The Best Episodes of The Middleman Season 1
Every episode of The Middleman Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Middleman Season 1!
The Middleman is an American television series. The series, which was developed for television by Javier Grillo-Marxuach for ABC Family, is based on the Viper Comics series, The Middleman, created by Grillo-Marxuach and Les McClaine. The series ran for one season in 2008. Originally confirmed for an initial 13 episodes, the order was reduced to a 12-episode season due to low ratings. In February 2009, a comic book based on the unproduced 13th episode was announced, confirming the series' cancellation. Billed as a "series finale", The Middleman – The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse was released in July 2009. The complete series DVD set was released by Shout! Factory on July 28, 2009.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Middleman" season 1 is "The Pilot Episode Sanction", rated 7.5/10 from 140 user votes. It was directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik and written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach. "The Pilot Episode Sanction" aired on 6/16/2008 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Accidental Occidental Conception".
7.5/10 140 votes#1 - The Pilot Episode Sanction
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/16/2008
Wendy 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.
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Writer: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
7.6/10 73 votes#2 - The Accidental Occidental Conception
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/23/2008
Wendy and The Middleman attempt to stop a revived Terracotta Warrior from unleashing a hail of fire upon Earth.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: Sarah Watson
8.1/10 66 votes#3 - The Sino-Mexican Revelation
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/30/2008
Sensei 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.
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Writer: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
7.7/10 52 votes#4 - The Manicoid Teleportation Conundrum
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/7/2008
A 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: Wendy is not thrilled. Recap: Wendy is working on a painting of a gorilla with a gun and shows it off to Lacey. Lacey is less than thrilled but has to admit that Wendy is enthusiastic about her work. However, she also...
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Writer: Tracey Stern
8.0/10 55 votes#5 - The Flying Fish Zombification
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/14/2008
Wendy and The Middleman work to contain a trout-eating zombie outbreak.
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Andy Reaser
7.6/10 58 votes#6 - The Boy-Band Superfan Interrogation
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/21/2008
The 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".
Director: Norman Buckley
Writer: Jordan Rosenberg
8.1/10 63 votes#7 - The Cursed Tuba Contingency
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/28/2008
Wendy 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.
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Writer: Hans Beimler
8.3/10 61 votes#8 - The Ectoplasmic Panhellenic Investigation
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/4/2008
Wendy 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 Lucha Libre attack.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: Sarah Watson
7.9/10 55 votes#9 - The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/11/2008
A former Middleman, Guy Goddard, is revived from his cryogenic slumber to do battle with his arch-foe, The Candle.
Director: Michael Grossman
Writer: Tracey Stern
7.8/10 54 votes#10 - The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/18/2008
To 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.
Director: Sandy Smolan
Writer: Andy Reaser
8.1/10 54 votes#11 - The Clotharian Contamination Protocol
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 8/25/2008
A malign Ida who has been infested by nanobots from outer space dupes The Middleman and Wendy into initiating a lockdown at Middleman HQ.
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Writer: Margaret Dunlap
8.9/10 64 votes#12 - The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/1/2008
Wendy is abducted by The Palindrome, a supervillain, and taken to a mirror universe that is run by the ironfisted Fatboy Industries.
Director: Guy Norman Bee
Writer: Jordan Rosenberg