Watch the pilot for The Middleman before it hits TV.

Hey, if you have iTunes, you can download the first episode of The Middeman for free for a limited time. Make sure you look out for Les’s cameo early on! (No, he’s not the tentacle monster.)

My Verdict? Very faithful to the original Middleman series in all the right ways. The leads are razor-sharp, the story zips right along, and there’s only a very few moments of clumsiness that should be shaken down quickly enough. It certainly doesn’t hurt that original series creator Javier Grillo-Marxuach wrote the pilot and serves as an executive producer.