“Everything has meaning. There are no accidents.” — Susan ChambleeUp to the halfway point of the episode, I was originally going to complain that the episode wasn’t living up to the standards of the previous ones. Boy, was I wrong. The first half was exposition that set up major events to come in this and future episodes. Where to begin? How about the Jump Start? I couldn’t understand why everyone had no idea where they were going based on the clues considering that the location was shown on the map in the film. Of course, rewatching that scene revealed something that I missed the first time — rather than representing their actual location (considering they were in Georgia and the map was of Colorado), it was just an example of how the Jump Start works. My concern here is that if it confused me (because I wasn’t paying attention), what about how it would affect the casual viewer who tunes in? Then again, I’m not the brightest bulb in the box, ...
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“Truth is death…. You got to lie like your life depends on it.” — Violent Trimble to her fatherAlex Tully: “Who are you?”Officer Poole Impersonator: “No, that’s not the question. The question is, ‘Who are you?’”After last night’s episode I seriously need to rethink what is going on in The Race and how the participants were selected. It appears that almost everyone in the episode is hiding some sort of secret, which only adds to my confusion….Winston Salazar claims he was innocent of the crime he was put away for. Obviously he is going to say that to his brother with whom he is trying to bond, but is he serious? Even as the bounty hunter was driving away he was encouraging his brother to get to the next leg of The Race. He seemed pretty resigned to the fact that he was being taken away. I’m not quite sure what to make of him at this time, except to say that he likes women who drive fast cars and is easily tricked b...
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"For as long as there have been cars, there has been 'The Race.'" — Mr. BrightDrive is the latest project from Tim Minear. Who exactly is Tim Minear? He was a coproducer and writer for Angel and Firefly. He also was the creative force behind the series Wonderfalls and The Inside. With the exception of Angel, all have aired on the Fox network and all were cancelled before their time. Cancelled? Sadly, yes. Yet, even though they were only broadcast for a short period of time, fan communities for his shows developed, later to be heartbroken over their cancellation.So here we have Tim creating yet another show for the network that likes to cancel his series. Is Tim a glutton for punishment? Is this show even worth your time? How will it appeal to the fans of his other series? At first I thought the concept behind Drive wouldn’t, well, drive — take The Gumball Rally and The Amazing Race, sprinkle some Deathrace 2000 and Season 7 into the mix and voila!Huh?This was the same...
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