This episode was the best of the 3 for sure. Harris's film was great. It was the first time on the new show that you could feel someones passion for cars. Rory's film was good too, he gushed a bit too much, but it was enjoyable. Evans has not grown on me. He is constantly shouting. Instead of saying something funny, clever, interesting or new he just makes up for it with volume. Plus his car "reviews" come off as ads for the cars. I like Leblanc during the films, but less so in the studio. I don't think he has found his groove yet.
I think one of the biggest problems of the new Top Gear is they haven't properly introduced the new presenters. They introduced Evans by having him shouting in a Viper. I thought they would have talked about themselves a little more. Given more information about why they love cars, what their car interests are and why we should be watching them. Instead they just got into like nothing ever happened. They threw in the older presenter with 3 guests, he didn't even feel like a presenter. Very odd IMO.
The guest part of the show was almost always the weakest part of the old Top Gear. Now the new one has them dragging it out even longer? Ugh, why? The interview felt it like it was 15 minutes long (it might even have been). Plus, having people on as guests who don't even like cars is the worst (Jessie Eisenberg).
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