The Middleman
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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Seasons
1.The Pilot Episode Sanction
6.516-06-20081hWendy 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 supe...
2.The Accidental Occidental Conception
6.523-06-20081hWendy and The Middleman attempt to stop a revived Terracotta Warrior from unleashing a hail of fire upon Earth.
3.The Sino-Mexican Revelation
7.030-06-20081hSensei 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 M...
4.The Manicoid Teleportation Conundrum
7.007-07-20081hA 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: Wen...
5.The Flying Fish Zombification
7.014-07-20081hWendy and The Middleman work to contain a trout-eating zombie outbreak.
6.The Boy-Band Superfan Interrogation
6.021-07-20081hThe 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".
7.The Cursed Tuba Contingency
7.028-07-20081hWendy 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...
8.The Ectoplasmic Panhellenic Investigation
7.004-08-20081hWendy 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 Luc...
9.The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown
7.011-08-20081hA former Middleman, Guy Goddard, is revived from his cryogenic slumber to do battle with his arch-foe, The Candle.
10.The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation
7.018-08-20081hTo 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 pul...
11.The Clotharian Contamination Protocol
7.025-08-20081hA malign Ida who has been infested by nanobots from outer space dupes The Middleman and Wendy into initiating a lockdown at Middleman HQ.
12.The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome
7.001-09-20081hWendy is abducted by The Palindrome, a supervillain, and taken to a mirror universe that is run by the ironfisted Fatboy Industries.
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