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First Aired: January 23rd, 2003

Status: Ended

Network: Discovery

Summary: MythBusters is a science entertainment television program created and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The show's hosts, special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, use elements of the scientific method to test the validity of rumors, myths, movie scenes, adages, Internet videos, and news stories.

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Season 2011

Episode 1: Mission Impossible Face Off

Air Date: April 6th, 2011

Summary: Can realistic facial masks be used to bypass security measures as shown in the movie, Mission Impossible? Is it possible to start a merry-go-round spinning by shooting bullets at it, as depicted in Shoot 'Em Up?

Episode 2: Blue Ice

Air Date: April 13rd, 2011

Summary: Jamie and Adam take on an explosive scene from Bourne Supremacy, while Kari, Grant and Tory test a tale about human waste falling from the sky.

Episode 3: Running on Water

Air Date: April 20th, 2011

Summary: Adam and Jamie take on a viral video, while Kari, Grant, and Tory explore which common items can be bombproof.

Episode 4: Bubble Trouble

Air Date: April 27th, 2011

Summary: The MythBusters see whether it's possible to stay afloat in bubbly water, and whether an arrow packed with explosives can split a tree in two.

Episode 5: Torpedo Tastic

Air Date: May 4th, 2011

Summary: Did the world's first torpedo really strike a boat with a deadly payload at 800 feet? Can corks in wine bottles be turned into projectiles if exposed to enough pressure?

Episode 6: Blow Your Own Sail

Air Date: May 11st, 2011

Summary: Adam and Jamie put Hollywood sound effects up against reality, and Kari, Grant and Tory find out if you are adrift on a sailboat with no wind, can you propel your boat with a fan?

Episode 7: Spy Car 2

Air Date: May 18th, 2011

Summary: Can you really shoot accurately with guns mounted on the hood of a car? Will a bullet just spin if shot at a frozen lake?

Episode 8: Dodge a Bullet

Air Date: June 1st, 2011

Summary: Adam and Jamie test if you can jump out of the way of a bullet, while Kari, Grant and Tory find out if hitting the water is just like a similar fall onto pavement.

Episode 9: Fixing a Flat

Air Date: June 8th, 2011

Summary: Changing a flat tire without using a spare; can a fishing reel catch fire by hooking onto a fast fish?

Episode 10: Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Air Date: June 15th, 2011

Summary: The MythBusters count down -- and give you insight into -- their favorite transportation moments.

Episode 11: Let There Be Light

Air Date: June 22nd, 2011

Summary: Jamie and Adam take on "The Mummy," while Kari, Grant and Tory try to stop an out-of-control car with another car.

Episode 12: Paper Armor

Air Date: June 29th, 2011

Summary: Adam and Jamie explore the physics of shock waves in water and how to avoid injury, while Kari, Grant and Tory find out if paper battle armor can compare to steel.

Episode 13: Bikes and Bazookas

Air Date: September 28th, 2011

Summary: Adam and Jamie test the myth that a motorcycle is a greener and cleaner machine than a car, while Kari, Tory, and Grant unleash the first RPG in MythBusters history to see if a bullet could take out a bazooka.

Episode 14: Newton's Crane Cradle

Air Date: October 5th, 2011

Summary: Jamie and Adam test a viral video that supersizes Newton's cradle using wrecking balls, while Kari, Grant, and Tory tackle whether a bird landing on your hood is enough to tip your car off a cliff.

Episode 15: Walk a Straight Line

Air Date: October 12nd, 2011

Summary: Adam and Jamie explore whether humans -- deprived of sight -- can travel in a straight line, while Kari, Grant and Tory test whether binary explosives will explode in the case of a fender bender.

Episode 16: Duct Tape Plane

Air Date: October 19th, 2011

Summary: Adam and Jamie test three viral videos featuring the extraordinary excavator - Can it really row a barge? Be used to go wakeboarding? Perform seemingly impossible feats of acrobatics? Then -- using only duct tape -- Kari, Grant, and Tory attempt to patch up a plane that's had an unfortunate encounter with a bear.

Episode 17: Flying Guillotine

Air Date: October 26th, 2011

Summary: Jamie and Adam explore whether it's safe to use the explosive C4 as a cooking fuel as long as you don't drop anything on it, while Kari, Grant, and Tory put a Chinese martial-arts myth to the test.

Episode 18: Drain Disaster

Air Date: November 2nd, 2011

Summary: Find out whether a sewer drain full of combustible gas, when ignited, will turn an innocent manhole cover into a missile, and whether truck bedliners are truly bite, crash, and bomb proof.

Episode 19: Location, Location, Location

Air Date: November 11st, 2011

Summary: From Alameda to Africa, from the desert to the deep blue sea, the MythBusters declassify their top destinations and reveal all kinds of inside scoop, from quarry-bans to unplanned myth busts.

Episode 20: Wet and Wild

Air Date: November 16th, 2011

Summary: When it comes to H2O, the MythBusters are never shy of putting their bodies on the line, riding the world's biggest waterslide, deep-sea diving in a suit of armor and swimming in syrup. Go behind the scenes of the 12 wettest myths of all time.

Episode 21: Wheel of Mythfortune

Air Date: November 23rd, 2011

Summary: By spinning the Wheel of Mythfortune, the MythBusters find themselves taking on five random viewer-suggested myths with titles like the Monty Hall Paradox, Lumber Car, Firearm Fashion, Hit the Deck and Flaming Tire. Keep those ideas coming!

Episode 22: Toilet Bomb

Air Date: November 30th, 2011

Summary: Adam and Jamie tackle a blockbuster bathroom bomb (from Lethal Weapon!), while Kari, Tory, and Grant take to the skies to find out if flying in V-formation works for airplanes as well as it does for birds.

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