Review of The Grand Tour

I counted 5 different setups in this episode... and the worst thing is, is that the setups (which involve predetermined 'mishaps' that befall the trio) aren't even funny. If the setups were funny, then at least they could argue that it added something good to the episode and but these setups are so blatantly obvious that it removes any and all humor that could possibly have come from the event, because you KNOW that it's all staged and fake. Like the van/river thing, it's just so blatantly setup that the trio aren't able to even fake their 'surprise'... I mean, let's be real here, the trio aren't good actors.... the trio aren't Daniel Day Lewis or anything like that, and when they get told by the director to 'fake surprise' at these fake setups and staged situations, then they simply can't fake it good enough for the viewer to believe that the situation is real. They should just go back to what they did in 'Survival of the Fattest' and have a far more authentic and organic expedition, or even the one they did with the boats.... both of those episodes are 10/10 and 9/10 respectively and blow this episode (and the other terrible ones like Lochdown, Carnage A Trio and Eurocrash right out of the water. It's a sad state of affairs when only 4 of the expeditions that they've done out of 11, have been good, and the rest have been varying degree of terrible. I hope the final expedition that the trio will embark on will be better and I hope they return to a far more organic 'tour' style, because this is just dreadful, and seeing as how it will be the last one that they ever do, I truly hope that they end with a good one, because the last 5 expeditions have been dreadful.