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The Holy Trinity

Aired 2016-11-18 71 min ★ 8.3/10 our take
⚠ Spoiler alert This recap gives away what happens in this episode.

Episode Summary & Review

Summary

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May start their brand new car show with hundreds of cars, thousands of people, a fire spitting metal scorpion and a squadron of jets in the California desert, plus three amazing hybrid hypercars and a brilliant BMW.

Our Take

The three hypercars tearing through the California desert make for a genuinely spectacular opener, and the old Top Gear chemistry picks right back up like nothing happened. The studio segments feel a bit padded and the military theatrics are pure excess. Still, if you missed these three arguing about cars, this delivers exactly what you came for.