MythBusters: Season 11

2013 · 11 episodes · ★ 8.5

What Season 11 of MythBusters

The eleventh season of MythBusters features twelve episodes that aired on Discovery Channel between May and October 2013. Special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman work with their team in Hyneman's workshop in the San Francisco Bay Area. They put urban legends, popular beliefs, and pop culture claims to the scientific method. Hyneman plays the serious one and Savage the comedian, and together they separate what works from what is merely said. Among the myths they examine are a car with a JATO rocket, the Deadliest Catch reels, and the supposed superiority of one sex over the other. The narration is provided by Robert Lee.

11episodes

May 1, 2013Premiered

Oct 17, 2013final episode

4 hrtotal runtime

Season 11 Episodes

11x01 JATO Rocket Car: Mission Accomplished?
May 1, 2013 · 60 min
MythBusters' 10th anniversary kicks off with a blast from the past, the myth that began the busting: JATO Rocket Car. Back with more rocket power, more gadgets, and a huge rolling bunker called The Beast, will the team bust this myth once and for all?
11x02 Deadliest Catch Crabtastic Special
May 8, 2013
Deadliest Catch captains Johnathan and Junior join the MythBusters to test if a crab pot will drag you overboard to the bottom if your foot is caught in a coil, if it's better to work a 30-hr grind with no sleep, and if crab pots truly are indestructible.
11x03 Down and Dirty/Earthquake Survival
May 15, 2013 · 60 min
The MythBusters get down and dirty to test if using a bathroom's hand dryer is better than a paper towel and which public restroom stall is the cleanest. They also shake, rattle and roll to test if it's better to stand in the doorway during an earthquake.
11x04 Indy Car Special
May 22, 2013 · 60 min
The MythBusters burn rubber at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway testing racing myths. Can man beat machine in a 30-ft, standing-start sprint? Can a driver lose 10 lbs during a race? Can a race tire's suction rip loose a manhole cover during a street race?
11x05 Battle of the Sexes: Round 2
May 29, 2013
It's Round 2 of Battle of the Sexes and the MythBusters test the cliches: Will lost men really not stop and ask for directions? Are women better multi-taskers? Which sex can parallel park with aplomb? And should "throwing like a girl" really be an insult?
11x06 Motorcycle Water Ski
Jun 5, 2013
Jamie puts his life on the line to test the myth that a motorcycle traveling at highway speeds can drive across the surface of a lake. The MythBusters test whether you can survive a jump from a highrise with a parachute made from a hotel room's contents.
11x07 Hypermiling/Crash Cushions
Jun 12, 2013
Could a guy sandwiched between two big guys in the backseat of a car survive the car being T-boned by a truck? The MythBusters also hit the road to test three more hypermiling myths. Can these simple techniques really double your car's fuel efficiency?
11x08 Duct Tape Canyon
Jun 19, 2013 · 60 min
Lost in the wilderness, Adam and Jamie survive the desert, repel down canyon cliff-faces, and brave Class 5 rapids, all with duct tape and bubble wrap. Guest appearance by Nik Wallenda, famous tightrope walker, who has his own way to traverse the canyon.
11x09 Painting With Explosives/Bifurcated Boat
Jun 26, 2013
After 7 years, it's back to unsolved Myth-teries: Can Adam's snowflake of death or Jamie's special sphere paint a room with a boom? Then, the fans demand the return to the cursed, bifurcated boat myth to see if it can be split in two by a channel marker.
11x10 Breaking Bad Special
Aug 12, 2013
Things get volatile when the MythBusters meet creator Vince Gilligan and star Aaron Paul to check the chemistry behind the hit TV show "Breaking Bad." The team recreates two iconic, acidic scenes to see if the science truly holds up, melts down, or blows.
Starring: Vince Gilligan, Aaron Paul
11x11 Zombie Special Season Finale
Oct 17, 2013
Adam and Jamie test two myths about the power of the zombie hoard. First, can they really break through a door thanks to working as a team of pushing power? Second, what's the perfect weapon to use against the zombie hoard: gun or ax? Then Kari, Grant and Tory unleash their inner beast too as they find out if it's really inevitable that zombies will catch you even though they only shuffle at 2 miles an hour!