“An almost universal assumption in the ‘superhero film’ genre is that a person with extraordinary abilities will naturally gravitate toward either heroism or villainy. But in the real world, the vast majority of ‘mutations’ are frightfully minor, providing no evolutionary advantage or disadvantage whatsoever; it would seem only logical that most so-called ‘superpowers’ would follow the same distribution. That said, in a world where the superhero film has gone mainstream, it would be all too easy for anyone granted such powers — regardless of how insignificant they may be — to feel woefully inadequate if those extraordinary gifts did not allow for extraordinary heroism. So with ‘Touched by a Lawyer,’ writer Robin Brande and I decided to pose the question, ‘What if circumstances were exactly right to give a heretofore-unremarkable “superhero” the once-in-a-lifetime chance to actually become the hero he has always longed to be?’”