Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father Review

Jack Whitehall and his father, Michael Whitehall, start the new season in Australia for their show Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father.

As Jack tours his standup I’m Only Joking, his father joins to support his son and to accomplish the recurring goal of getting out of his shell. From season one through season three, it is easy to see that their roles were reversed in season four with Jack being out-of-place while his father enjoys the adventure.

Hilary, Jack’s mother and Michael’s wife, joins the tour while helping plan his sister's wedding. She helps add depth to the show by having intimate conversations with Jack about his single life and his lack of having a plus-one for his sisters wedding. She supports him, as his wing-woman, while he attends a speed-dating winery event where his conversations end quickly after he initiates awkward conversations.

The episode continues with them attending a cricket lesson at the Sydney Cricket Ground with Brett Lee, a retired international cricketer, testing their bush skills in the wild with the help of bushcraft teacher, Cockatoo Paul, and ends with Jack surprising his father with a special place to relax: A nude beach. As Jack welcomes the nudity, Michael is seen to feel out-of-place after being able to crack his posh-shell.

Episode two begins with them meeting a motorcycle club in Mooball, New South Wales, where they were able to enjoy riding motorcycles and learn that most of the motorcycle clubs are not considered gangs anymore. In Byron Bay, Jack and Michael visit an emu farm that allows them to get up close to the bird, after Jack’s continued obsession of them throughout the seasons. He fulfills his dream of attending to emus by feeding and gathering them, and learns that emu oil not only helps clean pipes, but it also helps someones sex drive.

With being gifted an emu feather cape, Jack and Michael continued to the next day celebrating Australia Day, a national holiday, in Uluru. There, they attend the festivities such as drinking, thong throwing, ute pulling, and chook racing. The chook racing consisted of both men picking a bird, consisting of chickens, in an auction that they think would win the race.

The money raised would be gathered in a prize pot and given to the eventual winner. Michael spends $300 on a bird that he later names Winston, after the porcelain doll he was gifted in the first season, who loses.

After visiting Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, they join a campsite named Longitude 131 where they are able to enjoy the silence of the desert and the view of Ayers Rock. The episode concludes with Jack and Michael sleeping in a bed outside, reminiscing on their bond and adventures they have taken together.

The show premiered on Tuesday, September 22, on Netflix and consists of 2 one-hour episodes. If you are looking for a show to make you laugh, this is the one.