The WORST episodes of Thunderbirds Are Go!

Every episode of Thunderbirds Are Go! ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Thunderbirds Are Go!!

In the 21st century Jeff Tracy creates a unique emergency response team: International Rescue. Equipped with special vehicles that enable the organization to react to any crisis, whether it be anywhere on earth or in space. Jeff's five sons operate the Thunderbirds 1 to 5 with help from engineer Brains and Kayo the pilot of Thunderbird Shadow. Lady Penelope and chauffeur Parker are the hands on intelligence team on the ground. Together they save anyone in need, while trying to find and capture the terrorist know as the Hood.

Last Updated: 11/1/2024Network: CITVStatus: Ended
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6.44
143 votes

#1 - The Hexpert

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 12/12/2015

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.

Directors: Andrew McCully
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7.01
143 votes

#2 - Touch and Go

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 1/9/2016

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.

Directors: David Scott
Writer: James Krieg
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Deep Water
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7.17
58 votes

#3 - Deep Water

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/18/2019

When two scientists notice a huge section of coral reef bleaching from acidic waters, Gordon launches in Thunderbird 4 to discover the cause. Under the water, he finds a sunken cargo ship containing dangerous acidic materials.

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Power Play
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7.18
80 votes

#4 - Power Play

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/7/2017

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

Directors: Ben Milsom
Writer: Rob Hoegee
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Rigged for Disaster
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7.18
62 votes

#5 - Rigged for Disaster

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 12/2/2017

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.

Directors: Chad Moffitt
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7.23
114 votes

#6 - Extraction

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 12/5/2015

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.

Directors: David Scott
Writer: Matt Wayne
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Upside Down
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7.33
24 votes

#7 - Upside Down

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/4/2020

Lady Penelope and Parker are testing out FAB2, a luxury yacht, when they receive a distress call from a nearby tanker. A tsunami has formed, and the massive wave is headed for the stalled tanker's location.

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Path of Destruction
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7.34
77 votes

#8 - Path of Destruction

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/14/2018

Virgil and Gordon are dispatched when a transporter carrying volatile cargo is hijacked by Fuse.

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Rally Raid
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7.37
65 votes

#9 - Rally Raid

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/12/2018

Lady Penelope and Parker complete 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.

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Flame Out
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7.37
62 votes

#10 - Flame Out

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/26/2018

When gas from a dangerous hydro-methane 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 siphoning off fuel - and moves to stop them.

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Bolt From the Blue
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7.40
77 votes

#11 - Bolt From the Blue

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/14/2017

When an orbiting solar energy station malfunctions, International Rescue must deal with both the station and a passing airliner carrying precious cargo.

Directors: Theo Baynton
Writer: Elly Brewer
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Escape Proof
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7.41
95 votes

#12 - Escape Proof

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/2017

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.

Directors: Theo Baynton
Writer: Rich Fogel
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Home on the Range
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7.41
63 votes

#13 - Home on the Range

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 11/18/2017

All of International Rescue take a retreat for training at their family ranch on the main island. During training the equipment malfunctions, MAX goes crazy and both the Thunderbird ships and FAB 1 stop working. John, Brains and EOS work together to trace the fault and discover that they have an intruder, The Mechanic!

Directors: Andrew McCully
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Growing Pains
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7.42
67 votes

#14 - Growing Pains

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/28/2018

The Chaos Crew interrupt the pleasant and quite life of Ned Tedford to steal the orchard growth serum inside the highly secure Global Seed Vault.

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City Under The Sea
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7.42
105 votes

#15 - City Under The Sea

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/5/2016

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

Directors: Simon Godsiff
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Life Signs
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7.42
66 votes

#16 - Life Signs

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/5/2018

On Mars a landslide traps Captain Taylor and a scientist in a cavern. Alan and Virgil fly to the red planet 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.

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Ghost Ship
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7.43
114 votes

#17 - Ghost Ship

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/22/2016

A distress call from an interstellar ship called EDEN leads Alan and John to explore the wreckage. There they find space pirates and mysterious spider-like robots known as Builder Bots.

Directors: Theo Baynton
Writer: Joseph Kuhr
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Avalanche
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7.44
50 votes

#18 - Avalanche

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/13/2019

When a popular vlogger gets trapped during an avalanche, International Rescue must find a way to carefully dig him out.

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Inferno
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7.44
59 votes

#19 - Inferno

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/26/2017

In London the Crystal Spire, the tallest building in the world, catches fire due to an electrical overload and the local firefighters are rendered helpless. Virgil and Alan are called to extinguish the flames and rescue everyone trapped inside.

Directors: Tim Gaul
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Volcano!
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7.45
80 votes

#20 - Volcano!

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/30/2017

An eccentric scientist calls Brains out to a volcano that he believes will soon erupt.

Directors: Karl Essex
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Long Haul
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7.47
60 votes

#21 - Long Haul

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 11/25/2017

An emergency space docking goes wrong and the core of the orbiting Spacehub transit terminal goes into meltdown. A young traffic controller named Conrad is trapped inside and Alan is unable to reach him. With Thunderbird 3 being used to keep Conrad alive International Rescue's only hope is to modify Thunderbird 2 for space flight in order to transport a new cooling system to the hub.

Directors: Karl Essex
Writer: Dan Berlinka
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SOS (1)
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7.47
60 votes

#22 - SOS (1)

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/1/2019

IR receives a distress call from the Calypso, a space vessel returning from a long mission. Scott and Virgil get aboard the plummeting ship and locate the disoriented crew along with an old robot named Braman, who sent the original distress call.

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Getaway
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7.47
51 votes

#23 - Getaway

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/6/2019

Lady Penelope, Parker and Sherbert answer a distress call from Parker's old acquaintances - Light Fingered Fred and Gomez. The distress turns out to be a ruse.

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Night and Day
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7.48
75 votes

#24 - Night and Day

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/21/2018

The Gray and Houseman mining operation now includes planet Mercury - it uses a moving vehicle that stays on the 'dark side' of the planet.

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Attack of the Reptiles
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7.49
72 votes

#25 - Attack of the Reptiles

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/21/2017

Gordon must rescue TV documentarians Buddy and Ellie Pendergast from a mysterious valley full of strange creatures.

Directors: Theo Baynton
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