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Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge
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Episode 160 min2014-03-25
What Lies Beneath
Brian Henson welcomes 10 talented creature designers to Jim Henson Studios for their first Creature Brief: design and build an original underwater creature for a screen test on the Henson Soundstage.
Episode 260 min2014-04-01
Return of the Skeksis
The creature designers are given the chance to reimagine the fictional species Skeksis from "The Dark Crystal." Later, their characters appear in a screen test for the original 1982 film.
Episode 360 min2014-04-08
Assembly Inspired
Unconventional materials from a junkyard are used to create scrap-fantasy creatures that are trapped inside a hanging cage.
Episode 460 min2014-04-15
Heads Up!
A humor-filled challenge requires the designers to create mounted creature heads that magically come to life under the spell of a wizard played by Donald Faison.
Episode 560 min2014-04-22
Life in Motion
An appearance by Lady Gaga's unicorn inspires the creature designers to create a larger-than-life creation with realistic movement, performed on a blacklight soundstage.
Episode 660 min2014-04-29
Swamp Things
The designers make camouflaged creatures hiding in plain sight for a mystical swamp-theme challenge. Neville Page ("Face Off") serves as guest judge.
Episode 760 min2014-05-06
Alien Press Conference
Gigi brings her "Farscape" costar Rygel to the workshop to offer inspiration when the creature designers are given the task to build original alien species attending an intergalactic press conference. Director Barry Sonnenfeld is the guest judge.
Episode 860 min2014-05-13
Tavern at the Crossroads
The final three receive help from contestants who were previously eliminated as they face their toughest challenge, which is to design, build and perform a full-body mystical creature, complete with props and special effects, for the chance to win a job at Jim Henson's Creature Shop.