for so many years, and he was able to finally reinvent himself and move on. Secondly, we found out so many new details about Sir Topham Hatt's past, and he was finally able to overcome his demons. In addition, it looks like the Lucky Lamp ended up getting snatched away by the SCP Foundation. Maybe it's an SCP in this universe? In any case, I think it's safe to say that Season 4 Part 2 is your best crop of episodes yet! Can't wait to see more of it!
Fantastic, absolutely splendid, you have once again outdone yourself Victor, glad to see that Duncan and Sir Topham have finally quelled their demons, unfortunately, it looks like the “Cough, cough” ‘Foundation’ finally got it’s grubby hands off the lucky Lamp.
The foundation was shown with the lamp back in season 3. My guess is the lamp teleports to where it is needed, and this isn't the first time the foundation has had to " re-contain" it.
Seems the SCP foundation deemed the lamp as an anomaly. And a good thing too. If the lamp falls in the wrong hands, like what is at the top of culdee fell mountain, may god have mercy on us
Aside from sometimes being a bit hard to see what’s on the screen because of how brown the screen was during the night scenes, great episode one the best ones yet
A most enlightening episode! So much history, and it wasn't even a special! LOL And it's good to see Duncan actually having his TVS livery! Whether it's because of Andreas' death or due to red paint shortages, I don't care! He looks a lot better like this!
Another great episode that makes me wish this was an actual released episode. You Really are one of the main reason why I continue to keep an interest in the Railway series. Thank you for everything you do Victor you really are a very useful content creator that we all should be grateful for existing.
My computer nearly crashed right now. I was able to get it running again, and the moment I get it back on, this gets uploaded. Today sure is my lucky day!
I knew it! I knew it! It all makes sense! Andreas' death (may he rest in peace) triggered Duncan to turn around after being so rotten all those years, which in turn was caused by an accident he was in. A complete 180, you could say!
I have to say this is possibly my favourite episode Victor :-) I really love the series still and occasionally go back and rewatch everything but this episode I reckon is an absolute gem :-) I guess it did hit a spot for me with the revalations and problems with some of the characters as they are close to problems in my life but in all honesty that is what makes it great for me :-)
This episode has me wondering one more thing: Since we basically found out that the fort closed because of James saying that Terrance said it, then what happens to Rosie and Benson?
Alright everyone i’m calling it now with all these hints victor is giving us. There’s gonna be another sodor short mini series revolving around the scp if that’s what it’s called. - in a q & a victor said he was planning on doing another mini series. - final episode in season 3 victor basically said that organization was inevitable. - the culdee fell mountain was made a nature preserve that same year the CFR opened, to keep tourist away from something serious since those who trespass are arrested. - the disappearance of the lamp gives me anxiety, it basically has a mind of its own and now that it’s being captive is awful - the nartwin is now gone which once again makes me nervous, even if it was murdering people - Jack Bailey was scene chasing the big creature, but no solid evidence. - that final shot of this episode looks like the military base that was mentioned in the our faithful lore book, aka The ios book That’s all i have gathered my final thoughts, possibly a season 5 and then the mini series. if anything else i’ve missed let me know.
Unpopular/popular opinion that ima just come out and say. In my personal opinion, Lamp and Revelations are the 2 best episodes of this series hands down. The story,lore, and everything else is phenominal, i seriously cant fault these 2 episodes (and coming in a close third imo is Diagnosis ;) I meant to comment this earlier but completely forgot. Anyway, well done Victor, outstanding job!
This maybe up there with trials and diagnosis in the best episodes of the stories of sodor. I never expected a psychological thriller from sodor, but it was great. Also the SCP has the lamp now, it maybe time that they arrive for a more predominant role.
This is a good psa on mental health awareness and not suppressing your fears or trauma until it kills you when it is thrown back at you out of the blue
I’m so happy that topham and Duncan are happy now. Psychologists do a lot of good things for society and everyone should feel comfortable seeing one if they ever feel PTSD or depressed. I beat depression and I know anyone battling depression has the tools to beat it as well
That Lucky Lamp seems more suspicious as we learned in the previous episode. First it was there, then it's not? Sounds like it has SCP labeled all over it, and that box having that representative symbol nearby the lamp is more suspicious. Maybe later down the line we'll discover what the lamp is really all about.
Its always a wonderful revelation every-time I remember today is Friday and there is a new Stories of Sodor to watch 10/10 The lore and character development you’re introducing and explaining is top notch.
Now we know the truths. Although the truth behind Duncan's accident that happened around the time of the bear attacks does remain a mystery. All we know is he crashed into a lorry but remembers nothing. There is still some mystery behind that.
If you certainly were very shockingly surprisingly good enough to ask me, in my own officially well-knowingly obviously personal opinion, I'm quite sure that Andres certainly would basically be happily looking down from Heaven right now feeling extremely honored!!
Wow. This episode is great. I do have to wonder though where the lucky lamp disappeared off to, that box with the SCP foundation logo next to it probably confirms where it is but still fun to theorize.
