![]() Quite deliberately, they explain the science and engineering behind every thing they construct, and even if the whole plot is contrived, we can totally believe these two could actually build the things they create on the island. At the start, they work together to build shelter and gather resources to survive, using what’s available on the island and the detritus of their shipwreck (which conveniently includes some battery-powered tools) but later, the two start to clash over priorities, and their efforts to one-up one another escalate, often with very funny results.īut make no mistake – this is a science show. Each is playing a heightened version of their TV personas: Tory is obsessive about getting home, and a bit paranoid Richard is vain, competitive, and rather enjoys the idea of hanging out for a while in their Swiss Family Robinson tro-tech (tropical island technology) utopia. The (purposely thin) plot is that Tory and Richard are buddies who have been stranded on a tropical island and combine their improvisational science and building skills learned from years as hosts of popular TV shows to survive their environment, and eventually find a way home (all told as flashbacks while they are being interrogated by police, for some strange reason). ![]() After bingeing all six episodes, we’re desperately hoping they figure out how to make a season two, because the show is hilarious and educational! The Great Escapists popped up on our Amazon Prime account a couple weeks back, and we had to give it a look. Mythbuster Tory Belicci and gear-head Richard Hammond are standard on a tropical island will they build their great escape, or is there trouble in paradise?
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