M.A.N.T.I.S.

Carl Lumbly portrays an intelligent, 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 has taken over his city. An empowering depiction of an African-American superhero. Also starring Marcia Cross from Desperate Housewives.