MythBusters

2003 • Science
4.7
3.9K reviews
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Season 2 episodes (13)

1 Exploding Toilet
9/23/03
Jamie and Adam set out to methodically bust urban legends. If a flammable substance is sprayed down a toilet bowl, will a lighted match cause the toilet to explode? Find out if assassins use ice bullets and if running in the rain makes sense.
2 Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station
10/3/03
MythBusters test whether or not using a cell phone at a gas station can cause the pump to explode. They put silicon implants to the test under high altitude to see if they explode under pressure and they'll find out if high speed CD-Roms really shatter.
3 Barrel of Bricks
10/10/03
Test the danger of responding to the call of nature on the electrified rail of a train track. Find out if an eel skin wallet can erase the magnetic information on credit cards, and hear the woeful tale of the unluckiest construction worker.
4 Penny Drop
10/17/03
Find out if dropping a penny from a skyscraper can be lethal to pedestrians on the sidewalk below. Explore the effects of microwaves and whether or not tanning beds really bake sunworshipers from the inside out.
5 Buried Alive
10/24/03
Fact or fiction: Leaping from a bridge is safer if a hammer is thrown first to break the plane of the water's surface. Find out how much oxygen remains inside a coffin for those poor folks who get buried alive.
6 Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing
11/7/03
Join Jamie and Adam as they test the limits of a homemade tree cannon to decipher whether or not a small town in Hungry could actually build a working cannon out of a tree. Can Adam's tongue piercing withstand the electric force of a lightning bolt?
7 Stinky Car
12/5/03
Mythbusters Jamie and Adam put their noses to the test to find out if that nasty smell in the car is there to stay. Follow the gasoline trail as they try to flush out the truth in the raccoon in the drain myth.
8 Alcatraz Escape
12/12/03
Jamie and Adam retrace the steps of the infamous prisoners who escaped from Alcatraz without a trace in 1962. Although presumed drowned, they'll find out if it was possible to survive the tides of the San Francisco Bay in a homemade raft.
9 Explosive Decompression
1/11/04
Jamie and Adam shoot a bullet hole into the shell of an aircraft to see if that single shot will cause explosive decompression and destroy the aircraft. Find out if two hunters could use a loaded .22 gun cartridge as a car ignition fuse.
10 Chicken Gun
1/18/04
Will launching a chicken at an airplane disrupt its flight or will it be blown out of the way? The Mythbusters go inside the human body to explore the myth of a woman who claimed she swallowed an octopus egg then gave birth to an eight-legged offspring.
11 Breakstep Bridge
1/25/04
The Mythbusters set out to methodically bust three urban legends. Join Jamie and Adam as they re-create these myths in order to decide whether or not they deserve a place in urban lore.
12 Buried in Concrete
2/15/04
Solve a legendary mafia mystery by searching for the body of Jimmy Hoffa allegedly buried in the concrete under Giants Stadium. Fire up a jet engine and find out if the power and force of a 737 could launch a taxicab backward up to 25 meters in distance.
13 Sinking Titanic
2/22/04
Find out if a sinking ship will suck passengers down as it goes under. Put a lit firecracker down the neck of a trombone to make sweeter music, and determine the intelligence of goldfish.

About this show

Each episode, the MythBusters, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, two special effects experts with more than 30 years of experience, methodically set out to bust three urban legends. And they don't just explain if something's true or false: through trial and error, they demonstrate it. Sometimes they crash things, sometimes they blow things up -- all in the name of science.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
3.9K reviews
A Google user
August 6, 2014
Most Good Eats fans know Alton Brown wanted to be on the show, and now that his own show is over, he gets his wish in season 13! This is about as much win as Robin Williams on Whose Line. I still wish they kept the original theme music, though. Only 8 episodes this time, Discovery? I guess the cannon thing might've cut this season short (season 13 is the same size on iTunes). I'm not complaining-- being able to watch on any Android device is well worth it. Hopefully next season will have more goodness.
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Sam Hodges
February 23, 2014
I love the show, but what's with the short seasons? And almost every episode I can point out a seemingly obvious mistake. For your audience's sake, at least do more than 12 shows a season.
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Pete Busch
April 27, 2015
Quite interesting every show. A pleasure to watch for those of us who enjoy actually learning something. Very entertaining. The people on this show manage to make learning about things both interesting and entertaining. Great show. Please keep it going. We need more shows like this. Finally, something intelligent and entertaining. Refreshing!
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