I grew up in Tucson and lived in Phoenix… for a total of 25 years… and I never heard anyone call it anything other than “I-10” or just “10”. The article “THE” at the front I haven’t heard from anyone but Californians.
I live off of “75” for example, not “THE 75” which sounds weird to me.
At least they’ve gotten rid of that truck!
I’m beginning to get a Lost vibe from this show already. There may be several different powers behind the race. Who says the people who got Tully into the race are the same people who gave him his car? And how did they get it, complete with knife in glove compartment?
One thing has been bothering me about episode 2 – I thought that shuttle launches were popular events to witness. Invitation only and all that. When the drivers were at Cape Canaveral, they were in a pretty vacant mall very close to the launch. Wouldn’t it have been packed with spectators?
Or did “they” have exclusive access to the mall? If so, how did they get permits? “Sorry, city hall, it’s secret and illegal. Can I have my permit now?”
And nobody at the mall even looked up when the shuttle launched. Next to impossible to do…the impact of the launch from that range is like getting hit in the chest.
Well, in the fly-over state I used to live in, we called it “I [number]” for Interstates. Example: I-75, I-70, I-675.
US Routes were called “Highway [number]” or sometimes “US [number]”.
Example: US 35
State Routes were called “Route [number]”
Example: Route 49, Route 201, Route 725
In the fly-over state I live in now, everything is called “Highway [number]”.
Example: Highway 40 [local dialect] Highway fahr-ty [/ld], Highway 70.
We just call it route X or just plain X. Or X direction. Route 9, 93, 95 South.
It would have been funny if they’d used that nomenclature for the first leg of the race.
“We have to get on The One!”
“The one what?”
“The One! We have to get on The One!”
“We have to get on Ally McBeal’s ideal but imaginary boyfriend?”
My theory is that the organizers of the race are either a government agency or some organized crime syndicate testing all the “contestants” to see if they qualify for recruitment into whatever organization it is they represent. The only problem I can see is the dying father, though maybe they have a cure for him if he passes the test (or maybe it’s actually his daughter they’re testing).
Of course being a Tim Minear show on FOX I doubt that we’ll ever find out for sure. Either way, I’m going to enjoy it before the FOX axe falls.
An interesting point, given the time spent on her lying ability. Is everyone in the race necessarily being tested? Are some there to add color and verisimilitude to an otherwise bland and uninteresting narrative?
I’m here…why? To serve, Opal. I’m here to serve.
So even though I don’t watch Lost, this seems to be Lost-turned-Fox-OMGTENSIONDRAMA, with the Minear/Wonderfalls wit and some Fast and the Furious thrown in.
It’s the Typical Fox Drama + Minear wit that worries me… I love 24 and Wonderfalls but it’s an awful small Venn diagram that can be drawn between them, and I don’t know how well it’ll work, especially for people expecting another 24.
And really, folks… I watched The Train Job last night, but we don’t really have to recall the entirety of Firefly in every Drive thread.
Can’t stop the signal, Troy.
Perhaps not, but you can kill off major characters. 
It may just be me but Winston is getting on my nerves. Yes, we get it. You’re the one that grew up as a poor, tough guy son that no one in the rich family ever talked about. But you really don’t have to your newly found brother as ‘Hommes’ every other sentence.
His bio on the official website says he had a high aptitude for English in school(we called it grammer when I was in school). Fine then, give him other things to say!
I had a problem with the last driving shots. Would there really be 10 lane highways around Rome, Georgia? Does Georgia use yellow lines on their highways the way the other states use white ones (to show lanes - most double yellow lines I’ve seen aren’t supposed to be crossed, they mark lanes for oncoming traffic).
(I have driven in Georgia, but all I remember is getting hellishly lost in construction around Atlanta).
I missed the Monday ep unfortunately so I’m not sure what you’re referring to. Some places, not necessarily in GA, have dashed double yellows to mark switchable lanes, like 2 eastbound with one westbound during the AM rush and one eastbound with 2 westbound during the PM rush.
Yeah the double yellow lines marking HOV (I assume) bothered the snot out of me because as far as I know that isn’t used at all in Florida or Georgia. But I let go and just enjoyed the ride.
– IG
No, they were solid double yellow lines - but the cars were acting like they were dashed single white lines. That bothered me as well. “He’s driving on the wrong side of the … no, so is everyone else.”
Of course you realize that now every time I see him, I will picture him eating crispy mouse sandwiches.
I was very happy to see that Mal… uh… Tully was finally given a backstory that makes him a bit more of a badass. That last scene where he smiled just the tiniest of smiles as he roared past everyone reminded me of why he was so damn cool in Firefly.
You know, after watching the third hour last night, I have to say I’m really digging it. Before, I was well aware that if it weren’t for my Firefly nerdiness, I wouldn’t be interested at all, but I think it all came together into an interesting show in that third hour. Here’s hoping it stays this good.