The Middleman
2008 · 1 season · 12 episodes · Canceled · ABC Family
Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy
TMDB 7.7 · 43 votes
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.
Episodes
- S01E01The Pilot Episode Sanction2008-06-1660m
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 handles herself when faced with danger, and in need of a colleague, the Middleman recruits Wendy into his secret organisation.
- S01E02The Accidental Occidental Conception2008-06-2360m
Wendy and The Middleman attempt to stop a revived Terracotta Warrior from unleashing a hail of fire upon Earth.
- S01E03The Sino-Mexican Revelation2008-06-3060m
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 to save the day.
- S01E04The Manicoid Teleportation Conundrum2008-07-0760m
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 of a gorilla with a gun and shows it off to Lacey. Lacey is less than thrilled but has to admit that Wendy is enthusiastic about her work. However, she also...
- S01E05The Flying Fish Zombification2008-07-1460m
Wendy and The Middleman work to contain a trout-eating zombie outbreak.
- S01E06The Boy-Band Superfan Interrogation2008-07-2160m
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".
- S01E07The Cursed Tuba Contingency2008-07-2860m
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.
- S01E08The Ectoplasmic Panhellenic Investigation2008-08-0460m
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.
- S01E09The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown2008-08-1160m
A former Middleman, Guy Goddard, is revived from his cryogenic slumber to do battle with his arch-foe, The Candle.
- S01E10The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation2008-08-1860m
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.
- S01E11The Clotharian Contamination Protocol2008-08-2560m
A malign Ida who has been infested by nanobots from outer space dupes The Middleman and Wendy into initiating a lockdown at Middleman HQ.
- S01E12The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome2008-09-0160m
Wendy is abducted by The Palindrome, a supervillain, and taken to a mirror universe that is run by the ironfisted Fatboy Industries.
