This season is miles better than the last couple. The dumb jokes are still around, but there’s so much more authenticity around it now that it’s fine. Loved the informative road aside, the closed gas stations, the traffic cameras, the signage, the additional details on the super expensive Chinese car, quite a few off-the-cuff funny moments during this episode...it makes James’ sauna thing palatable. I actually chuckled at the lame cocaine joke—again, wrapped in all the rest, it can work.
Others mentioned it, too, but I’ll reiterate: the drone thing even felt authentic. It felt like something they dreamed up that didn’t come close to working as intended, so they fessed up to it, cut it short, and made a fun 5-minute video with flamethrowing drones!