- My Hero (series 3)
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My Hero Series 3 is the third series of My Hero which aired between June 7 2002 & August 23 2002.
This series introduces the character:
- Apollo "Ollie" Sunday
Episodes
# Title Writer(s) Director Original airdate Code 14-301 "Baby Talk" Paul Mayhew-Archer, Paul Mendelson John Stroud June 7, 2002 ICEB783X George and Janet's life is becoming more and more stressful when their new baby takes after George (Much to Janet's disappointment, as she feels as though the child has nothing from her).
The baby talks like an adult and flies like a turbo-charged bird. And to make matters worse, George is teaching him to sniff out tidal waves and forest fires (and one time he came with George to prevent an Earthquake in Tibet!)! Janet's parents are due for a visit to meet their new grandchild — how will George and Janet keep the secret from them?
Meanwhile Tyler is teaching the baby about HIS VERSION of the Solar System such as the Earth orbiting the Death Star from Star Wars, Skaro, Home of the Daleks and Middle-earth being real and their planets and even the moon being inhabited by people called Clangers. This to the Baby is nothing but Fairy Tales rather than facts.
Eventually, the baby flies out of the apartment to hide with Tyler until George and Janet stop fighting. He also decides to pick his own name (Janet favored 'Benjamin' (which translates in Ultronian as 'Man who prefers sheep' and another Earth name that according to George and Arnie translates in Ultronian as 'Man who prefers sheep, but wouldn't say no to a pig'. George favored 'Pontius'(that meant great warrior and Ulrich that was his mother's name meaning warm hearted), but the baby decides he wants to be called 'Apollo 11' to represent the joining of two heavenly bodies).15-302 "Zero Tolerance" Paul Mayhew-Archer, Paul Mendelson John Stroud June 14, 2002 ICEB784R Life at the health centre takes an unexpected turn when a gun-toting man shows up demanding access to the drug cabinet. Mrs Raven isn't given the chance to deal with this addict as George enters to save the day — and doesn't even have to call on Thermoman to do so!
Now George is known as the "local" hero — rather than a "super" hero. He is being celebrated all over town and asked to join the Neighborhood Watch Scheme by Janet's father. Will George's new-found popularity with his in-laws last?16-303 "Pet Rescue" Paul Mayhew-Archer John Stroud June 21, 2002 ICEB785K Janet's parents have the decorators in so Janet has offered to watch their dog, Biggles — something that George isn't too thrilled about.
But George is committed to bonding with Biggles, so he buys an ear-piece which allows him to talk to animals. George discovers that Biggles (whose real name is Malcolm) dislikes Ella and Stanley, he also explains the OTHER reason why dogs sniff bottoms. Thermoman goes on a mission to reunite Biggles with his mum and rescue him from a one-way trip to the vet. Eventually he reunites him dramatically with his Mother and the next morning at his door Malcolm's mum says that she was told by Malcolm he Ran a Pet Rescue Service and loads of animals are around her waiting in the morning.17-304 "The Older Man" Paul Mayhew-Archer, Paul Mendelson John Stroud June 28, 2002 ICEB786E It's George's birthday! At the age of 327, he's a mere spring chicken on the Planet Ultron. But the lease on George's earthly body has run out and he starts to look his real age quickly.
In a state of desperation (after Janet's parents walk in on her kissing George and Janet has to claim that she's having an affair with George's grandfather), George resorts to extreme measures in a bid to turn back the clock (Such as using time-bending tunnels to try and regress his age), eventually being forced to get a new body from the Ultron council.
Meanwhile, Piers hires a new nurse at the health centre to make up for the time Janet is missing due to her spending her time with Ollie, but the new nurse- Hayley- knows next to nothing about medicine, wants Janet to look at the old people and tries to make the centre more 'youth-orientated' with music posters.18-305 "Puttin' on the Writs" Paul Alexander, Simon Braithwaite John Stroud July 5, 2002 ICEB787Y It's just an ordinary morning in the supermarket parking lot — that is until Mrs Raven has a run-in with a stack of wayward trolleys and is pushed over the edge of a building.
Once again, it is Thermoman to the rescue! But when he refuses Mrs Raven's kind offer of Battenberg cake in return for saving her life, retribution is swift; she claims to have been badly injured in his 'rescue attempt' and threatens to sue him.
Meanwhile, Janet's father has had enough of Ella's nagging and has moved in with Tyler [who recently acquired a pet scorpion that is Harmless and does not sting called Sammy Scorpion]. It appears to be a perfect arrangement but Ella misses the old fool — will that be enough to make her apologize for the first time? This proves to be difficult when Stanley starts wearing filthy clothes [Being with Tyler] and when Ella come over because George tries to get them together and before they embrace Ella refuses to apologies unless Stanley does, so she leaves. However she is unaware that Sammy Scorpion has escaped and made his way into her handbag and then escapes to Piers' office.
George tries to stop Mrs. Raven from suing him by going over as Thermoman to the health centre and persuade her to drop the trial and it works... Until she asks for a kiss and is about to kiss him but when he is turning around to avoid this but gives in and his helmet knocks her out. This results in reports of her being seriously injured and the trial will proceed.
Meanwhile while George is considering giving up being Thermoman and taking his gear to underneath the bed he learns Stanley is moving out of Tyler's flat, but he dos not say where he will go.
Later on at the health centre, Sammy Scorpion climbs on to Mrs. Raven's shoulder in Piers' Office and Janet and George see this. He is about to explain that Sammy is harmless when Janet interrupts saying only Thermoman can save her. She then begs them to get Thermoman but they say that with him on trial he can't afford another accident. She promises to drop the charges as long as someone saves her. George then removes Sammy and she realizes it was a trick, and Sammy is returned to Tyler.
At night when George is going to bed, he turns over to find Stanley has moved in and is in the bed. Ella still won't apologize. George then tells Janet to come with him to get Sammy Scorpion
Presumably they used him on Ella and threatened her until she agreed to apologize and when she is tricked George might have been Thermoman so she won't realize it's a trick and Stanley moves out the next morning as they are back together onwards.19-306 "Shock, Horror!" Paul Alexander, Paul Mendelson, Paul Mayhew-Archer John Stroud July 12, 2002 ICEB789L Baby Ollie has a fever so George has to turn his attention away from saving the world to come home and check on the baby. All of this dashing about is making George a bit careless and before long, a journalist called Kevin Trent (Dominic Coleman) takes advantage of the situation, and takes a picture of George as Thermoman, believing that Janet is having an affair with Thermoman. This causes Ollie to start reading the newspapers and a bunch of photographers to wait outside the flat taking pictures. Much to Janet's surprise Ella and Stanley are proud of her for it...and they bring divorce papers believing Ollie is Thermoman's son but Janet refuses to go through with it. Seeing that Janet is really miserable with all of this, Thermoman tries to make things the way they were by making things better. When Janet goes out she notices Thermoman in the centre of photographers taking shots and he explains that everything about him is a lie and he did not come to see Janet or the baby, much to Janet's delight. Until he tells them he came to see George Sunday, claiming him to be a good friend of his.
The next day, all the papers conclude George and Thermoman are in a gay relationship, and although Janet's life is easier again, George is running out of money [no one will go into his shop as he's gay] But thankfully Arnie and Janet come up with a plan. What they do is [other than injuring Tyler and having Arnie taking him to a hospital] George and Janet go out and announce that Trent who started the stories is actually Thermoman's Arch Nemesis who did this to distract Thermoman from saving the world. When Trent [who is in front of them] denies this, and George uses Mind Control on him to force him to admit it. He then uses (without anyone knowing) superbreath to make Trent fly as proof. When he falls George continues using Super Breath.
The next day Trent has disappeared and the papers say all they found at his house was a cape and some plans to take over the world [which George did to show more proof] and although things are back to normal Ollie has a fever again and George [who has learned his lesson this time] takes him flying with him in a thermosuit at his size.
It is revealed Trent was put on top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris by George for the stories he said. As he and Ollie Pass by he says he will not help him as even though it is his duty to help citizens of Earth, Then as he flies off with Ollie he says 'Nice One Daddy' and George replies 'thank you Ollie'.
Meanwhile, Mrs Raven keeps falling asleep at work because the triplets have insomnia. In a desperate attempt to get some rest, she plans to build a shed in her garden so she can lock them up when it gets too much. The problem is that the shed costs money and needs a reference from Dr Piers for a part-time job.20-307 "Little Green Man" Ian Brown, James Hendrie John Stroud August 2, 2002 ICEB788S Janet thinks George is taking her for granted. After all, most husbands would react badly after finding their wife in a compromising position with the handyman.
Mrs. Raven thinks Janet needs to work harder at making George jealous. But it turns out that all Janet needs to do is share a bit of Arnie's carrot cake (Part of the wedding rituals on another planet), and George is beside himself. He literally turns green with envy! And now even Mrs. Raven thinks Arnie has been unfaithful to her.
Meanwhile, Piers looks to have finally found happiness — he's marrying the weathergirl from his breakfast TV programme! So he's pulling out all the stops and splashing out in the extreme for the perfect wedding, sponsored by Orange, with photos by a top magazine, catering by Pot Noodle, drink by Heineken, and wedding cake by Utterly Butterly! And of course, she's absolutely NOT with him just so as she can get a more high profile television job ... Isn't she?21-308 "Mine's a Double" Paul Alexander, Simon Braithwaite John Stroud August 9, 2002 ICEB791A George has to attend a Super-Heros' Conference ... which means leaving Janet home alone with the baby. The Ultron Council provides a "George clone" with the unlikely name of Hilary to keep Janet company. While Hilary looks like the real thing, his character couldn't be more different. Hilary talks and dresses like a gangsta' rapper and is given to nights out on the town with Piers and, oddly enough, romantic dinners with Ella (Stanley is happy as long as its on the rugby nights).
Suspicious of Hilary's actions and behaviour and embarrassment towards Janet, George has Arnie to check up on him while he writes a report on him, but Hilary, hearing this, subsequently frames George for theft [even though the theft was just a bike that Ollie wanted] and his powers are taken away by the Ultron council, leaving George an ordinary man with an increased sensitivity to pain . Fortunately, Arnie discovers that Hilary has a bad record at the Ultron Academy (kept on because his father was a big shot on the Ultron High Council). Ollie uses his powers to go to Ultron to contact the High Council. Using a duplicate of Janet's body, the vice-president of the Council discovers Hilary's actions and arrests him, simultaneously restoring George's powers.
Meanwhile, Arnie and Tyler are attempting to set up a web site for George's shop, but their attempts to use Thermoman as an advertising agent aren't allowed according to Ultron rules (Made particularly frustrating for George when they use Hilary dressed as Thermoman instead on the front page [this started his suspicions of Hilary]).22-309 "A Little Learning" Paul Mayhew-Archer, Paul Mendelson John Stroud August 16, 2002 ICEB790F George is devastated when Ella and Stanley ban him from their anniversary party. Quite reasonably, they don't want him embarrassing them in front of their friends with his stupidity.
Admittedly, George's attempts to make new friends — via the calling cards he found in telephone booths — backfire somewhat, but when he gets some magic pork scratchings which increase his brain power (The ingredients cause him to tap into the 'ethernet' of all the world's knowledge), miraculous effects occur. Suddenly George is an intellectual genius and can charm the birds off the trees — so much so that not only do Ella and Stanley invite him to their party, they ask him to make a speech! For Janet, however, the new thoughtful George is insufferable, constantly correcting grammar and acting too superior to her. As well as this, George now refuses to save people, telling them they should try to save themselves rather than have him save them all the time, thus resulting in them not learning how to save themselves and thus leaving the earth over-populated. Eventually, George is convinced to get off the pork scratchings, realising that he has become addicted to them. At Ella and Stanley's party, he makes a thoughtless, insensitive speech; Janet is relieved to have her husband back.
Meanwhile, Piers contemplates attracting more publicity by setting up the Crispin 'Have a Heart Attack' foundation, despite the fact that there's already a British Heart Foundation, and Mrs Raven attempts to marry Arnie to get access to his money.23-310 "A Day to Remember" Paul Mayhew-Archer, Paul Mendelson John Stroud August 23, 2002 ICEB792T It's a bad day for Earth when George accidentally erases his own memory! Now he's forgotten that he's Thermoman! For Janet, it is a dream come true. George is now the model husband who volunteers to change nappies and takes the baby for walks in the park.
This new domestic bliss isn't set to last. A meteor is headed for Earth and in twenty-four hours all life will be obliterated. It is up to Arnie, Janet and Tyler to retrain George to use his powers to prevent disaster. But it is a frantic race against time — will Thermoman return to save the Earth?
In the process, it is revealed that Piers is actually a virgin when he asks Janet to sleep with him because he doesn't want to die without having been with a woman. Hearing this, Mrs Raven (as her last act of humiliation of Piers) immediately contacts the Daily Mirror.
Eventually George is able to stop the meteor and save the day but when contact is lost, Arnie and Janet assume the worst, that Thermoman has been killed. Arnie and Tyler try to comfort Janet, unaware that George has survived and is watching. But oh no, he has lost his memory again, or has he? Or maybe this is just another ploy to get out of changing Ollie's nappy....See also
- List of My Hero episodes
- My Hero (Series 1)
- My Hero (Series 2)
- My Hero (Series 4)
- My Hero (Series 5)
- My Hero (Series 6)
References
- My Hero at the BBC Comedy Guide.
- My Hero at Big Bear Films home page
- My Hero at BBC America.
- My Hero at the Internet Movie Database
- British TV Comedy Guide
- My Hero episode guide and forum at TV.com
- My Hero at the British Sitcom Guide
- My Hero News, episode guide and interviews at downthetubes.net
Episodes Related List of characters · Paul Mendelson (creator)Categories:- Lists of British television series episodes
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