My Hero (series 6)

My Hero Series 6 is the sixth series of My Hero which aired between July 21 2006 & September 10 2006. This series is the last series as it was axed. This series also saw George Sunday become George Monday and James Dreyfus now plays George who replaced Ardal O'Hanlon.

Episodes

#	Title	Writer(s)	Director	Original airdate	Code
44-601	"Footloose"	Daniel Peak, Paul Mayhew-Archer	John Stroud	July 21, 2006 (2006-07-21)	ICEE380X
After his unsuccessful attempt at busking when his health food shop closed down, George is introduced to poker by Arnie and loses the shirt off his back whilst playing in a big game on Ultron. In fact that's not strictly true. He keeps his shirt and loses his back, along with his hands, his feet, and his poker face, which he gambled away in the ninth game trying to win his testicles back. The long and the short of it is that after the game there is only one part of George's body left: his soul. It looks remarkably like a tea bag, so much so that Tyler accidentally brews up with George. A temporary body is sent down from Ultron to house the soul and Janet is confronted with a husband who looks nothing like the old George. Not only that, but he behaves rather differently as well. The two spoons of sugar that Tyler has added to his tea have made the new George hyperactive and extremely badly coordinated. Janet is not happy. This strange looking man is not the man she married, even if he is the old George underneath. She throws him out of the bedroom and makes him sleep on the couch. It doesn't matter what 'new George' says to convince Janet that he's still the same person underneath, she cannot see past the new body. Even the children, Cassie and Ollie, who don't see anything different in their daddy, can't persuade Janet to love the new George. And so, to the outside world - to Janet's parents, Stan and Ella, and Dr Piers Crispin and Mrs Raven at the health centre - new George is a completely different person. Janet explains that her husband has gone away, and that this new man, not George Sunday but George Monday, is her lodger. It gets worse for Janet, however, when Dr Crispin announces that the practice needs a new doctor. George Monday teaches himself medicine by flicking through a medical encyclopaedia and gets the job (although he couldn't find the volume with conditions starting with N, O or P). Now Janet not only has to live with this stranger who shares her memories, but has to work with him as well. Note: The costume that George wore before revealing himself in his new body was reused in the satirical comedy series, Dead Ringers.
45-602	"Here's One I Made Earlier"	Andrea Solomons, Paul Mayhew-Archer	John Stroud	July 28, 2006 (2006-07-28)	ICEE381R
Janet and George find it hard adjusting to George's new body. It's like starting their relationship all over again- a task not helped by unearthing skeletons in both of their cupboards: in George's case, it's a love child (located by Arnie, who has taken a job at the Galactic Child Support Agency) and in Janet's, an old boyfriend who's tracked her down through Friends Reunited! In the end, however, George reveals that the ex is married with two children, and he departs. Meanwhile Doctor Crispin has gotten engaged to a stunningly beautiful woman who loves him unconditionally. No, really. She really loves him. Loves him so much she wants to be with him until he dies... even if she has to make sure she's the one who kills him
46-603	"My Kingdom for a Cat"	Katie Douglas	John Stroud	August 4, 2006 (2006-08-04)	ICEE382K
George is still desperately trying to get Janet to fall back in love with him. In an effort to endear himself to Janet (and to sleep in the bedroom rather than on the sofa), George seeks advice on what really makes her happy. And who better to ask than a cat? Everything is working well until George's cat-like tendencies go a touch too far and he coughs up a hairball and grows a tail and whiskers to match.
47-604	"Sidekick"	Jon Brown	John Stroud	August 11, 2006 (2006-08-11)	ICEE383E
As George agrees to take on more of Piers's patients – so that the doctor can practise his golf swing – and Thermoman duties continue to call, he decides to reduce his workload and free up some time to concentrate on winning back his wife, in this week's episode of the superhero comedy. He sets about fashioning a Thermoman sidekick out of one of his ribs with a little help from Arnie. What emerges is a beautiful, statuesque, 6ft blonde called Lula (Hannah Waddingham) – leaving Janet even less impressed than before. When George is demoted to "Sticky Tape Boy" as a result of Lula's efficiencies at her job, he realises something has to be done – because he's at risk of losing his livelihood as well as his wife.
48-605	"Not for Prophet"	James Cary	John Stroud	August 18, 2006 (2006-08-18)	ICEE384Y
George is determined to prove his devotion as a father. He decides to set up an Ultronian faith school to give Cassie a taste of Ultronian culture – much to Janet's despair. Before this is possible, though, he must first set up a faith. His efforts to convert Northolt to Wa-Tu-Ma-Hey-Go-Fla lead to George convincing himself – and an impressive crowd of followers – that he must be The Chosen One. Until by Tyler it is said that the Chosen one is a virgin when Mrs. Raven finds out that George isn't one so Piers announces on TV he is the chosen one as he is still a virgin. then this results with Piers challenging George to fall off a building to prove he is the chosen one...with Mrs Raven ready to push Piers off....
49-606	"Dermoman"	Daniel Peak	John Stroud	August 25, 2006 (2006-08-25)	ICEE385S
George has been caught breaking the speed limit by the Ultronian Police, having been flying faster than light, and has to re-sit his superhero theory test. Janet tells him he has to pass, otherwise he will lose his licence and get sent back to Ultron. Tyler blames Janet for George’s vigour as she has been making him sleep on the couch, but to help him burn off his excess energy she simply suggests George joins a gym. He deems this a good idea and thinks oiling up his pecs might win him Janet’s favour. She wasn't impressed (commenting that he's become the Incredible Hulk), meanwhile Ella thinks that Stanley is becoming a homosexual (just because he's buying his own clothes). To restore his body to what he was, he takes some of Arnie's reverse steroids, unfortunately he takes too much of them (the whole container), this results in him behaving and dressing like a 15 year old (e.g. bad tempered, depression, immature behaviour). George and Tyler have decided to form a band, Janet listens to their guitar playing and singing and she can't lie to them and has to tell them that it was rubbish, this does nothing to shake George out of his second adolescence. Worrying that he's not revising for his superhero theory test, Janet is desperate enough to take Arnie's advice to shake him out of George's second adolescence by going out with him to a cinema, unfortunately his actions result in him and Janet being banned from that cinema for life (one of his actions being smuggling alcohol into the cinema) Later as Janet is watching the news, she finds out that George has changed from Thermoman to Whateverman, where his costume involves a hooded top and his actions involve spraying graffiti (e.g. a big 'W' on walls), resulting in him getting an ASBO prohibiting him from all major shopping areas, his comment on this was "Whatever man". When his results come in, he finds that he has a distinction and a superhero licence that'll last until the next millennium, unfortunately it was Ollie that did his superhero theory test. What shakes George from his second adolescence is seeing what he looks like, when he sees Stanley dressed as a "gangsta' rapper", this also shakes him out of his atypical behaviour.
50-607	"Top of the Table"	James Cary	John Stroud	September 1, 2006 (2006-09-01)	ICEE386L
In the 50th episode, Old George’s position as second-best superhero in the Galaxy (behind Omnipresentman because he can be everywhere at once) has prompted new George, with Arnie’s help, to market Thermoman-branded merchandise, including Thermo-suits and loo rolls! George hopes that the new Superhero Assessment of Total Saves league table will prove that he is the same George and that Janet will therefore accept him as her husband. (after missing the S.A.T.S league table on teletext twice) he finds out that he's now only 14th on the league table. To help boost his rating, he saves Tyler from jumping off the balcony multiple times, unfortunately he fails to prevent Tyler from jumping off when his (oversensitive) nose detects that Ella is about to be killed, so he take her back to her house, but takes her back again when he finds out it was part of Northolt Players production of 'Othello'. This makes Janet cross with George for ruining her parents play, but George points out that, according to the review of the play, that the best bit of it was when she was taken away, the worst bit was when she came back. He was putting a cast on Tyler's arm (broken by George's previous failure to rescue him) when he accidentally breaks the other arm while signing the cast, meanwhile Piers is invited as the best man for his cousin Deon's [who happens to be a famous football presenter] wedding who he hates but will go as he hopes to be in the papers, Mrs Raven, who has £5000 tax to pay off, offers to provide a stripper and the booze for the stag night, Piers accepts this, not knowing that it's Mrs Raven that is the stripper that she'll provide! George's carelessness drives Janet to go out to smoke a cigarette, which prompts [after realising this] George to remove all the tobacco and alcohol from the world, starting with Ella and Stanley's alcohol supply, Stanley is disturbed by George's comment that they'll have longer lives together. Janet is annoyed by George's "prohibition" and this makes George feel bad and his delight that it moved him to No.1 slot in the S.A.T.S (beating Unbeatableman in the process) and Arnie is angry at George as the only Thermoman-branded merchandise he can sell is a Voodoo Doll[Despite he made a deal with Tyler just then to buy them] and has even been getting junk mail for it from the Other Side of the Universe, so he starts to eats a burger as Janet goes out. She visits the health centre when it's closed and she finds out that Mrs Raven has set up a Speakeasy with her homemade booze, Janet finds Ella and Stanley as well, they go into the nurse's office for a game of "Doctors and Nurses" (they find each other attractive when drunk), as Ella goes into the nurses office, Stanley's get another bottle of Mrs Raven's home brew as his eyesight is coming back. Piers buys a whole crate of Mrs Raven's home brew and as he leaves, Mrs Raven gets ready to be the stripper for the stag night. Janet comes home to find George, still in his Thermoman outfit, is excessively obese [after more than 831 burgers AND the plastic toys that were for Cassie and Ollie], he can't even put out the forest fires in nearly a dozen countries Because it takes all night and morning to fly back and forth (which were all deliberately done, so that the people can inhale the smoke), this results in him being reduced to the bottom of the S.A.T.S table (behind Uselessman and Captain Crap), he then Returns in the morning bringing down the door and finds Arnie can Only sell Thermo-Fattie Dolls on sicks and to see Tyler in a worse condition and he has been reduced but to cheer him up Janet says she only loved the old George because of his weaknesses, to solve his problem, he has an Ultronian Liposuction, which involves a suction hose and a large truck (to put the excess fat in). Janet is pleased that George doesn't care about his S.A.T.S position, She then finds Ella and Stanley tied to each other in sheets at the health centre (covering most of their bodies, except the feet and their heads), later George takes down the table league and then he and Janet look out of the flat's window to find Piers screaming for help while attached to a lamppost with gaffer tape, which conceals certain parts of his body (Deon and his friends were NOT pleased with Mrs Raven as the stripper, so they decided to "lynch" him as Mrs Raven phoned him up to do it when she had paid off her tax), George decides NOT to save him as Janet had finally fallen for him and let him sleep on the bed with her and then they go off for a burger and beer. Throughout this Tyler gets badly hurt a couple of times. One is when he gets a broken arm from when George failed to save him in an attempt to boost his ratings from jumping of a balcony. Two his other arm is broken when George is signing his Cast on the other arm. Three he is run over by an old man on a bike after George saves him from being run over by a bus and he wears a cast around his neck. Four is when George gets fat he sits against him on the furniture and results him being in a wheelchair
51-608	"Believe"	Gary Lawson, John Phelps	John Stroud	September 10, 2006 (2006-09-10)	ICEE387F
George has been a one-man wrecking ball all week as his super-powers seem to have deserted him. He crashed into the bathroom wall, another bit of the wall after shopping and after a "night out" with Arnie wearing a traffic cone (wouldn't have been so bad if it was on the head). He's even dropped a Bavarian village whilst saving it from a mudslide thus destroying three other villages. Janet insists he sorts himself out, but he doesn’t know what is wrong and hopes it’s just a temporary blip. However, he then playfully throws baby daughter Cassie up into the air – and through the ceiling! Meanwhile Tyler thinks someone has given him a cat to look after, which George reveals to be a hair, Tyler puts it on and decides to "go on the pull". Meanwhile at the health centre, Piers is launching a self-help book called "Believe" and George starts involuntarily hitting people, including Ella (as part of her treatment for ear ache, which she gained after George as Thermoman dropped the village where she and Stanley was staying), Stanley and Mrs Raven. This prompts George to get Arnie to give him a body MOT performing a few tests on him (excluding the "emissions" test) the only thing wrong with him is his confidometer is at 0, this is bad news for George as no self-confidence means no body control and if it isn't fixed he'll be scrapped (with 5-10 seconds warning). Later on at the health centre, Piers is at the launching night of his book, George and Janet are there to get his book to see if it helps. Stanley is making bets on the phone and (thanks to George hitting her on the ear) Ella can't hear him, Tyler comes in and chats up a couple of the women at the reception night, including Ella, George grabs her copy of "Believe" before leaving with Janet guiding him (he lost the ability to walk forwards). The next morning, George is wearing a suit and has no problems with confidence, he decides to start helping others face down their problems, starting with Piers (who stole much of the content of his book from other self-help articles), it turns out that he cheats and schemes because he was bullied at school, locked in the cellar by his father[this was found out in Cassie Come Home Episode 4 of series 5] and ignored my his unfeeling mother while she is celebrating his brother's latest scouting badge, this destroys his self-confidence, much to Mrs Raven's amusement (she was saving champagne for when it happened). Later, George has made dinner, set the table and repaired the damage to the flat, just as things were going well for Janet, George asked if she has seen her father naked and Janet realises that it's a counciling session, not a romantic dinner. At the health centre, Ella wants to see Piers, Mrs Raven tells her that "Piers not 'ere, you deaf old trout" using signs and actions to illustrate this, this makes her storm off. Piers is hiding under the counter as he's scared to treat patients, this annoys Mrs Raven as she gets up in the morning to insult Piers (and her triplets keep their explosives under her bed) and this prompts her to take action. After a couple of says living with George the "life councillor from hell", Arnie pays a visit and notices how arrogant George is, he tells Janet that Ultronians have a failsafe that prevent them being too "big-headed", Tyler pays a visit and tells George that the wig isn't working, George tells Tyler to get some sleep, after that he believes that he knows best and surely enough, the failsafe activates, his head explodes! Mrs Raven has tied Peirs to a chair and attached electrodes to him, she tells him to call her an "Hatched faced old witch", he calls her that, Mrs Raven shocks him as he isn't showing contempt, he weakly says "Please", she says "NEVER say please" and shocks him again, she sees that this clearly isn't working and takes stronger measures, holding and hammer over his award for "Best TV Doctor, 1996" and tells him to nasty up or the award gets it, this turns him back to normal, but Mrs Raven leaves the electricity on "just for luck". Georges new head is delivered to Tyler's address and he brings them in, along with a few celebrity lookalikes, Arnie notices that there is one missing, it is Anne Robinson, Arnie allows him to take it, Janet finds a head that looks like Brad Pitt, annoying George as he wants "his" head, Janet tells him to be quiet as he's (literally) talking out of his... At the health centre, Piers and Mrs Raven insult each other, George is back to normal (aside from accidentally ripping off the door).

See also

• List of My Hero episodes
• My Hero (Series 1)
• My Hero (Series 2)
• My Hero (Series 3)
• My Hero (Series 4)
• My Hero (Series 5)

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