
Favourite Mark Sheppard roles: 4/10 - Manservant Neville (Middleman)
A genius and sadly underappreciated show in general, Mark’s role was basically just icing on the cake here for me. He basically plays an evil Steve Jobs. Or is he evil, or was that just his alternate universe counterpart? He certainly plays dubious excellently, in any case. And really, everyone should watch this show, it’s only 12 episodes. Go on. It’s like happy silly X-Files, but with themed episodes like Community, and more fun wordplay than you can shake a stick at.

Wendy: You know all those things I said before when I thought I was gonna die? Well, I meant every word of it.
The Middleman 1x11: The Clotharian Contamination Protocol

Wendy: Manservant Neville? That sounds like somebody’s butler.
Lacey: Not Manservant, Manservant. As in Manservant Neville, CEO of Fatboy Industries? As in the man who brought the world the uMaster?
The Middleman 1.11 “The Clotharian Contamination Protocol”
Manservant Neville: Good morning, Ms. Thornfield, Mr. Noser, and Tyler Ford…Why haven’t you called?
Tyler: A: I didn’t think you were serious, B: I didn’t think you were really Manservant Neville, and C: Did you track me to the hallway of my girlfriend’s loft and find out all of our names?
Manservant Neville: When someone saves my life, someone who doesn’t know who I am, I pay attention.
The Middleman 1.11 “The Clotharian Contamination Protocol”