My Hero - Season One
What's it like to be a man of steel--with feet of clay? That's the cheeky premise behind the popular BBC comedy seriesMy Hero, featuring an alien, Thermoman, also known as George Sunday, mild-mannered proprietor of a rather unhealthy-looking British health-food store. George has relocated to England because he's become smitten with earthling Janet, a British tourist he scooped from doom as she hurtled over the Grand Canyon. But life on earth--and in England, no less--can be dodgy to decipher for the best of us, let alone an alien. The series combines elements ofThe Incredibles,Smallvillewith a little more levity,Fawlty Towers, and a smidge ofMork & Mindyfor good measure. The result is a cracking-good ensemble comedy with lots of very silly exploits. The ever-earnest George accomplishes one mission by hiding nuclear weapons from some serious bad guys; when Janet innocently inquires where, he's a tight-lipped superhero to the end: "I can't say. It's a secret. But if I were you, I wouldn't use the bathroom for a while." The disc includes cast biographies, some background info on Thermoman, and an interview with Irish star Ardal O'Hanlan.--A.T. Hurley