Thunderbirds Are Go Under Pressure review

Here's what you need to know; things continue to go wrong for poor Ned and his plant when a deep sea crap clearing machine loses control with them on board, Thunderbird 2 flies out to rescue Ned and stop his toxic cargo from poisoning the ocean, meanwhile Penelope and Parker uncover as sinister plan involving the Hood.
I've already reviewed this episode and the next episode; Heavy Metal, but to keep things moving I will be reviewing them again.

For me, there are some episodes of this new series that are brilliant; episodes like Space Race and Skyhook, then there are some that are boring and slow; episodes like Crosscut and Unplugged, and then there's a grey area in the middle, where the episodes are fun and cool, but won't really stick in your mind; episodes like Slingshot and Under Pressure. I had fun with this episode, I really liked what was going on with Thunderbird 2 and 4 rescuing Ned. There's a good balance of tension and immediacy, and the episode doesn't overly rely on either, plus it's always cool to have some variety, and Thunderbird 4 has been somewhat absent in this new series. When the rescue all comes to a head it really is fun to watch, and Ned is a lot more likable than he was in Slingshot. But what brings this episode down is a subplot with Penelope and Parker being attacked by the Hood's goons and the Hood formulating another one of his evil schemes, this is a criticism I had of many of the earlier episodes, the Hood is a cool character, but he doesn't need to be pulling all the strings, I'd rather rarely see him and he be an actual villain than him just showing up all the time with dumb evil plan after dumb evil plan. And as much as I like the characters of Penelope and Parker, my favourite Thunderbird machine was never FAB1, so again, like the Hood, a rare treat would be much better, and the chase itself was actually really goofy.

I liked the rescue stuff in this episode, Thunderbird 4 was cool, and Ned was a lot more likable, and the rescue itself was fun to watch, but the episode is dragged down by a needless subplot, forced appearance of the Hood, and a goofy car chase. It's fun, but it's again not up there with the best this series has done, still, there's nothing to be lost in giving it a watch.