A warm and witty single-camera comedy about raising a family and lowering your expectations.
Frankie is struggling as a car salesperson because she has failed to actually sell a car. Sue has auditioned for show choir and, to everyone's shock, makes the team. To top things off, Brick wants Frankie to come to his class presentation dressed as a superhero.
Frankie scrambles to make ends meet and save her job.
Family matters thwart plans for a romantic anniversary trip.
Frankie urges Sue to stand up for herself at school.
Mike helps Brick make friends at their street's block party.
Axl accidentally breaks the front door... and has to fix it.
A social worker visits the Heck household.
Frankie's perfect Thanksgiving turns into a nightmare.
Frankie vows to make her kids stop fighting.
Mike organises the Heck family Christmas.
Frankie and Mike endure the unpredictability of teenagers.
Frankie fears that a confrontation with trashy neighbour Rita Glossner is at hand when Sue has a run-in with her sons.
An unemployed Mike lacks the skills needed to find a new job.
Frankie makes a deal with her kids to stop yelling.
Frankie and Mike's romantic Valentine's Day dream backfires.
Brick enters the regional spelling bee in Chicago.
Axl's perfect girlfriend breaks up with him.
Mike has to deal with making the house more fun for Axl and his friends.
Mike is torn between the Final Four game and a funeral.
Frankie and Mike can't adapt to life without TV.
Axl's on-again/off-again girlfriend re-enters his life.
Frankie visits her mom on Mother's Day.
The Heck family BBQ is being planned as spring rolls around.
Axl is gifted but not applying himself, Sue's teachers still do not know who Sue is, and Brick may have to repeat second-grade.
With school about to start in a few days, Frankie realizes that she and Mike have barely spent any time together with the kids over the summer.
With Sue now in high school, Axl decides to play a mischievous trick on her, which earns his perfectionist sister a collection of tardy slips.
Frankie demands changes at home & flees to her mom's house.
Frankie cracks down on Axl to study more.
Frankie and Mike consider leaving their house.
Frankie takes Brick's social skills group trick or treating.
Axl might have a football scholarship...if he behaves!
Frankie is thrilled when she learns that the Orson Community Theater is putting on a production of The Wizard of Oz.
Frankie squabbles with her sister at Thanksgiving.
The Hecks throw a disastrous Christmas Eve party.
The Hecks assign each other New Year's resolutions.
Frankie reassesses her family's life after a family funeral.
The Hecks take advantage of the Donahues' new car.
The Hecks figure out love on Valentine's Day.
Frankie helps Sue get Justin Bieber concert tickets.
The kids have a "sit-down" with Frankie & Mike.
Sue yearns to celebrate her leap year birthday in a big way.
Brick delivers newspapers for a veteran newsman.
Inspired by a church sermon, the Hecks search for a purpose.
Sue finds a kindred spirit in her awkward school guidance counselor.
Brick finds a bad-luck four-leaf clover.
Frankie uses Brick to snitch on Sue and Axl.
Mike's brother is getting married.
The Hecks drive Axl to his college.
The first day of school without Axl is upon the Heck family.
Sue gets a job as a potato girl to buy herself a car.
The town of Orson celebrates its 100th Anniversary: Frankie & Mike drive a giant cow float in the parade.
Halloween approaches again on The Middle.
Frankie rescues a dog and Sue makes the volleyball team.
Frankie's parents show up for a surprise Thanksgiving.
Frankie and Mike spend a romantic weekend house-sitting.
Axl returns home from college for Christmas.
Brick develops a host of irrational fears.
Sue and Axl engage in the ultimate prank battle.
Frankie takes over the school carpool...to Brick's dismay.
The Hecks almost lose out on an all-you-can-eat buffet.
Mike doesn't want to go to his own awards dinner.
Mike can't relax at home after being forced to take vacation.
Frankie is arrested for Brick's unreturned library book.
Brick asks Axl for help with an out of the box book report.
Mike reluctantly becomes coach of Sue's soccer team.
Rita Glossner's wind chimes are driving the Hecks crazy.
Sue frantically tries to earn a scholarship for college.
Frankie sets up office hours to deal with her kids demands.
Sue tries to win a car while Mike & Rusty go on a road trip.
The Hecks embark on a road trip to Disney World.
The Hecks fight misfortune in Disney World.
Sue heads off to her college dorm.
Sue anxiously awaits her new college roommate.
Flannel-loving Mike changes into a Hawaiian shirt.
Mike's brother Rusty offers him a business opportunity.
Sue invites Brick to college for the weekend - and loses him.
The Hecks have their own Twilight Zone-type Halloween.
Frankie's mom embarrasses her at the homecoming tailgate.
The Hecks forgo Thanksgiving when Frankie has to work.
Frankie & Mike attend a dental convention in Des Moines.
The Hecks skip church and watch Christmas Eve service on TV.
Sue tries to widen her social circle by joining a sorority.
Axl's first day as a business intern doesn't go as planned.
Mike plans a surprise 50th birthday party for Frankie.
Sue's new roommate goes on a buying spree for their room.
Frankie & Mike take Brick to his first movie in a theater.
Mike helps Brick with his quest to officially become a man.
Sue & Axl get their wisdom teeth removed during Spring Break.
The Donahues join the Hecks on a Spring Break vacation.
Sue develops a crush on one of her college professors.
Sue's new boyfriend puts Frankie on the defensive side.
Frankie finds it hard to relax on her new backyard lanai.
Frankie gives the family a pass on Mother's Day.
Frankie & Mike try to impose a curfew on Axl & Sue.
Brick graduates middle school.
Sue finally gets her braces off.
Sue & Brad create a "meaningful" senior play.
The Hecks are all feeling major anxiety this fall.
Frankie and Mike celebrate their 20-somethingth anniversary.
Axl gets locked in the library after hours on Halloween.
The Heck kitchen sink disappears into the floor.
The Hecks celebrate Thanksgiving at a restaurant buffet.
Mike accompanies Sue on a college tour weekend.
Frankie decides to make this year a minimalist Christmas.
Frankie is thrilled when Pam Staggs moves back to Orson and invites her to hang out.
Sue takes a part-time job at the quarry as the cleaning lady.
When Aunt Edie dies, the Hecks take a train to South Dakota.
Valentine's Day aims its sights on the Heck kids.
The Hecks learn about Darrin's proposal to Sue.
Frankie feels guilty for forgetting Brick's birthday.
Frankie innocently flirts with Axl's attractive friend.
Frankie and Sue anxiously wait to hear about college.
Frankie tries to help Brick make friends on a field trip.
Axl and Sue get in a heated argument over a sombrero.
Sue is being wooed away from her job at Spudsy's by a rival.
Frankie and Mike find themselves caught in the middle of a longstanding family feud when Frankie's Uncle Dutch contacts her dad.
Frankie & Mike struggle to stay awake during date night.
Frankie asks Mike to take her for tea on Mother's Day.
Sue finally graduates.
How the Hecks spent their summer.
Frankie goes back to school after she's fired.
Brick is given a bunny to help him with a quirky new tic.
Trashy neighbor Rita Glossner returns.
Sue learns to drive in a scary Halloween episode.
Frankie is made an example of in front of the entire class when she doesn't make a good impression on her first day of dental assisting school with no-nonsense teacher Mrs. Armwood.
Frankie's bickering parents visit for Thanksgiving.
Frankie takes a holiday job for the employee discount.
Frankie & Mike celebrate their 20th Anniversary.
Frankie & Mike spend the three day weekend with their kids.
Axl and Sue are enrolled in the same Life Skills class.
Frankie finds a new friend for Mike.
Sue sets out to prove that smiling is contagious.
Axl and his friends make a profit on broken hearts.
Frankie frets about Brick's field trip to Chicago.
Frankie and Mike bring out the "wheel of pain."
Frankie's sister comes to help out.
Frankie's deeply disappointed in The Bachelor finale.
Axl's band gets their first paying gig.
Axl and Brick make a James Bond viral video... with animals.
Frankie tries to plan her own Mother's Day gift.
Axl convinces Sue to ditch school.
Tension builds between Frankie and Axl as graduation nears.
Axl returns home from his summer trip to Europe.
Axl gets a job driving the school bus.
Axl invites Frankie & Mike to meet Lexie’s rich parents.
Frankie & Brick discover a death in the house – 50 years ago.
Mike asks Sue to help plan his 25th anniversary with Frankie.
After falling ill, Frankie’s mom stays on at the Heck house.
The Hecks' Thanksgiving road trip goes away.
Axl visits a newly responsible Hutch in Chicago.
Frankie must find an item for the Orson time capsule, while Mike is stunned to learn that Bill and Paula Norwood are separating.
It’s Christmastime, and Axl questions his faith.
Sue questions her Christmas party kiss with Sean.
Now that he’s got a real job, Axl bonds more with Mike.
Reverend TimTom helps Frankie with a dilemma.
Mike’s brother Rusty gives Sue an extravagant gift.
Axl & Hutch take a road trip to Ohio for Kenny's wedding.
Mike is offered a position as Regional Manager of the quarry.
The Hecks wage a war against the Glossners.
Sue works up the courage to tell Sean her feelings for him.
Frankie swears there’s something flying through the house.
Frankie forces Brick to ask Cindy to the prom.
Axl is offered a life-changing job interview.
Frankie tries to stop Axl from moving to Denver for a job.
The Heck family take a road trip to Denver where Axl will start his new job and life away from Orson.
Brick starts high school.
Frankie teaches Brick to swallow a pill.
Sue demands that Brick vacate her bedroom.
Sue asks Axl for advice on breaking up with Jeremy.
Frankie & Mike fret that Brick is old enough to drive.
Frankie vies with April for Axl's attention at Thanksgiving.
Brick develops a quirky new tick.
Rita Glossner takes Frankie on a road trip.
Sue keeps a holiday secret as Christmas approaches.
The Hecks spend New Year's Day at the Orson Escape Room.
Frankie is elated when she wins a month of free maid service.
Brad agrees to coach Sue's no-cut a capella group.
Frankie's told her days of having kids are over.
The Hecks call a meeting to deal with their bickering.
A stubborn Mike goes to the dentist.
Lexie confesses to Sue that she has a crush on Axl.
Axl runs into just about all of his ex-girlfriends at a part.
Brick spends a weekend with Axl at college to par-tay!
Brick finally meets the boy he was switched at birth with!
Mike threatens to get rid of the pool if no one's using it.
Frankie searches the house for Axl's missing graduation gift.
Sue & Brad perform an impromptu musical number.
Axl graduates college.
Frankie comes up with a plan to stay on top of her kids' schedules; Brick's new teacher accuses Frankie of being overprotective.
Sue's track meet is set for the same day as Axl's Homecoming.
Frankie is humiliated by a store clerk's assumption.
Suspended from school, Axl goes to work at the quarry.
A foreign exchange student comes to live with the Hecks.
Frankie wants Mike to wear a costume to a Halloween party.
Frankie and Mike tell Brick the true story of how he was born.
Brick wants his independence from being Frankie's errand boy.
Mike's brother visits for Thanksgiving.
Frankie's parents visit for the 12 Days of Christmas.
Frankie and Mike decide to regain control of their lives.
Mike's livid that Frankie mistakenly paid $200 for eye cream.
Brick studies football to watch the Super Bowl with Mike.
Frankie helps Axl impress his mysterious new girlfriend.
Frankie looks for a friend for Brick; Sue sneaks into an R-rated movie; Axl and his band need a hot female for their music video.
Murphy's Law rules when the Hecks fly to New York.
Frankie goes head to head with Ms. Rinsky when Brick gets a D on his math test.
The Hecks attempt to clean up 20 years of accumulated junk.
Mike punishes Axl by keeping him from playing a final game.
Frankie becomes obsessed with the Royal Wedding.
Mother's Day turns out to be anything but serene for Frankie.
Axl text-invites the wrong girl to the prom.
Frankie and Mike deal with Brick's fear of crossing bridges.
The end of the school year brings panic for Frankie.
