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MythBusters Season 7 Episodes
Season 7 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 2009 - 2009
Join Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman as they investigate a collection of urban myths including if swimming in syrup is possible and if bananas are actually slippery.
Episode 1
Demolition Derby Special
Wed, Apr 8, 2009 120 mins
Four vehicular myths are tested.
Episode 2
Alaska Special 2
Wed, Apr 15, 2009 60 mins
The gang attempts to build a boat out of Pykrete and experiments with a V-shaped snowplow during a return trip to Alaska.
Episode 3
Banana Slip, Double Dip
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 60 mins
Two comedy myths are put to the test; a homemade diamond-making experiment is conducted.
Episode 4
YouTube Special
Wed, Apr 29, 2009 60 mins
User-generated content and related myths are probed; an experiment with match heads is conducted.
Episode 5
Swimming In Syrup
Wed, May 6, 2009 60 mins
A physics problem is tackled; the hosts take aim at two "magic-bullet" myths.
Episode 6
Exploding Bumper
Wed, May 13, 2009 60 mins
Two locomotion myths are tested.
Episode 7
Seesaw Saga
Wed, May 20, 2009 60 mins
An unlikely myth involving a skydiver, a seesaw and a small girl is put to the test.
Episode 8
Thermite vs. Ice
Wed, May 27, 2009 60 mins
An ice myth is tested.
Episode 9
Prison Escape
Wed, Jun 3, 2009 60 mins
Jailbreak myths are tested.
Episode 10
Curving Bullets
Wed, Jun 10, 2009 60 mins
Gunfire myths, including claims that a shooter can cause a bullet's trajectory to curve, are tested.
Episode 11
Car vs. Rain
Wed, Jun 17, 2009 60 mins
The hosts drive in the rain to test a myth involving a convertible. Also: two popcorn myths are explored.
Episode 12
Knock Your Socks Off
Wed, Oct 7, 2009 60 mins
Experiments involving dropped bullets and fired bullets; the gang tries to determine if it's possible to knock someone's socks off.
Episode 13
Duct Tape Hour
Wed, Oct 14, 2009 60 mins
Three myths involving duct tape are tested.
Episode 14
Dirty vs. Clean Car
Wed, Oct 21, 2009 60 mins
Car-mileage claims pitting clean cars against muddy ones are tested; Kari, Grant and Tory study myths tied to hangovers served up by beer and liquor.
Episode 15
Greased Lightning
Wed, Oct 28, 2009 60 mins
Two kitchen myths are tackled; cheese's suitability as cannon fodder is tested.
Episode 16
Hurricane Windows
Wed, Nov 4, 2009 60 mins
Adam and Jamie scrutinize a hurricane survival tale; two myths involving liquid nitrogen are put to the test.
Episode 17
Crash and Burn
Wed, Nov 11, 2009 60 mins
Adam and Jamie try to determine if an out-of-control car will always burn after crashing. Meanwhile, Tory, Grant and Kari put a myth about the world's first rocketeer to the test.
Episode 18
Myth Evolution
Wed, Nov 18, 2009 60 mins
Five fan-favorite myths are put to the test.
Episode 19
Dumpster Driving
Wed, Nov 25, 2009 60 mins
Dumpster-diving beliefs are tackled, including movie myths about characters who leap off of buildings into Dumpsters and what one can typically find amid the trash.
Episode 20
Antacid Jail Break
Wed, Dec 2, 2009 60 mins
An unlikely prison break is tested when Adam and Jamie try to determine if an inmate could use antacids to bust out of a steel-reinforced concrete jail cell. Also: The gang tackles a myth involving a nighttime drive sans headlights.
Episode 21
Unarmed and Unharmed
Wed, Dec 9, 2009 60 mins
A gunslinging myth is put to the test, along with a notion spawned from the movie "Speed."
Episode 22
Hidden Nasties
Wed, Dec 16, 2009 60 mins
Two dirty myths are tackled by Adam and Jamie while Grant, Tory and Jessi put a motion-picture notion to the test.
Episode 23
Mini Myth Mayhem
Mon, Dec 28, 2009 60 mins
The team tackles six myths submitted by fans.
Episode 24
Boomerang Bullet
Mon, Jan 4, 2010 60 mins
A present-day myth and a warfare notion from history are put to the test.
