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Thunderbirds Are Go - Episode Guide

Season 1

Ring of Fire (Part 1)

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Apr 4, 2015 (25 min)

Ring of Fire (Part 1)

A powerful seaquake turns a busy day for International Rescue into a perilous one. Lady Penelope helps Thunderbirds find who put seismic destabilisers on the sea bed.

Ring of Fire (Part 2)

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Apr 4, 2015 (25 min)

Ring of Fire (Part 2)

As the team continue their quest to save the researched, Lady Penelope is on the trail of their adversary.

Space Race

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Apr 11, 2015

Space Race

Alan is on space junk duty, when one of the pieces of debris turns out to be a heat-seeking SAT-MINE that activates and locks onto TB3's heat signature. Back on Earth, Lady Penelope and Parker implement a plan to sneak into a top-secret storage facility.

Crosscut

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Apr 18, 2015

Crosscut

Thunderbird 5 picks up an unusual radiation spike from a remote corner of Africa, and Scott rushes in with Thunderbird 1 to check it out. Using special equipment, Scott enters the mine and discovers the source to be a leak of unstable uranium. Moments later he is attacked by a mysterious woman who claims that the mine belongs to her family. During their confrontation, the mine begins to crumble - and Scott and she must find a way out.

Fireflash

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Apr 25, 2015

Fireflash

Kayo is riding aboard Fireflash, a supersonic airliner invented by Brains, but she is unaware that its controls have been tampered with. International Rescue notices the plane has vanished from their monitors and attempt to locate it. Kayo realises that the plane is flying in the wrong direction, and manages to avoid a powerful gas attack that has knocked out both passengers and crew.

Unplugged

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: May 2, 2015

Unplugged

An anti-technology group calling themselves The Luddites power up an electromagnetic pulse device underneath London, crippling everything that uses electricity. The result is a near catastrophe as the entire city shuts down. Virgil and Grandma Tracy must find and disable the device - with the help of Lady Penelope and Parker.

Runaway

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: May 9, 2015

Runaway

A strange malfunction occurs on a high-speed train in Japan, leaving it out of control and unable to stop. Brains comes up with a plan to fix the problem before a disastrous crash occurs - the only problem is that he will have to board the speeding engine himself to pull it off. Scott manages to get the genius on board, where they find the problem is more complicated than they thought.

EOS

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: May 16, 2015

EOS

A series of cascading equipment failures leads John to realise that rogue A.I. has gained control of Thunderbird 5. The programme is sending false monitor images to Tracy Island to deceive the other brothers. John finally gets through to Lady Penelope and informs her of the situation. Once the other brothers figure out what is going on, Alan is despatched in Thunderbird 3 to rescue John.

Slingshot

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: May 23, 2015

Slingshot

A malfunction at a mining operation sends an asteroid careening towards the sun, endangering crewman Ned Tedford. Alan and Kayo deploy Thunderbird 3 for the rescue mission, but a rogue solar flare knocks out their sensors. They land near the mine, and must find a way to alter the asteroid's trajectory so that it slingshots around the sun instead of crashing into it.

Tunnels of Time

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: May 24, 2015

Tunnels of Time

Lady Penelope, Parker and Gordon visit the Amazon desert, where an archaeologist shows them round an ancient temple. When they all become trapped inside, the academic refuses to let them call for help, fearing for his reputation - so the trio of heroes must put their wits to the task of finding an escape route.

Skyhook

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Jun 6, 2015

Skyhook

International Rescue scrambles all the flight-capable Thunderbirds to rescue the crew of CIR.R.U.S, a high-atmosphere weather station, now in danger due to the arrival of a fierce storm. TB1, TB2 and TB3 are quickly crippled by the conditions, and the only hope of salvaging the mission lies with TB5 - and John's ability to mount his most daring rescue ever

Under Pressure

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Jun 13, 2015

Under Pressure

A heavy metal extraction platform carrying toxic waste at the bottom of the ocean is in trouble. Gordon rushes in with Thunderbird 4 when a fire on board the rolling factory damages its steering capabilities. With the help of Lady Penelope and Parker on the surface, Gordon must rescue platform operator Ned Tedford and prevent the rig from spilling its waste.

Heavy Metal

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Jun 20, 2015

Heavy Metal

Brains and Alan are on a visit to the Supreme Hadron Collider when a satellite begins to fall straight towards them. They are rescued in the nick of time by the arrival of Virgil in Thunderbird 2. Examining the evidence, the team decide that the malfunction was caused by a gravity well instigated by the collider itself. Things get even stickier when a commercial jet is caught in the pull of the gravity well and is in imminent danger of crashing. Can International Rescue shut down the collider in time to save the plane and its passengers?

Falling Skies

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2015

Falling Skies

Brains has invented a self-constructing luxury hotel which orbits around Earth. Unfortunately for its guests, the luxurious hotel in space begins to malfunction and the International Rescue team have to step in to avert a major disaster.

Relic

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2015

Relic

Scott and Alan travel to the far side of the moon to rescue their father's best friend from a meteor shower.

Breakdown

Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2015

Breakdown

Virgil and Brains attempts to rescue a mining crew trapped inside a glacier, but the scientist in charge of the project refuses to leave.

Heist Society

Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Nov 21, 2015

Heist Society

International Rescue are dispatched to save one of their own when the Hood traps Lady Penelope and Parker inside an underwater hyper-train loop during a high-stakes robbery.

Recharge

Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2015

Recharge

High in the Arctic, a machine designed to harness the energy of the aurora borealis has gone haywire. If not repaired, it could permanently disrupt the magnetic field protecting the Earth. Scott and Virgil answer the call, despite Virgil's insistence that they both need a break. Complicating matters is the fact that an atmospheric approach will be impossible, which forces Scott and Virgil to configure SKI PODS to get there in time. Scott admits the burden he feels as leader but the crisis is averted with Max's help.

Extraction

Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Dec 5, 2015

Extraction

A seismologist and his son alert the authorities to the presence of a rogue wildcat mining operation, only for the machinery to trigger an earthquake that swallows the equipment - along with the father and son. Gordon must attempt a daring underground rescue of the boy and his injured father, while Virgil has to find a way to shut down the out-of-control rig.

The Hexpert

Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2015

The Hexpert

A scientist accidentally locks herself inside a vault which is being used to store unstable matter. There is only one person who has successfully broken into a vault like this - Parker. Colonel Casey of the GDF recruits Parker for the job but the safe cracker ends up locking himself and Lady Penelope inside. Virgil and Scott take the vault to an isolated area on Thunderbird 2. Now Parker and Penelope must try and free themselves before the anti-matter explodes.

Comet Chasers

Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: Dec 19, 2015

Comet Chasers

It is 2060 and once again Halley's Comet is passing close to Earth. A businessman and his personal assistant decide to mark Halley's comet's latest orbit past Earth by flying their exclusive flying yacht beyond the atmosphere to chase it. Moments later, the pair send out a distress call as they find themselves trapped in the comet's tail, prompting Alan and Scott to take Thunderbird 3 out to tow the thrill-seekers to safety.

Designated Driver

Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: Dec 26, 2015

Designated Driver

Parker gives Alan driving lessons at the Creighton-‐Ward estate in FAB0 while Lady Penelope has tea with her great aunt Sylvia. Progress is slow until a pair of bumbling intruders attempt to kidnap the ladies. FAB1 is the only vehicle that can reach them in time. Parker is injured and cannot drive so Alan has to conquer his fear and rescue them.

Chain of Command

Episode: 1x23 | Airdate: Jan 2, 2016

Chain of Command

During a joint operation between International Rescue and the Global Defence Force, a series of mishaps nearly ends in disaster. In the wake of the botched mission, Colonel Martin Janus takes over the GDF, imposing a strict set of restrictions on International Rescue. As Lady Penelope and Parker attempt to reason with the colonel, they begin to realise that he is not quite what he seems - then it becomes apparent that he really is an imposter working for the Hood.

Touch and Go

Episode: 1x24 | Airdate: Jan 9, 2016

Touch and Go

In the Arizona desert there is a facility known as CATCH, from where all air traffic in North America is controlled. Scott and Virgil handle a rescue mission involving a mid-air plane collision while Kayo infiltrates the bunker with the help of Thunderbird Shadow. Then Kayo realises that this is all part of a much bigger plan by the Hood.

Undercover

Episode: 1x25 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2016

Undercover

An undercover operation involving Lady Penelope and a Parker to recover a stolen Repulser Magnetic Array for the Global Defence Force gets blown prematurely. Parker is taken prisoner by Banino using the power of the Repulser and he takes a stolen GDF flyer with Kayo, who was secretly acting as back-up, in pursuit in Thunderbird Shadow. The flyer crash lands on a factory roof and International Rescue intervene with Scott in Thunderbird 1 rescuing one of the factory workers and Lady Penelope saving Parker. Kayo confronts Banino to find he knows her secret; she lets him escape knowing she will have to reveal the truth of her past.

Legacy

Episode: 1x26 | Airdate: Jan 23, 2016

Legacy

A number of carefully staged disasters require the full attention of everyone at International Rescue. Kayo discovers that the Hood is behind these acts of terrorism and has actually infiltrated Tracy Island. To make matters worse, the Hood has rigged up explosive devices to bring down the Thunderbird craft - and now he reveals his shocking secret to the Tracy brothers.

Season 2

Earthbreaker

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Oct 22, 2016

Earthbreaker

A geological survey team gets trapped when a huge Earthbreaking vehicle causes them to fall into a narrow crevice. Scott, Virgil and Kayo take off in Thunderbird 1, Thunderbird 2, and Thunderbird Shadow after the Earthbreaker takes out the responding GDF fliers. The vehicle's controller, known only as The Mechanic, attacks and damages Thunderbird 2, leaving Virgil no choice but to make an emergency crash landing back on Tracy Island. Meanwhile, Lady Penelope and Parker visit the Hood in Parkmoor Scrubs prison to find out more about this mysterious new villain. In the end, Scott evacuates the survey team while Kayo takes on the Mechanic. They barely make it out when the villain sets his vehicle to self-destruct.

Ghost Ship

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Oct 22, 2016

Ghost Ship

GDF Captain Ridley O'Bannon sends out a distress call during a routine inspection of the derelict generation ship known as EDEN (intended to travel the stars for hundreds of years). John and Alan answer the call. Together, the trio explores the ship and discovers leftover equipment known as Builder Bots. They also find two space "pirates" named Reece and Dobbs causing mischief. As the mystery comes to an end, the pirates accidentally reverse the bots' programming, causing them to tear EDEN apart. With the help of John's Mech Suit, they escape.

Deep Search

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 29, 2016

Deep Search

Thunderbird 3 is called out to Europa, a moon of Jupiter, when a pair of documentarians fall into an ice ocean, leading Alan to make first contact with an alien lifeform.

City Under the Sea

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Nov 5, 2016 (25 min)

City Under the Sea

A family becomes trapped in a city that is being overtaken by rising ocean tides.

Colony

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Nov 12, 2016 (20 min)

Colony

When a transport ship carrying colonists heads straight into an asteroid belt, Thunderbird 3 is deployed to regain control.

Up from the Depths (Part 1)

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Nov 19, 2016 (25 min)

Up from the Depths (Part 1)

Reboot of the classic children's animated adventure series. A survey vehicle stalls at the bottom of the Marianas Trench, just as it discovers an old plane once flown by Jeff Tracy. Gordon takes Thunderbird 4 down to save the crew, but danger awaits in the form of an old foe.

Up from the Depths (Part 2)

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Nov 26, 2016

Up from the Depths (Part 2)

Reboot of the classic children's animated adventure series. After the Mechanic flees the scene with the TV-21, Scott is in hot pursuit. But, when the villain steals some volatile iridium, Brains must make drastic alterations to Thunderbird 3 to save the day.

Lost Kingdom

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Dec 3, 2016 (20 min)

Lost Kingdom

Reboot of the classic children's animated adventure series. When seismic activity near the coast of Greece reveals the lost city of Atlantis, two scientists venture below the depths to explore the area. But when their submarine becomes stuck, International Rescue are called out to assist.

Impact

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Dec 10, 2016 (25 min)

Impact

Reboot of the classic children's animated adventure series. A comet brought into the Earth's orbit takes a wrong turn. International Rescue must intervene to stop it from colliding with the planet - and the space station between them.

High Strung

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Dec 17, 2016 (25 min)

High Strung

Reboot of the classic children's animated adventure series. Scott attempts to rescue a mysterious balloonist when his hot air balloon crashes on the top of a mountain.

Weather or Not

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Dec 24, 2016 (25 min)

Weather or Not

Reboot of the classic children's animated adventure series. The team travels to Langstrom Fischler's newest invention to stop a hive of malfunctioning weather drones.

Fight or Flight

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Dec 31, 2016

Fight or Flight

Reboot of the classic children's animated adventure series. Scott, Virgil, and Kayo assist a plummeting cargo zeppelin with a deadly loading claw and volatile fuel source.

Escape Proof

Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Jan 7, 2017

Escape Proof

Reboot of the classic children's animated adventure series. A mysterious tunnelling vehicle leaves a worker trapped in its wake and it is up to Gordon and Virgil to free him. Meanwhile, Parker and Penelope track down the digger and discover an old foe at the controls.

Volcano!

Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Sep 30, 2017

Volcano!

An eccentric scientist has inaccurately predicted the eruption of a volcano for the past decade. This time, however, he invokes a special science code of honour that brings Brains out to his location.

Power Play

Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2017

Power Play

The Mechanic takes over the Grand Sequoia Dam, leading all of International Rescue to intervene and stop him.

Grandma Tourismo

Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2017

Grandma Tourismo

Virgil and Grandma are out resupplying Thunderbird 2 when a distress call comes in. A mine is in danger of collapsing in the desert. When Virgil goes to help the workers, he gets caught in a massive sandstorm and it is up to Grandma to save the day.

Clean Sweep

Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2017

Clean Sweep

When an atmospheric cleaning machine malfunctions, trapping the maintenance crew inside, Parker must square off with a figure from his misspent youth.

Home on the Range

Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: Nov 18, 2017

Home on the Range

The Tracys visit a family estate away from Tracy Island, but a mysterious intruder threatens their solace.

Long Haul

Episode: 2x22 | Airdate: Nov 25, 2017

Long Haul

Conrad, a young traffic controller makes a slight error, which ends in catastrophe aboard the orbiting Spacehub transit terminal. Alan launches Thunderbird 3 and is able to buy Conrad time.

Rigged for Disaster

Episode: 2x23 | Airdate: Dec 2, 2017

Rigged for Disaster

Lady Penelope, Parker and Kayo arrive on the scene of a massive semi-submersible ocean oil rig to decommission the polluting relic, but supervisor Malloy has other plans.

Hyperspeed

Episode: 2x24 | Airdate: Dec 9, 2017

Hyperspeed

When the first run of an inventor's newly-constructed hyperloop begins to malfunction, Scott must try to find a way to slow down the fast-moving ride.

Brain v Brawn

Episode: 2x25 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2017

Brain v Brawn

The Mechanic sets his sights on destroying The Hood. While International Rescue scramble to save their former foe, Brains goes on a dangerous mission.

Inferno

Episode: 2x26 | Airdate:

Inferno

The tallest building in the world catches fire, and local firefighters are rendered helpless. It's up to Virgil and Alan to extinguish the flames and rescue everyone inside.

The episode was not released in the UK because of its similar nature to the Grenfell Tower disaster.

Season 3

Chaos (Part 1)

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Mar 31, 2018

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The GDF begin testing a squadron of automated machines - known as R.O. BOTS - to assist with rescues. Scott brings a bot to aid him in a mid-flight rescue, Virgil and Gordon use a bot in a frigid Arctic mission, and Kayo and newly assigned GDF agent Captain Rigby go after Havoc.

Chaos (Part 2)

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Apr 7, 2018 (35 min)

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The roll out of R.O. BOTS leaves International Rescue with little to do until one of the bots malfunctions during a sky-transport rescue operation. The full efforts of International Rescue provide the human element needed to save the passengers and defeat the Chaos Crew.

Path of Destruction

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Apr 14, 2018 (25 min)

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When a transporter carrying volatile cargo across a treacherous mountain pass requires assistance, Virgil and Gordon respond and discover Fuse trying to hijack the convoy.

Night and Day

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Apr 21, 2018 (25 min)

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The Gray and Houseman mining operation now includes planet Mercury; it uses a moving vehicle that stays on the 'dark side' of the planet. However, when a malfunctioning pod leaves the vehicle stranded - and with the sun's blazing 'terminus' drifting ever closer -International Rescue are summoned to solve the problem.

Growing Pains

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Apr 28, 2018 (25 min)

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The Chaos Crew interrupt the pleasant and quiet life of Ned Tedford to steal the orchard growth serum inside the highly secure Global Seed Vault. Kayo and Rigby respond with the help of John, but things take a turn when a computer virus infects EOS and the serum touches Ned's pet geranium, turning her into Giant Gladys.

Life Signs

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: May 5, 2018 (25 min)

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When a rockslide pins Captain Taylor and a scientist in a Martian cavern, Virgil and Alan fly to the planet Mars and assist with the aid of Thunderbird 3 and a specialised Exo-Pod. However, circumstances in the cave lead Virgil to eject the air in his suit, leaving our heroes short on air inside a leaking cave.

Rally Raid

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: May 12, 2018 (25 min)

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Lady Penelope and Parker compete in a desert motor race with FAB1 and a racer named Jensen Hunt. All seems well until the Chaos Crew steal an experimental new engine from the leading BR2 vehicle. Our heroes must rescue the racer, steal back the BR2 engine, and outrace Havoc in her Spoiler to get proper medical attention to the BR2 driver.

Crash Course

Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: May 19, 2018 (25 min)

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When two space freighters crash in low-earth orbit, Alan and John must evacuate the hotheaded pilots from a dangerous debris field.

Flame Out

Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: May 26, 2018 (25 min)

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When gas from a dangerous hydromethane reserve begins to leak, Virgil and Gordon team up with a retired well-capping specialist to plug the leak. Gordon soon discovers the Chaos Crew syphoning off fuel - and moves to stop them.

Deep Water

Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: May 18, 2019

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Gordon, Lady Penelope and Parker team up to rescue Scientists from being trapped in an acid sea. After the rescue they go on to repair the damage caused to the Coral.

Endgame

Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: May 25, 2019

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Getaway

Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Jul 6, 2019

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Avalanche

Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: Jul 13, 2019

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Icarus

Episode: 3x20 | Airdate: Jan 11, 2020

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The Tracys (and their Thunderbird Vehicles) attend a prestigious Global Airshow, and a test pilot unveils the ultra fast "Icarus" superjet. 

Break Out

Episode: 3x21 | Airdate: Jan 18, 2020

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Venom

Episode: 3x23 | Airdate: Feb 1, 2020

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Firebreak

Episode: 3x24 | Airdate: Feb 8, 2020

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