Ayup. Watched. Enjoyed.

It felt fast-paced, which was good, because I was a little worried about the format. I'm still worried about the size of the ensemble cast, but so far so good. Although I'm thinking ala Lost I should view the initial crowd scenes for potential other racers.

*Loved* the motorcycle riding couple turning out to be older! Hee! Loved the brothers helping out Violet.

Knew when I saw the waitress that it wasn't a one-time shot. She was too big an actress to just randomly be the waitress in the town they were passing through.

I need to rewatch. Which is good. I think with the weird format this is going to feel over super fast. I feel like I just gorged by having two hours already and more coming tomorrow.

I didn't notice the green-screening at all, but I generally don't. So yay for that. And kudos to the actors, 'cause that must be tough to pull off. I'll want to see character stuff, like the characters responding to the smell of the air, details of stuff on the road they drive by, for me to feel like they're inhabiting the road, you know? If they were going to all that trouble, though, it seemed like they'd make more effort to get the road details right. I don't know Florida, so it didn't bug me, but it will when they get to the bits I know. Basic geography.

Lots of questions to be answered.

Dear Nielsen,

Please bring the staff of TV's hit Drive at least 8.0. And a plastic rocket.

TAR would be more interesting with a body count.

I got to watch the first two episodes with some friends last night, and I found it very fun to watch in company!

I'll watch the 2nd hour again tonight with my son because I made him go to bed after the 1st and he really was enjoying it. I promised he could watch the tape and the show tonight. So it gets the 12 year old vote too.

LOVED the "I think I shoulda shot you." line.

Best line of the whole two hours, and the actor's delivery (sorry, I only know Nathan, Amy, Richie Cunninham's brother, Gracie-from-Jericho, and Cindy Williams) was wonderful.

So, when Wendy (is that her name -- the new mom) was on the phone with her husband, that was Tim doing the husband's voice, right?

Think so, Cindy.

I really like Wendy. Yes, she's a little crazy, but sweet at the same time.

It's funny -- I think Alex is a really layered character and has the most to loose (right now). But I don't want him to win.

OMG hated the song over the credits. Sorry, Tim, but it's just wrong for the pace and the energy level of the show.

Yeah, that was close to Enterprise levels of bad. (Which means by next week I'll adore it and be wondering who replaced my taste in music with Folger's Crystals because that's just how my brain works sometimes. Bad brain! No biscuit!)

Also, the credits themselves were kinda spoilery -- Dylan Baker was conspicuously absent and then mentioned as a guest star before his illness was revealed. Tsk tsk!

I watched with a fannish pal, and as soon as we got the flashback she figured out that that was Corinna's backstory, which was awesome. Hence the stowaway and the lying and everything. I'm sure she's got more going on, but I like her motives.

DH and I guessed she was Flashback Girl too, which made the rest of the lead-up to her revealing it to NF a little frustrating -- once it became clear that she was going to spill it by the end of the ep, I just wanted her to get it over with already so they could become partners and move on with the rest of the show.

I saw that Tully stole Alan's car, but later he was driving in the truck again. How did this happen?

I *loved* that moment when the car stalled! It was totally Angel jumping into the wrong car in "City Of."

TAR would be more interesting with a body count.

CBS used to agree with you -- in season 4 or 5, they had the contestants swimming under an ice-floe covered river, retrieving clues from shark-filled aquariums, and driving (almost) into North Korea. I was sure someone wasn't going to make it. But lately they've gotten more cautious.

I think my favorite line was "I don't know!...I missed orientation." (Another very Angel-esque moment, that.)

The special effectness of the title sequence totally doesn't work for me. It's not seamless special effects -- it's completely and utter obvious show VFX and makes it plainly obvious they're special effects happy.

The song is catchy... But not at all what I expected.

Yeah, there were a bunch of Angelesque moments that had me giggling. Also the "I seriously doubt that" remark.

Kristen Lehman reminds me a little too much of Elizabeth Rohm for me to really warm up to her yet.

I decided she reminds me of the woman from Profiler, so I'm hoping she doesn't do the wide eyes, slightly open mouth thing too much.