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ABC Family: The Middleman ask javi a question, part 12

ask javi a question, part 12

ask javi a question, part 12

Monday means the start of a new week, a brand-new episode of 'The Middleman,' and yet another chance for you, the viewers, to be part of an upcoming JAVI-CAST! You know, our exclusive vlog where 'MM' creator and executive producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach answers your questions.

So, if you want to join in the JAVI-CAST, comment, comment, comment!

But you gotta be quick about it: He's filming WEDNESDAY. Now, tell us
what you want to know.

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discuss (23) Comments

sugaraddict's picture

hey javi!
i love the middle man. In previous episodes Middle Man has mentioned that he has loved someone other than Lacey, do we ever find out who?

MormonForMiddleman's picture

First off I have to say I really really love your show and want to thank you and the crew so much for it. I truly hope there will be more to come and ABC allows more seasons. I was surprised to say the least when I looked at my DVR and there was no Middleman. I thought maybe someone deleted it, so I wait another week, nope still no Middleman. Turns out season is over haha. NOOO ! ! ! ! So I must beg for more awesomeness so called The Middleman. And if there will be more Javi-Casts then I have a question for you. Will you in the future have anymore episodes with Ninjas or Samurais ? And will you feature anything of the Atlantis like ?

Your big fan, MormonForMiddleman

David Nelson
San Diego, CA

MiddleMan2011's picture

Hey it's MiddleMan2011 (by the way I'm a teenage girl who loves the MM)! I love The Middleman...first my mom got into it! Then i watched episode 4 then i loved it!! One question (this has been bugging me since i saw one of the episodes): When MM said he does love Lacey but loves someone else...can you give us a hint who it is? I REALLY want to know!!

~M*O*L*L*Y~
Middleman: !!!!

dominik13's picture

hy guys
first off all i love this show!!!! FIGHTING EVIL
my question is, where can i get wendys pictures?
i love the picture with the ape and the one with the zombie-bride
but how can i get them??

please release more seasons!!
i live in austria and i need this show, because our tv program is worst than ever
thx
greets
domi

AnnafromDFW's picture

what the frak happened to the coolest and best show on tv...I can't believe I like it more than Lost and Hero's...it's the best show to come along in a long time! I caught it by accident, because I'm not a fan of anything on the Family Channel. And I began looking fwd to Monday nights when I get home from grad school and work to watch it...and it's gone!!!! Please tell me it's returning soon! I already bought the first episode off iTunes so that I could catch up! I wish you guys would show re-runs and/or just bring it back!! grrrrrr....xoxo, Anna

XxxgreekxxX's picture

I haven't been able to find/hear of new episodes in a long time Sad Where did MM go?

primitiveskin's picture

Well, I guess that's it for the Javi-Casts. I'm assuming that #12 will be based on the Part 11 questions, and #13, if there is one, will be derived from the 30-odd questions that were here for Part 12 prior to the Drupal-changeover that wiped them all out. Which is really unfortunate, considering your viewers could have benefited from Ask Javi a Question, Parts 13 and 14, should they have thought of something regarding episodes 11 and 12, the season finale. Sigh...

I can't believe how much fun I've had this summer, enjoying your show. And many thanks for allowing me to be on the periphery of your creation, by answering some of my questions during the Javi-Casts. You know, Buckaroo Banzai never did get to battle the World Crime League in a second movie. And, we'll never know if Jack Burton ever encountered any more Big Trouble in another ethnically-named neighborhood. Well, I've got my fingers crossed that the Middle Duo will be able to match wits in the third season with The Middleman Revenge Squad, or some other appropriately named conglomeration of criminals and crackpots. I'm having custom-printed M&Ms, who just happen to be one of the fine advertisers here on the ABC Family website, delivered to corporate this week, complete with the faces of Natalie and Matt as our fabulous Dub-Dub and Em-Em. I have no idea what the print quality will be like, but if word of these gets back to the production staff, I'd really appreciate hearing how they turned out.

I have personally watched each episode twice, allowing me to savor some of the jokes that I may have missed the first time around. For instance, during the finale, the specialty at Lacey's loft in the Mirror-Verse was...rabbit stew. French cuisine kills bunnies, indeed! And my favorite running gag was the conversation taking place in the foreground of the scene, while some sort of other activity was happening in the background. By my count, there were five instances of this:

1. Em-Em speaks with Ida; on the monitor, Wendy "Jack Bauer's" the Interrodroid.
2. Em-Em communicates with Ida via Middlewatch; Wendy takes care of a Peruvian Flying Pike.
3. Em-Em and Dubby are conversing; on the monitor, Ida shoos away Tyler from the Jolly Fats Wehawkin lobby.
4. Wendy and Guy Goddard are sitting in the Middlemobile; Em-Em deals with what turns out to be a faux Candle.
5. Wendy talks to the hot dog guy; Tyler unwittingly, or does he, comes to the rescue of Manservant Neville.

I am really looking forward to the DVD release. Will this be DVD only, or will there be a simultaneous Blu-ray release? I have just really learned to appreciate the show even more over the last three episodes, ever since DirecTV went live with its ABC Family HD feed. Nothing could be finer than Dub-Dub and Em-Em in glorious high-def, and I'm not just saying that because I might be looking at Wendy all pervy when she's in her leather Emma Peel catsuit, or her Holly Rider-Thunderball Nightmare, or while she was undergoing the horrors, the absolute horrors, of a Silkwood Shower Sequence, mmm...now that's some tasty alliteration.

So once again, to Javi, and your wonderful cast and crew, thanks for all the memories, and I hope you'll be back soon to make more. That, and you guys return to the San Diego Comic-Con next year in triumph, and of course, to a larger meeting room, which is always a sure sign of success.

Long may The Middleman wave!
-Gavin

Some people dream in black-and-white,
And others dream in color.
But when I see you in my sleep,
My dreams are sweet-and-sour.

cupidsxXxarrow's picture

Now that this season of the Middleman is over, (saying 'this' meaning that abcfamily will give the awesomeness known as the Middleman another season...) What do you plan to do next? Hide away in a dark corner and have no contact with the outside world until it's time to shoot the next season?

johnpavlich's picture

Hi Javi,

I have two questions ('cause I'm greedy like that).

1. If a vampire offers you soup, just what DOES that mean?

2. In episode twelve, The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome, Wendy steals a massive gun from Fatboy Industries that looks suspiciously like the "freeze ray" used by Neil Patrick Harris in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Is it in fact the very same prop?

Thanks so much. Love the show!
Sincerely,
John Pavlich (rhymes with sandwich)

MashaiM32's picture

Hey Javi I wanted to know will the Middleman be back for another season. I really hope it does if it doesn’t I don’t see a reason for watching TV anymore!

corellianjedi's picture

We know that Wendy was recruited because of her actions against the body-part-monster at A.N.D. Laboratories, and that the Middleman was recruited for saving his men and punching his C.O. when he was in the Navy. Will we ever find out what Tyler did to get recruited (by the Middleman, not Manservant Neville)?

zapo422001's picture

here are a few of my ideas for the show please tell me if you are interested in more
plumber Sasquatch; squealing squid (spies); coconut conundrum (coconut trees growing in new york?
college evolution play back to twilight zone the class creates a de-evolving virus; the crocheters a club of evil craftspeople who turn cats into yarn curse them always untangling our hard work
I have many more ideas and would be happy to share them if you would like, you know how to contact me
P.S stay away from the milkshakes especialy the strawberry
and please ask limony snicket what is in the sugar pot?????????

biblioddity's picture

Hey Javi! First of all, thanks for all the awesome! The show (between the writing and the amazing cast and every little thing) keeps getting more amazing , and I was so excited to get my copy of the collected series graphics this week in the mail! But since the first season is coming to a close, I am most curious: Will there be a Middleman soundtrack? I know the featured music is listed for each show (which is super!), but I think it would ubersweet to have a "greatest hits" compilation of the tracks, along with some of the Tree Adams / Noser style action, too. Muy kudos and PLEASE keep it comin'!

skinnylittles's picture

hey when wendy played the game of shaboome when guy left for the "bathroom" why did the dealer give wendy a bunny?

weblurker's picture

MM and Wendy have a father/daughter or older brother/younger sister relationship.
Check, I understand.

But BY THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR!!! (or alternatively, BY THE HAIRS ON SHATNER'S TOUPEE), they've seen each other naked!! EWWWWW!! What were the writers thinking?

Also, you really have to make the writers work harder. Imagine MM, Wendy and Lacey all in the decontamination chamber together. Lacey's sex dream thread would have been a great set up for that scene.
Now _that_ would have been a ratings booster.

MashaiM32's picture

Hey Javi it’s me again,
I wanted to know will me ever see Lacey in the yellow bear suite again I thought that was soooo funny!

MashaiM32's picture

Hey Javi,

First I want to say the Middleman is my new favorite show I have watched every episode! I wanted to know if something were to happen to the Middleman and Wendy takes over would she get a sidekick and was the Middleman sidekick to a former Middleman?

I love the show can’t wait for next season!

skinnylittles's picture

hey javi...i just need to ask in the episode clotharian contamination protocol when wendy meets tyler at the hot dog stand for the 2nd time the subtitle said " the FRIENDY nieborhood hot dog stand" isn't that suppose to be FRIENDLY.

Jadesfire2's picture

Hi Javi! First off I want to apologize for not catching this program when it first started. I didn't think abc family had anything for me, so I had to wait for the word-of-mouth express to catch up before I found out what an awesome show I was missing. I'm already ordering all my friends to watch immediately.

My question is (and sorry if this has come up before, I'm only half way through the Javi-Cast archives) will there be more Middleman comics? If abcfamily pulls a Fox and cancels the show before its time, will the series continue in the comics? If The Middelman doesn't get renewed as a series, is there any chance of a tv movie wrapup like Farscape got, or even a stand alone film?

Once again, I love the show.
-Jadesfire2

zapo422001's picture

you should make a episodethat is about evil bumper cars they could each have there own personalitys like the gremlins or the goblins and many more great horror movies from the eighties

conimble's picture

I have a question! Will we ever find out about the middleman who trained the current middleman. Like, what happened to him, and if he was attacked by mutant llamas or something?

syxxgage's picture

I hope that a lack of questions here isn't holding up the next Javi-cast. Almost everyone is directed to the old site from the Middleman's ABC Family homepage. All the comments and questions are over there.

No more monologuing, or I'll Swiss-cheese you on principle.

middlemanfan88's picture

Javi - Talofa Sole! (Samoan: "Wasssup Bro") crazy show, my family and I love it.
Question:

EPI: XII - Wendy Watson went to a MIRROR/OPPOSITE alternate reality, right. There she finds out Tyler gave his life as a MIDDLEMAN apprentice. Does this point to an inconsistency or is Tyler is really a WHACK-JOB closet criminal genius [Elegance in its simplicity!] in the NORMAL reality and my girl WW (Dub-Dub) gets to unwillingly take out, at some point. And does MM already know of Ty's royal-whak'ness since he didn't get the job as MM-grasshopper, was there deeper issues? Just say'n...

Spank you very much!