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The Middleman :: The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown (01x09)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown
Episode #: 01x09
Original Airdate: Monday August 11th, 2008
9.1/10 (7 Votes cast)
Episode Crew
Director: Michael Grossman
Writer: Tracey Stern
 
Episode Summary
 
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When a super villain known as the Candle makes his return, the Middleman must turn to... the former Middleman. Guy Goddard.
 
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Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Brendan HinesplayedTyler FordRecurring (third appearance)
Erick AvariplayedLord Jeremiah Purcell 
Ricky UllmanplayedCandle Boy (as Raviv Ullman) 
Natalia NogulichplayedKlebb 
Kevin Sorboplayed1969 Middleman/Guy Goddard 
Co-Guest Stars
Megan Lee EthridgeplayedVelma Schnipp 
Matthew Morgan (2)playedAntol Gogol 
 
Main Cast
 
Matt KeeslarplayedThe Middleman
Natalie Morales (2)playedWendy Watson
Brit MorganplayedLacey Thornfield
Mary Pat GleasonplayedIda
Jake SmollettplayedNoser
 
Featured Songs
 
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
Emiliana TorriniMe and Armini 
French KicksCarried Away 
The Little OnesMorning Tide 
 
Episode Quotes
 
Wendy:: The Batter of the Bulge Pancake House? Well, in the pantheon of places I like to be taken to by a gentleman caller…
Tyler: You don’t find the promise of Luftwaffles and Panzer cakes irresistible?
Wendy: While I do admire the culinary genius who thought to forge the human drama of the Allied struggle against Nazi Germany with the tasty goodness of all-day breakfast…
 
Tyler: Step this way, please.
Wendy: But I was just about to order a crueler named after the invasion of Crete.
 
Wendy:: I just wish I wasn’t having such a difficult time of this.
Lacey: Sex, waffles, and video games? What am I missing?
Wendy: Can you keep a secret?
Lacey: Have I told anybody about that thing with the blueberry pudding pops and the elliptical machine?
 
Lacey: You got to stop looking for the emotional rip-cord, Dub-Dub, or you’re going to find out that your parachute is really a backpack.
Wendy: What’s that even mean?
 
Wendy: Check this guy out. The Fabulous Face. He tries to replace everyone in the White House with evil doubles.
The Middleman: And he succeeded, though no one seemed to notice at the time.
 
The Middleman: This is amazing. I always knew OST2k had the technology to cryogenically freeze Middlemen,
1969 Middleman/Guy Goddard: O2STK?
Ida: Organization Too Secret to Know. It’s our little joke. Like you and I had.
Ida and 1969 Middleman/Guy Goddard: WTHWWF.
The Middleman: Whoever the Heck We Work For?
 
1969 Middleman/Guy Goddard: I knew The Candle faked his death. it was the only way he could shake my tail.
The Middleman: Sheer elegance in its simplicity.
1969 Middleman/Guy Goddard: Bad guys still say that?
The Middleman: Like a broken record.
 
The Middleman: Oh phooey.
1969 Middleman/Guy Goddard: Phooey? What is that?
Wendy: It’s a polite way of saying *bleep*
1969 Middleman/Guy Goddard: Oh. Since when are we polite?
 
Tyler: And now I’m testing your oven.
Wendy: We have an oven?
Tyler: It’s the metal box where you store your extra paint.
 
The Middleman: Fire and brimstone! We do not smoke in the Middlemobile!
1969 Middleman/Guy Goddard: Why not? Is there something combustible in here?
The Middleman: Only my temper, when I see a man willingly invite cancer into his body!
1969 Middleman/Guy Goddard: Cancer? Everyone knows the Surgeon General is a red dupe.
 
Candle Boy: Come on, a guy leaves you a melting ray, you’re not going to steal something. The whole thing is just…
The Middleman, Wendy, 1969 Middleman/Guy Goddard: Sheer elegance in its simplicity.
 
Wendy: Guy! What are you doing here?
1969 Middleman/Guy Goddard: At present I’m looking for some hooch.
Wendy: You stay away from my roommate.
1969 Middleman/Guy Goddard: I meant a drink.
Wendy: Oh.
 
Ida: (attaching a prosthetic hand) Hold still my little wubie.
1969 Middleman/Guy Goddard: Pan down the puppy dog eyes, Ida. This isn’t the hand that rocks the cradle, if you know what I mean.
Ida: Don’t get fresh with me, pony boy, I might actually have to take you up on something.
 
1969 Middleman/Guy Goddard: The Candle is out there. And I know right where he’s taken that Balthorium-G.
The Middleman: Snake Island.
Wendy:: What is that, like near Dead Man’s Bluff?
1969 Middleman/Guy Goddard: Right below the Devil’s Throat. I’m glad to see you’ve done your homework.
Wendy: Seriously? I was just being snarky.
 
Wendy:: So how do we get to the Candle’s lair?
1969 Middleman/Guy Goddard: Well, maybe Scotty can beam us down. Huh. It’s an obscure reference to a canceled television show. I’m sure you’ve never heard of it.
 
Wendy: I have a question. Why are you guys in wetsuits, and I’m in this Honey Ryder Thunderball nightmare.
1969 Middleman/Guy Goddard: Honey Ryder’s from Doctor No.
Wendy: Ah, you make me sick..
 
1969 Middleman/Guy Goddard: Sorry, Toots, but the only thing more dangerous than an attractive woman is an intelligent woman.
 
Wendy:: I thought Middlemen only told the truth and nothing but the truth.
The Middleman:: I am telling the truth. It’s only the facts I’m changing.
 
 
Cultural References
 
Klebb's Fine Jewels and its owner, Rosa Klebb, the SPECTRE villainess from From Russia With Love (1963).


 
Wendy's bikini is the one worn by Ursula Andress in Doctor No (1962).


 
The Middleman's and Wendy's IDs of Alexander Scott and Kelly Robinson refer to the two main characters of I Spy (1965), starring Bill Cosby and Robert Culp, respectively.
 
The aliases that Guy and Wendy use at the card game, Harry Rule and the Contessa Caroline di Contini, are characters in the British spy series The Protectors (1972-74).
 
One of the villains at the card game, Count Manzeppi, shares the name of the The Wild Wild West Western bad guy played by Victor Buono in two episodes.
 
 
Other Episode Crew
 
CreatorJavier Grillo-Marxuach
Executive ProducerJavier Grillo-Marxuach  |  John Ziffren
Co-Executive ProducerHans Beimler
Supervising ProducerJeremiah S. Chechik
ProducerJon Paré
Co-ProducerSarah Watson
Associate ProducerShane Keller
Production DesignerNaomi Slodki
EditorRaul Davalos
CastingMichael Nicolo  |  Anya Coloff  |  Amy McIntyre Britt
Unit Production ManagerJon Paré
First Assistant DirectorDerek Johanson
MusicTree Adams
Music SupervisorAllison Clark
Costume DesignerDanielle Launzel
Key GripBen Beaird
Camera OperatorMichael Gfelner  |  Allen D. Easton
Set DesignerJudi Giovanni
Location ManagerBriana Burke
Transportation CoordinatorMalcolm Mazer
Property MasterGregory Edgar
Construction CoordinatorStar Fields
Production Sound MixerBuck Robinson
Script SupervisorNancy Solomon
Production CoordinatorMelanie E. Gonzalez
Script CoordinatorNeil Levin
Assistant EditorSusan Godfrey (2)
Post Production SupervisorKeith Patterson
Supervising Sound EditorMark Friedgen
GafferKeith Roverud
Director of PhotographyJohn C. Newby
Story EditorAndy Reaser
Stunt CoordinatorGregory J. Barnett
Art DirectorSachiko Tanaka
Based On The Works OfJavier Grillo-Marxuach  |  Les McClaine
Main Title ThemeTree Adams
Visual Effects SupervisorStephen Lebed
Department Head HairDanny Goldstein
Department Head Make-upKimber Eastwood
Special Effects CoordinatorRandy Cabral
Production ControllerBrett D. Born
Special Effects Make-upTodd Tucker
 
 
Episode Notes
 
 
 
Episode Goofs
 
 
 
Episode References
 
 
 
Analysis
 
 

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