This episode showed that cars won't be at the center of every episode. It certainly didn't have the same meaty car content the first one had. So I understand the old fans of Top Gear would certainly find this episode lackluster but this show is not Top Gear 2. It's not even a proper car show. It seems to be more about Jeremy, Richard and James talking, doing car stuff, creating hit and miss comedy and playing high budget short sketches.
With all that in mind, if you are expecting a full on car show than this episode is the best proof that you are likely to be disappointed. However if you were expecting the trio being themselves and testing out ideas with high budget and mostly focusing on cars then this is pretty solid entertainment. As a car show it's 6/10, as an entertainment show I'd give this episode a 9/10.
About the comedy, it's certainly not everyone's cup of tea. I laughed a decent amount this episode but I also cringed a lot too. Maybe they need to filter the humor down a bit only to the best jokes. I think it's mostly hit than miss anyways.
With all that in mind, if you are expecting a full on car show than this episode is the best proof that you are likely to be disappointed. However if you were expecting the trio being themselves and testing out ideas with high budget and mostly focusing on cars then this is pretty solid entertainment. As a car show it's 6/10, as an entertainment show I'd give this episode a 9/10.
About the comedy, it's certainly not everyone's cup of tea. I laughed a decent amount this episode but I also cringed a lot too. Maybe they need to filter the humor down a bit only to the best jokes. I think it's mostly hit than miss anyways.