Expedition Unknown (2015)

 

I like this guy…. Josh Gates, but the show is 95% filler. Mostly travelogue setting up where he is, local culture, food etc. This episode he explores sunken planes in Papa New Guinea, bones under a house and another plane crash in the jungle. All turn out to be busts in regard to Amelia Earhart.

Temple of Doom… One of the weaker shows. Takes forever to get to the lost city. He takes a trip through the jungles on abandoned railroad tracks which is a tourist attraction now. After a buildup and many mentions of mines (over 50,000 in the area, he decides to take a helicopter into the area followed by a motorbike. Sigh. Guess the showrunner can’t really risk blowing up his talent after all. The end of the show is interesting when we finally see a glimpse of what they are excavating. For some reason (same as in episode one) they go explore the top of the mountain at night in a storm. Most likely because it is more dramatic to go exploring in the jungle by torchlight with lightning and thunder.

Shows are hit or miss. Some are great. Some are not.

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