M.A.N.T.I.S., Season 1

Executive producer Sam Raimi presents this cult-hit action series. Carl Lumbly portrays a brilliant, wheelchair-bound scientist who invents a form of exo-skeleton called the Mechanically Augmented Neuro Transmitter System (M.A.N.T.I.S.) that turns him into a superhero and gives him the ability to fight the crime wave that is engulfing his city. An empowering depiction of an African-American superhero. Also starring Marcia Cross (Desperate Housewives).