Thunderbirds Cry Wolf review

Here's what you need to know; International Rescue responds to a distress call, only to find a huge misunderstanding, and 2 kids playing a game. But soon International Rescue get in a pickle as a real situation arises, as the Hood has sinister plans for the 2 kids and their dad.

Something that you would probably expect, but that's done pretty well here, is the bait-and-switch, as International Rescue responds to what they think is a distress call, and the episode leads you to believe what they believe, until you learn the truth in a pretty comical way. from there this episode has a bit of an uninteresting period with the 2 kids on Tracy Island and some stuff about photos which really isn't that interesting to be honest. Things pick up though when the Hood shows up, and sets out to get his hands on the McGuffin. it is a bit weird when he tricks the 2 kids into the mine, I don't know why, but it's just a bit weird to me, probably with how odd his questions were, and also the knowledge that he's the Hood. from there this episode gets out of control, with the Hood trying the break into a sealed room to get the photos, while the kids are trapped in a collapsing mine getting ignored by International Rescue. The focus starts to shift away from the kids and towards the Hood, which I don't mind, as the story with the sealed room actually becomes more interesting both than the photos and the trapped kids. When International Rescue to finally show up, the rescue in the mine is pretty good, but it lacked in some much needed tension, especially given the instability of the Mine. and the chase with Scott and the Hood, while brief, is ridiculous, with Scott on his hover scooter, something about those hover scooters just cracks me up, and the Hood's defeat is probably the funniest one so far in the series, very good comedic timing there. All in all this episode has some interesting stories, and some not so interesting stories, mainly what worked was the kids and their International Rescue games, and the Hood trying to get the photos, with one ending somewhat anti climactically, and the other ending hilariously, there is tension to be found in the Hood story, but it's lacking in the kids story, overall it's a good episode that's I'd say is worth a watch, but it's not the height of the bar this series has set for itself.