James Goes Too Far

“I'm sorry Sir, I put my own job first!"
"But you learnt your lesson and helped Diesel. You are a really useful engine!”

― James and The Fat Controller

James Goes too Far is the twenty-third episode of the eighth season.

Plot

Percy is taking the mail and pulls up alongside James at a red signal. His signal turns to green and James is cross as he was there before Percy; but his driver explains that Percy's mail is more important than James' slow-goods. Later, James is still grumpy when Thomas gets to cut in front of him at the water-column as he is a guaranteed connection.

Later, James is given an important job to deliver coal to all the stations. Feeling important, James refuses to wait to take on more water and will not help Edward with his jobs. However, once he collects the coal trucks and starts his job, James soon runs out of water. Edward arrives with his passengers, but he can't help James as he's running late. Edward warns the signalman up ahead, and soon Salty arrives to help James. Salty scolds James about not helping Edward and reminds him that no job is more important than helping another engine.

With Salty's help, James gets more water and carries on with his deliveries. However, when James sees Diesel who has broken down, he remembers Salty's advice and helps Diesel to the fitter's yard. After that, he carries on with his coal deliveries and, the next day, the Fat Controller praises James for learning his lesson by helping Diesel and getting his job done.

Characters

Thomas
Edward
Gordon
James
Percy
Salty
Sir Topham Hatt
Diesel (does not speak)
Emily (cameo)
Stephen Hatt (cameo)
Bridget Hatt (cameo)
The Storyteller (cameo)

Locations

Trivia

Going by production order, this is the tenth episode of the eighth season.
In one scene, a White Star line poster and a Southern Railway poster are seen.

Goofs

James' driver says "your water tanks have run dry" when James, being a tender engine, only has one water tank which is in his tender.
When James' water tank runs dry, a steam platform is visible just before he stops.

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Spanish	James Va Demasiado Lejos	James Goes Too Far
Gaelic	Obair Chudtromach	Work Together
Italian	L'incarico più importante	The Most Important Job
Norwegian	James går for langt	James Goes Too Far
Danish	James får en vigtig opgave	James Does an Important Job
German	James übertreibt	James Exaggerates
Japanese	いきすぎだよ、ジェームス	James Goes Too Far
Polish	Kuba Dostaje Nauczkę	James Gets a Lesson
Finnish	Jaska menee liian pitkälle	James Goes Too Far
Hungarian	James túl messzire megy	James Goes Too Far
Russian	Джеймс заходит слишком далеко	James Goes Too Far
Czech	Jakub zašel příliš daleko	James Went too Far
Portuguese	James vai Longe Demais	James Goes Too Far
Romanian	James Merge Prea Departe	James Goes Too Far
Croatian	Jurica je pretjerao	James Has Gone Too Far
Slovak	Jakub zašiel príliš daleko	James Went too Far
Chinese	詹姆士跑得太快	James Too Fast
Korean	남을 돕는 기쁨	Joy Helping Others
Swedish	James går över styr	James Goes Haywire