Oh man, the Lyon episode is on CNN right now. I can't not watch it. It's probably my favorite episode.

Probably the best episode. When he tells the chef it’s “The meal of my life,” it’s definitely my favorite moment of the whole series. Wrecks me.

His joy when that rabbit was brought out was just awesome.

And that meal they prepare at the farmhouse at the end of the episode, that would probably be the meal of my life. It looks so incredible

Thanks doug

Going to Portugal in a few weeks, i need to check out his eps.

His most recent Portugal one is a hoot. There’s a very salty street vendor you should try to meet. Also he eats a sandwich that looks like a very pleasant way to die by heart attack

Curious to hear RM's thoughts on the Houston episode.

Haven't seen that one yet. We mostly skip the US ones.

I think the US ones are fun jumping off points for how to travel in America. Even if I'm not visiting a particular city on the show, I'll explore the cities I do visit with the same sort of spirit. Or my own city. I'll admit the Charleston one with pre-sober Sean Brock is a tough watch. Sean looks awful.

Porto? I thought this was just okay. He's got real mask of death vibes in this one that is hard to watch, where everyone else's "cycle of life" comments become for him a sort of black pit of despair. Porto looks like a good time though.

I get that vibe from him a lot though. He wasn't long for this world and it often showed.

And yeah, Porto looks awesome. My mom's family is all Portuguese and yet I've never been. I loved watching him eat all the food I grew up eating, and some I'd never been exposed to, like that amazing sandwich.

That fucking sandwich. I do think his despair was more pronounced in the later episodes. The one with Asia in southern Italy is really bizarre, and there's even a moment where she asks him if he feels responsible for tourists overrunning previously secluded places, and you can just see his face fall.

I agree, I generally like the US ones, though selfishly I prefer them when they model areas/restaurants to visit. The more time he spends in peoples' houses, the less it works for me. Houston in that respect was just okay.

I think Chicago is the only US one I LOVED. We mostly put on int'l episodes for the sense of exploration, and US eps when we don't feel like watching The Office again.

Just saw this, and yeah, it's a top 5 for me. My favorite might be Berlin.

Trag, the Queens one is something I think you'd like if you haven't seen it already.