The Middleman: The Manicoid Teleportation Conundrum

Air Date

Monday July 7, 2008

Production Code

1002

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  8.5 Great

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  Wendy is shocked to learn that her ex-boyfriend, Ben, put their break-up video on the Internet. Lacey is prepared to comfort her, but Wendy says that she's totally fine. When an alien (one of many manicoids living on earth) is murdered, the Middleman and Wendy go to investigate. The Middleman wants to help them. It turns out that a psychologist on TV is behind it. He's been planning revenge because a manicoid spaceship killed his father. Wendy gets into a sticky situation, but the Middleman comes to the rescue just in time.
  
  This episode was very strange. This show is so weird, but I love it! I like how they added a little drama with Ben and everything. This episode gets an 8.5 out of 10!

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• Guest Cast

  • Clint Culp Dr. Gil
  • Patrick Fischler Dr. Rollin Newleaf
  • Allison Dunbar Doris Schon
  • Timothy Thomas Brown Manicoid Guard
  • Joseph Ferrante Manicoid Guard
  • Melissa McCarty Newscaster
  • Christina Ogunade Anita
  • Blayne Weaver Dean Schon
  • Vincent Ward Policeman
  • Marnie Alton Isabel Schon (uncredited)

• Creators

  • Javier Grillo-Marxuach Creator

• Directors

  • Jeremiah Chechik Director

• Writers

  • Tracey Stern Writer

• Executive Producers

  • John Ziffren Executive Producer
  • Javier Grillo-Marxuach Executive Producer
Episode Cast and Crew Details »

• Trivia: In the scene where Wendy is on her bed reading a graphic novel, the cover is for Oddly Normal. Viper Comics produces the graphic novels for that series as well as The Middleman. The title character is a 10-year-old girl, half-witch and half-human, raised by her aunt in the land of Fignation. [edit]

• Featured Music
  
  "Precious Metals" by Russian Futurists
  "Strain My Heart" by Scientific
  "Pieces of You" by Arm's Way [edit]
• Filming Location: Vasquez Rocks, Los Angeles County, California [edit]

• Lacey: Wow, Dub-Dub. That's...
  Wendy: A painting of a gun-toting, genetically enhanced, super-genius gangster gorilla. Tomorrow I'm starting on a new one. I already have a sketch and a layout and everything. It's a succubus fashion model. Which is just like a regular fashion model, except with pointy teeth and red eyes and a thirst for the innocence of young men.
  Lacey: Well, you're in such a good mood. And you're being so productive.
  Wendy: Yeah, well, my days of painter's block are way behind me. I actually have a job I'm excited about.
  Lacey: You're excited about working for a temp agency?
  Wendy: Yeah, well, it's a special temp agency. And I'm painting like a fiend. [edit]
• Wendy: I hate him so much I might mount him.
  Dr. Newleaf: You'll what?
  Wendy: Never mind. Yipee kai yay (beep). [edit]
• The Middleman: Great Hearts of Palm. that is grotesque. [edit]

• Ida: We've got a red ball.
  
  Referencing the 2002 Steven Spielberg movie Minority Report (based on a 1956 short story by Philip K. Dick). The movie, starring Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton and Max Von Sydow, follows a future crimes division that uses psychic "pre-cogs" to see murders and stop them before they happen. A red ball is a crime of passion, seen only moments before, thus requiring quick action. [edit]
• Lacey: If you don't "shout-shout-let-it-all-out", this thing with Ben is going to eat you alive.
  
  Referencing "Shout", a 1985 song by British band Tears for Fears. It is the band's eighth single release and their most popular, reaching the Top Ten in 25 countries. The song was written by Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley. [edit]
• Wendy: Where in Carmen Sandiego is Kamchatka?
  
  Referencing the PBS series Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, based on the popular computer game, which feature investigators who have to solve geographical clues to track down the elusive thief, Carmen Sandiego. [edit]