If you haven't been watching The Middleman, maybe you should be. This fast-paced, pop-culture-laden show, based on the comic books of the same name, is perfect mindless summertime fun. The plot is simple enough: A brainy, artsy (and hot, of course) young woman gets a job assisting a straitlaced action hero, and together they battle monsters, aliens and other cartoonish supervillains.
Did we mention that the show is obsessed with pop culture? In last night's episode, our heroes had to battle a group of masked Mexican wrestlers, with the help of enigmatic martial-arts master Sensei Ping. When Ping removed his own mask -- for a fight scene straight out of Enter the Dragon -- it turned out that he was an old friend of ours....
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