Les McClaine
Director
The Middleman (2008)
Specials
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.
Released June 16, 2008
Episode 60 min
11+
Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Superhero
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Production Companies: Grillo-Marxuach Design Bureau, Prodco
Network: ABC Family
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S0E1 - Web Featurettes
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 of the series, and more on the Varsity Fanclub appearance.
S0E2 - Javi-Casts
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 to want Wendy and the Middleman to get together, but I totally agree with Javier that it was a working/brother-and-sister-type relationship, not a romantic one.
6.0
S0E3 - Gag Reel
S0E4 - Alternate Scene 1: The Flying Fish Zombification Pike Attack
S0E5 - Alternate Scene 2: The Manicoide Teleportation Conudrum Opening
S0E6 - Audition Footage
Audition footage (12 minutes or so) for Natalie, Brit, Jake, and Mary Pat.
S0E7 - The Opening Title Sequences
6.0
S0E8 - The Wilhelm Scream
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.
S0E9 - The Complete 'The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome' Table Read
S0E10 - The Middleman-ager
Five web promo sneak peeks
S0E11 - PSAs
Five PSAs, fake public service announcements from the characters.
S0E12 - Sheer Elegance in Its Simplicity
DVD Easter Egg
Network: ABC Family
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 720 min.
Released: June 16, 2008
Last Air Date: Sept. 1, 2008, midnight
Status: Canceled
Certification: NR
Common sense age: 11+
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