Almost Heroes (TV series)

Not to be confused with Almost Heroes, the 1998 comedy film starring Chris Farley and Matthew Perry.

Almost Heroes is a Canadian comedy television series that premiered on June 2, 2011 on Showcase,^[2] and ran for one season (eight episodes) before being discontinued by Showcase at the beginning of the 2011 fall season.^[3] The series is centered on the lives of two brothers, Pete and Terry, played by Ryan Belleville and Paul Campbell, running their late father's comic book store, "The Silver Salmon".^[4][5] The series was created by brothers Jason Belleville and Ryan Belleville.^[1] The series also stars well-known Canadian comedian Colin Mochrie.^[1][4] Canadian comedian Fraser Young is one of the writers and story editors for the show.^[6][7]

Almost Heroes
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Ryan Belleville Jason Belleville
Starring	Paul Campbell Ryan Belleville Lauren Ash Dave Hemstad Athena Karkanis Colin Mochrie Meghan Heffern
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Production location	Canada
Camera setup	Single-camera[1]
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Entertainment One
Original release
Network	Showcase
Release	June 2 (2011-06-02) – July 21, 2011 (2011-07-21)

Plot

After the death of their father, brothers Terry and Peter inherit his suburban comic book store. The older brother Terry, returning from dropping out of business school at Harvard, decides to stay and help manage the comic book store after learning that the store is deep in debt.^[5]

Cast and characters

Main cast

• Paul Campbell as Terry, a business student at Harvard who returns to his hometown to save his father's store
• Ryan Belleville as Pete, Terry's dimwitted but well-meaning younger brother
• Dave Hemstad as Dan, an owner of a neighboring sports store who bullies the brothers
• Lauren Ash as Bernie, a childhood friend of the brothers with a crush on Terry
• Meghan Heffern as Candi, Bernie's boss
• Athena Karkanis as Rayna, employee of the landlord
• Colin Mochrie as Boyd, a security guard at the strip mall

Recurring cast

• Josh Granovsky as Young Terry^[8]
• Alex Cardillo as Young Pete^[8]

Episodes

No.	Title	Original release date
1	"Terry and Peter vs. Episode One"	June 2, 2011 (2011-06-02)
Terry and Peter try to save their late father's comic book store.
2	"Terry and Peter vs. Wendell"	June 9, 2011 (2011-06-09)
Peter buys an expensive comic book to sell to a collector, but Terry accidentally gives it away and are threatened by both a severe beating and the risk of losing their store.
3	"Terry and Peter vs. Girls"	June 16, 2011 (2011-06-16)
Terry feels like he is striking out with the ladies while helping Peter through a date.
4	"Terry and Peter vs. a Living Wage"	June 23, 2011 (2011-06-23)
Peter goes on strike and Terry must try to run the comic book store on his own.
5	"Terry and Peter vs. Their Hero"	June 30, 2011 (2011-06-30)
Terry invites a childhood hero of Peter's to do a signing, but he turns out to be a raging alcoholic.
6	"Terry and Peter vs. the Law"	July 7, 2011 (2011-07-07)
The publicity that Sassitude gets from a fake break-in inspires the brothers to fake a break-in of their own.
7	"Terry and Peter vs. Cupid"	July 14, 2011 (2011-07-14)
Bernie starts dating the new delivery guy, and the brothers decide to meddle in her affairs.
8	"Terry and Peter vs. Season Finale"	July 21, 2011 (2011-07-21)
Terry gets a job offer in Hong Kong and must decide whether to go or stay and fight alongside his brother against a nerdy bully.