Generally it was a good episode, felt less scripted and awkward than some of the previous ones, but the tent segments still doesn't feel as natural as the Top Gear studio bits. Talking about Top Gear studio bits, "Conversation Street" was a big disappointment to me because the "news" was always the highlight of the show, when they were jut themselves and within 3 sentences they were off topic, laughing about something idiotic. Conversation street isn't long enough and it feels like they are reading half of it. I know, every show needs a script but only to draw the frame, to establish the outlines of the given topic, not to write every joke.
Minor spoilers ahead.
Apart from the stuff mentioned above, this episode had all the important elements. Funny, interesting and a well made NSX review. But maybe too much was stuffed into one episode. The three segments could have been in three separate episodes as challenges of their own. I really wanted to see what Clarkson and May would come up with in the apocalypse preppers challenge, or Hammond and May in the sport SUV part. The alternative electricity generator was actually quite clever and i was hoping they'd stretch it out a bit. All in all this was an enjoyable episode, just felt a bit rushed. And i'm glad that the bloke from the green party failed to ban them from coming to town.:D
Minor spoilers ahead.
Apart from the stuff mentioned above, this episode had all the important elements. Funny, interesting and a well made NSX review. But maybe too much was stuffed into one episode. The three segments could have been in three separate episodes as challenges of their own. I really wanted to see what Clarkson and May would come up with in the apocalypse preppers challenge, or Hammond and May in the sport SUV part. The alternative electricity generator was actually quite clever and i was hoping they'd stretch it out a bit. All in all this was an enjoyable episode, just felt a bit rushed. And i'm glad that the bloke from the green party failed to ban them from coming to town.:D
