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Originally Posted by polak
Give Evans a chance, it's his first episode!
Top Gear US seemed super wooden at first but by the end of the first season there was some better chemistry (albeit not anything compared to the original trio). I think it'll round into a decent car show, again, something I'll probably like to the same extent as a show like Mythbusters. I'll watch it but I won't be jonesing for it every sunday like I used too.
And hey, this show is better than no show. Especially while we wait for Clarkson and co. to finally put something out.
One thing I learned yesterday that might make us all feel better about what happened to Top Gear is that The Grand Tour is signed for 36 episodes over three years. Thats way more episodes than we could have expected if the normal Top Gear was still going. By the end they where doing what, 6-8 episodes a season normally? So we gain an extra 10ish episodes of Jezza and the boys? That's a win!
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Honestly, the first episode was much better than I anticipated. Considering what they had to live up to, it was pretty good. I wouldn't say that Chris Evans was horrible, but he's just not a likable person. Like you said, it's better than no show at all. The same goes for Fifth Gear. I didn't like it as much as the original Top Gear, but it was still enjoyable. For me, the real test of the new Top Gear will be their Christmas special. That's when the hosts really have to interact, but so far the chemistry looks good for the short amount of time they've been together.