The premise: Henry Hart (Jace Norman) is a 13-year-old boy who lives in the town of Swellview. He lands a part-time job as Kid Danger, a sidekick to the superhero Captain Man (Cooper Barnes). Captain Man told Henry not tell anybody about his job, so he has to keep it a secret from his best friends Charlotte (Riele Downs) and Jasper (Sean Ryan Fox), his parents, and his younger sister Piper (Ella Anderson). A shop called “Junk’n’Stuff” has a secret lair hidden underneath where Captain Man does his work. Captain Man says he won’t be around for long and he needs help and soon enough, he will need someone to take his place when he’s gone (meaning Henry will take over one day) and he needs help from Henry. (Source: Wikipedia)

Like the Thundermans, Henry Danger has a certain earnest goofiness to it that would make it attractive to young adults (after all, who wouldn’t want to work with a superhero).  But the superhero/superpowers theme has been done to death in tween-land, so I’m not sure one more show is needed.

Norman, who played “Flunky” on The Thundermans, is endearing enough.  His responses to most situations is either the “deer in the headlights” look or screaming.  Like all superheroes, no one ever seems to ask where he goes or where he was, and a suspension of belief is required to understand how he manages to make it all over Swellview so quickly.

Barnes is standard-issue goofy as Captain Man. That goofiness gets in the way, though, of his superhero status.  He’s the “accidental superhero.”  His main – and only – superhero ability is that he is indestructable. It’s not readily apparent if Captain Man cares for Henry or not, but they do have a growing older brother-younger brother dynamic.  This relationship I’d like to see fleshed out more.

The supporting cast is generic.  Standard issue parents, two best friends (Jasper, from the “I’m sorta dumb” category and Charlotte from the “I’m sassy” category; she seems modeled after Zuri Ross on Jessie) and one heck of an annoying sister, Piper, who mainly seems to scream and yell. (Please, send her off into space or something!)  As friends, the trio makes a good team but again, there is nothing particularly unique about their dynamic either.

Pet Peeve Alert: Once again, teachers are played for fools (Come on, Schneider, Sipowitz on Victorious was awesome).  The teacher, Miss Shapen, has a hunch back and/or hump.  This is in bad taste.

Henry Danger is also lacking that hidden undercurrent of “this will be cool for parents” which is often found on Schneider’s shows, shows I’m a big fan of.

I’m willing to invest more time into Henry Danger.