about the show

Wendy Watson is a 22-year-old art school graduate struggling to stay afloat at a series of dead-end temp jobs. Living with her best friend, Lacey, in an illegal sublet, she bounces from one job to another while putting off her mother's daily inquiries as to what she plans to do with her life.

Wendy's situation takes a dramatic turn during a routine temp assignment at a local laboratory, when she's thrown into the middle of a science experiment gone very wrong. If that weren't bizarre enough, who should show up to save the day but a mysterious, handsome, gun-wielding stranger who introduces himself only as ... The Middleman.

A covert hero who neutralizes any and all dangers humanity isn't prepared to face, the milk-drinking, ruggedly wholesome Middleman is in need of a new colleague in the fight against otherworldly evil -- and he thinks Wendy fits the bill. After a series of tests that would make grown astronauts weep and Navy SEALs beg for mercy, Wendy is quickly recruited into the Middleman ranks.

Now fighting comic book-esque criminals under the guidance of her new boss, Wendy tries to wrap her head around the new and definitely weird situation. But the Middleman is sure she can do the job, even if his cranky robot assistant, Ida, questions his choices every step of the way.

Soon, Wendy learns there will always be another unfathomable peril to contain, which means that focusing on her painting will be easier said than done. Now that she's living a double life, can Wendy balance her undercover Middleman mission with a "normal" life in her offbeat circle of artist friends?