MythBusters — Season 16
Failure is always an option.
About this season
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.
Episodes (8)
1. Fire Arrow vs. Gas Tank
10.0Aired 3 January 2018 • 43 min
The MythBusters investigate two arrow-themed myths: Will a flaming arrow fired into a car's gas tank cause it to explode, and is a deadly-looking tribal initiation really is as dangerous as it seems.
2. Pane In The Glass
7.0Aired 10 January 2018 • 43 min
The MythBusters take on a glass-shattering movie myth, and search for cure to stop crying while chopping onions.
3. Wild Wild West
10.0Aired 17 January 2018 • 43 min
The MythBusters tackle more myths in a wild west themed episode.
4. Spike In The Road
10.0Aired 24 January 2018 • 43 min
The MythBusters test ways to beat police road spikes using DIY ingenuity and Hollywood driving skills. Secondly, they investigate if a high-powered fountain can actually lift and suspend a human being.
5. Dynamite Deposit
10.0Aired 31 January 2018 • 42 min
The MythBusters tackle more myths using their own signature style of explosive experimentation.
6. Backseat Getaway Driver
10.0Aired 7 February 2018 • 42 min
The MythBusters test if a fugitive could actually outrun the law while driving from the back seat, and whether it's really possible to knock someone over with a feather.
7. Electrified Escape
10.0Aired 14 February 2018 • 42 min
It is possible to escape from a burning car crashed into a power pole, without getting electrocuted? Is it better for a pedestrian to jump up when a car is about to hit them, or stand still?
8. Dropping a Bomb
Aired 21 February 2018 • 42 min
Can dropping molten salt into a toilet unblock it? Is 3rd-person perspective better than 1st-person in a real world video game obstacle course?