Charles has created countless functional devices for Aperture; walls, hydraulic systems, support beams. He has never asked for glory, but when Nik starts getting attention from the "cool kids" for his Bing Bling sound, it drives Charles crazy. Charles desperately tries to show how hip he is with this month's task, designing a new portal shape.

Better safe than sticky. While the rest of the lab is working on enhancing the repulsion, propulsion, and conversion gels, Charles thinks they should improve the cleansing gel. Nik convinces him to be brave and create a brand new gel.

While Nik and Charles are confident that their latest idea will secure them Lab Team Of The Month, one thing stands in their way.

While trying to make the Companion Cube more relatable, Nik and Charles run into a few gender issues in the lab.

While the lab teams test the effects of moon rocks for the better of Aperture Laboratories, Nik decides to test the effects for his own personal gain.

Tensions rise in laboratory F-22 as the lab teams accuse each other of project theft.

After losing a fellow scientist, Nik and Charles must decide how much they're willing to risk for the Lab Team of the Month title.