Thunderbirds Security Hazard review

Here's what you need to know; a routine rescue operation takes an unexpected turn when a kid stows away aboard Thunderbird 2 and ends up on Tracy Island. Realising the massive security risk the kid poses, Jeff plans out his return home while the brothers babysit him and give him a tour of the base.

Let's just get to the grit, this episode is a clip show, a  collection of clips from previous episode of Thunderbirds, specifically Trapped in the Sky, Sun Probe, Day of Disaster and End of the Road, that's 3 episodes I like and 1 I love, so why does this episode really not do it for me. I can only assume that this episode was an effort to stay under the budget after they blew it all on previous episodes, so only about 20 minutes of this episode is new footage while the rest is clips from previous episodes. Admittedly it's a good line up of episodes they're pulling from, but these little clips on their own are nowhere near as good as the episode as a whole, especially Trapped in the Sky, which they left a very important part of out of this clip show, the part that, in my opinion, made the whole thing work. This episode comprising mostly of flashbacks also completely kills the tension, which at this point, how inexcusable that is should be obvious. Maybe it could be salvaged if the episode had an interesting story tying all these clips together, but while it has it's moments of comedy, the story just isn't that good. This is a fairly short review, but there's really not a lot to say with this episode. As a finale it really is a big let down, with a lacklustre story, and the only real meat on its bones being neutralised versions of some of Thunderbirds' best moments. While it pulls from 4 great episodes, it can't hold its own against those episodes, and ends up falling completely flat, I don't think I've said this before, but this is an episode of Thunderbirds that's worth a skip in my opinion.