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I'm back to this thread with my complaining after skipping last two episodes and watching this one
Gonna put all the complaining under a spoiler (there are also actual spoilers for the episode)
However, I can say it definitely had its good moments, and it was pretty enjoyable overall. The cars felt a lot like those classic TG trips. And there were plenty of geniune interactions between the trio, which is the main part I will miss so much.Never liked their Grand Tour stuff that much, though there were plenty of good moment too.
My main issue with TGT (and late TG) was obvious and heavy scripting. They kept making fun of people who say "I miss not scripted TG" and sure, it never was not scripted, but what those people mean is "I miss times when it felt like a geniune adventure".
And it's not like they are filming all that in a studio, the adventure is actually happening each episode, so it's kinda impressive how they manage to make a real one feel fake. And I can't say this episode doesn't have those issues.
Also, Beetle part was not funny at all, like what's the joke? At least use a Marina for a funny callback. Makes sense to me, there were plenty of other callbacks.
Now, the ending. Again, what's with the heavy scripting? No one's going to believe those two cars were just sitting there, especially those who watched DriveTribe video about how those two were found 4 years ago. "Finding" it really threw me off.
And is it kinda strange how boat-related stuff are some of the best parts in a car show?
The ending, besides what I mentioned in the complaining part, was great.
It's sad to see it end, I watched them since childhood and I will miss those 3 together. Can't say I will miss Grand Tour, but I definitely hope they gonna make something together here and there, maybe on YouTube. Maybe a podcast? Would love to just have them discuss smth, no script, just their amazing chemistry.
But for now at least I can enjoy their individual content and rewatch the old stuff. Despite all the complaining above, I will forever have a lot of respect for those 3 guys.
While it’s been known the original cars have been found for ages, I do genuinely believe Jeremy and James didn’t know they were going to be right there on their route. The production team obviously organised them to be - it’d be far too coincidental otherwise - but I honestly don’t think they were told.
As you mentioned, TGT suffered from the worst parts of late TG in terms of scripting and the ‘acting’ from all three when it came to scripted moments. The reaction from both of them was too visceral for it to have been fake, I think.
As you mentioned, TGT suffered from the worst parts of late TG in terms of scripting and the ‘acting’ from all three when it came to scripted moments. The reaction from both of them was too visceral for it to have been fake, I think.