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Puzzle Two: The Results
Did you hit a greenlight?

Hooray for fake Hollywood!
Another puzzle success! This one was a little bit different: you were asked to be creative— both in your pitch and in your reasoning.
This puzzle was, of course, written with a specific pattern in mind (which I will reveal below) but I left it open to allow for other lateral-thinking solutions. Some of you thought outside the box and found another way in! And some of you were really stretching with those creative responses and your tough-but-fair Puzzleboy awarded you no points.
Are you scrubbed up? Ready to dissect this thing? Let’s operate.

Once again, the “good” answers were: Scalpel, Please!, The Art of the Heal, Blood Doctrine, and Kept Alive: Real Stories of Medicine.
So— what is Evan Roberts looking for in his shows?
He only likes titles that have body parts embedded in them.
Yes, really.
Scalpel, Please! Blood Doctrine | The Art of the Heal Kept Alive: Real Stories of Medicine |
Hmmm. That is an oddly specific way to pick projects, but what do I know? This is the guy who created the shows Bones, Herman’s Head, Legion, Lipstick Jungle and America’s Next Top Model, after all.

The Puzzleboy Pantheon has been updated with high scores, streaks, and a whole lot of love. Here are all of this month’s winners, along with their delightful, body-part-crammed pitches:
Dan B. | Jennifer Aniston Guesses Your Malady Eric C. | Organ Usage Critical Chris F. | Mali Protocol: Onboarding Cyrus H. | The Vertebra-Industrial Complex Helene L. | Doctor B. Lad, Dermatologist Maxim L. | Allister Numb, Anaesthesiologist | Sam L. | Spineless Tom: A Chiropractic Mystery Marshall M. | Do No Harm Tony S. | Crash and Carry Vance S. | Hank Lester, Hollywood Allergist Dave T. | Cobra in the Operating Room Dee W. | Doctor’s Kingdom Jay W. | Get High with Blank Needles |
After two months of The Puzzleboy bending your brain with logic and wordplay, perhaps you’re starting to grow tired of me using the English language to confound you.
Good news! On July 1st I’m going to use numbers to confound you! Join us then for:

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