The Middleman (2008)

Comedy · Drama · Sci-Fi

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.

IMDb rating: 8.0 (3,224 votes)
Episode average: 8.0 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (2008)

8.01 avg 12 episodes 7.7 → 9.0 43 min avg

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Pilot Episode Sanction	7.7	114
2	The Accidental Occidental Conception	7.7	80
3	The Sino-Mexican Revelation	8.1	73
4	The Manicoid Teleportation Conundrum	7.7	58
5	The Flying Fish Zombification	8.0	59
6	The Boy-Band Superfan Interrogation	7.6	62
7	The Cursed Tuba Contingency	8.1	68
8	The Ectoplasmic Panhellenic Investigation	8.3	66
9	The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown	7.9	61
10	The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation	7.8	59
11	The Clotharian Contamination Protocol	8.2	59
12	The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome	9.0	64