Series synopsis
자꾸만 LAB is a South Korean comedy sci-fi & fantasy kids television series that premiered on NAVER TV on September 3, 2020. It was created by Bryan Moore, Greg A. Hampson, Tim Weber, Ron Rappaport, Laura Lynn, Chris Peterson. It stars Han Hye-jin and Lee Mi-joo.
Leo is an ordinary teenager who has moved into a high-tech "smart'' house with his mother, inventor stepfather and Eddy, the computer that runs the house. Leo's life becomes less ordinary when, one day, he discovers a secret underground lab that houses three experiments: superhuman teenagers. The trio -- Adam, the strong one, Bree, the fast one and Chase, the smart one -- convinces Leo and his parents to let them leave their lab and join Leo at school, where they try to fit in while having to ma ...
Premise
Leo is an ordinary teenager who has moved into a high-tech "smart'' house with his mother, inventor stepfather and Eddy, the computer that runs the house. Leo's life becomes less ordinary when, one day, he discovers a secret underground lab that houses three experiments: superhuman teenagers. The trio -- Adam, the strong one, Bree, the fast one and Chase, the smart one -- convinces Leo and his parents to let them leave their lab and join Leo at school, where they try to fit in while having to manage their unpredictable bionic strengths. As Leo figures out a way to keep his new pals' bionic abilities a secret, they help him build self-confidence.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 77 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 1 | September 3, 2020 | September 3, 2020 |
| Season 2 | 26 | February 25, 2013 | January 13, 2014 |
| Season 3 | 26 | February 17, 2014 | February 5, 2015 |
| Season 4 | 24 | March 18, 2015 | February 3, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | September 3, 2020 |
| 2 |
Crush Chop and Burn (2) The trio has switched places with robot versions of themselves, sending the robots to the remote lab. Tasha is afraid of Leo's attachment to the 'robots' and convences Donald to send them to the scrap yard. Leo heads off to rescue his new friends. On their return home Donald agrees to let them stay and learn about normal human life if they and Leo can keep their bionic powers a secret. |
February 27, 2012 |
| 3 |
Commando App On the Lab Rats' first day of school, all goes awry when Chase is confronted by a football player and his "Commando App" is triggered, transforming him into Spike, an unruly drill sergeant. When Spike defies the school principal, she pits the Lab Rats up against the football team to battle it out for the coveted cafeteria table |
March 5, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Speed Trapped Adam, Bree, and Chase sneak out to meet Marcus in Davenport’s new self-driving sports car. When Leo tries to stop them, his nemesis Marcus traps him inside the car and programs it to take him on a wild, high-speed ride bound for the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. |
February 25, 2013 |
| 2 |
Spy Fly Leo turns to Bree for help after he mistakenly unleashes a swarm of robotic flies on the school. Adam and Chase turn their class assignment into a destructive competition. |
March 4, 2013 |
| 3 |
Missin' the Mission Leo finally goes a mission as he helps Davenport and Eddy attempt to stop an underground gas leak. Adam, Bree and Chase struggle to escape from Principal Perry’s detention lockdown. |
March 11, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sink or Swim (1) Leo and Donald escape the elevator. Principal Perry lets them stay at the school temporarily in order to get her money from Donald quicker. The Lab Rats stow away on a cargo ship to hide from the FBI and must choose to either keep quiet or help stop a submarine that will crash into the ship and risk being caught. The Lab Rats decide to stop the submarine, with Chase activating his GPS, revealing the Lab Rats' location. Douglas ends up capturing them, disguised as Donald. Douglas reveals that his new bionic partner is a billionaire named Victor Krane, who wants to destroy the Lab Rats permanently. When Donald calls the Lab Rats and tells them that Principal Perry kept their secret, they return home, only for them to get crazy as a result of the Triton App and attack the family, Leo manages to disable Chase's Triton App when he talks to him and Chase manages to disable Adam and Bree's apps. The Lab Rats and the family later see the demolition that happened to the lab and are upset. |
February 17, 2014 |
| 2 |
Sink or Swim (2) Leo and Donald escape the elevator. Principal Perry lets them stay at the school temporarily in order to get her money from Donald quicker. The Lab Rats stow away on a cargo ship to hide from the FBI and must choose to either keep quiet or help stop a submarine that will crash into the ship and risk being caught. The Lab Rats decide to stop the submarine, with Chase activating his GPS, revealing the Lab Rats' location. Douglas ends up capturing them, disguised as Donald. Douglas reveals that his new bionic partner is a billionaire named Victor Krane, who wants to destroy the Lab Rats permanently. When Donald calls the Lab Rats and tells them that Principal Perry kept their secret, they return home, only for them to get crazy as a result of the Triton App and attack the family, Leo manages to disable Chase's Triton App when he talks to him and Chase manages to disable Adam and Bree's apps. The Lab Rats and the family later see the demolition that happened to the lab and are upset. |
February 17, 2014 |
| 3 |
The Jet-Wing Since the lab is destroyed, the Lab Rats go without their capsules. This causes glitches in their bionics. In order to prevent this, Donald pulls off a huge stunt in a fiberglass jet wing he invented. Things go wrong when the jet wing runs out of fuel. Meanwhile, knowing the Lab Rats' bionic secret, Principal Perry uses Adam and Bree as her bionic servants for the day. |
February 24, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bionic Rebellion (1) Sebastian has secretly formed an evil rebellion to get revenge on the Lab Rats for destroying his father. Meanwhile, Leo is trapped with the other bionic people who also want revenge, but Leo manages to convince Spin and Bob to help him, and, in the end, Sebastian is defeated, his rebellion is brought down, and he and his comrades are taken to a facility. Meanwhile, Donald successfully convinces the others that he has the best interest for them at heart while Adam still blames Chase for everything that happened after the rebellion is over. |
March 18, 2015 |
| 2 |
Bionic Rebellion (2) Sebastian has secretly formed an evil rebellion to get revenge on the Lab Rats for destroying his father. Meanwhile, Leo is trapped with the other bionic people who also want revenge, but Leo manages to convince Spin and Bob to help him, and, in the end, Sebastian is defeated, his rebellion is brought down, and he and his comrades are taken to a facility. Meanwhile, Donald successfully convinces the others that he has the best interest for them at heart while Adam still blames Chase for everything that happened after the rebellion is over. |
March 18, 2015 |
| 3 |
Left Behind After sneaking some students off the island and to the mainland, the Lab Rats accidentally leave Spin and Bob behind and must retrieve them before Donald finds out. Meanwhile, Donald tries on Chase's mission suit and he and Leo scramble to get it off before Chase gets home. |
March 25, 2015 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | NAVER TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 3, 2020 |
| Last aired | September 3, 2020 |
| Runtime | 22 minutes |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 18:30:00 |