Edward, Gordon and Henry

## Edward, Gordon and Henry (UK)/Henry to the Rescue (US)

**"Edward, Gordon and Henry"** or retitled ***"Henry to the Rescue"*** in the US is the fourth episode from season one.

Gordon goes too fast and bursts a safety valve right in front of the tunnel. Henry is let out to help Edward pull the train.

*“Will you help pull this train, Henry?
Oh, yes!”*
―Henry and Sir Topham Hatt

## Plot

Gordon always pulls the big Express and is proud to be the only one strong enough to do so. One day, he heads down the line, when he sees the Tunnel that Henry has been left bricked up in and abandoned for refusing to come out. Henry feels sorry for himself, because of the time he worried about the rain spoiling his green paint and red stripes and begins to wonder if the Fat Controller will ever forgive him and let him out again.

Gordon plans to whistle rudely at Henry, only to burst his safety valve and he is forced to stop just in front of the tunnel. Upon being told about what happened and that he cannot pull the train anymore, Gordon finds his situation very embarrassing, especially since they were running so nicely. To add insult to injury, Henry has seen Gordon's mishap and is laughing at him. The passengers come to see Gordon, including the Fat Controller, who is annoyed, noting that he never liked the big engines as they are always causing problems. He orders another engine to come take the express, while Gordon is uncoupled and moved onto a siding.

Edward is the only engine in the yard and is summoned to take the express, but finds that he is not strong enough to do so. Gordon suggests that Henry should try and the Fat Controller agrees. Henry is freed from the tunnel and pulls the express with Edward pushing from behind. The Fat Controller sticks his head out the window to wave to the engines, but the train ends up moving very fast and causes his hat to be blown off into a field where a goat eats it for tea. The two keep running until they reach the station at the end of the line and on the way home help Gordon back to the sheds.

Henry is rewarded with a new coat of paint and does not mind the rain as he knows that the best way to keep his paint nice is not to run into tunnels, but to ask his driver to give him a washdown after the day's work is done.

## Characters

* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* Sir Topham Hatt
* James (*cameo*)
* Troublesome Trucks (*cameos*)
* One of the stone-dropping boys (*cameos*)

## Locations

* Knapford
* Henry's Tunnel
* The Pond Runby
* The Goat Field
* Wellsworth
* Tidmouth Sheds

## Trivia

* This episode is based on the story of the same name from The Railway Series book, The Three Railway Engines.
* Stock footage from The Sad Story of Henry is used.
* The events of this episode were mentioned by Edward in The Adventure Begins.
* This episode marks the first of few things:
	+ The first episode in which Thomas does not physically appear.
	+ The first time Gordon's neutral and depressed faces were used.
	+ The first time in the series to use stock footage.
	+ The first time that a spare engine (in this case two engines) had been sent to take a train while the other was incapacitated. In this case, Henry and Edward had to take Gordon's express to the top station while his safety valve was being repaired.

## Goofs

* Ringo Starr's US narration is slightly out of sync from the point when Henry leaves the tunnel to when he arrives at Wellsworth.
* When Gordon says "I'm going to poop, poop at Henry," studio equipment is visible in the top right corner and his driving wheels are going backwards. The same errors occur as he slows down.
* After being uncoupled from his coaches, as Gordon passes over the points, his trailing wheels jam as he moves offscreen.
* Gordon rolls over the points incorrectly; he should have gone over the crossover, but he instead goes straight ahead.
* When Gordon moves to the siding, he passes the points and the coaches later change position without explanation.
* While Henry is in the tunnel, his face is covered with black dust, but in the close up of Henry going backwards from the tunnel, he is spotless because it is footage from earlier episodes. The same thing happens after Henry has pulled the express through the tunnel and when he arrives at the station, he is spotless again.
* When Gordon says "Huh! That's no use. Edward can't push the train," his eyes jerk, indicating a scene cut.
* Gordon sets off from Knapford and heads towards Vicarstown. When Edward and Henry set off, they head in the same direction but ended up at Wellsworth, which is in the opposite direction.
* Because stock footage is used, the scene where the Fat Controller tells Henry to turn around is darker and blue ink can be seen smeared on his hand.
* When Edward and Henry set off, the last coach is passing Gordon as the scene ends. But in the next scene, the coach can be seen passing him again. Also, in that same scene, Gordon is derailed.
* When Henry passes the goat, Edward is not behind the train.
* In the close-up of Henry when he is coming out of the tunnel, his cylinder red stripe is sticking out.
* When the Fat Controller asks Henry to pull the train Gordon is not seen in front of the buffers.
* Blu-Tack is visible under some of the people's feet.
* When Edward says "I'm ready," he already starts to move because stock footage from earlier in the episode is used.

## Home Media Releases

UK
* Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
* Thomas and Gordon and other stories
* The Sad Story of Henry and Other Stories
* Bumper Special
* Thomas and Gordon, Troublesome Trucks and other stories
* My Little MiniVid
* Your Favourite Story Collection
* The Complete Series 1
* Edward and Gordon

DVD Boxsets
* Classic Collection

WAL
* Thomas and Gordon and other stories

US
* Thomas Gets Tricked and Other Stories
* The Early Years
* Thomas and Friends Classic Volume 1

VHS/DVD Packs
* Special Video Collector's Set
* Totally Thomas Volume 8
* Thomas Gets Tricked and Other Stories/Percy's Ghostly Trick **Double Feature**
* Thomas Gets Tricked and Other Stories/Thomas' Halloween Adventures **Double Feature**
* Ultimate Thomas Collection

FRA
* The Adventures of Thomas

AUS
* Thomas and Gordon and other stories
* The Complete Series 1
* My First Thomas with Henry and Gordon

DVD Boxsets
* Complete Series 1-10
* Classic Collection
* Series One and Series Two **Double Pack**

NZ
* Thomas and Gordon and other stories
* Bumper Video Collection Volume 1

SA
* Volume 1

KOR
* Stories to Raise Cooperation

GER
* Thomas and Gordon and 4 Other Adventures
* Rail Free for Steam and Diesel!

NOR/FIN/ISL
* Thomas the Tank Engine 1

BRA
* Learning with Thomas

NL
* ...Taken by the Nose!
* The Greatest Stories: The Adventures of Edward, Toby and the Diesels
* The Greatest Stories: The Adventures of Thomas, James and Henry

JPN
* Thomas the Tank Engine Vol.1
* Gordon and Henry the Large Engines
* The Complete DVD Box 1
* The Complete Works of Thomas the Tank Engine 1 Vol.5

ITA
* A Vicious Train

ROM
* Thomas and the Trucks

DVD Packs
* Triple Pack 1

SER
* Thomas the Tank Engine 1

ISR
* Welcome Thomas!

HRV
* Thomas and Gordon

IND
* Thomas and Gordon and Other Stories

MYS
* Thomas and Gordon and Other Thomas Adventures
* Thomas and Gordon and Other Adventures

PHL
* Thomas Gets Tricked

CHN
* Thomas and Friends Season 1-4 (DVD)

THA
* Thomas and Friends - Volume 1

HK
* Thomas and Friends Volume 1
* Thomas and Friends Volume 2 (DVD)

DNK
* Thomas and Gordon and Other Stories