Thunderbirds The Imposters review

Here's what you need to know; after a daring heist is committed under the false identity of International Rescue, the real International Rescue is forced into hiding. While they're grounded, Lady Penelope and her new hillbilly friends are on the hunt for the imposters, in the effort to clear International Rescue's name.

This episode reminds me in a lot of ways of Chain of Command from Thunderbirds Are Go, or should I say Chain of Command reminds me a lot of this episode. And as you'd expect in an episode where they're in hiding, this episode doesn't really feature a lot of Thunderbirds, they do use Thunderbird 3 towards the end, but 1 and 2 aren't used. Normally I'd call this lack of Thunderbirds a negative, but here there's something else going on, and that is the dilemma of International Rescue not being able to operate while in hiding, this is a dilemma that was also used in Chain of Command, but this episode did it better, as there is a heavier sense of defeat here, especially when they learn of a man who needs help and are unable to help him, of course they do, but again, it's so much more meaningful here. The search for International Rescue is also very interesting, with the secrecy of their operation and the extent the military goes to to find them, it's pretty nuts, and the hunt itself is pretty interesting to follow. This episode also has very good humour, with 'agent 47' and Penelope sniffing out the imposters, these hillbillies are very hillbilly, and they're very funny, a few notable times in particular, like with the car, and with a can of beans, never has a can of beans been so funny. All in all this episode is very light on the Thunderbirds, but there isn't really anything to complain about with an interesting story with the hunt both for International Rescue and the imposters, and a very interesting dilemma, top it off with some funny Hillbillies and you've got an episode that's worth a watch for sure.