Friday, December 18, 2020

The Grand Tour presents A Massive Hunt

As Christmas draws near into this terrible year, the boys return for their newest Grand Tour adventure that takes them to Madagascar in search for a pirate treasure.

HOLD ON! Be sure to watch the entire episode on Prime Video first before reading this...unless you don't have one.

The Grand Tour presents A Massive Hunt


A Massive Hunt kicks off on an island called Reunion, introducing us to their cars of choice for their latest adventure. Jeremy Clarkson drives a second-generation Bentley Continental GT, James May drives a Caterham, and Richard Hammond drives a Ford Focus RS, which is based on the third-generation Focus of course.

After getting to know about their cars, the boys went to the cemetery to get the message about uncovering the whereabouts of Le Buse's treasure. As days of May's deciphering went to nowhere, Hammond's well-kept memories about the treasure led them to Madagascar, packed with terrible road conditions as May warned. That's why they've modified their rides to make it off-road capable

Arriving in Madagascar, the first leg of the trip is not what they're expecting for because they've started on a tarmac full of people. As miles pass by, the road gets rougher, putting their mods to the test until Hammond's having trouble with the tracks he put on his Focus and May's getting dirty. Miles later, they're stopping over at the hotel, well Clarkson and May are, while Hammond's busy fixing the tracks.

The next day, the journey continues, and dirtier paths ahead as two of the cars are doing well in the mud, well, almost. Crossing through the beach, Hammond's Focus broke one of the tracks. After hours of fixing the tracks and May's cleanup, they've used the ferry to get through the other part and as the road trip continues, the road's getting even tougher, giving Hammond's track-armed Focus the opportunity while Clarkson's Bentley got stuck and needs to get his car winched by Hammond. As darkness fell, life couldn't get even worse, in Hammond's case of course.

As morning arrives on the third day of the trip after Hammond gives them the bad news about his car, the road trip resumes, and the road becomes more promising and they're crossing through the ferry to get to the next destination. On the next stop, as Clarkson and Hammond rely on their survival instincts, May spends the whole day decoding...until he gets a breakthrough. He found the whereabouts of the treasure and it's lurking somewhere in Seranambe.

Now, the drive to Seranambe begins and Hammond broke the tracks of the Focus and encountered some locals going to the wedding. As the other two survived through the rough terrain, Hammond managed to revert his Focus back to wheels but it made it even worse. Also, Hammond's Focus broke the clutch.

Several miles later, May arrived at a village in Seranambe, and with Hammond here, they began digging for treasure. As Clarkson finished fixing his Bentley and arrived, bad news abounded because the treasure they were looking for wasn't here and they'd ruined the village's only football field.

Thanks to Hammond's head, they're going to Pirate Island because this is, he believed, the exact place where the treasure is buried.

Arriving at Pirate Island, the boys are going to the beach where the treasure is supposed to be buried and the search begins. As Hammond and May resort to metal detectors, Clarkson built a makeshift bar, and then he went to a more explosive approach. After hours of searching, Hammond found something and the digging began.

Have they found the treasure? Yes...but not what they're expecting.


All those loose tracks, ferry usage, survival instincts, crazy vanity plates, and that explosive climax did lead to the treasure that is not really what they're looking for. Oh well... At least this Madagascar adventure really is worth the watch and what way of ending this terrible year than watching this latest Grand Tour adventure?

That is A Massive Hunt but the boys will return...

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