‘Mythbusters’ to do ‘Breaking Bad’-themed episode
Savage and co-host Jamie Hyneman will test the science from a scene in season 1 of Bad, in which Paul’s Jesse Pinkman uses hydrofluoric acid to dissolve a body but ignores instructions from Walt (Bryan Cranston) to use a plastic container. Jesse places the body in a bathtub instead and the acid eats right through the tub, which winds up falling through the floor. ‘Hydrofluoric acid is terrifying stuff,’ notes Savage. ‘It’s not quite like alien blood, which is what a lot of people think when they think of powerful acids. It’s poisonous in a way that is completely unique and very disturbing.’ (Don’t worry, Buster won’t be harmed during this investigation.)
Co-hosts Tory Belleci, Kari Byron, and Grant Imahara will be conducting a second experiment based on another scene from the show’s first season. The Mythbusters gang had actually planned to do a third, but the other two turned out to be so ‘meaty,’ they opted to save it for a possible sequel episode. ‘There’s easily one more if not a couple more Breaking Bad [inspired] episodes,’ says Savage. ‘Those guys have been so much fun with technology and science that there’s a lot that we could do with them.’ That prospect might make you exclaim, ‘Yeah, bitch! Magnets!’ But one thing’s for sure: None of the experiments will involve Walt’s highly illegal ‘Blue Sky’ crystal meth recipe. ‘We have no interest in increasing the public’s knowledge about how to make methamphetamine,’ says Savage.