The Middle

PRIMETIME EMMY® nominee
Emmy® winner Patricia Heaton stars in this warm and witty comedy about raising a family and lowering your expectations. Middle-aged, middle class and living in the middle of the country, she uses her wit and humor to get by.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Pilot
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    September 29, 2009
    23min
    TV-PG
    Meet the Hecks – an ordinary family struggling to survive each other and life in Middle America. PATRICIA HEATON stars as a working mother whose family life is one big happy mess.
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  2. S1 E2 - The Cheerleader
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    October 6, 2009
    22min
    13+
    Facing financial disaster, Frankie tries to save her job; Sue fails swim team tryouts, then learns she needs glasses; and Brick starts reading his mother's steamy romance novels.
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  3. S1 E3 - The Floating Anniversary
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    October 13, 2009
    22min
    13+
    Frankie and Mike's romantic plans for their anniversary are thwarted by a sick Brick, a lovesick Sue, a learner's permit-toting Axl, two crazy aunts and their diaper-wearing dog.
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  4. S1 E4 - The Trip
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    October 20, 2009
    22min
    13+
    Frankie urges Sue to fight for her right to attend a class trip after making the grade by selling thousands of dollars worth of sausage and cheese; Brick gets his first girlfriend.
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  5. S1 E5 - The Block Party
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    October 27, 2009
    21min
    13+
    After Brick’s teachers tell his parents that he’s “socially challenged,” Mike tries to help Brick make friends; while Frankie needs her son’s coveted football jersey.
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  6. S1 E6 - The Front Door
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    November 3, 2009
    22min
    TV-PG
    Mike insists that only Axl fix the front door after he knocks it down; Frankie must sell a car within a week; and its school picture time for a photographically challenged Sue.
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  7. S1 E7 - The Scratch
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    November 17, 2009
    22min
    13+
    Frankie must create the illusion of a picture-perfect family when an accident causing a small scratch on Brick leads a social worker to visit the Heck household.
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  8. S1 E8 - Thanksgiving
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    November 24, 2009
    22min
    TV-PG
    Frankie’s dream of the perfect Thanksgiving turns into a nightmare when Mr. Ehlert forces the staff to work on the holiday – and Axl loses Brick in a corn maze.
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  9. S1 E9 - Siblings
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    December 1, 2009
    22min
    TV-PG
    Frankie vows to make her kids stop fighting with each other and interact as a loving family, while Mike contemplates firing Aunt Edie after she makes a costly mistake.
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  10. S1 E10 - Christmas
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    December 8, 2009
    22min
    TV-PG
    Rehearsing for the church’s midnight mass, Frankie becomes jealous when it seems that Mike is doing a better job at organizing the Heck family Christmas than she would have done.
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  11. S1 E11 - The Jeans
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    January 5, 2010
    22min
    13+
    Frankie buys a hormonally challenged Sue an expensive pair of jeans so she can fit in with her peers, and Mike helps Axl get a car to impress a girl.
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  12. S1 E12 - The Neighbor
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    January 5, 2010
    22min
    TV-PG
    Frankie must decide whether to confront her trashy neighbor and nemesis, Rita Glossner (guest star BROOKE SHIELDS) after a fight between Sue and Rita’s sons erupts.
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  13. S1 E13 - The Interview
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    January 12, 2010
    22min
    TV-PG
    Mike finds himself out of work and lacking the technological skills needed in the 21st century to search for a job. With Frankie’s help, Brick runs for school historian.
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  14. S1 E14 - The Yelling
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    January 26, 2010
    22min
    TV-PG
    Frankie promises to stop yelling at the kids if they agree to follow through on their schoolwork and chores and a reluctant Mike takes a job with Bob.
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  15. S1 E15 - Valentine's Day
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    February 9, 2010
    22min
    13+
    Valentine’s Day unexpectedly finds Frankie and Mike home alone and ready for a romantic evening. But their best-laid plans soon begin to unravel.
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  16. S1 E16 - The Bee
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    March 2, 2010
    22min
    13+
    Frankie and Mike focus on taking the family on a road trip to Chicago for Brick’s regional spelling bee, but are horrified to realize that the forgot about Sue’s birthday.
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  17. S1 E17 - The Break Up
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    March 9, 2010
    22min
    13+
    Frankie & Mike must console a broken-hearted Axl after his girlfriend (ALEXA VEGA) breaks up with him; And Sue and Brick are on the lookout for zombies after watching a scary movie.
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  18. S1 E18 - The Fun House
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    March 23, 2010
    22min
    13+
    Frankie’s job may be on the line when a hardcore motivational consultant (AMY SEDARIS) is hired to whip the sales staff into shape – leaving Mike to deal with issues at home.
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  19. S1 E19 - The Final Four
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    March 30, 2010
    22min
    7+
    Frankie forces Mike to choose which life event is most important to him – going to her uncle’s funeral or going to the big Final Four game.
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  20. S1 E20 - TV or Not TV
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    April 13, 2010
    21min
    TV-PG
    While the kids move on to other things, Frankie and Mike are the ones who can’t seem to adapt without TV after they cut out the expense of cable when their power is turned off.
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  21. S1 E21 - Worry Duty
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    April 27, 2010
    21min
    TV-PG
    Frankie is worried that Axl’s going to get his heart crushed again when his on-again/off-again girlfriend, Morgan (guest star ALEXA VEGA), re-enters his life.
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  22. S1 E22 - Mother's Day
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    May 4, 2010
    22min
    13+
    Frankie escapes the chaos of Mother’s Day at home to visit her mom (guest star MARSHA MASON), and ends up causing some chaos of her own.
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  23. S1 E23 - Signals
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    May 11, 2010
    22min
    TV-PG
    At the spring Heck family BBQ, Mike decides that he and Brick need to try and become more social when Frankie points out that Mike’s social ineptness was passed on to Brick.
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  24. S1 E24 - Average Rules
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    May 18, 2010
    22min
    13+
    Frankie and Mike discover that the school librarian (BETTY WHITE) is determined to prevent Brick from advancing into the third grade because of some overdue library books.
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Audio languages
EnglishEnglish Dialogue Boost: MediumEnglish Dialogue Boost: High
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Lee Shallat ChemelPhil TraillElliot HegartyBlake T. EvansKen WhittinghamDanny SallesWendey StanzlerMelissa KosarBarnet KellmanAlex Reid
Producers
Not Specified
Cast
Patricia HeatonNeil FlynnCharlie McDermottEden Sher
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