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Terrible news, but in his way Alex brought more joy to more people than most of us ever will. My thanks to him and all those who supported this forum, including Top Gear itself (a symbiotic relationship if ever there was one...). My condolences to the family and all who knew and loved Mr. Mills.

If only the writing was up to the level of the cinematography, these would be classics. As it is, I wonder if it's time to bring in professional writers, or get CHM to take comedy seriously again and improve the quality. And may I say that while in general I have no issue with the new driver...

It's dire. I wouldn't bother with this one, maybe the next episode will be better.

Yes, I skipped through most of it, but was unimpressed. Hope it gets better, but right now it's the spray-on tan of Top Gears

That's pretty much my opinion too - I'll hope it gets better, but it feels so forced and fake with this first episode. And the test track is so characterless that it needs a faster car to bring interest. It did seem like CJ put in a pretty good initial lap, but without reference times (what...

I gave it an eight, I thought it was a little better than the first show. The only thing that stood out a bit is the "star" usage, I still think it's a little awkward to have them sitting there for longer than their specific segment. Small nit in an otherwise enjoyable episode. OCD award goes...

I seem to have followed the herd and voted 7 (before I read the other reviews), I thought this went pretty well. The opening seemed a little stiff (Harris in particular seemed nervous), and yes, it'll take much more time for "natural" (scripted or not) banter to appear. But overall I think...

For me, the new "track" is an absolute disaster, with nothing to challenge the vitality and speed of a truly great car. No flow, no sense of "on the edge", no whoosh of air as you clip a tire barrier or exposure of an oversteering oxcart or pushing pig. The new timing board brings no sense of...

I voted 5, the whole episode just screamed "mediocre" to me. I'm truly trying to figure out what the folks voting "10" are watching...

Voted "4". Nearly boring. I did like the Alfa segment, but even there Clarkson doesn't seem "genuine" to me anymore, and that got much worse with the balance of the show, bottoming out with the reef film. It's like watching zombies try to put on a play - there's effort, but it's not pretty to...

I voted "8", within the new format I thought this was better than earlier episodes. For me the two off-roaders by JC were fun, and reasonably tight from a pace standpoint. The NSX review was pretty good, I would have liked a little more time with it, including some real world driving thoughts...

I rated S1E8 as an "8", and better than the previous half (or 2/5ths). More interesting scenery, more varied situations, and less "sh!t" remarks. Dialog overall seemed more realistic (as such things go). I suspect they were wise to make the "butler" clearly non-native, as the risk of offense...

I was engaged for about half the episode, bored by redundant "Oh, we're going over a high dune!" and fake sounding "Ooh's" (I've heard more convincing ones in bed). I've also gotten bored of the excess of "Shit!", which was "interesting" when used once or twice (Yes, we know you're not bounded...

I voted "8", and agree the GT40/P3 film was excellent. Would have liked it much longer, I think a proper (modern) big-screen version would be quite a draw. The rest of the show was acceptable, I'd put this as the best of the TGT's so far.

Is Conversation Street going to have unique silhouettes for each show? Last week JC's high heels, this week RH's outsized hand. I'll have to watch the others again for their differences.

In the USA we've gotten hyper-sensitive to anything that seems racially "questionable". To talk of scaring a black man "pale" would set some off as it makes light (sorry for the pun) of the man's skin color. I don't agree with how far we've gone with this correctness, but among some...

I did join FG to comment on the new show. I watched the old TG as soon as episodes were available, starting about ten years ago. I have to go with the consensus that CE in not a good choice for the main presenter, would be delighted to see Harris take the role next to MLB. On LeBland, sorry...

I think Chris Harris is the most natural of the new presenters and the least cringe-worthy. I'm not by nature a "hater", but I won't be disappointed to see less of Chris Evens...