MythBusters Season 12

MythBusters Season 12 has built a real following on and among viewers who want documentaries that actually inform. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. 637 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. The storytelling serves the subject rather than the other way around. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, MythBusters Season 12 is worth clearing space for. What makes MythBusters Season 12 work is a willingness to sit with complexity instead of resolving it neatly. Season 12 of MythBusters includes 15 episodes. It aired from January 2014 to August 2014. This season stars Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman and Kari Byron. Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2014. Documentary work at this level requires access that is hard to get and storytelling that does justice to it — MythBusters Season 12 has both. It rarely drops the ball, and when it does, it recovers fast.

Anyone after documentary work that genuinely informs rather than confirms will value MythBusters Season 12. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. The access the production gets is remarkable, and the storytelling does full justice to it. Worth watching in order, from the beginning.

🎬 MythBusters Season 12 — Episode Guide

Star Wars Special

2014-01-04

The MythBusters test if Luke really could swing himself and Leia across a chasm with only his belt-rigged grappling hook, could an Ewok log swing crush an Imperial "Chicken Walker", and could Luke survive in a tauntaun's belly?

Moonshiner Myths

2014-01-11

The MythBusters find out if an exploding still really could blow your house down and if you really could use hooch to fuel an unmodified car on a "moonshine run."

Hollywood Car Crash Cliches

2014-01-18

It's wall-to-wall automotive mayhem, as the MythBusters drive through glass, plow through traffic, and fire an RPG at an SUV to take aim at classic Hollywood crash cliches.

Car Chase Chaos / Animal Antics

2014-01-25

The MythBusters test car-chase cliches: Can you really share driving, change places, or dump the driver while moving at speed? Also, from the message boards, the team tests some fan-suggested deterrents for driving away cats, bears and snakes.

*DO* Try This at Home?

2014-02-01

After more than 10 years of testing impossible, dangerous and downright crazy myths that you shouldn't or couldn't try at home, the MythBusters investigate a host of myths that maybe you can!

Mythssion Impossible

2014-02-15

The MythBusters test three impossible idioms: Can you herd cats? Can you catch a greased pig? And, most importantly, can you cram 10 pounds of poop into a 5-pound bag?

Bullet Baloney

2014-02-22

The MythBusters take on five filmic firearm cliches: Will a bent-barreled shot gun fire? Can you fire a gun in space? Will a gun dropped in a deep fryer go off? What weird items will stop a bullet? And does a neon sign really explode when hit by a bullet?

Supersonic Ping Pong/Ice Cannon

2014-03-01

In this ballistics bonanza, Adam and Jamie ask if supersonic ping pong can go lethally wrong while Kari, Grant and Tory light the frozen fuse on a cannon made of ice!

Fire in the Hole

2014-07-10

The MythBusters tackle some of Hollywood's favorite explosive scenarios. Could a hero really shoot a live grenade in midair and thus render it useless? Could you really contain a TNT explosion inside an ordinary object like a file cabinet or aquarium?

E10

Household Disasters

2014-07-17

It's YOUR house under the Myths-cro-scope this time. Could a vacuum cleaner explode while sucking up black powder? Could sunscreen scorch your skin? Could a piano crash through your roof? And finally, could an exploding water heater extinguish a house fire?

E11

Commercial Myths

2014-07-24

The MythBusters go to vertigo-inducing heights to test out some commercial myths. Could you actually bob for an apple while jumping from a 100-foot high bungee cord? And from a viral video, could you really play a match of tennis while both players are standing on top of an airplane's wing?

E12

Road Rage

2014-07-31

In this episode, three car crimes straight from Hollywood are put to the test: the cliff top push, the two-wheel wipeout (and ... we do mean WIPEOUT, with Adam at the wheel to boot), and, finally, the Corvette barrel roll from "Wanted."

E13

Laws of Attraction

2014-08-07

The MythBusters use sexy science to tackle five captivating clich?s about the laws of attraction, including whether men really do prefer blondes, if pheromone sprays really work, if bigger boobs equal bigger tips, and whether a man's wealth really woos women.

E14

Traffic Tricks

2014-08-07

The subject is everyone's favorite topic of discussion besides weather: traffic! The MythBusters determine whether a roundabout (or rotary) is better than a four-way stop sign, if it's faster to drive than fly when your trip is under 400 miles, and whether it's better to change lanes or stay put in ...

E15

Plane Boarding

2014-08-21

If you travel at all, you'll LOVE this episode, as Jamie and Adam explore the most efficient ways to board an airplane (back to front? window to aisle? unassigned seating? etc.). Then, Kari, Grant and Tory determine whether you can really make a bullet out of a human tooth.

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