COLLECTION · Series · 2008

The Middleman

Name: The Middleman
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 7.7

Struggling female artist Wendy Watson, recruited by a secret agency, struggles to wrap her head around her bizarre new job -- fighting dangers humanity isn't prepared to face -- under the guidance of a handsome and relentlessly wholesome hero who calls himself "The Middleman" in this tongue-in-cheek adventure series.

Source: TMDB

* 7.7 (40)ActionAdventureComedyDramaFantasyScience Fiction

Creators

Les McClaine · Javier Grillo-Marxuach

Studios

ABC Family · ProdCo · Grillo-Marxuach Design Bureau

Runtime

60 min/ep

Release

16/06/2008

Score

7.7 / 10 (40)

Where to watch

Buy

Amazon Video

Apple TV Store

Google Play Movies

Seasons and episodes

Specials

12 episodes

Episode 1. Web Featurettes

18 min

Five Web Featurettes (about 18 minutes in total). Javier and actors explain the concept with clips and interview footage in promos that aired for ABC Family. There’s a set tour, showing off gadgets and hats, commentary on the comic roots…

Episode 2. Javi-Casts

79 min

Javi-Casts (14 of them, about an hour and 20 minutes total), which are web interviews with Javier where he answers fan questions. I appreciated seeing Wendy’s paintings showed off and some of the other writers appearing. Some fans seemed…

Episode 3. Gag Reel

7 min

No synopsis

Episode 4. Alternate Scene 1: The Flying Fish Zombification Pike Attack

1 min

No synopsis

Episode 5. Alternate Scene 2: The Manicoide Teleportation Conudrum Opening

1 min

No synopsis

Episode 6. Audition Footage

12 min

Audition footage (12 minutes or so) for Natalie, Brit, Jake, and Mary Pat.

Episode 7. The Opening Title Sequences

1 min

No synopsis

Episode 8. The Wilhelm Scream

4 min

A short discussion of the Wilhelm scream (5 minutes), a sound effect first used in 1951, and clips of everywhere it was used in the series.

Episode 9. The Complete 'The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome' Table Read

56 min

No synopsis

Episode 10. The Middleman-ager

19 min

Five web promo sneak peeks

Episode 11. PSAs

2 min

Five PSAs, fake public service announcements from the characters.

Episode 12. Sheer Elegance in Its Simplicity

1 min

DVD Easter Egg

Season 1

12 episodes · 2008

Episode 1. The Pilot Episode Sanction

2008-06-16 · 60 min

Wendy Watson is thrust into the middle of a science experiment gone wrong while temping at a laboratory. Fortunately for Wendy, The Middleman, a crime fighting comic-book-like superhero, shows up to save the day. Impressed by how Wendy…

Episode 2. The Accidental Occidental Conception

2008-06-23 · 60 min

Wendy and The Middleman attempt to stop a revived Terracotta Warrior from unleashing a hail of fire upon Earth.

Episode 3. The Sino-Mexican Revelation

2008-06-30 · 60 min

Sensei Ping is abducted by a band of Mexican wrestlers. The Middleman benches Wendy who failed to stop Ping's abduction and embarks on a solo rescue mission. However, despite The Middleman's efforts, he too is captured, which leaves Wendy…

Episode 4. The Manicoid Teleportation Conundrum

2008-07-07 · 60 min

A group of peaceful aliens with an addiction to plastic surgery are being hunted down by a homicidal entity. Meanwhile, Ben puts his and Wendy's break-up video on the internet: Wendy is not thrilled. Recap: Wendy is working on a painting…

Episode 5. The Flying Fish Zombification

2008-07-14 · 60 min

Wendy and The Middleman work to contain a trout-eating zombie outbreak.

Episode 6. The Boy-Band Superfan Interrogation

2008-07-21 · 60 min

The Middleman and Wendy investigate a haughty 14-year-old named Cindy who has a dangerous obsession with Drysea, "the world's most popular boy band".

Episode 7. The Cursed Tuba Contingency

2008-07-28 · 60 min

Wendy and The Middleman don Edwardian clothing to destroy a cursed tuba from the RMS Titanic before it can harm innocent civilians. Elsewhere, The Middleman and Lacey share a movie together and consider dating.

Episode 8. The Ectoplasmic Panhellenic Investigation

2008-08-04 · 60 min

Wendy goes undercover as a sorority sister to investigate ghost sightings at a university. Meanwhile, Tyler resurfaces and mistakes Lacey for the woman he met on the day of the Lucha Libre attack.

Episode 9. The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown

2008-08-11 · 60 min

A former Middleman, Guy Goddard, is revived from his cryogenic slumber to do battle with his arch-foe, The Candle.

Episode 10. The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation

2008-08-18 · 60 min

To prevent the resurrection of every vampire that has ever lived, The Middleman and Wendy search for a possessed puppet that once belonged to Vlad the Impaler. Meanwhile, Noser pulls a disappearing act.