Thursday, October 1st TV listings for Discovery HD (US) - Eastern
Contraband: Seized at the Border The Tooth of the Matter
A woman claims she drove 13 hours for a 15-minute dentist appointment, but she can't remember the name of the dentist, and has no proof of her visit; two men returning from a night in Mexico are pulled over.
Contraband: Seized at the Border The Dreaded Detroit Return
A man traveling with his young daughter attempts a U-turn before the border and comes face-to-face with CBP officers; a stand-up comedian is stopped after declaring prescription meds, but analysis shows that the pills test positive for fentanyl.
Contraband: Seized at the Border Death Incarnet
When an American band is denied entry into Canada due to incorrect paperwork, CBP officers have to investigate; a U.S. citizen coming back from Mexico is flagged as having an arrest warrant, and while officers dig deeper, she attempts to escape.
MythBusters Bullet Baloney
Firearm clichés; firing a bent-barreled shotgun; firing a gun in space; dropping a gun in a deep fryer; stopping a bullet with weird items; shooting a neon sign.
MythBusters Supernatural Shooters
Adam and Jamie investigate the ability of hit men to take down a target.
MythBusters Exploding Bumper
The teams test two myths of locomotion from the reliable horse to the sometimes-unreliable motor car.
MythBusters Myth Evolution
The team takes five fan favorites and focuses on a new facet for each.
MythBusters Down and Dirty; Earthquake Survival
Testing a bathroom hand dryer vs. using paper towels; the cleanest bathroom stall; the best place to stand during an earthquake.
MythBusters Duct Tape Canyon
Jamie and Adam are lost in the wilderness with only duct tape and bubble wrap; they must survive the desert, repel down canyon cliff-faces and brave Class 5 rapids.
Dirty Jobs Pile Jacketer; Concrete Cleaner
Mike Rowe submerges in a murky Florida river to pour concrete jackets around crumbling bridge pilings; in North Carolina, Mike sucks out a concrete washout pit and sprays sediment as he turns toxic sludge into potable water.
Dirty Jobs Baghouse Cleaner; Biochar Maker
Mike Rowe attends a dusty baghouse party to clean the filtration system at a North Carolina asphalt plant; in Colorado, Mike gets his dirtiest yet, pyrolyzing waste lumber into the planet's most efficient fertilizer: biochar.
Dirty Jobs Rodbuster; Galvanizer
Mike works his hardest construction job yet; he helps a team of rod busters, who carry 2 tons of reinforced steel each for overpass construction.
Dirty Jobs Feral Cat Fixer; Reaper Keeper
Mike Rowe helps cat ladies of northern Texas to fix a clowder of feral cats at a spay and neuter facility; Mike and his crew feel the burn as he processes peppers with the mad scientist inventor of the Carolina Reaper.
Dirty Jobs Escalator Maintainer; Scorpion Sweeper
Mike Rowe crams into a hockey arena's escalator, where he scrapes and cleans a special kind of shmutz from the bottom; Mike and a zookeeper venture into the hot, treacherous Arizona desert at night to round up stinging scorpions.
Dirty Jobs Combat Surgeon; Iguana Hunter
Mike trains as a trauma surgeon, learning under simulated battlefield conditions; Mike helps to control iguanas on the Florida coast.
Dirty Jobs Rodbuster; Galvanizer
Mike works his hardest construction job yet; he helps a team of rod busters, who carry 2 tons of reinforced steel each for overpass construction.
Dirty Jobs Feral Cat Fixer; Reaper Keeper
Mike Rowe helps cat ladies of northern Texas to fix a clowder of feral cats at a spay and neuter facility; Mike and his crew feel the burn as he processes peppers with the mad scientist inventor of the Carolina Reaper.
Dirty Jobs Escalator Maintainer; Scorpion Sweeper
Mike Rowe crams into a hockey arena's escalator, where he scrapes and cleans a special kind of shmutz from the bottom; Mike and a zookeeper venture into the hot, treacherous Arizona desert at night to round up stinging scorpions.
Dirty Jobs Combat Surgeon; Iguana Hunter
Mike trains as a trauma surgeon, learning under simulated battlefield conditions; Mike helps to control iguanas on the Florida coast.
Extreme Detailing Supercar in a Living Room
Master detailer Larry Kosilla turns a clean-freak obsession into a superpower, inventing cleaning techniques to transform forgotten barn finds and discarded daily drivers into high-dollar machines.
Deadliest Catch The Purpose of Porpoises
Captain Sig contends with a man overboard for the first time in his career; Johnathan comes up short on crab but sees the tide turning when thousands of porpoises guide the Time Bandit in a new direction; Jack tangles with Wild Bill.
Gold Rush Cleaning Up in Vegas
Rick plows through Vegas Valley pay dirt and makes a big score, but an obstacle threatens to stall him; Parker's four-plant blitz stumbles; to keep his hot streak going, Tony pilfers more gear from his son Mike.
Gold Rush On Shaky Ground
Parker drops the hammer as he tries to stop his gold slide; Rick makes a discovery that could end his Vegas Valley dreams; Kevin hires a new free agent and makes a big score at his new Sphinx Cut.
Gold Rush Valhalla or Bust
Rick makes a $1M call to open a new cut; Parker tasks Brennan with delivering more gold on Indian River; Tony re-engineers Paradise Hill's water system to get sluicing.