The Big Brain Theory: Pure Genius

2013 • Discovery Channel

4.2

26 reviews

TV-PG

Rating

Eligible

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Season 1 episodes (9)

1 The Next Great Innovator

5/1/13

Ten of the country's brightest minds begin a competition designed to discover the next great American Innovator.

2 Seek and Destroy

5/8/13

The contestants face their toughest challenge yet: stop a missile with a missile. But when Dan storms out of the shop after a heated fight and the opposing team struggles to complete an improbable design, will either team complete their build?

3 Three Little Pigs

5/15/13

After Joe and Joel are eliminated, the contestants now face a real-world challenge: build a personal shelter to keep a rescue worker safe from extreme wind, water, and fire. Can the teams keep their cool or will clashes over design derail both builds?

4 Triathlabots

5/22/13

Competitors take on an Olympian challenge: design a robot that can tackle three athletic events. The threat of failure looms when one leader fails to manage his team's talents and later, a shocking elimination leaves one competitor in distress.

5 Waterfall

5/29/13

The competitors must harness the power of a waterfall to build an elevator. While one team works together to get their idea off the ground, the other falls apart when tensions between Gui, Amy and Dan reach an all time high. Can they put aside their diffe

6 The Wild Card

6/5/13

An explosive wildcard winner is brought back and the contestants are given the challenge of creating an automated machine that can prepare a meal for the masses. Stakes are higher than ever with a double elimination for the losing team, who will survive t

7 Catching Cars

6/12/13

Four semifinalists face off in a contest to bring a speeding car to a safe stop. And in the closest elimination yet, the judges must choose between innovation and simplicity. For two contestants, their road to the finale will prove just a dead end.

8 Bridge Battle

6/28/13

In the season finale, the final two contestants go head-to-head in a challenge to build a deployable bridge. While one team goes with complexity and creativity, the other goes with simplicity. Which method will win its team leader the $50,000 grand prize?

101 Extended Sneak Peek

4/22/13

Who will become America's next great innovator? Discovery's THE BIG BRAIN THEORY: PURE GENIUS is looking for the next great technological mind that could change the future.

About this show

THE BIG BRAIN THEORY: PURE GENIUS is searching for America's next great technological mind that could change the future. Contestants will have just 30 minutes to develop solutions to complex engineering challenges in this unique competition series.

Ratings and reviews

4.2

26 reviews

Wilson Ashton

November 12, 2014

Best reality show ever! The participants were good role models, the challenges were interesting, and there was enough drama to keep me interested. I am a math teacher, and love showing this to my students--and they love it too! My only reservation, standard definition is just as good at HD, so no need to spend the extra dollar ;)

Snehal B

December 15, 2014

It is hard to pay for a show when there is no way to judge if it would be any good and can interest me.

A Google user

June 20, 2013

Especially if you're an engineering student, it's very worth watching.

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