It's amazing that this show comes from the same producers as Highway Thru Hell, since, in spite of the fact that they're both about heavy rescue, this series is barely watchable, whereas Highway Thru Hell is must-see-TV for me.
The terrain is nowhere near as photogenic, but that's not what kills the show for me. Most of the tow operators (with a couple of very notable exceptions) are nowhere near as professional as the ones in HTH, so the recoveries are often more clown show than the heroics often featured on HTH. I agree with the other reviewers about Steve & Sonny!
But the main thing that ruins this show for me is the focus on the nanny-state police officers. Sheesh, what a bunch of cowering grandmothers! According to them, people drive too fast when it's icy, and yet the minute conditions clear up people they whine that people are driving too fast because it's clear. I fast forward through the cop parts, but they really do ruin it for me. You can't create a nerf-society where nothing anyone does is dangerous, but these utopian cops keep acting like the whole world would be all warm & fuzzy if everyone just drove like grandmothers. I realize they're Canadian, but grow a pair fer-pete's-sake!
The terrain is nowhere near as photogenic, but that's not what kills the show for me. Most of the tow operators (with a couple of very notable exceptions) are nowhere near as professional as the ones in HTH, so the recoveries are often more clown show than the heroics often featured on HTH. I agree with the other reviewers about Steve & Sonny!
But the main thing that ruins this show for me is the focus on the nanny-state police officers. Sheesh, what a bunch of cowering grandmothers! According to them, people drive too fast when it's icy, and yet the minute conditions clear up people they whine that people are driving too fast because it's clear. I fast forward through the cop parts, but they really do ruin it for me. You can't create a nerf-society where nothing anyone does is dangerous, but these utopian cops keep acting like the whole world would be all warm & fuzzy if everyone just drove like grandmothers. I realize they're Canadian, but grow a pair fer-pete's-sake!