Air date: September 27, 2014

A story: Captain Man loses his powers of invulnerability.  Can he get them back?

B Story: Jasper tries skinny jeans.

First things first.  We learn that State Route 99 goes through Swellview!

In this episode, Captain Man is hit in the face by a box thrown by Jasper.  He starts bleeding, which means he is now vulnerable.  Captain Man, Henry and Charlotte, along with Gooch, seek to find the cause of the vulnerability and a “cure.”

Props to Dan Schneider for his ability to weave inside jokes into his shows.  The can of meat eaten by Captain Man is “Shia’s LeBeef”; the jolly beetles are at Rigby’s Cannery on Abbey Road.  Schneider is also very deft at bringing in scenes and characters from his previous shows.  Tonight’s featured Scheider-com: Drake and Josh.

The team of Charlotte, Henry and Captain Man work together well as a team.  With each episode, we see a deepening relationship between Henry and Captain Man.  Its pretty clear Henry would endanger himself to save Captain Man.  Sign us up for the mutual admiration society.  Charlotte has evolved into a smarter, less sassy sidekick.  She’s almost the brains of the operation.

But lets talk about Jasper.  He’s the one bud who doesn’t know Henry’s secret – and since Henry only seems to have two friends – its still 50/50.  But Jasper’s in danger of being exiled to B story land.  The scene with him trying to put on skinny jeans with the help of the “A&F-ish” male employee and a giant shoehorn was downright creepy.  Moreover, Jasper’s buds told him that the skinny jeans would help him get a girl.  In the end, the jeans just precluded him from going to the bathroom.  I’d bring Jasper into the super hero clan.

Jace Norman – as Henry – does a great job with the snark.  I’m a big fan of snark in a show – so lines like “Seriously, they’re playing me off,” “Captain Man to the Man Cave,” and “Let’s not stereotype all the tigers” worked for me.

I said before I’d be willing to invest more time in Henry Danger.  Its not iCarly – yet – and it may never be, but for its intended audience, its an amusing half hour.