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.
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| The Grand Tour presents A Massive Hunt |
A Massive Hunt kicks off in 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 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 on the mud, well, almost. Crossing through the beach, the 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's giving them the bad news about his car, the road trip resumed and the road's becoming more promising and they're crossing through the ferry to get to the next destination. On the next stop, as Clarkson and Hammond relying on their survival instincts, May spent the whole day decoding...until he got 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 surviving through the rough terrain, Hammond managed to revert his Focus back to wheels but it made even worse.
Several miles later, May arrived at a village in Seranambe and with Hammond here, they've begin digging for treasure. As Clarkson finished fixing his Bentley and arrived, bad news abound because the treasure they're looking for wasn't here and they've 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. They're setting off but sadly, Hammond's Focus broke the clutch and gone.
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 begins.
Have they found the treasure? Yes...but not what they're expecting.
All that loose tracks, ferry usage, survival instincts, crazy vanity plates, and that explosive climax did led 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...
