Diesel, Daisy and the Snowplough

***Diesel, Daisy and the Snowplough*** is the fifth episode of the eighth series.

## Plot

It was winter on Sodor, and on Diesel's Main Line, Diesel was doing a good job, but Daisy didn’t think the same, so she decided to "help" Diesel by telling him what he was doing wrong. First, she told him to slow down when he passed her at the fuel tower. Next, She told him to stop talking to the children when he was taking on more fuel, as they were making him late. Diesel saw that Daisy was trying to help, but he thought she was being too bossy to him, so he decided to ignore her from this point on.

The following morning, Diesel sets off early to the quarry to take some stone trucks to the docks. However, when the Fat Controller arrived to report that heavy snow was coming and all the engines must wear snowploughs, Daisy points out that Diesel was already working and doesn’t know about the oncoming bad weather. Agreeing with Daisy, the Fat Controller asked her to tell Diesel that he wanted him to get his snowplough fitted. Once her snowplough is fitted, Daisy set off to find Diesel.

At Maithwaite, Diesel was taking on fuel with his trucks from the quarry when Daisy arrived and tells him twice that he must get his snowplough fitted, but forgets to mention that the Fat Controller said so. Diesel ignores Daisy on purpose, seeing this once again as nagging and thinks that the weather was fine. After delivering his trucks to the quarry, Diesel sets off for the dairy. However, clouds quickly build up and snow started falling, making Diesel's journey very difficult. Soon, the snow build up and Diesel got stuck in a snowdrift by a signal box. Diesel felt sad while the snow built up around him until he heard a horn - only to discover that it was Daisy who had come to his rescue. But upon her arrival, Daisy scolds Diesel for not listening to her and Diesel scolds her for being bossy, with Diesel attempting to make her apologise for being so bossy to him, but she only cares about one thing: him not listening to her.

Upon their return to Tidmouth Sheds, the Fat Controller scolds Diesel about not listening to his orders, making Diesel feel bad as he didn't know it was the Fat Controller who actually wanted him to wear his snowplough. Daisy owns up as she told the Fat Controller she forgot to tell Diesel that it was his order about the snowplough. Shocked and surprised that both engines were not listening to him, the Fat Controller orders Daisy to help Diesel get his snowplough fitted. With his snowplough fitted at last, Diesel thanks Daisy for owning up to her mistake and they both agreed to listen to each other.

## Characters

* Diesel
* Daisy
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Express Coaches (*do not speak*)
* BoCo (*caneo*)
* Class 40 (*cameo*)
* Diesel 10 (*cameo*)
* Diesel 199 (*cameo*)
* Dennis (*cameo*)
* Troublesome Trucks (*cameos*)

## Trivia

* This episode has a similarly to the eighth episode, Thomas, Emily and the Snowplough from the eighth series of *Thomas & Friends*.
* This episode marks the first appearance of Diesel's yawning face since the first series episode, Diesel and Diesel 10.
* In a deleted scene, Daisy approaches the snow bank Diesel is in from the opposite direction, and she is smiling.
* When Daisy tells Sir Topham Hatt that Diesel already left for the quarry, the background shunting noise from the fourth to seventh series is heard.