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The Best Episodes of MythBusters

Every episode of MythBusters ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of MythBusters!

The Best Episodes of MythBusters

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...

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  1. 8.5/10(116 votes)

    #1 - Grand Finale

    S14:E10

    Since 2002, Adam and Jamie have used science to separate fact from fiction in spectacular style! But, as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end and MythBusters is no exception. Luckily, the guys are going out with a bang and then some: an RV gets blown to kingdom come, Buster goes supersonic, Adam takes the most wild ride imaginable and ... well, Cement Truck. It all boils down to a cement truck filled with 5,000 pounds of ANFO as the MythBusters sign off in style.

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  2. 8.2/10(178 votes)

    #2 - Exploding Water Heater

    S5:E20

    Can an ordinary water heater build up so much pressure that it rockets through the roof and into the atmosphere? Meanwhile, Tory, Grant, and Kari try on some all-American myths about blue jeans.

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  3. 8.1/10(532 votes)

    #3 - Vodka Myths

    S3:E18

    Can a pair of trucks in a high-speed, head-on collision be fused together sealing the drivers between them? Also, Kari hosts some urban legends about Russia's national drink, vodka.

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  4. 8.1/10(228 votes)

    #4 - Viral Hour

    S6:E11

    Can a car be blasted 15 feet in the air with the water pressure from 10 fire hoses? Can ordinary sawdust when airblasted through a flame explode into a catastrophic fireball? Do goats really faint?

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  5. 8.1/10(199 votes)

    #5 - Duct Tape Island

    S10:E1

    Abandoned on a Hawaiian island, Jamie and Adam find themselves armed with nothing but the sticky silver adhesive. Can they use it to source water, find food, build shelter, and even escape?

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  6. 8.0/10(236 votes)

    #6 - Alcatraz Escape

    S1:E11

    Could prisoners really have escaped Alcatraz without a trace? Does a duck's quack echo? Can a stud finder really prove if human beings have been guinea pigs in mind-control experiments.

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  8. 8.0/10(168 votes)

    #7 - Crimes and Myth-Demeanors (1)

    S4:E11

    Are Hollywood break-ins complete hocus pocus? The team tries to tiptoe their way around a laser system before facing the mother of all safes.

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  9. 8.0/10(154 votes)

    #8 - Crimes and Myth-Demeanors (2)

    S4:E16

    It's "lights, camera, action!" time again for the MythBusters, as they test more Hollywood heists. This time, our cat burglars Adam and Jamie go cold as they try to beat a heat-detecting alarm sensor.

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  10. 8.0/10(297 votes)

    #9 - Mega Movie Myths

    S4:E19

    Can you use awnings to cushion your fall? Is there really such a thing as a car ejector seat? Can you chop a sword with another sword Is it possible to shoot through a door lock?

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  11. 8.0/10(176 votes)

    #10 - Underwater Car

    S5:E3

    Can you escape a submerged car? Is it possible to fold an 8"x11" piece of paper in half more than seven times? On the flip side, can the team create a piece of paper that's the size of a football field?

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  12. 8.0/10(148 votes)

    #11 - Demolition Derby

    S7:E1

    Is the movie Speed just fake film physics? Will a car dropped from 4,000 feet fall faster than a speeding car? Is the compact conundrum of a two-truck head-on collision a myth?

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  13. 8.0/10(125 votes)

    #12 - Flights of Fantasy

    S13:E8

    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?

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  14. 7.9/10(169 votes)

    #13 - Mentos and Soda

    S4:E14

    Adam and Jamie try to figure out the theory behind the chaos when diet cola and Mentos mix. Can posting a postage stamp on the rotor blades send a helicopter into a tailspin?

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  15. 7.9/10(200 votes)

    #14 - MacGyver Myths

    S6:E6

    Jamie and Adam try to blow a hole in a wall using pure sodium metal dropped in a water bottle. The build team tries building an ultralight airplane with raw bamboo, a small stolen engine, and duct tape.

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  16. 7.9/10(101 votes)

    #15 - The Explosion Special

    S14:E2

    The MythBusters celebrate their explosive history with two spectacular big bangs. In MacGyver Cement Truck, our mullet-wearing hero discovers a mail truck full of TNT. Thinking quickly (as he does), MacGyver has a nearby cement truck dump its load onto the truck to smother the bomb. But would it work in real life? Then in Hovercraft Hijinks the guys tackle the one explosive technology they've yet to come across: landmines. Can a minefield really be safely traversed in a hovercraft?

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  17. 7.8/10(182 votes)

    #16 - Pirate Special (1)

    S5:E2

    Are cannonballs more deadly than the splinters sprayed from a mighty broadside blast? Why would a pirate wear a patch over a perfectly good eye?

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  18. 7.8/10(144 votes)

    #17 - Airplane Hour

    S5:E25

    Jamie and Adam take wing to test if a person with no flight training can safely land an airplane. Tory, Grant, and Kari jump on some Hollywood-inspired skydiving myths.

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  19. 7.8/10(164 votes)

    #18 - Lead Balloon

    S6:E2

    Can Adam and Jamie get a lead balloon to fly? Is it possible to drop a couple sticks of dynamite into a lake and create ideal surfing conditions?

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  20. 7.8/10(143 votes)

    #19 - The Busters of the Lost Myths

    S13:E2

    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?

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  21. 7.7/10(185 votes)

    #20 - Buried in Concrete

    S2:E5

    Will Jamie and Adam find Jimmy Hoffa, who is allegedly buried in concrete? Can the power and force of a 737 launch a taxicab 75 feet in the air? Is the daddy longlegs the most venomous spider?

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  22. 7.7/10(173 votes)

    #21 - Elevator of Death, Levitation Machine

    S2:E9

    If an elevator suddenly falls, can you save yourself in the nick of time by jumping just before it hits bottom? Will the MythBusters be able to create a homemade levitation machine?

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  23. 7.7/10(178 votes)

    #22 - Salsa Escape

    S3:E2

    Adam and Jamie go head to head in a madcap Mexican jailbreak as they taste-test the theory of the Salsa Escape. Can you use dynamite to remove cement build-up from a mixer's barrel?

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  24. 7.7/10(146 votes)

    #23 - Killer Brace Position

    S3:E9

    Is talking on your cell phone while driving more dangerous than driving drunk? The MythBusters test the efficacy of that familiar brace position that airlines outline in their safety procedures.

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  25. 7.7/10(176 votes)

    #24 - Escape Slide Parachute

    S3:E14

    Could an airline's emergency life raft be used as a parachute? Is it possible for oxygen, an electrical spark and hair cream to result in a deadly cocktail? Can a human survive a terminal velocity fall?

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  26. 7.7/10(176 votes)

    #25 - Holiday Special

    S4:E27

    Can six reindeer run fast enough to launch an ultralite glider? Does one burn more calories jogging Naked in the snow or by putting on an Airtight jogging suit and running in a hot desert?

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Best Episodes Summary

"Grand Finale" is the best rated episode of "MythBusters". It scored 8.5/10 based on 116 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/5/2016. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Exploding Water Heater".