"I tell ya. Some chucklehead's always tryin' to take over the world."
Wendy Watson (Morales) is a painter working temp jobs to pay her rent. One day at her temp job a lab experiment turns into a tentacled monster. The monster is dispatched by the Middleman (Keeslar), who is impressed with Wendy's demeanor in the face of imminent danger. He hires Wendy as his sidekick / Middleman in training, to help deal with weird situations / circumstances. They are assisted by Ida (Gleeson), a cranky android. Their cover is a temp agency called Jolly Fats Wehawkin Temp Agency.
Wendy shares an apartment with her best friend, Lacey (Morgan), a performance artist. And they across the hall from Noser (Smollett), a laid-back musician who relishes his song-lyric conversations with Wendy. Can Wendy protect the world and her secret job, and still have time for her friends and her art?
Fighting evil so you don't have to.
This show is based on the comic series by Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Les McClaine. Grillo-Marxuach adapted the series for ABC Family. The show was cancelled after 12 episodes, but the cast reunited at Comic Con in 2009 to perform a live reading of the 13th episode, which was never filmed. You can watch the whole thing on YouTube.
Natalie Morales is snarky perfection as Wendy. She is the audience surrogate and gets some of the funniest lines, besides Mary Pat Gleeson's Ida. The main cast members perfectly breathe life into their characters. They also had a slew of talented guest stars to play opposite. It was ridiculous and endearing, with lots of in jokes and pop culture references... and all of the villains monologue that "My plan is sheer elegance in it's simplicity." The show was enjoyable, but was too unique to have any hope to survive long-term.
The Middleman (2008)
Creator: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
Starring: Matt Keeslar as The Middleman
Natalie Morales as Wendy Watson
Brit Morgan as Lacey Thornfield
Mary Pat Gleeson as Ida
Jake Smollett as Noser
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