42 minSeason 7 • Episode 10
LatestAn explosion at a chemical plant in New Jersey kills five workers.
From the hilarious to the mind-boggling, from the deadly to the bank-busting, witness some of the most outrageous structural disasters and the genius resolutions to get things back on track.
Production
CGI recreations that make failure weirdly beautiful.
Editing
Tension-building that turns a crack in concrete into a thriller.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The show taps into our post-2008 appetite for watching systems fail spectacularly, then get patched with duct tape and prayers.
Many episodes feature the same forensic engineers who testified in real lawsuits, meaning you're basically watching deposition prep with better graphics. Season 4's Millennium Bridge episode nearly got pulled because the city of London claimed defamation.
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