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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 13
Episode 1: The Simpsons: D'oh!
Air Date: January 10th, 2015
Summary: Finally, the MythBusters meet the Simpsons! Will putting a cherry bomb in a toilet block cause all toilets to erupt with a violent fountain? Can an obese human (sorry, Homer) absorb the impact of a wrecking ball?
Episode 2: The Busters of the Lost Myths
Air Date: January 17th, 2015
Summary: Adam LOVED this one, as you can imagine. Can a whip make your enemy drop his gun? Can you wrap a whip around a log and swing across a chasm? Could Indy have outrun a rolling boulder? Could Indy had survived a Mayan temple run through the various booby traps?
Episode 3: A-Team Special
Air Date: January 24th, 2015
Summary: Jamie and Adam find out if it's really possible to build a working cannon out of stuff abandoned in a barn, then test whether a sewer explosion can really take out the bad guys without serious injury.
Episode 4: Video Game Special
Air Date: January 31st, 2015
Summary: Jamie and Adam -- with the help of UFC fighter Brendan Schaub and the makers of DOOM -- test how many weapons you can really take with you and remain operational. And can you really chop fruit a la Fruit Ninja?
Episode 5: Transformers
Air Date: February 7th, 2015
Summary: Adam and Jamie tackle two tall tales of mechanical metamorphosis: Is it possible to convert a 2CV into a motorbike? Can you use water bottles to create an amphibious bicycle?
Episode 6: San Francisco Drift
Air Date: February 14th, 2015
Summary: Jamie and Adam tackled two tall tales from the world of street racing. Does drifting really get to your destination faster? And does drifting help you park faster?
Episode 7: Blow It Out of the Water
Air Date: July 18th, 2015
Summary: Having come to represent the concept of 'overwhelming victory', this saying originally came from submarines in WW2 who were able to use torpedoes to literally blow an enemy ship up and out of the water. But is this really possible? And in the Breaking Bad season finale, Walter White took down every single bad guy with a simple crank shaft, remote control and M60. Potential reality or just fiction?
Episode 8: Flights of Fantasy
Air Date: July 25th, 2015
Summary: Drone deliveries are on their way. But are those fast-spinning blades just an accident waiting to happen? And is the U-2 really the toughest aircraft in regular use to fly and land?
Episode 9: Accidental Ammo
Air Date: August 1st, 2015
Summary: Jamie and Adam tackle another gruesome story about a pane of glass falling from a construction site and cutting an innocent bystander completely in half from head to toe. Then Jamie builds a Lawnmower From Hell also find out whether a stone shot from a mower can have the same power as a bullet shot from a .357.
Episode 10: Dangerous Driving
Air Date: August 8th, 2015
Summary: Is it as dangerous to use hands free as it is to use a cell phone while driving? Is it really straightforward to drive at high speed in reverse?
Episode 11: Supernatural Shooters
Air Date: August 15th, 2015
Summary: Adam and Jamie take aim at Hollywood's infallible hit men and their seemingly supernatural ability to take down a target. First up, can an armed assassin use a single well-placed shot to kill his victim on the other side of a wall? Do interior walls truly provide such little protection, and can you really track an unseen target this way?
Episode 12: Unfinished Business
Air Date: August 22nd, 2015
Summary: Can you hold onto a grenade for longer than two hours? Can you really change a magazine in a blink-and-you-miss-it moment? Can video games make you better at real-life tasks, like golf? And can you really stop a car by using hollow spikes?
Episode 13: MythBusters vs. Jaws
Air Date: August 29th, 2015
Summary: Jamie and Adam revisit Jaws' final scene, which they'd taken on in 2005's Exploding Scuba Tank. Will the results be different with a giant anatomically accurate shark and a bigger gun? Then the duo test two repellents: the sound of orcas and essence of "dead shark."
Episode 14: Star Wars (2) - The Myths Strike Back
Air Date: September 5th, 2015
Summary: Star Wars provides further fodder when Jamie and Adam see whether high ground really is important in a duel, and whether it's possible to dive out of the way of laser blaster bullets (well, a Stormtroopers', anyway).
Episode 15: Hypermiling / Crash Cushions
Air Date: June 12nd, 2013
Summary: The Mythbusters take on the hit tv-show 'Breaking Bad' in this special to de-bunk the chemistry and science showcased on every episode. Creator of the show, Vince Gilligan and actor, Aaron Paul, join them as they try to see if it is busted, plausible or confirmed.
Episode 16: Duct Tape Canyon
Air Date: June 19th, 2013
Summary: Adam and Jamie go rappelling and white-water rafting. Also - Nik Wallenda.
Episode 17: Painting with Explosives / Bifurcated Boat
Air Date: June 26th, 2013
Summary: A myth about splitting a boat in two is examined.
Episode 18: Traffic Tricks
Air Date: July 22nd, 2013
Summary: Tricks for making your way through heavy traffic are tested - 1) If you brake, how much effect will that have on those behind you? 2) Is it better to pic a lane and stay in it, or to keep choosing the faster lane as you drive? 3) Which is better for managing the most cars, a 4-way intersection or a 4-way traffic circle? 4) Which takes longer, driving 400 miles, (SF to LA), or flying a commercial jet
Episode 19: Car Chase Chaos/Animal Antics
Air Date: -
Summary: The team test out various car chase cliches.
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