Jaunted

Triple Rush humanizes the messengers, as the series begins with the initiation of a new group of riders, who are warned over and over of the dangers of the job. The pace of the show—and of these people's lives—is supremely fast, like the Big Apple itself. The show actually looks quite good in that, because hopefully the audiences at home will be drawn into the energy with which NYC throbs.

On the other hand, speaking as someone who uses bike messengers (and this company featured, every so often), the preview above is already starting to make us feel guilty. The packages we hand over to bike messengers are not worth them risking their lives, let alone pedaling through the worst weather. But then, we've never put a "triple rush" on any package...