It's another show about the Titanic, only this time tragedy's averted, or is it?

Depends on your point of view. The seventh episode of The Middleman, “The Cursed Tuba Contingency”, finally has Lacey and The Middleman going out on a date, but in the end they break it off. The romantic tension between them is well done. It reminded me Moonlighting. The writer, Hans Beimler, left an opening for them to be linked romantically again. I hope it happens.

The references to the movie Titanic are obtuse, if you’re not a fan of the movie, which I am. The song played by the string quartet on The Middleman was, I believe, the same as that played by the string quartet on the deck of the doomed ship.

The formal dress and dancing reminded me of the ballroom scene in the movie. I liked the statement that the ship on The Middleman is eighty-six feet longer than that of the Titanic, foreshadowing that there’d be fewer survivors than in 1912.

I think a string instrument or trumpet (for the Taps reference) would have been better choice of instrument than a tuba. Having The Middleman and Lacey alone in the theater is unrealistic these days, what with the low profit for the proprietor for that kind of attendance. Still, the episode was entertaining, these faults minor. The casting, again, is superb. The colorful costume made me feel as if I was inside the pages of a comic book. This show is well worth the time to watch.