The Middle Season 1

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Pilot
3.9
20 votes
1x01 Pilot aired 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 st... read more

The Cheerleader
3.9
20 votes
1x02 The Cheerleader aired 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 s... read more

The Floating Anniversary
3.8
19 votes
1x03 The Floating Anniversary aired 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 le... read more

The Trip
4
20 votes
1x04 The Trip aired 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 ... read more

The Block Party
4
23 votes
1x05 The Block Party aired 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 ... read more

The Front Door
3.7
17 votes
1x06 The Front Door aired 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... read more

The Scratch
3.9
18 votes
1x07 The Scratch aired 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 te... read more

Thanksgiving
4.1
17 votes
1x08 Thanksgiving aired 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.

Siblings
3.9
18 votes
1x09 Siblings aired 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 a... read more

Christmas
4
16 votes
1x10 Christmas aired 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, ... read more

The Jeans
4
16 votes
1x11 The Jeans aired Jan 06, 2010

A hormonally charged Sue wants a cool pair of jeans in order to fit in with her peers, resulting in Frankie and Mike enduring the unpredictability of teenage... read more

The Neighbor
4.1
14 votes
1x12 The Neighbor aired Jan 06, 2010

When Sue has a run-in with her sons, Frankie fears that a confrontation with the trasy neighbor may be at hand. Meanwhile, Axl attempts to bribe Brick after ... read more

The Interview
3.9
14 votes
1x13 The Interview aired Jan 13, 2010

Mike loses his job when the plant shuts down for scientific research after he discovers a dinosaur bone in the quarry. However, Mike starts to get irregular ... read more

The Yelling
3.7
15 votes
1x14 The Yelling aired 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.

Valentine's Day
4.2
16 votes
1x15 Valentine's Day aired Feb 10, 2010

Valentine's Day unexpectedly finds Frankie and Mike home alone and ready for a romantic evening while Brick is away at his first sleepover, Sue goes to her f... read more

The Bee
4.2
16 votes
1x16 The Bee aired Mar 03, 2010

When Mike discovers that Brick is a spelling whiz and won the school spelling bee, he puts all his efforts into training him to win the regional bee, which c... read more

The Break-Up
4
15 votes
1x17 The Break-Up aired Mar 10, 2010

Axl is heartbroken when his girlfriend (Alexa Vega) breaks up with him; Sue and Brick watch a scary movie.

The Fun House
3.8
15 votes
1x18 The Fun House aired 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 dea... read more

The Final Four
3.9
14 votes
1x19 The Final Four aired 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... read more

TV or Not TV
4
13 votes
1x20 TV or Not TV aired 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... read more

Worry Duty
3.7
14 votes
1x21 Worry Duty aired Apr 28, 2010

Frankie is worried that Axl's going to get his heart crushed again when his on-again/off-again girlfriend, Morgan (Alexa Vega, "Spy Kids," "Ruby & the Rockit... read more

Mother's Day
3.9
16 votes
1x22 Mother's Day aired May 05, 2010

Mother's Day for Frankie is anything but serene when she finds herself doing more for Mike and the kids and less for herself. But she learns that the apple d... read more

Signals
3.5
16 votes
1x23 Signals aired 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 t... read more

Average Rules
4.1
17 votes
1x24 Average Rules aired May 19, 2010

Parent-Teacher conferences cause Frankie to worry about the kids. In them she's told Axl is gifted but not applying himself, that her teachers still do not k... read more

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