r/thegrandtour • u/lerhond • Sep 15 '22

"The Grand Tour: A Scandi Flick" - S05E01 Discussion thread

S05E01 The Grand Tour: A Scandi Flick

In their first post pandemic road trip, Jeremy, Richard and James head for the icy wastes of the Scandinavian Arctic Circle. At the wheel of their three favourite rally cars the boys embark on a catastrophe filled adventure that takes in Cold War sub bases, frozen lake race tracks, crashes and ski resort chaos as they drag their homemade houses from the coast of Norway to the Russian Border.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

That driving as fast as possible in the tunnel bit was absolutely insane. Must have been one of the dumbest ideas they've had. Can't belive that was green lit. Given the accident I'm assuming it wasn't even staged at all.

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u/tpaz198 Sep 16 '22

I can watch Hammond falling off the ski lift for hours

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u/tpaz198 Sep 16 '22

I knew the crash was coming but the sheer violence of it absolutely caught me off guard. Glad James is okay, cause Jesus, it almost looked like he slammed his head into the concrete there.

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u/Edolix Sep 16 '22

James May was utterly cursed in this episode.

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u/PeteMcC85 Sep 15 '22

Did Clarksons secret weapon seem like it was CGI or just me?

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

I like how we never got an explanation what they were supposed to do in that tunnel and why Dutch Special forces were there

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u/servantotb Sep 16 '22

I think James finally found his Oliver

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u/Arbrax Sep 16 '22

the mitsubishi evo is one hell of a vehicle

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u/MMmhmmmmmmmmmm Sep 16 '22

Why the hell weren’t they wearing helmets in the tunnel, and going the other way???? Fuckin’ hell man.

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u/LordGideon Sep 16 '22

As someone who purposefully did NOT watch trailers of any sort, everything was a surprise for me. I'm glad that I avoided both the trailers and this subreddit during that time.

I will say this - both crashes with the Evo had me (literally) putting my recliner footrest down and leaning forward to see what was going to happen.

The CGI flames? Stupid. But...that was kinda my only complaint. I really loved the rest of the show. Thought it was hilarious and well done. I don't know how they can keep making these episodes, but really they did great on this one.

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