Episode 1
Boomerang Bullet
2010-01-04 • 60 min
Were trees really used to launch diseased bodies over medieval walls? What happens when you shoot a bullet at a frying pan?
TV season
2010-01-04
Episode 1
2010-01-04 • 60 min
Were trees really used to launch diseased bodies over medieval walls? What happens when you shoot a bullet at a frying pan?
Episode 2
2010-03-24 • 60 min
Jamie and Adam explore whether a cup of soda thrown from a car can kill, while Jessi, Tory and Grant see how long a good guy can hang by his fingertips.
Episode 3
2010-03-31 • 60 min
Can a deep dive really save you from an explosion? Can a car be bulletproofed using... phone books?
Episode 4
2010-04-07 • 60 min
Adam and Jamie try ways to lose a tail in a car chase, as Kari, Grant and Tory see if an object fired backward from a vehicle moving forward simply falls to the ground.
Episode 5
2010-04-14
What's worse, having an empty beer bottle smashed over your head, or a full one? Could ancient armies have truly used animal hides to build their cannons?
Episode 6
2010-04-28 • 60 min
Are some types of people (women, for example) more tolerant to pain? Then see if a BBQ propane tank can heat up enough in a fire to launch through a garage roof like a rocket.
Episode 7
2010-05-05
In response to fan criticism, Kari, Grant and Tory retest "Knock Your Socks Off," while Jamie and Adam take on "Compact Compact"... again.
Episode 8
2010-05-12 • 60 min
Duct tape is put to the test again. Can it really be used to build bridges and fix cars?
Episode 9
2010-05-19 • 60 min
Jamie and Adam take on a wild viral video, while Kari, Grant and Tory test whether taking only right turns can save you gas.
Episode 10
2010-06-02 • 60 min
Does pepper spray + flannel shirt + stun gun = massive fireball, per CSI? Can fireworks really launch a person over a lake? (Watch the show! Don't try it at home!).
Episode 11
2010-06-09 • 60 min
Jamie, Adam, Kari, Grant and Tory take on snot, sneezes and decapitation by tornado.
Episode 12
2010-10-06
Can a sniffer dog be thrown off the scent using household items?
Episode 13
2010-10-13 • 60 min
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman put tornados to the test alongside Storm Chasers Reed Timmer and Sean Casey.
Episode 14
2010-10-20 • 60 min
When you get cold feet, do your feet actually get cold? And what actually happens when the poop hits the fan?
Episode 15
2010-10-27
Can a motorcycle pull a tablecloth out from under a setting for a banquet? Do humans really only use 10% of their brain?
Episode 16
2010-11-03 • 60 min
Jamie and Adam attempt to build an arrow machine gun, while Kari, Grant and Tory test what's more dangerous: driving tipsy or tired.
Episode 17
2010-11-10
Could your laptop save you from a speeding bullet? Is it easy to take candy from a baby?
Episode 18
2010-11-17
Jamie and Adam test whether a '70s sport car is as aerodynamic backward as forward, while Grant, Tory and Kari take a surfboard scene from Lethal Weapon 2 to task.
Episode 19
2010-11-24
Adam attempts to escape from an upside-down underwater car, while Kari, Grant and Tory take on Kiss the Girls.
Episode 20
2010-12-01
Can a collision with a bug kill a biker? Can flies really lift a laptop? Does water repel flies?
Episode 21
2010-12-08
President Obama challenges Jamie and Adam to retest the Archimedes Death Ray myth again, while Kari, Grant and Tory take on Hellboy.
Episode 22
2010-12-15
Seth Rogen joins the MythBusters for two blockbusting stories from his film, The Green Hornet: Elevator Car Cut and Explosive Escape.
Episode 23
2010-12-22
Adam and Jamie weigh in on a famous assassination attempt; Kari, Grant and Tory try to determine if one can really can “slap some sense” into someone.