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The Middleman: The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation
| 8.1/10 (13 Votes cast) |
Episode Info
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Episode number: 1x10 Airdate: Monday August 18th, 2008 |
Main Cast
Recap
Wendy and Lacey are preparing for a party but Lacey is too distracted to listen to Wendy’s stories about Tyler on his vacation. Lacey finally admits that she had a sex dream about Pip, their mortal enemy. Wendy is less than thrilled. They go to the party and while looking for Noser, a fortune teller offers to tell Wendy’s fortune. After a few inaccurate predictions, she draws a card with Noser on it and starts chanting in a trance, muttering about Noser being rent limb from limb while saving Wendy. The card bursts into fire and the fortune teller Jamie comes out of it, not remembering what she said while in the trance...Read the full recap
Music
| Artist | Song Title | Played When |
| Chromeo | Bonafied Lovin | first party scene |
| Walter Meego | Baby Please | second party scene |
Episode Quotes
Wendy: How could a sex dream with Pip possibly start normal?
Wendy: I just have one thing I have to know. Was Pip packing?
Lacey: The seventh grade called, they want their maturity back.
Lacey: The seventh grade called, they want their maturity back.
Wendy: At my confirmation I prayed I would one day grow up to kill a vampire. And now I can.
The Middleman: Dubbie, I can’t help but notice you seem to have rent appendages on your brain.
Ida: That’s the hippie lettuce talking.
Ida: That’s the hippie lettuce talking.
The Middleman: If you want to help Mr. Noser right now, you’ll dedicate yourself mind, body , and soul to preventing undead creatures of the night from rising from the grave to suck him dry.
Wendy: You don’t talk to other humans much, do you?
Wendy: You don’t talk to other humans much, do you?
The Middleman: If a vampire offers you soup, what does that mean?
The Middleman: Dubbie, did he just turn into a bat puppet?
Wendy: Man, I don’t even have an opinion.
Wendy: Man, I don’t even have an opinion.
Wendy: I’m not sure Vladdy’s gonna start biting anyone just yet.
Ida: Look, it’s trying to think.
Ida: Look, it’s trying to think.
The Middleman: I know it hasn’t been easy wiping the vision of Mr. Noser’s agonizing dismemberment from your mind.
Wendy: And thanks for putting it right back in.
Wendy: And thanks for putting it right back in.
Dr. Judd: We don’t get many visitors from the Department of Education.
Wendy: Well, if you can teach the criminally insane, you can teach anyone.
Wendy: Well, if you can teach the criminally insane, you can teach anyone.
Ida: (to Wendy) No pressure, hon. I fully expect you to fail.
Vlad the Impaler & Elizabeth Rousset: Minions of the night, rise from your sanctuaries of sleep to feast on the blood of all mankind!
Cultural References
The MacFarlane & Gray Hotel Spa & Convention Center refers to the movie The Body Snatcher (19845), and the characters Dr. Wolfe MacFarlane John Gray (Boris Karloff).
Dracula
Among the references to the novel and movies are:
* The John Seward Home for the Criminally Insane refers to Dr. John Steward, a student of Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, who runs an asylum in England.
* Renfield Renquist is named after Renfield, the mental patient in the novels and movies.
* The Middleman mentions 1895 as the last time a Middleman fought a vampire. That's the year in which Dracula was first published.
* 1010 Holmwood Drive refers to Arthur Holmwood, Lucy Westerna's fiancee
Among the references to the novel and movies are:
* The John Seward Home for the Criminally Insane refers to Dr. John Steward, a student of Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, who runs an asylum in England.
* Renfield Renquist is named after Renfield, the mental patient in the novels and movies.
* The Middleman mentions 1895 as the last time a Middleman fought a vampire. That's the year in which Dracula was first published.
* 1010 Holmwood Drive refers to Arthur Holmwood, Lucy Westerna's fiancee
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | Javier Grillo-Marxuach |
| • Executive Producer | Javier Grillo-Marxuach | John Ziffren |
| • Co-Executive Producer | Hans Beimler |
| • Supervising Producer | Jeremiah S. Chechik |
| • Producer | Jon Paré |
| • Co-Producer | Sarah Watson |
| • Associate Producer | Shane Keller |
| • Production Designer | Naomi Slodki |
| • Editor | James Renfroe |
| • Casting | Amy McIntyre Britt | Michael Nicolo |
| • Unit Production Manager | Jon Paré |
| • First Assistant Director | Richard W. Abramitis |
| • Second Assistant Director | Melody Beam |
| • Music | Tree Adams |
| • Music Supervisor | Allison Clark |
| • Costume Designer | Danielle Launzel |
| • Key Grip | Ben Beaird |
| • Camera Operator | Michael Gfelner | Allen D. Easton |
| • Set Designer | Judi Giovanni |
| • Location Manager | Briana Burke |
| • Transportation Coordinator | Malcolm Mazer |
| • Property Master | Gregory Edgar |
| • Construction Coordinator | Star Fields |
| • Production Sound Mixer | Buck Robinson |
| • Script Supervisor | Nancy Solomon |
| • Production Coordinator | Melanie E. Gonzalez |
| • Script Coordinator | Neil Levin |
| • Post Production Supervisor | Keith Patterson (2) |
| • Supervising Sound Editor | Mark Friedgen |
| • Gaffer | Keith Roverud |
| • Director of Photography | John C. Newby |
| • Story Editor | Andy Reaser |
| • Stunt Coordinator | Gregory J. Barnett |
| • Based On The Works Of | Les McClaine | Javier Grillo-Marxuach |
| • Main Title Theme | Tree Adams |
| • Visual Effects Supervisor | Stephen Lebed |
| • Department Head Hair | Steven Soussana |
| • Department Head Make-up | Kimber Eastwood |
| • Special Effects Coordinator | Randy Cabral |
| • Production Controller | Brett D. Born |
| • Special Effects Make-up | Todd Tucker |
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