1/10
2018 season First episode, totally scripted... ugh. Spoilers!
3 March 2018
Warning: Spoilers
I have watched the entire series since the beginning. It used to be a great show, then all it was was screaming, yelling, fighting and stupid deadlines. The newest 2018 episode starts out with Paul Sr. not being able to assemble a set of front forks. So he calls up Paul Jr. and asks for help. WHAT? Just 3 minutes earlier they were talking about how Paul Sr. had been in the business for 40 something years, owns one of the most successful (independent shops) in the motorcycle building business world, and he can't assemble some forks? He doesn't have an employee on staff in his huge shop who can assemble forks? And they "conveniently capture this moment on camera? Later in the episode Sr. is showing his latest build to the Casino managers who ordered the bike and they have a look of concern on their faces, and one of them says.. "We need to talk"... then they go to commercial... Oh the drama, I was so glued to the TV... geesh,, when they came back the casino manager basically said, We love it, we love it so much we want you to build us a second bike. Sr, also decides to pressure test a gas tank, WHY? Why Sr, at that moment when the cameras are rolling? Of course disaster occurs and the tank over-expands causing more drama and more time crunch issues. If Sr. doesn't know how to pressure test a gas tank after 40 plus years in the business, an isn't smart enough to let his people do the work they were hired for, he shouldn't be on TV. Especially when these staged/scripted scenes go on and on. And yes, in the upcoming episodes, we see Sr, yelling, screaming and threatening his staff. Whether it's real, staged, fake or whatever remains to be seen. Just not by me. I have already programmed my DVR to no record any more episodes. Just show some cool bike building and reveals. The Paul Sr. yelling, got old 10 years ago.
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