Just rewatched The Middleman Ep. 1
It holds up quite well. I think it's a little bit more familiar now (in the way that older The Simpsons episodes feel less original, or Holmes stories thoroughly by the numbers; the stereotypical in them is there because the stereotypes moved closer to them, not the other way around), but that's at marginal effect; it's still a great mix of straight-faced comic book bollocks and strong baseline emotional and moral sanity.
I don't think I ever saw it in this way, but in that sense it follows the Star Trek: The Next Generation model: you follow a core of ethical, cooperation-oriented, polymath characters as they deal with increasingly bizarre occurrences with professionalism, empathy, and a generally positive outlook.
I don't think I ever saw it in this way, but in that sense it follows the Star Trek: The Next Generation model: you follow a core of ethical, cooperation-oriented, polymath characters as they deal with increasingly bizarre occurrences with professionalism, empathy, and a generally positive outlook.