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I really love Sarah's comedy. I've watched everything she's ever done except for the second half of this special. I feel like she made this primarily for herself and would be more appropriate as a conversation with friends and family who knew her parents. Maybe even as therapy. It just wasn't very funny. There were a few laughs obviously but as a whole it was clear that she was working some stuff out. The worst part is that I was really excited to watch the new Sarah Silverman special. I think I'll rewatch one of her older ones tonight. I hope it's not too long before she gets back to the sort of routines that her fans love her for.

The show spends a lot of time on the backstories of the guys who build/drive the sleepers. They're supposed to be the protagonists. But in these interviews they reveal themselves to be pretty insecure. Because their egos are so fragile, they smack talk the supercars and supercar drivers in a way that it's impossible to root for them. I suspect the show sought out the worst kind of people in order to get the Jerry Springer effect but fast cars are cool enough without the emotional train wrecks driving the drama. I keep wondering if the sleeper drivers have any idea how slow the supercar would need to be before a reasonable person would prefer the junker.