How Do They Do It?: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of How Do They Do It? Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Forest Fires, Car Exhaust, Space Station
Apr 11, 2007
Go beneath the surface to understand forest fires, car exhaust and the space station.
Family Car, Titanium, Letter
Apr 11, 2007
How a spacesuit keeps an astronaut alive, the diesel engines that power the world's biggest ships, and the manufacturing processes behind the famous neon signs which cover Las Vega
Nuclear Sub, Crash Test Dummies, Fruit and Vegetables
Apr 18, 2007
Secrets behind nuclear submarines; crash-test dummies; growing fruits and vegetables.
Land Mines, Air Boats, Warehouses
Apr 18, 2007
The world's largest land-mining machine; how airboats are built; warehouse for car parts.
Black Boxes, Steam Turbine, Racing Car
Apr 25, 2007
How black boxes survive an airplane crash; transporting giant steam turbines; making fireproof suits for race-car drivers.
Jet Engine, Weapons, Telescope
Apr 25, 2007
The design and manufacturing of large jet engines; non-lethal weapons that stun without killing; the world's largest telescope.