Disasters : Well, Thermoman losing his body in a poker accident, for a start!

Perdita Avery as Meredith Lovechild in Family Affairs

Guest Stars:
Leo: Timothy Bateson (Timothy's TV credits include Heartbeat, Midsommer Murders and My Family; he is also an accomplished film and theatre actor. Click here for some pictures of Tim in different roles, part of the Official Hinge and Bracket web site)
Dexter: Ben Willbond (Ben is an accomplished comedian, well known for his Edinburgh Fringe performances playing middle class twits and more)

With Frank Taylor; Shola Adewusi (Ms Denton, a patient who tries to help another without much help from Mrs Raven or Dr. Crispin - she's also appeared in The Bill and Bad Girls); and  Perdita Avery (Piers psychotic fiance; a graduate of the Arts Educational Schols of London, Perdita's credits include Family Affairs - as Meredith Lovechild - and an acomplished performance in Noel Coward's Hay Fever as the ice maiden, Myra Arundel, at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe).

Disasters: George takes some Ultronian Gender Pills and turns into a woman to try and experience Janet's feelings about his body change, with disastrous consequences... and not just for George. Someone needs rescuing from a car accident.

Look Out For: The kids joking about their parents in Turkish... and Cassie reading Anna Karenina!

My Kingdom for a Cat writer Katie Douglas. Photo: David Higham Associates. Katie's other credits include shows for the BBC and other channels, and After You've Gone, a new comedy series for the BBC.

Synopsis: George is still desperately trying to get Janet to fall back in love with him, as the comedy following the adventures of superhero Thermoman continues. 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.
Right: George (James Dreyfus) seeks the advice of the family cat

Episode Notes:
My Kingdom for a Cat, was, story-wise, largely on a par with some of My Hero's best episodes of past seasons. It was written by Katie Douglas, a prize-winning writer who has several original TV projects in development according to her agent, including a new comedy show for My Hero producers Big Bear, entitled Me and Mr Bones.
Katie has written for TV, stage and radio and done writer attachments at the National, the Everyman, Paines Plough (also Future Perfect Scheme) and was awarded the prestigious Pearson Award in 2006. For the screen she writes both drama and comedy.
We wondered just how many takes were required, knowing how difficult cats can be.
"Ah, the hidden mysteries of television," series producer and director John Stroud says,"And superglue. (No, we didn't, honestly...)
"I can't remember the exact number," he admits, "but I do remember the cat causing fewer retakes than some of the actors!"

Disasters : George turning into a cat: floods in North Africa (which George only deals with after being persuaded to get out of his bed with a promise of a can of tuna).

Synopsis: As George agrees to take on more of Piers's patients – so that the doctor can practice 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.
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 – 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.

Disasters :

Synopsis: George is determined to prove his devotion as a father, so, unable to get Cassie into a local Church of England pre-school after a disastrous interview with the local vicar, he decides to set up an Ultronian faith school to give his daughter a taste of Ultronian culture – much to Janet's despair.

After apparently bringing Piers back to life thanks to the power of the Ultronian religion Wa-Tu-Ma-Hey-Go-Fla,much of the population of Northoltl is converted to the new faith, leading to George convincing himself – and an impressive crowd of followers – that he must be The Chosen One.

Things get a little difficult when Piers (whose brush with death was the result of Mrs Raven testing various new drugs on him) and Mrs Raven provoke a schism in the new religion...

This episode features some wicked barbs about organised religion and the interview with the local vicar is a gem. It goes so badly - not helped by George speed reading the Bible -- he calls an exorcist thinking George is a vessel for Satan...

Disasters: Piers is killed by Mrs Raven's illicit drug experiments (well, she has to get the money for her fur coats somewhere). George - as George, not Thermoman - call on the faith of Wa-Tu-Ma-Hey-Go-Fla to bring him back to life (accidentally bring part of one of Mrs Raven's coats back to life first).

Synopsis: 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. Thinking oiling up his pecs might win him Janet’s favour, he ends up completely muscle-bound. The only way to regain his normal shape is by taking reverse steroids – but, unfortunately, they have some unexpected side effects.

With a boil the size of a third eye and the attitude of a surly teenager, George's antics push Janet even further away and his behaviour means he runs the risk of being sent back to Ultron permanently...

Disasters :

Synopsis: Old George’s position as second-best superhero in the Galaxy has prompted new George, with Arnie’s help, to market Thermoman-branded merchandise, including Thermo-suits and loo rolls! Meanwhile, 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 -- but he's shocked and worried when he sees he has only come 14th!
He decides to take some serious action – saving thousands of extra lives – to get back to the top where he belongs and ensure Janet's affections are secured.

Disasters: George deciding stopping people smoking and drinking causes all sorts of disasters including people setting fire to forest just to breathe the smoke. Tyler suffers several personal disasters, not least of which is being squashed by an overweight, burger-munching ThermoMan.

Synopsis: George has been a one-man wrecking ball all week as his super-powers seem to have deserted him. 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!

George's body is beginning to malfunction in the final episode of the superhero comedy. Dropping villages, smashing through walls and involuntarily punching people are not part of Thermoman's job description, so Arnie is forced to carry out a full body MOT. The results? George's Confidometer is extremely low.

A crash course in self-help literature boosts George's confidence enormously, but he turns into the life counsellor from hell – and a big-headed Ultronian is no good to anyone...

Disasters: Dropping villages, smashing through walls and involuntarily punching people...