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Season 23  "Episode 1"  23x1

Aired 8 years ago - May 29, 2016

Ariel Nomad, Chevrolet Corvette Z06, Dodge Viper

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Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 1
Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 2
since God was a boy, and you can tell.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 3
but going into the bends at top speed, over a tonne of air
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 4
Our cars have been equipped with guns -- laser guns.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 5
Three, two, one.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 6
Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 7
Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 8
Fast, agile, and once you know how to use it, absolutely devastating.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 9
to cover up the fact that she made you throw up in an Audi?
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 10
Oh, look at him beaming! He's ecstatic.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 11
Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 12
- OK, and you know where we're going? - Yeah. We're going...
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 13
Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 14
- Um, no. We're sort of half the country away still. - Right.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 15
Still 200 miles from Blackpool, we put our heads together
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 16
It's midnight.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 17
Hey, listen, you know what?
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 18
Matt, we are so close to Blackpool. Please make it.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 19
Matt LeBlancpool. It doesn't get any better than that, does it?
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 20
Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 21
- And have you seen Sheringham since? - Funnily enough, no.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 22
That's shocking. Can I just apologise about the hair as well?
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 23
- He just gets it. - One-nil, Jesse, congratulations. - One-nil.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 24
- What's this? What's this? - So this is from Ferrari.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 25
- At the time it was really... you know, had been used by several generations. - All right.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 26
Best car ever between Gordon Ramsay and Jesse Eisenberg.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 27
Excellent control. Right, our second off-road section.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 28
Jesse's lap. Here we go, come on, everybody!
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 29
Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 30
Jesse Eisenberg went round our course in one...
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 31
No.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 32
Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 33
Oh! Oh, yes! Smooth, like a Cadillac!
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 34
You really feel part of the action. You feel, I don't know, plugged in.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 35
He's going to be chasing me with this kid's toy. Good luck.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 36
Tip one -- weaving.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 37
Drone down, drone down!
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 38
I think I should be able to get a bit of a gap on him here.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 39
That was brilliant.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 40
a reliable workhorse so indestructible
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 41
Gentlemen, to your vehicles.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 42
Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 43
And helping me was an American football team
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 44
But this is Blackpool, so we're doing it bigger, better, brighter.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 45
'With Chris flailing behind...'
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 46
I don't make the rules.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 47
Can we just have a little bit of respect
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 48
- Oh, we've got some crap in the way up here for sure, Nick. - Yeah.
 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 49
'So after an incredibly hands-on U-turn...
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Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 2
since God was a boy, and you can tell.
#2 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 3
but going into the bends at top speed, over a tonne of air
#3 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 4
Our cars have been equipped with guns -- laser guns.
#4 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 5
Three, two, one.
#5 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 6 #6 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 7 #7 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 8
Fast, agile, and once you know how to use it, absolutely devastating.
#8 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 9
to cover up the fact that she made you throw up in an Audi?
#9 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 10
Oh, look at him beaming! He's ecstatic.
#10 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 11 #11 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 12
- OK, and you know where we're going? - Yeah. We're going...
#12 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 13 #13 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 14
- Um, no. We're sort of half the country away still. - Right.
#14 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 15
Still 200 miles from Blackpool, we put our heads together
#15 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 16
It's midnight.
#16 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 17
Hey, listen, you know what?
#17 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 18
Matt, we are so close to Blackpool. Please make it.
#18 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 19
Matt LeBlancpool. It doesn't get any better than that, does it?
#19 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 20 #20 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 21
- And have you seen Sheringham since? - Funnily enough, no.
#21 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 22
That's shocking. Can I just apologise about the hair as well?
#22 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 23
- He just gets it. - One-nil, Jesse, congratulations. - One-nil.
#23 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 24
- What's this? What's this? - So this is from Ferrari.
#24 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 25
- At the time it was really... you know, had been used by several generations. - All right.
#25 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 26
Best car ever between Gordon Ramsay and Jesse Eisenberg.
#26 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 27
Excellent control. Right, our second off-road section.
#27 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 28
Jesse's lap. Here we go, come on, everybody!
#28 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 29 #29 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 30
Jesse Eisenberg went round our course in one...
#30 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 31
No.
#31 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 32 #32 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 33
Oh! Oh, yes! Smooth, like a Cadillac!
#33 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 34
You really feel part of the action. You feel, I don't know, plugged in.
#34 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 35
He's going to be chasing me with this kid's toy. Good luck.
#35 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 36
Tip one -- weaving.
#36 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 37
Drone down, drone down!
#37 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 38
I think I should be able to get a bit of a gap on him here.
#38 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 39
That was brilliant.
#39 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 40
a reliable workhorse so indestructible
#40 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 41
Gentlemen, to your vehicles.
#41 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 42 #42 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 43
And helping me was an American football team
#43 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 44
But this is Blackpool, so we're doing it bigger, better, brighter.
#44 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 45
'With Chris flailing behind...'
#45 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 46
I don't make the rules.
#46 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 47
Can we just have a little bit of respect
#47 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 48
- Oh, we've got some crap in the way up here for sure, Nick. - Yeah.
#48 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 49
'So after an incredibly hands-on U-turn...
#49 Recap of Top Gear Season 23 Episode 1 (S23E01) - 50 #50