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About THE MIDDLE & Episode Guides



About The Middle
Frankie and her husband Mike have lived their whole lives in Orson, a fictitious small town in Indiana. Mike is a manager at a quarry and has a sarcastic streak and a tendency toward brutal honesty. Frankie is so far the least successful salesperson at the local car dealership. She may not be a high-powered career woman, but when it comes to her family, she goes to just about any length to hold things together. With kids like hers, she often needs to do so. Axl, her rebellious teenage son, was conceived with Guns N' Roses playing a significant role; Sue, her awkward teenage daughter, struggles to get into something—anything—she tries out for, yet remains encouraged; and her incredibly smart but lonely seven-year-old son, Brick.

Cast
Real NameCharacter Name
Patricia HeatonFrankie
Neil FlynnMike
Charlie McDermottAxl
Eden SherSue
Atticus ShafferBrick
Chris KattanBob


Source: IMDB & Tv.com

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The Middle Season 1 Episode Guide



Episode 1: Pilot (Sep/30/2009)
Frankie is struggling in her career as a car salesman because she has yet to sell one. She finally thinks that she has made her first sale, but the car is stolen right in front of her. Meanwhile, Sue becomes part of the school choir... as part of the stage crew and Brick wants Frankie to come into school dressed as a superhero for a presentation, but neglects to tell her the correct day.

Episode 2: The Cheerleader (Oct/07/2009)
Trying to save her job, Frankie organizes a publicity stunt by filling a car with jelly beans. Meanwhile, Sue fails to make the swim team and realizes that she needs glasses and Brick starts reading his mother's romance novels when he can't check books out of the library.

Episode 3: The Floating Anniversary (Oct/14/2009)
Frankie and Mike's romantic anniversary get-away is ruined by various family matters, including Brick being sick, Sue being lovesick, Axl just getting his learner's permit, and two psychotic aunt's and their dogs.

Episode 4: The Trip (Oct/21/2009)
Sue sells sausage and cheese samples for the school. All her efforts go in vain as the school fails to see this. Frankie demands her daughter fights for her rights. Meanwhile, Brick discovers love with his current girlfriend a little stressful as she bosses him about.

Episode 5: The Block Party (Oct/28/2009)
Brick's teachers tell Frankie and Mike that he is "socially challenged". Mike believes that enrolling Brick on a basketball team is a good way to get him to interact with others, but the idea falls through. However, when Mike enters the neighborhood block-party lawnmower contest, he realizes that Brick has some special talents. Meanwhile, Frankie joins a booster club in the hopes of raising enough money for Axl's football team to buy new jerseys, but Axl refuses to give his old one up.   

Episode 6: The Front Door (Nov/04/2009)
When Axl accidentally breaks down the front door, Mike insists that, he fix it in order to teach him a lesson, which leaves the Heck house wide open for days. At work, Frankie needs to sell a car within a week or she will have to wear a dog suit outside the lot for promotion. Meanwhile, it's picture day at school and Sue is concerned because she has never had a flattering picture taken of herself.

Episode 7: The Scratch (Nov/18/2009)
Frankie accidentally hits Brick in the head with a beer bottle when trying to get the trash out before the garbage truck leaves. But when Brick innocently tells his school that the scratch was caused by his mother throwing a beer bottle at him, a social worker comes to evaluate the Heck family. Meanwhile, Bob helps Mr. Ehlert shoot a commercial for the car lot.

Episode 8: Thanksgiving (Nov/25/2009)
Frankie's plan to have an idyllic family Thanksgiving backfires when Mr. Ehlert demands his staff work over the holiday. Brick goes missing in a corn maze.

Episode 9: Siblings (Dec/02/2009)
Frankie encounters two perfect siblings and vows to make her children stop fighting and become a loving family. Meanwhile, Aunt Edie makes a costly mistake at the quarry and Mike considers firing her.

Episode 10: Christmas (Dec/09/2009)
Mike takes over the responsibility of organizing the Heck family Christmas while Frankie practices for a solo that she is singing at midnight mass. However, she gets jealous when Mike seems to be doing a better job than she ever did. Meanwhile, Frankie and Mike help Brick get over a problem so he can get into the Christmas spirit.

Episode 11: The Jeans (Jan/06/2010)
Sue demands that Frankie and Mike buy her a expensive pair of jeans so that she can fit in with the cool kids at school, while Axl wants a car so he can impress a girl. Meanwhile, Frankie makes Brick take care of Aunt Edie and Aunt Ginny's dog Doris for a few days in order to teach him responsibility.

Episode 12: The Neighbor (Jan/06/2010)
Frankie feels that a fight with her trashy neighbor Rita is imminent when Sue has a confrontation with her sons. Meanwhile, Axl is asked to teach Brick how to kick a ball for gym class, and brides him in order to do so. But later, Brick turns the tables on him and brides him for a favor of his own.

Episode 13: The Interview (Jan/13/2010)
Mike begins searching for a new job when the quarry is shut down for scientific research because of the discovery of a dinosaur bone. He soon feels like a dinosaur himself when he realizes the drastic changes in technology that he can't seem to keep up with. Meanwhile, Frankie helps Brick in his quest to be elected school historian.

Episode 14: The Yelling (Feb/03/2010)
Frankie makes a deal with her kids, that if they do their homework and keep chores she won't nag them. Meanwhile, Mike takes a job as a night driver with Bob.

Episode 15: Valentine's Day (Feb/10/2010)
With Brick at his first sleep-over, Axl on a date and Sue at her first boy-girl party, Frankie and Mike believe that they will have the house all to themselves for a quiet and romantic Valentine's Day. However, all of their plans unravel.

Episode 16: The Bee (Mar/03/2010)
Brick shows considerable talent in his school's spelling bee and Mike decides to train him for the regional bee. The family gets set to go on a road trip to Chicago for the regional bee when they realize that they forgot one things - Sue's birthday!

Episode 17: The Break Up (Mar/10/2010)
Frankie and Mike are excited when they find out that Axl has a new girlfriend Morgan and that he is in love. But just as the family is adjusting to his new bright outlook on life, Morgan dumps him, leaving him heartbroken. Meanwhile, Sue learns that she isn't the best babysitter when she looks after Brick and lets him watch a scary movie.

Episode 18: The Fun House (Mar/24/2010)
Frankie fears for her job when a motivational consultant comes to get the sale team into shape. While Frankie is putting in many extra hours, Mike has to deal with the children and their issues, including making the house more fun for Axl and his friends, giving advice to Sue's ex-boyfriend and helping Brick with a school project.

Episode 19: The Final Four (Mar/31/2010)
Mike's dream comes to fruition when Frankie's boss, Mr. Ehlert, offers him two tickets to the Final Four. Unfortunately, Frankie's uncle dies and the funeral is set for the same day, leaving the two in a battle and Frankie making Mike chose what life event is more important to him. Meanwhile, Sue gets Brick out of going to a birthday party by impersonating Frankie over the phone, but the plan hits a bump when Frankie needs to call and tell them that Brick cannot attend because of the funeral.

Episode 20: TV Or Not TV (Apr/14/2010)
After failing to pay the electric bill on time, the electric company shuts off the Heck's power. This leads Frankie and Mike to cut down on their unnecessary expenses, including their cable TV. The kids take up other activities to fill the void, but Frankie and Mike have a hard time figuring out what to do. Meanwhile, Brick and his other socially-challenged friends have to go outside for recess when the school library shuts down.

Episode 21: Worry Duty (Apr/28/2010)
Frankie gets concerned when Axl's on-again/off-again girlfriend Morgan returns and tries to make him become the man she wants. Meanwhile, Brick learns what being a mother is all about when he has to take care of a baby chick for a science project.

Episode 22: Mothers Day (May/05/2010)
Frankie finds that she spends the majority of Mother's Day doing things for Mike and the kids than they do for her. She decides to go and visit her mother for a few hours in order to escape, but discovers that she makes her mother wait on her hand-and-foot. Meanwhile, Sue steals a motivational magnet from a store because the message on the magnet enticed her to.

Episode 23: Signals (May/12/2010)
Frankie points out to Mike that his social ineptness has been passed on to Brick, leading Mike to decide that both he and Brick need to be more social, and the Heck family BBQ is the perfect time to try. Meanwhile, Axl volunteers to clean the family pool in an attempt to get girls to stop by and swim and Sue tries to raise money for a local parish because her new friend, Reverend TimTom might be leaving in order to keep costs down.

Episode 24: Average Rules (May/19/2010)
At Brick's year-end parent-teacher conference, Frankie and Mike find out that he might be held back because of 31 not returned library books. Meanwhile, Axl takes an aptitude test and it reveals that he is academically gifted and Frankie stands up for Sue when none of her teachers acknowledge that she is in their classes.

Source: Tv.com

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The Middle Season 2 Episode Guide



Episode 1: Back to School (Sep/22/2010)
Frankie and Mike try to be pre-emptive and explain Brick's eccentricities to his new teacher, but they end up getting accused by her of being over protective. Meanwhile, Frankie, who is tired of trying to wake Axl up every morning, gives him an alarm clock, and Sue shows her support for the cross country team.

Episode 2: Homecoming (Sep/29/2010)
Frankie's dream of dressing up and walking Axl onto the football field with Mike at homecoming will finally come true as Axl makes the varsity football team; however, Sue's first cross country meet is the same day, and she and Mike need to decide where they should go. Meanwhile, Mike makes Brick rake the leaves in the yard.

Episode 3: The Diaper Incident (Oct/06/2010)
While buying diapers for Sue, who is baby-sitting, Frankie gets humiliated when the sales clerk assumes she's shopping for adult diapers. At home, Frankie pressures Mike into getting a physical because she believes men fall apart faster than women; however, when Mike receives a clean bill of health from the doctor, Frankie proceeds to throw her back out and hide it from Mike. Meanwhile, Sue falls in love with Axl's friend Sean, who pays no attention to her and Brick begins to test some of the "urban legends" that parents tell their kids.

Episode 4: The Quarry (Oct/13/2010)
Mike makes Axl work with him at the quarry when he is suspended from school. Meanwhile, Frankie blames herself when Sue's school cuts the cross country team, and Brick makes the remote 'disappear' when practising a magic trick.

Episode 5: Foreign Exchange (Oct/20/2010)
Against the family's wishes, Frankie invites a Japanese foreign exchange student to live with them, in the hopes of exposing him to American life; however, the Hecks get frustrated when he shows no interest in them or America.

Episode 6: Halloween (Oct/27/2010)
Frankie tries to convince Mike to dress in a costume for an adult neighbourhood Halloween party. Meanwhile, Reverend TimTom is back in town and is hosting a Halloween party at the church, which helps to lift Sue's spirits, Axl and his friends go to a exclusive haunted house, and Brick chooses a unique Halloween costume.

Episode 7: A Birthday Story (Nov/03/2010)
On his ninth birthday, Brick demands Frankie and Mike tell him the true story about the day he was born, something that has been a Heck family secret. Axl is confused by his new manager at the movie theatre who's both hot and dumb.

Episode 8: Errand Boy (Nov/17/2010)
Brick is fed up with having to go with Frankie while she runs her weekend errands and tries to convince her to let him stay home alone. Meanwhile, Mike overhears Sue's friend dissing her and can't figure out how to tell Sue, and Axl tries to grow a beard for the football playoffs like his fellow team-mates and this produces mixed results.  

Episode 9: Thanksgiving II (Nov/24/2010)
Frankie convinces Mike to invite his brother and father over for Thanksgiving dinner. Meanwhile, Sue tries to create her own holiday tradition.

Episode 10: A Simple Christmas (Dec/08/2010)
While Frankie's parents Tag and Pat visit for Christmas, Mike is less than thrilled. To make matters worse, the Hecks have a disagreement with them over Frankie's idea on how to celebrate the holiday without exchanging presents.  

Episode 11: Taking Back The House (Jan/05/2011)
Frankie and Mike try to regain control of the house from the kids.

Episode 12: The Big Chill (Jan/12/2011)
Frankie unknowingly pays $200 for eye cream, which angers Mike. For a school health class, Axl needs to take care of a mechanical infant doll, while Sue and Brick try to repair a hole in the wall.

Episode 13: Super Sunday (Jan/19/2011)
With the Super Bowl upcoming, Brick studies the rules of football, while Mr. Ehlert asks Frankie to go with him to a managerial seminar.

Episode 14: Valentine's Day II (Feb/09/2011)
Axl asks Frankie to help him pick out a gift for his new girlfriend. Meanwhile, Sue tries to track down the guy she kissed during a hayride on Halloween, and Mike embarrasses Brick by revealing that he has a crush on fellow student Autumn.

Episode 15: Friends, Lies and Videotape (Feb/16/2011)
Frankie attempts to find a friend for Brick. Meanwhile, Sue and Carly sneak into an R-rated movie, and Axl's band covertly films their biology teacher to use in their music video.

Episode 16: Hecks on a Plane (Feb/23/2011)
The Heck family goes on a trip to New York City, but everything goes wrong in the process.

Episode 17: The Math Class (Mar/02/2011)
After Brick receives a D on a math test, Frankie questions Mrs. Rinsky's teaching abilities, which prompts her to invite Frankie and Mike to sit in on class. Meanwhile, Axl and Sue help Aunt Edie find a time capsule that she buried years earlier.

Episode 18: Spring Cleaning (Mar/23/2011)
While the Hecks spend spring break trying to clean their house, Brick opens a stand where he shares his advice for commission.

Episode 19: The Legacy (Apr/13/2011)
Max punishes Axl by forbidding him from playing in the last basketball game of the season. Meanwhile, Brick begins wearing his cousins hand-me-downs, and Sue wins a trophy.

Episode 20: Royal Wedding (Apr/20/2011)
Frankie gets swept up in the excitement of the upcoming royal wedding. Meanwhile, Mike has to make a few layoffs at the quarry, and Brick helps Sue with her audition for the school news team.

Episode 21: Mother's Day II (May/04/2011)
As a Mother's Day gift, Mike and the kids try to give Frankie a day all to herself, with mixed results.

Episode 22: The Prom (May/11/2011)
When Axl accidentally asks the wrong girl to the prom, he decides the best way to remedy the situation is by standing her up. Meanwhile, Brick recites monologues to Mike and Frankie, while Sue tries her best to fit in with the school's "B" crowd.

Episode 23: The Bridge (May/18/2011)
Frankie and Mike force Brick to confront his fear of crossing bridges, while Axl competes with a fellow classmate for a job.

Episode 24: Back to Summer (May/25/2011)
All three of the Heck children face difficulties with school before summer vacation: Axl must rush to complete his community service requirement, Brick risks being held back if he does not complete a daily journal, and Sue must prove that she had perfect attendance.

Source: Tv.com

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The Middle Season 3 Episode Guide



Episode 1: Forced Family Fun (1) (Sep/21/2011)
Frankie insists the family take a few days of vacation before school starts. But Mike's suggestion of a camping trip brings back bad memories of their honeymoon camping trip.

Episode 2: Forced Family Fun (2) (Sep/21/2011)
Frankie insists the family take a few days of vacation before school starts. But Mike's suggestion of a camping trip brings back bad memories of their honeymoon camping trip.

Episode 3: Hecking Order (Sep/28/2011)
Mike learns that Brick has been skipping gym class, and goes to meet with his fourth grade teacher. Meanwhile, Axl plans a prank on Sue, who is now in high school with him.

Episode 4: Major Changes (Oct/05/2011)
Frankie has a meltdown and forces the family to make significant changes to their lifestyle. But just as she puts these changes into effect, she leaves them to spend a some time relaxing with her mother.

Episode 5: The Test (Oct/12/2011)
Frankie finds out that Axl hasn't been preparing for the PSATs, while Sue tries out for the high school cheerleading team and Mike tries to toughen up Brick.

Episode 6: Bad Choices (Oct/19/2011)
Frankie and Mike begin to consider moving out of the house and into an apartment. Meanwhile, Axl pretends to be sick to avoid going to school and taking a test, but then learns of a party that night and has to pretend to make a miraculous recovery. Elsewhere, Sue prepares a presentation about distracted and drunk driving, and Brick becomes obsessed with Shakespeare.

Episode 7: Halloween II (Oct/26/2011)
When Sue's childish costume only brings her embarrassment at the high school Halloween party, she asks a stunned Mike for advice on boys. Frankie is recruited to take Brick and his socially awkward school social skills group trick-or-treating. Axl and his buddies decide this year to trick rather than treat.

Episode 8: Heck's Best Thing (Nov/02/2011)
Frankie and Mike are worried Axl will mess up his interview with the football scout and blow his chances for a college scholarship. Sue and Brick's texting marathon gets out of hand when they realize they have Aunt Edie's phone. Frankie decides she should pay more attention to her family's needs.

Episode 9: The Play (Nov/16/2011)
Frankie and Sue are both cast in the community theater's production of "The Wizard of Oz", but the director isn't happy with Sue's performance. Disaster ensues when Brick asks Uncle Rusty to school on Special Friends Day.

Episode 10: Thanksgiving III (Nov/23/2011)
This year the Hecks head to Frankie's parent's house to celebrate Thanksgiving but, with Frankie's sister Janet and her family there, sibling rivalry interferes with the festivities. After Mike sees Axl trying to impress a girl at the mini-mart, he decides to offer some advice on how to pick up girls. Brick is unjustly blamed for damaging his cousin's expensive toy. Sue is overjoyed when she's invited to join Frankie, Pat and Janet's gossip get together.

Episode 11: A Christmas Gift (Dec/07/2011)
On a tipsy whim - and against Mike's wishes - Frankie decides to throw a Christmas Eve party at the house; Mike buys Frankie a much needed new dishwasher for Christmas, but has a hard time keeping it a secret when she begs him to replace the old one before the party; Sue calls on Reverend TimTom to explain the meaning of Christmas to Brick when he reads the Bible and begins to question it; and Axl gets annoyed with Bob when he tries too hard to be cool in order to befriend him while working together on a Christmas tree lot.

Episode 12: Year Of The Heck's (Jan/04/2012)
Frankie assigns each family member's New Year's resolutions anonymously, while dangling a prize as motivation, but it only results in pandemonium.

Episode 13: The Map (Jan/11/2012)
Aunt Ginny's funeral is the catalyst for Frankie's vow to begin celebrating all of the family's major life achievements. Axl mistakenly eats Brick's school map project and Sue finds out that a boy on the wrestling team has a crush on her.

Episode 14: Hecking It Up (Jan/18/2012)
Frankie hopes to land a coveted assignment as an official volunteer when Indiana hosts the Super Bowl. The Heck family makes use of the Donahue's new car while they're out of town.

Episode 15: Valentine's Day III (Feb/08/2012)
Trying a fresh approach to Valentine's Day doesn't quite work when Mike ends up angering Frankie. Axl is at a loss when he's assigned to write a paper on a life-changing moment in his life; whereas Brick is assigned to write a report on love. Sue encounters problems with her new boyfriend.

Episode 16: The Concert (Feb/15/2012)
Frankie does everything she can to get Sue tickets to a Justin Bieber concert. Mike works with Brick as he prepares for the school spelling bee. Axl and his friends are determined to break the posted 15-mile-per-hour speed limit, only on foot.

Episode 17: The Sit Down (Feb/22/2012)
After a family meeting, Frankie and Mike agree to let the kids be responsible for the things they're supposed to do without interference from them.

Episode 18: Leap Year (Feb/29/2012)
Sue's birthday is February 29 and, since this year is leap year, she has high hopes for a big celebration. Frankie finds out that tough guy Mike has a pet cat at work. While Brick becomes enamored with a cute girl at school, Axl is spellbound by the vacuum cleaner.

Episode 19: The Paper Route (Mar/14/2012)
Brick needs money to buy night vision goggles so he becomes a newspaper delivery boy. Matt's family moves to Chicago but Sue convinces herself they can maintain a long distance relationship. In the mean time, Sue adjusts to wearing full-on headgear. Mike's secret hoarding of batteries is discovered.

Episode 20: Get Your Business Done (Apr/11/2012)
Frankie is inspired by the pastor's sermon at the new church the family is attending. She decides to make it her mission that every family member completes their life's destiny before they die. As Mike, Sue, Brick and Axl come up with ideas as to their destiny, Frankie has a hard time figuring out what exactly she should be doing.

Episode 21: The Guidance Counselor (May/02/2012)
Sue bonds with her awkward school guidance counselor who motivates her to be a new person. Frankie starts out excited she's getting a new bed but is completely dumbfounded when Mike insists on putting it together himself. In an attempt to get the Presidential Fitness Challenge outlawed, Brick calls the President.

Episode 22: The Clover (May/09/2012)
Brick finds a not so lucky four-leaf clover. Frankie decides it's time to find some help for Aunt Edie. Axl does it again, he accidentally asks the wrong Ashley to the prom but, even worse, Darrin asks Sue to the prom. Big Mike thinks Mike's too soft on Brick which doesn't set well with Mike.

Episode 23: The Telling (May/16/2012)
It seems like Frankie truly has eyes in the back of her head when she busts both Sue and Axl for making some bad choices that they thought no one would ever find out about. But when it turns out that she's using Brick to be her snitch, Mike is completely against it. Meanwhile, Axl's weekend getaway to the lake is in peril when Sue discovers him sneaking into the house in the middle of the night and coerces him into doing whatever she commands -- otherwise she will tattle on him; and when Frankie is stuck at work, Mike is forced to attend Parent Day at Brick's school.

Episode 24: The Wedding (May/23/2012)
Frankie and Mike are surprised to receive an invitation to Mike's brother Rusty's (Norm Macdonald) fast approaching wedding. But their surprise turns to panic when they discover that he has listed the Heck house as the site of the ceremony. Meanwhile, Axl and his friends decide to become their own bosses and set out to form their own company to garner summer jobs, and Brick is upset with Mike when he finally accepts an invitation to a fellow student's party but is not allowed to go because it falls on the same day as the wedding.

Source: Tv.com

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The Middle Season 4 Episode Guide



Episode 1: Last Whiff of Summer, Part 1 (Sep/26/2012)
Once Mike lets it slip that Axl is his favorite, Frankie's plans for the summer are thwarted. Axl is forced to attend summer school to re-take his English class. Brick attends to his summer tomato project while Sue does her best to engage Mike so she can proceed with her scrapbook.

Episode 2: Last Whiff of Summer, Part 2 (Sep/26/2012)
Frankie's nostalgic summer plans go awry because of Mike's slip up. Axl is forced to attend summer school while Brick and Sue concentrate on summer projects of their own.

Episode 3: The Second Act (Oct/03/2012)
Frankie heads off to tech school when she's fired from Ehlert Motors. The new school year starts with Axl as a high school senior. Sophomore Sue decides to mentor a new freshman. Head-in-the-books Brick upsets Mike when he can't be bothered to meet Mike's new friends.

Episode 4: Bunny Therapy (Oct/10/2012)
Brick's new quirk is a source of concern for Frankie and Mike who seek out the school therapist for help. When it's suggested that getting Brick to bond with a small pet will help, the Heck's find themselves with bad-tempered bunny. Once again Axl finds himself in trouble as homecoming approaches when he can't figure out which cheerleader he's dating is in fact his girlfriend. Sue makes the decision to try out for school mascot.

Episode 5: The Hose (Oct/17/2012)
Rita's back and when her hose goes missing, she sets her sights on Frankie. Sue's first official road trip as mascot is coming up, but when she sneaks a look at Mike's paycheck, she reconsiders. Brick's sex education is covered at school, but Axl decides to supplement it with some graphic details.

Episode 6: Halloween III: The Driving (Oct/24/2012)
Halloween is especially scary for the Hecks this year. Frankie and Mike need to teach Sue how to drive now that she has her learner's permit. Axl is excited that he gets to vote in his first election but Sue's adventure in driving may put a crimp in his football career. Brick changes after eating too much candy.

Episode 7: The Safe (Nov/07/2012)
Frankie's first day at school learning to be a dental assistant doesn't go so good. Frankie & Mike insist Axl better his grades when it looks like his broken foot will interfere with his chance of receiving a college sports scholarship. Sue and Brick think they've got an item that will fetch big money from the local pawn store.

Episode 8: Thanksgiving IV (Nov/14/2012)
Frankie invites a couple of Marine's to celebrate Thanksgiving with them but her parents' constant bickering puts a damper on the festivities. As Axel finds himself falling for his tutor, he finds out his foot is healed and he can play in the big game. Sue looks for the person who stole the chicken head off of her school mascot uniform while Brick is totally absorbed by a book describing how "Love Story" was filmed.

Episode 9: Christmas Help (Dec/05/2012)
Christmas doesn't seem so merry to Mike when he helps brother Rusty (Norm Macdonald) move some furniture into the Heck house garage and discovers that Rusty doesn't actually own the items. Meanwhile, Frankie hatches a plan to take a part time holiday job in a department store in order to get an employee discount to buy presents; Axl turns the garage with the stolen furniture into his own bachelor pad; and Reverend TimTom makes a bold choice by casting Brick in a holiday play and tasks an overly zealous Sue with baking cookies for the event.

Episode 10: Twenty Years (Dec/12/2012)
As their 20th anniversary approaches, Frankie begins to think that Mike may be tiring of her company and is purposely trying to avoid her. Meanwhile, Sue frantically tries to coax Axl and Brick into helping her set up an anniversary party for their parents, and Brick falls into a non-responsive state when Axl tells him the ending of a book he's been waiting years to read.

Episode 11: Life Skills (Jan/09/2013)
Axl is shocked to discover that he and Sue are enrolled in the same Life Skills class. And things only get worse for the Ax-Man when he is assigned to work with his sister on a big class project. Meanwhile Brick's school therapist, Dr. Fulton (Dave Foley), tries to teach him how to reach out to his fellow students in order to make some friends; and Frankie and Mike find themselves dealing with an unreasonable insurance company after they discover a tree branch has fallen and broken the windshield of Frankie's car.

Episode 12: One Kid At A Time (Jan/16/2013)
Feeling guilty over not being able to spend enough quality time with each of their kids, Frankie and Mike decide to dedicate each day of a three-day weekend to one of their offspring. Unexpected revelations emerge when Axl takes them to a paintball range, Sue talks them into an exhausting itinerary consisting of 17 separate activities, and Brick tries to bring them to a "Planet Nowhere" sci-fi book convention.

Episode 13: The Friends (Jan/23/2013)
Mike is upset with Frankie when he discovers that she set him up on an adult playdate with a new neighbor who shares the same interests. Meanwhile, when the school cheerleaders announce that they're taking over cheering for the wrestlers - thus putting Sue and her Wrestlerettes out of business - a determined Sue demands a cheer off; and Brick makes a lovesick Axl begin to question whether he's intellectually stimulating enough for his smart, new girlfriend.

Episode 14: The Smile/color] (Feb/06/2013)
While other kids begin receiving college acceptance letters and Axl still hasn't, Frankie and Mike begin to worry that their son's chances for a sports scholarship have passed him by. Meanwhile, Sue is determined to prove that smiling is contagious as a hypothesis for a school science project, and a relentless Brick begins pestering his parents for an iPad.

Episode 15: Valentines Day IV (Feb/13/2013)
As Valentine's Day approaches, Axl takes Boss Co., with partners Sean and Darrin, to the next level by offering their services to help guys break up with their girlfriends. Meanwhile, Brick becomes upset with Frankie when he discovers that she has thrown out all of the school artwork he has made over the years, Sue is thrilled when ex-boyfriend Matt invites her to the school's Valentine's Day dance, and Mike accidentally sends a romantic text meant for Frankie to a co-worker at the quarry.

Episode 16: Winners & Losers (Feb/20/2013)
As Frankie prepares for her upcoming annual tradition of watching the Oscars on TV, she becomes concerned when Brick informs her that he's taking a three-day school bus trip to Chicago, and she worries that his unique quirkiness could lead him to become separated from the group. Meanwhile, Sue wants to find out if Axl's friend, Darrin, has feelings for her.

Episode 17: Wheel Of Pain (Feb/27/2013)
After accidentally breaking the family room window, Axl, Sue and Brick decide to band together and place the blame on the neighborhood bad seed Glossner children. But Frankie and Mike know that the kids aren't being truthful and put together a wheel of pain, in which the kids must spin the wheel and land on a consequence, hoping that one of them will break down and confess -- which puts Sue's "Sue-weet 16 Party" at risk. Meanwhile, Frankie needs to please her no-nonsense dental assisting school teacher, Mrs. Armwood (Jane Kaczmarek), in order to obtain a prime dental rotation spot.

Episode 18: The Name (Mar/27/2013)
Frankie's sister, Janet (Molly Shannon), comes to the rescue and offers to help run the Heck household while Frankie studies for her dental assisting school finals. But the sheer amount of disorganization in the house throws perfectionist Janet for a loop. Meanwhile, when Cassidy's ex-boyfriend pays an unexpected visit from college, Axl tries to take the high road and not act like a jealous boyfriend; and Sue wants to legally change her middle name -- which is also Sue -- in order to have a normal name on her driver's license.

Episode 19: The Bachelor (Apr/03/2013)
Frankie can't hide her disappointment over whom "The Bachelor" chooses to marry and ends up moping around the house for days about it; Mike tries to toughen Sue up when she joins the school's tennis team and continually compliments her opponents during their matches; and Axl and Cassidy try to figure out where their relationship stands after their big fight.

Episode 20: Dollar Days (Apr/10/2013)
Frankie graduates from dental assisting school but has trouble getting through a job interview. Axl's band gets their first paying gig but Sue, as Darrin's girlfriend, starts giving unwanted advice. Brick joins the Prairie Scouts which, in turn, lands Mike the job of leading the troop's camping trip.

Episode 21: From Orson With Love (May/01/2013)
Frankie decides to beef up Sue's popularity on Facebook by creating several fictitious "friends". Tag's latest read, Tuesdays with Morrie, prompts him to force Mike to listen to his weekly long-winded stories. Brick and Axl need to find homes for some baby bunnies and kittens so they produce a video using the animals as characters in a James Bond knockoff.

Episode 22: Hallelujah Hoedown (May/08/2013)
Frankie's decided to get something she actually wants for Mother's Day so she clues in the kids so they can pass it along to Mike. After she keeps failing the driving test, Sue goes to Reverend Tim Tom for advice on how to deal with her bitter feelings towards her friends who passed and got their driver licenses. Axl gets some stunningly terrible news from Cassidy during the prom.

Episode 23: The Ditch (May/15/2013)
Before starting her new dental assisting job, Frankie makes a quick stop to pay a late power bill. When her uniform white lab coat has the other customers thinking she's a doctor, they let her cut in line. But when a client shows up who was at the power company, Frankie struggles to prolong the ruse, leaving Dr. Goodwin confused. Axl's out to ruin Sue's perfect school attendance by convincing her to ditch school for one day. Dr. Fulton attempts to find the reason behind Brick's opposition to transitioning to middle school. Mike and Axl's fishing trip is ruined when the boat becomes wedged into a ditch.

Episode 24: The Graduation (May/22/2013)
Axl creates friction with Frankie when he won't answer her questions about his graduation party. Sue tries for the sixth time to pass her driver's test. Absentminded Brick is reminded that as class historian he must present a slideshow accenting the last four years of school.

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The Middle Season 5 Episode Guide



Episode 1: The Drop Off (Sep/25/2013)
Against Axl's wishes, Frankie insists on having the entire Heck family along for the ride as they drive to his college to move him into his dorm. But the short drive turns into an eternity when Sue freaks out after discovering that Frankie forgot to fax in her essay to be a candidate for Junior Peer Leadership Advisor, and Brick proves once again that he can't be trusted when he keeps losing his new cell phone.

Episode 2: Change In The Air (Oct/02/2013)
The first day of school is upon the Heck family, and Sue finds herself feeling a sense of freedom she's never felt before with Axl not around to make her campus life miserable. But Brick, who is beginning middle school and afraid of getting a swirlie, avoids the bathroom at all costs. Meanwhile, Frankie becomes jealous of Mike when she discovers that Axl calls and returns his texts but won't do the same for her; and Sue's feelings for Darrin surface once again when Mike calls him over to help fix the air conditioner.

Episode 3: The Potato (Oct/09/2013)
After Frankie and Mike are forced to return the church van when it's discovered that their car has been repaired, Sue - who has been driving the other car - begins to freak out because she'll have to start taking the bus again. But when her parents tell her that she could get her own car if she got a job, Sue ends up working as a potato girl at a local mall eatery. Meanwhile, Frankie and Mike are called into Brick's principal's (Rachel Dratch) office and are informed that he has not attended any of his classes - and much to the family's dismay, Axl begins to spend his nights back home when he becomes fed up with having to deal with his horrible college roommate.

Episode 4: The 100th (Oct/23/2013)
The citizens of Orson, Indiana celebrate the Orsontennial - the town's 100th anniversary. During this momentous event, Frankie and Mike find themselves begrudgingly trying to drive a giant cow float in the parade; Axl, Sean and Darrin resurrect Boss Co. and attempt to make some big bucks by setting up a VIP area to view the festivities; Sue, still crushing on Darrin, tries to make him jealous by pretending to be dating Brad again; and Brick tries to earn himself a place in Orson history by entering a contest to come up with the town's new motto, which will be used for the next 100 years.

Episode 5: Halloween IV: The Ghost Story (Oct/30/2013)
As Halloween approaches, Sue holds a seance during a sleepover with her fellow Wrestlerettes and swears that she's seen the ghost of Christopher Columbus and one of his ships; Axl finds himself being hazed by the football team and not allowed to enter his own Halloween party that's being thrown in his dorm room; and the family tries in vain to give Brick advice on how to ask out a girl he likes to go with him to a Halloween dance.

Episode 6: The Jump (Nov/13/2013)
Frankie is upset over constantly being made fun of by her family and finds some solace in the unconditional love she gets from a rescued dog. Frankie and Mike are stunned when Sue makes the high school volleyball team -- but, as always, there's a catch, and when Axl discovers that he is failing three of his four college classes, he calls on Brick to help him with his studies.

Episode 7: Thanksgiving V (Nov/20/2013)
Thanksgiving finds the Heck family in turmoil when Axl tries to figure out the perfect time to tell his parents that he dropped three out of his four college classes. Frankie's dad, Tag, admits to Mike that he lost a lot of money gambling online and won't be able to take his wife Pat on a planned cruise. Sue is hiding a shocking secret from her discount shopping excursion with Frankie, Dr. Goodwin and Uncle Rusty's wife and kids show up unannounced for Thanksgiving dinner, and Brick goes to extreme measures to have lime green jello salad during the feast.

Episode 8: The Kiss (Dec/04/2013)
When Frankie's sister asks her to house-sit, Frankie and Mike jump at the opportunity to have a romantic, kid-free weekend in an upscale home. But technology might just trump romance when they find themselves having a difficult time navigating all of the computerized gadgets in the house. Meanwhile, Sue, who has been left in charge of watching over Brick while the parents are away, finds the Heck house being invaded by the bratty neighborhood Glossner kids, and Axl takes a road trip with Darrin and Sean in an attempt to drive to Vassar and reconnect with his ex-girlfriend Cassidy.

Episode 9: The Christmas Tree (Dec/11/2013)
When Axl comes home from college for Christmas vacation but would rather spend time with his friends over family, he and Frankie must come up with a time management agreement that will satisfy both of them, Meanwhile, Sue's severe allergic reaction to the Christmas tree threatens to ruin her holiday, and after it's discovered that Brick lied to the school about his Christmas wrapping paper sales, he finds himself running a mini Ponzi scheme in an attempt to pay back the debt.

Episode 10: Sleepless in Orson (Jan/08/2014)
Frankie and Mike become concerned about Brick when he starts expressing a host of irrational fears spawned by a constant stream of news alerts showing up on his refurbished iPad. Meanwhile, Sue is both disgusted and intrigued when Derrick Glossner continues to surprise her with spontaneous kisses, and when Darrin attempts his own spinoff of Boss Co, Axl and Sean successfully shut down the new operation but end up having to finish the difficult job that their competition had started.

Episode 11: War Of The Hecks (Jan/15/2014)
The ultimate prank battle is on between brother and sister when Sue discovers that Axl stole the high school's Thundering Hens mascot head over a year ago, forcing Sue to wear an embarrassing chicken head in her role as the school mascot. Meanwhile, a friendless Dr. Goodwin tries to make friends with a reluctant Frankie and invites her to accompany him to after-work social gatherings, Frankie agrees to attempt to find her dog Colin Firth's owner if Mike tries - and fails - to make friends with him; and Brick tries to muster some interest in a recommended book on Debbie Reynolds.

Episode 12: The Carpool (Jan/22/2014)
With the bus drivers on strike, Principal Barker asks the parents to form carpools to get the kids to and from school. But with time management not being one of Frankie's strong suits, her carpool kids find themselves facing the possibility of being on the receiving end of some tardy slips - which could ruin their chances of being invited to the "No Tardy Party." Meanwhile, Axl hits the books and becomes an expert in Astronomy - a class he's not even taking - in order to tutor a hot student, and when Mike receives two IU basketball tickets, he tries to find someone to accompany him to the game, not realizing that Sue really wants to go with him.

Episode 13: Hungry Games (Feb/05/2014)
Excited and hungry over receiving a squatter's coupon at an all-you-can-eat buffet, the Hecks head off to church with the intent of hitting the restaurant immediately after the service. But much to their dismay, they find themselves being counseled by guest minister Reverend Deveaux when a family squabble takes place during the sermon, and with all of their pent up issues, they may never get out in time to attend their grand feast.

Episode 14: The Award (Feb/26/2014)
Mike has decided he doesn't want to attend a dinner been held for 20 years of dedicated service. Sue tries to get her fellow students to connect more with one another. Axl has a mysterious message left on his phone from a girl he was at a party with the night before. However he was too drunk to remember anything about her. Brick finds a new outfit in his cousins hand-me-down box.

Episode 15: Vacation Days (Mar/05/2014)
After being forced by his work to take a paid vacation, Mike tries to relax but finds his alone time being invaded by Brick, who wants to cash in and implement all of the personal gift coupons he has given his dad for Father's Day and birthdays over the years. Meanwhile, Frankie is livid when she discovers that Axl has been hanging out at the Donahues for the past few days and didn't let her know that he was even in town, and Sue is horrified when she discovers that someone has given her service at Spudsy Malone's a bad review online and overreacts in her efforts to better please the customers.

Episode 16: Stormy Moon (Mar/12/2014)
Frankie is gobsmacked when she is handcuffed, arrested and taken to the police station. But when she discovers that her arrest was over an unreturned library book, she sets her sights on the only person she suspects to be the real guilty party - Brick. Meanwhile, Sue doesn't know how to express her feelings of disdain to Reverend TimTom over his new partner and girlfriend, Reverend Tammy, and Axl and Cassidy reunite during Spring Break but find themselves mostly kissing and not talking to one another.

Episode 17: The Walk (Mar/26/2014)
After bumping into some old acquaintances on a walk around the neighborhood, Frankie and Mike realize that they are more interesting and charming with them than they are with each other and search for a way to remedy the situation. Meanwhile, Sue ends up with multiple dates to the prom because she is too nice to turn down any of the boys who asked her, and Brick enlists Axl's aid in preparing an "outside the box" book report.

Episode 18: The Smell (Apr/02/2014)
After being goaded by his friend Bill Norwood into taking an assistant coaching position on the girls soccer team that Sue is now a member of, Bill has to back out of his duties due to work, and Mike becomes the new head coach but discovers that the girls care more about their various personal issues then the game itself. Meanwhile, after discovering that a mysteriously hideous smell in the house is emanating from Brick, Frankie must attempt to introduce her pungent son to better hygiene, and Axl is completely perplexed by a picture Cassidy painted for him as to whether it means they are still together as a couple or broken up.

Episode 19: The Wind Chimes (Apr/23/2014)
Frankie pleads with a mean and unyielding Rita Glossner to take down her wind chimes, whose noise is driving the Heck family crazy. Meanwhile, Axl and Hutch find a ratty, old couch abandoned on the street and try to figure out a way to retrieve it, instead of complaining to a pretzel manufacturer for skimping on the salt, Brick instead commits himself to coming up with a new pretzel snack idea for the company, and Sue informs the family that she and Darrin are dating

Episode 20: The Optimist (Apr/30/2014)
With high school graduation less than two years away, Sue finds herself becoming super stressed out when she hunkers down and frantically tries to earn a scholarship to help pay for college. Meanwhile, upon figuring out that business is down because she forgot to send out all of Dr. Goodwin's dental appointment reminder cards, Frankie tries to find a way to secretly send them out without her boss finding out. After Mike misinterprets a situation and scolds a girl for picking on Brick, Brick demands that Mike formally apologize, and Axl and his football buddy, Hutch, eat the Hecks out of house and home in order it try to bulk up so that they are big enough to be picked again to play on the team next year.

Episode 21: Office Hours (May/07/2014)
Feeling that her mind has been turned into Swiss cheese over the kids' never ending demanding requests of her, Frankie sets up office hours in which they can only voice their needs between 5:00-6:00 p.m. Meanwhile, an overprotective Mike keeps a stern eye on Darrin to make sure he doesn't take advantage of Sue, and Brick invites his surprising new friends over to the house for a book club meeting.

Episode 22: Heck on a Hard Body (May/14/2014)
Sue is determined to win herself a car and enters Ehlert Motors 'Hands on a Hard Body' contest, in which the last person whose hands never leave the car wins. Meanwhile, Mike and his perpetually down-on-his-luck brother Rusty, find time to bond again when they take a road trip to Chicago with Brick to attend his Spelling Bee, and Frankie has to travel to Axl's college dorm to help him locate a missing desk or risk losing her $200 deposit.

Episode 23: Orlando (May/21/2014)
While Sue counts down the days until the Hecks depart on their road trip to Walt Disney World (she won the trip in a "Hands on a Hard Body" contest), Brick begs his parents to take a detour to North Carolina so he can meet his online girlfriend, and Axl anxiously awaits the posting of his final grades as a college freshman.

Episode 24: The Wonderful World of Hecks (May/21/2014)
When the Hecks arrive at Walt Disney World, a good time may not be had for all when a series of misfortunes threaten to put a damper on their trip.

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Season 6 Episode Guide



Episode 1: Unbraceable You (Sep/24/2014)
Sue and Brick start their school lessons one week late after Frankie mixes up the dates. Sue has her braces removed; Mike loses a game; Brick looks for his perfect book bag.

Episode 2: The Loneliest Locker (Oct/01/2014)
Frankie and Mike look for second jobs so they can send Sue to a good college. Sue and Brad want to put on a meaningful senior play that everyone will remember.

Episode 3: Major Anxiety (Oct/08/2014)
Brick wants to go to a school dance, much to the surprise of Frankie and Mike. Axl has not much time to choose a major, and he has no idea what to choose.

Episode 4: The Table (Oct/22/2014)
Frankie puchases a discounted dining-room set online as she and Mike celebrate their wedding anniversary. Axl and Hutch look for a third roommate.

Episode 5: Halloween V (Oct/29/2014)
Frankie and Mike are shocked when Brick invites a girl over to the house. Sue wants to organize a screening of a film in a pumpkin patch.

Episode 6: The Sinkhole (Nov/12/2014)
Frankie has to wash dishes with a hose after the kitchen sink packs up. Sue has to learn a complicated dance routine so she can pass phys ed.

Episode 7: Thanksgiving VI (Nov/19/2014)
With the house requiring some repairs, Frankie thinks that the family should have Thanksgiving at the local buffet.

Episode 8: The College Tour (Dec/03/2014)
Frankie leaves Brick and his school project to watch Axl in his first college football game

Episode 9: The Christmas Wall (Dec/10/2014)
Fed up with having to decorae for the holidays, Frankie decides to opt for a minimalist Christmas.

Episode 10: Pam Freakin' Staggs (Jan/07/2015)
Frankie starts hanging out with a woman who was one of the popular girls when they went to high school together; Mike learns Brick received the Athlete of the Month award; Axl tries to get Devin Levin to go out with him.

Episode 11: A Quarry Story (Jan/14/2015)
When Frankie finds an old uncashed paycheck from Ehlert Motors, Mr. Ehlert forces her to work for a day in order to collect her money.

Episode 12: Hecks on a Train (Feb/04/2015)
When Aunt Edie passes away, the Hecks take her body to South Dakota by train.

Episode 13: Valentine's Day VI (Feb/11/2015)
Brick discovers that his girlfriend would like him to kiss her on Valentine's Day.

Episode 14: The Answer (Feb/18/2015)
The family find out about Darrin's marriage proposal and Sue's answer.

Episode 15: Steaming Pile of Guilt (Feb/25/2015)
Frankie ends up realizing that she and the family forgot to celebrate Brick's 13th birthday.

Episode 16: Flirting with Disaster (Mar/04/2015)
Frankie attempts to flirt with Finn. Sue has to take Brick to a sci-fi convention.

Episode 17: The Waiting Game (Mar/25/2015)
Frankie waits to find out if Sue got into any of the many colleges she has applied for.

Episode 18: Operation Infiltration (Apr/01/2015)
Frankie accompanies Brick on a school field trip and attempts to help her socially inept son make friends with a couple of boys. Meanwhile, when Devin scolds Axl for being mean to his sister, he tries to make it look like they are the best of friends when Sue spends the weekend at his house; and while trying to thin out some of their hoarding father’s massive stockpile of junk, Mike gets a sinking feeling that he may have bullied his brother Rusty (Norm Macdonald) a bit too much as kids and turned him into the hapless man that he is today.

Episode 19: Siblings and Sombreros (Apr/08/2015)
Sue is not happy after Axl forgets to bring home a sombrero that she wants to use in a school photo.

Episode 20: Food Courting (Apr/15/2015)
Axl refuses to return home and help Mike move a freezer as he celebrates his 21st birthday.

Episode 21: Two of a Kind (Apr/22/2015)
Frankie and Mike find themselves becoming drawn into a argument between Frankie's uncle and her dad.

Episode 22: While You Were Sleeping (Apr/29/2015)
Frankie and Mike find it hard to stay awake and finish the film they decided to watch for their date night.

Episode 23: Mother's Day Reservations (May/06/2015)
Mike's incompetence threatens to ruin Mother's Day; Frankie talks to the kids about parenthood.

Episode 24: The Graduate (May/13/2015)
Sue worries a series of unexpected events may ruin her graduation.

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