When Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May roared out of the BBC’s Top Gear garage and onto Amazon’s tarmac in 2016, fans held their breath. Would the magic still be there without "The Stig" and the cool wall? The answer, delivered at deafening volume, was a resounding yes.
It has the highest "laughs per minute" ratio. Highlights include: Hammond using a fishing rod as an exhaust mount, May losing his entire braking system on a mountain pass, and Clarkson accidentally crashing a charity fun run. It also has a genuinely sweet ending when they actually deliver the fish, proving they are not total monsters. 5. “International Buffoons’ Vacation” (Season 2, Episode 11) – The American Disaster This episode proves that the most dangerous thing in the world is giving Clarkson, Hammond, and May pick-up trucks and pointing them at Colorado. Their mission: cross the Rockies. Their actual mission: destroy each other's vehicles. best grand tour episodes
It strips the show to its essence: three middle-aged men versus nature. Watching them build a working vehicle from literal junk, then drive 800 miles across rivers and mountains to reach civilization, is genuinely moving. It’s funny, terrifying, and surprisingly beautiful. When the homemade car finally dies on the tarmac of the finish line, you realize you’ve watched an epic poem about friendship. 3. “Seamen” (Season 4, Episode 1) – The Boat That Wasn’t a Boat When TGT shifted to "Lochdown" style specials, they took a risk: what if we put cars... on water? Seamen sees the trio crossing the Vietnam-Cambodia border not in hatchbacks, but in ridiculous amphibious vehicles. Clarkson has a pickup truck with a propeller. May has a sedan that thinks it’s a raft. Hammond has a hover-van that hates him. When Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May