The Lab

General

• Hit reality television series
• Production company Fraction Media

• In its eighth season (as of 2005)
  • No official word on if the show is to be continued into a inth season, but given it's popularity, it seems quite likely.
• Includes scientists, doctors, humanities students and a PCAG finalist

• Airtime is 7pm Friday evenings.

Descriptive

• The show has continually evolved, from a risky pilot to one of Perplex City's most watched shows.
• Twelve researchers are confined in a lab complex for months to conduct research.
• Producers make contestants compete for equipment, space and a share of the weekly budget
• Under constant threat of weekly eviction if they fail at puzzle challenges
• Performance is judged by guest professors from the University and the Academy.
• The constant pressure to achieve often results in outstanding research and blazing on-screen romances

2004 Season

Contestants

• Evan Boch won last year's season, and will be covering the new season for the Perplex City Sentinel

2005 Season

• New season will begin June 24 in a special location north of the city
• Weekly puzzle challenges will play a greater role and will involve more audience participation

Contestants:

• Kevin Alten, a proteomics graduate student from Marmalejo College
• Torin Cornforth, a history undergraduate from Perplex City University
• Ryman Gardner, senior PCAG player and visiting fellow at the Academy
• Louise Haydock, a neuroscientist from Perplex City University
• Shakti Sekand, epidemiology researcher at Marmalejo College
• Kalli Shepuse, a theoretical physicist at the Rose Institute

References

• Perplex City Sentinel
  • article, 19-MAY-05 "New 'The Lab' Announced" (link)
  • article, 22-JUN-05 "Names of Six 'The Lab' Contestants Leaked" (link)

• Puzzle Cards
  • Season 1 Card #075 - Poison Pill
  • Season 1 Card #148 - Serious Scientific Sokoban