Financial problems may cause Irish Mike's business to go under; the team makes a sword that resembles Cerberus; Mike helps his daughter with a school project.

A modern-day knight wants a giant, dragon-shaped sword that shoots flames; Erik bets he can create a top-quality weapon.

Irish Mike creates a giant, ancient Greek-style sword for the Strongest Woman in America; the team makes a flaming axe from rusty car parts.

A six-foot sword shaped like a lightning bolt; a large Indian chakram; Erik risks the entire budget on a design.

Irish Mike creates a sword shaped like a whale and a lock blade that swings open like a folding knife; a weapon test goes awry.

Irish Mike is enlisted to make a sword for the world's tallest sword swallower; a client continues to change his order, to Mike's chagrin; Amelia has news about the business.

The success of Discovery's "Sons of Guns" most certainly inspired this series about a family and their love of firearms. It follows the Wyatts -- Rich, his wife, Renee, and their kids, Kurt and Paige -- and the goings-on at Gunsmoke, their firearms facility located outside Denver that houses one-of-a-kind and historic guns, from hand cannons to hunting rifles. Gunsmoke has the largest and most experienced group of gunsmiths in Colorado -- if customers can't find what they want in the shop, the staff will build it, often from nothing more than a block of metal. And when the Wyatts aren't building or selling guns, they're shooting them. No gun leaves their shop without being test-fired by the family first.

This docu-series features former Navy SEAL Richard "Mack" Machowicz, who reviews and demonstrates the latest technological advances in modern weaponry and military technology -- future weapons, if you will. The show features some genuinely mind-boggling future weaponry, not all of it made by or for U.S. military forces. While most of the featured weapons involve guns and other types of firepower, not all do. The series also looks at breakthrough technologies that are designed to take on the challenges of terrorism and bomb threats.

An unsolved murder motivates Detective Rodie Sanchez to come out of retirement.

Back to the beautiful state of Alaska for another reality-documentary series, this one set in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area home to thousands of native animals... and a handful of people. In 1980, the U.S. government banned human occupation in the refuge, and only residents in seven permitted cabins are allowed to remain. The series depicts the daily rituals of four families living in isolation and contending with bitter weather, frustrating setbacks, and aggressive wildlife in an unspoiled and unforgiving wilderness. The nonconformists include Heimo Korth, the "godfather of the final frontier," and wife Edna; Bob Harte, who has spent 40 years living by his own rules; and young couple Bob and Ashley Selden, who admit that they've survived by trial and error, learning day by day the harsh reality of frontier living.

At Wild West Guns in Anchorage, Alaska -- billed as the state's largest, most successful gun shop -- owner Jim West and his team build weapons for any occasion. The shop serves as the premiere destination for Alaskans living off the grid, and whether it's to prepare for an everyday hunting trip with West as a guide, or for an excursion deep into the bush, a steady stream of colorful characters keeps the Wild West employees -- equally unique themselves -- busy. But as West says, "In Alaska, the odds are good when the goods are odd."

Desert Valley Auto Parts in Arizona doesn't merely sell original parts to car collectors and restoration junkies. The McClure family business certainly can do that all day long, what with more than 10,000 rust-free vehicles parked at their 100-plus acre facility. But what really gets the McClures and their crew excited is finding cars to restore themselves, and sometimes they are located right on their lot. After getting them up to speed and back on the road, they sell them at auction.