Filmed during the pandemic, Lochdown feels smaller in scale but bigger in heart. Forced to stay in the UK, the trio buys three clapped-out American land yachts (a Lincoln, a Cadillac, and a Mercury) and tries to drive them across the narrow, winding roads of the Scottish Highlands. It’s a love letter to impractical V8s and a meditation on getting older. The sight of a massive Coupe de Ville trying to reverse down a one-lane track while a local farmer watches in disbelief is comedy gold.
Season 3 hit a creative high note. Sent to the Namibian desert, each man builds his own dune buggy from scratch. Clarkson’s is overpowered and terrifying; Hammond’s is small and flips constantly; May’s is meticulously engineered to be slow. The episode captures what makes the show great—not just speed, but the genuine friendship that emerges when you’re stranded in 40° heat with a broken suspension and no phone signal. best the grand tour episodes
If you only watch one episode, make it this two-hour epic. Sent to the French island of Réunion, the boys decide to cross the Indian Ocean to Madagascar in search of a lost treasure. What follows is pure, unfiltered Grand Tour : Hammond in a doomed rally-spec Ford Fiesta, May philosophically stuck in a Caterham, and Clarkson in a modified Bentley Continental GT that has no business surviving. The scenery is Jurassic, the breakdowns are legendary, and the final beach race is one of the most spectacular stunts the trio has ever filmed. Filmed during the pandemic, Lochdown feels smaller in