How It's Made: Season 19
Season 19 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 It's Made Season 18.
- 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 19 Progress Shield
Garden Forks, English Toffee, Paint Chip Cards, Bundt Pans
Apr 19, 2012 · 21 min
Steel is shaped, welded and fitted with handles to produce sturdy garden forks. Sugar and butter are cooked and cooled into English toffee; carefully matched paint samples are appl
Pewter Flasks, Potato Salad, Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Engineered Wood Siding
Apr 26, 2012 · 21 min
Pewter components are formed, joined and polished into traditional pocket flasks. Potatoes are cooked, cut and blended with dressing on an industrial production line; membranes, pl
Canvas Wall Tents, Peace Pipes, Shredded Wheat Cereal, Cannons
May 3, 2012 · 21 min
Heavy canvas is measured, cut and sewn into weather-resistant wall tents. Stone bowls and wooden stems are shaped into ceremonial peace pipes; cooked whole wheat is drawn into fine
Robotic Hunting Decoys, Canned Tomatoes, Scoreboards, Lassos
May 10, 2012 · 21 min
Moulded animal bodies are equipped with motors and remote controls to create moving hunting decoys. Tomatoes are sorted, peeled and sealed in cans for heat processing; electronic d
Turf Grass, Beef Jerky, Wood Chippers, Bowling Pins
May 17, 2012 · 21 min
Grass is cultivated in prepared fields before being cut into strips and rolled for transport. Lean meat is sliced, seasoned and slowly dried into beef jerky; heavy steel frames, fe
Multi-Tools, Jojoba Oil, Marionettes
May 24, 2012 · 21 min
Blades, pliers and other implements are stamped from steel, hardened and folded into compact multi-tools. Jojoba seeds are processed and pressed to extract their liquid wax, while
Fish Decoys, Film Digitization, Cylinder Stoves, Concrete Light Poles
May 31, 2012 · 21 min
Wooden fish decoys are carved, balanced and painted to attract fish beneath the ice. Motion-picture film is cleaned and scanned frame by frame into digital files; sheet steel is ro
Bamboo Bicycles, Chainsaw Art, Breath Mints, Manual Motorcycle Transmissions
Jun 7, 2012 · 21 min
Selected bamboo tubes are dried, treated and joined to form lightweight bicycle frames. Artists transform large logs into sculptures with chainsaws; flavouring and sweeteners are m
Dinnerware, Air Brake Tanks, Frosted Cereal, Fossils
Jun 14, 2012 · 21 min
Clay is formed, glazed and fired to produce matching pieces of dinnerware. Steel sections are shaped, welded and pressure-tested as tanks for vehicle air-brake systems; cooked grai
Clay, Pitted Prunes, Spurs, Polyurethane Tires
Jun 21, 2012 · 21 min
Raw clay is excavated, crushed, analysed and blended into a consistent material for industrial use. Dried plums are softened, mechanically pitted and graded; metal is shaped and de
Tasers, Canned Soup, Jaw Harps & Mouth Bows, Diving Boards
Jun 28, 2012 · 21 min
Electronic circuits, batteries and probe cartridges are assembled and tested to produce conducted-energy devices. Soup ingredients are cooked, portioned into cans and sterilized; m
Navajo Rugs, Crude Oil, Kaleidoscopes, Titanium Dental Implants
Jul 5, 2012 · 21 min
Wool is cleaned, spun and dyed before being woven by hand into traditional Navajo rugs. Crude oil is brought to the surface and separated from water and gas for transportation; ang
Space Pens, Reef Aquariums, Metal Caskets, Composite Bike Wheels
Jul 12, 2012 · 21 min
Pressurized ink cartridges and precision ballpoint tips are assembled into pens designed to write in extreme conditions. Glass or acrylic panels, lighting and filtration equipment