If you were trying to get from the northernmost point in the U.S. — Utqiagvik, Alaska — to the southernmost point in the U.S. — Key West, Florida — how would you do it? Chances are you’d hop the next flight to Anchorage and then it’s a hop, skip, and jump through Denver, Houston, and Orlando to get to Key West International Airport. , you’ve made it. But what if you turned travel into a game show, split into teams of two, and had to earn your transportation each day by completing a series of competitive challenges? That’s exactly what these .
“Jet Lag” is now in its eighth season, and each trip seems to get more ambitious than the last. If you’ve never watched, I can’t recommend it enough. Past seasons have been a giant (), or a giant game of , or . Each season features the trio of Adam Chase, Ben Doyle, and Sam Denby, often with a fourth guest star, usually a YouTube star in their own right. This season’s guest is .
Each season the rules are tweaked a little bit to fit the locale and the game in question. This season the teams of two compete for tickets which will get them a flight, a train ride, or a car ride by completing strange challenges, like competitive snowman building, or telling a joke to a moose. Only four episodes of this season have been released so far () and it’s truly the best travel show out there. I never watched “The Amazing Race,” but according to some “Jet Lag” .
Anyway, here’s the first episode of the current season. Watch it. Or don’t, I’m not your mom.