The Middleman (2008)

Season 1

TV-14

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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.

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12 Episodes

The Pilot Episode Sanction
E1
The Pilot Episode SanctionWendy 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.
The Accidental Occidental Conception
E2
The Accidental Occidental ConceptionA Terra Cotta Warrior is brought back to life, sending The Middleman and Wendy on a mission into the underworld to stop him before he can kidnap the last living heir of the Qin dynasty. Should they fail, fire will rain down on the Earth for a thousand years.
The Sino-Mexican Revelation
E3
The Sino-Mexican RevelationSensei 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.
The Manicoid Teleportation Conundrum
E4
The Manicoid Teleportation ConundrumThe Middleman & Wendy are faced with the disappearances of rich people with too much plastic surgery. In fact, they are aliens whose appearance only allows them to live in places like Beverly Hills, where everybody looks like them. People disappearing, bodies returning with no heads, Wendy's dealings with her poser ex-boyfriend , and a famous talk show psychiatrist with a morbid secret.
The Flying Fish Zombification
E5
The Flying Fish ZombificationOnce again, a mad man is trying to take over the world, this time, using Peruvian flying fish that create a zombie army that craves trout. The first wave of the zombie attack is by trout craving model types with great bodies.
The Boy-Band Superfan Interrogation
E6
The Boy-Band Superfan InterrogationEveryone suspects that there's something subversive about boy bands. In this case, this boy band is not only capable of creating warp holes, but are willing to sacrifice the Earth to pull off their nefarious intergalactic crime.
The Cursed Tuba Contingency
E7
The Cursed Tuba ContingencyWendy 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.
The Ectoplasmic Panhellenic Investigation
E8
The Ectoplasmic Panhellenic InvestigationThe Middleman and Wendy have to deal with disembodied Sorority Girl ghosts who have only a drag-wearing fraternity boy as their interpreter to find out who is waging war on the Greek system with world domination next on the agenda!
The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown
E9
The Obsolescent Cryogenic MeltdownDue to the apparent resurfacing of "The Candle", an arch villain from 1969, Ida unfreezes the '69 version of the middleman (Kevin Sorbo), supposedly to thwart the threat. But, unbeknownst to the Middleman, Wendy, and Ida, their biggest threat isn't the Candle, but something much closer to home that endangers their partnership and even their very lives!
The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation
E10
The Vampiric Puppet LamentationTo 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.
The Clotharian Contamination Protocol
E11
The Clotharian Contamination ProtocolOnce again the Clotharians threaten our world by using Ida as a bomb that will disperse Nanobots that can destroy all technology from the inside out. The Middleman and Wendy must find a way to bypass the damage in Ida to keep her from exploding and destroying Life as We Know It.
The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome
E12
The Palindrome Reversal PalindromeEvery bad thing Wendy has ever heard about parallel universes suddenly becomes true when she is yanked into a dark dystopic version of her own reality. Every face is a familiar but a horrible opposite to those she left behind. For her to be returned to her own world will depend on her ability to touch the very souls of these beings that don't seem to have any.