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Episode 15: Scuba Diver, Car Capers
Adam and Jamie are back at it, challenging new myths and taking one (or ten) for the team. If you've ever spotted a wetsuit dripping from a charred tree and asked yourself: Can an unsuspecting scuba diver be sucked out of the water by a fire-fighting helicopter and get spit out in the middle of a forest fire? Well, you're in luck. The MythBusters are going to solve this puzzling question. Then, they take on Hollywood in an attempt to discover if those zany motor-myths and car capers can live up to their urban legend status. The guys try shoving a banana in a car's tailpipe to find out if it stalls, then they'll pour sugar in the car's gas tank, trying to destroy its engine. Adding fuel to the fire, they'll fire a bullet at a gas tank, hoping to produce explosive results.
premiere: July 27, 2004
Episode 16: : Ancient Death Ray, Skunk Cleaning, What Is Bulletproof?
In this episode, Jamie and Adam reflect on one of the world's oldest urban legends — did the Greek scientist Archimedes set fire to a Roman fleet of ships using only mirrors and sunlight? Back in this century, they'll see which methods are effective at removing the fetid funk of a skunk. Easy enough to test, if only the MythBusters can find a skunk that will spray. And will a bulletproof shield really stop a direct hit from a bullet? Will Jamie be prepared to face the results?
premiere: Sept. 29, 2004
Episode 17: Elevator of Death, Levitation Machine
Jamie and Adam test their luck in the elevator of death. If an elevator suddenly falls, can you save yourself in the nick of time by jumping just before it hits bottom? Or will this leap of faith have disastrous consequences for Buster? Then, let the competition begin. The MythBusters challenge their imaginations and their building skills as they each try to create a homemade levitation machine. Will their appliances keep them afloat or leave them flat?
premiere: Oct. 6, 2004
Episode 18: Beat the Radar Detector
Jamie and Adam look into the myth about the construction worker who, while holding a piece of plywood, is blown from his building by a gust of wind and falls several stories, only to be swept back onto a lower floor. Then the crew tests several speed-radar-busting tricks, including hanging a disco ball from the rearview mirror, covering the car entirely with aluminum foil, and painting the car with flat black paint to scatter the radar's laser beams.
premiere: Oct. 13, 2004
Episode 19: Quicksand
Has Hollywood gotten it right all this time? Can you really murder someone by dropping an electrical appliance into a bathtub? In a truly electrifying experiment, the guys find out what actually happens when hair dryer and water collide. Then follow the MythBuilders as they pursue the case of the exploding tattoo in the MRI. How, if at all, will the traces of metal found in the ink of Scottie's tattoos react with the MRI's rays? And Tarzan used it successfully against his enemies, but will killer quicksand take down the MythBusters?
premiere: Oct. 20, 2004
