7.6/1028 votes#1 - What Lies Beneath
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/25/2014
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.
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8.2/1030 votes#2 - Return of the Skeksis
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/1/2014
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.
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7.6/1021 votes#3 - Assembly Inspired
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/8/2014
Unconventional materials from a junkyard are used to create scrap-fantasy creatures that are trapped inside a hanging cage.
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7.8/1023 votes#4 - Heads Up!
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/15/2014
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.
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8.0/1021 votes#5 - Life in Motion
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/22/2014
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.
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8.4/1020 votes#6 - Swamp Things
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/29/2014
The designers make camouflaged creatures hiding in plain sight for a mystical swamp-theme challenge. Neville Page ("Face Off") serves as guest judge.
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8.5/1017 votes#7 - Alien Press Conference
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/6/2014
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.
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8.5/1015 votes#8 - Tavern at the Crossroads
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/13/2014
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.
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The Best Episodes of Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge Season 1
Every episode of Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge Season 1!
Ten aspiring creature creators competing to out-imagine one another in a series of challenges where they build everything from mechanical characters to whimsical beasts, bringing...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"What Lies Beneath" is the best rated episode of "Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/25/2014. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Return of the Skeksis".