Forget about athletes, movie stars and politicians. Parents are the real heroes - but we think Frankie Heck, must be some kind of superhero. A loving wife and mother of three, she's middle class in the middle of the country and is rapidly approaching middle age.
Frankie and her husband, Mike, have lived in Orson, Indiana, their whole lives. A man of few words (every one a zinger), Mike is a manager at the town quarry and Frankie is the third-best used car salesman (out of the three) at the local dealership. She may not be a high-powered career woman, but when it comes to her family, she'll go to just about any length. And with kids like these, she had better. There's Axl, her semi-nudist teenage son conceived while under the influence of Guns N' Roses; Sue, the awkward teenage daughter who fails at everything... but with the utmost of gusto; and their seven-year-old son Brick, whose best friend is his backpack.
Sometimes it seems like everyone is trying to get to the top, or struggling not to hit bottom, but we think Frankie and her family will find a lot of love, and a lot of laughs, somewhere in The Middle.
Rating: 7.70/10 (avg out of 52151 votes)
The Middle Airs: Tuesday
The Middle Status: Ended
THE MIDDLE - General Information
Series Premiere: September 30, 2009 Classification: Scripted Genre: Action | Comedy | Family Network: ABC Airs: Tuesday at 08:00 pm Runtime: 30 Minutes
THE MIDDLE - Season 1 -- 24 Episodes
1x1 -- Sep 30, 2009 -- Pilot 1x2 -- Oct 07, 2009 -- The Cheerleader 1x3 -- Oct 14, 2009 -- The Floating Anniversary 1x4 -- Oct 21, 2009 -- The Trip 1x5 -- Oct 28, 2009 -- The Block Party 1x6 -- Nov 04, 2009 -- The Front Door 1x7 -- Nov 18, 2009 -- The Scratch 1x8 -- Nov 25, 2009 -- Thanksgiving 1x9 -- Dec 02, 2009 -- Siblings 1x10 -- Dec 09, 2009 -- Christmas 1x11 -- Jan 06, 2010 -- The Jeans 1x12 -- Jan 06, 2010 -- The Neighbor 1x13 -- Jan 13, 2010 -- The Interview 1x14 -- Feb 03, 2010 -- The Yelling 1x15 -- Feb 10, 2010 -- Valentine's Day 1x16 -- Mar 03, 2010 -- The Bee 1x17 -- Mar 10, 2010 -- The Break Up 1x18 -- Mar 24, 2010 -- The Fun House 1x19 -- Mar 31, 2010 -- The Final Four 1x20 -- Apr 14, 2010 -- TV or Not TV 1x21 -- Apr 28, 2010 -- Worry Duty 1x22 -- May 05, 2010 -- Mother's Day 1x23 -- May 12, 2010 -- Signals 1x24 -- May 19, 2010 -- Average Rules
THE MIDDLE - Season 2 -- 24 Episodes
2x1 -- Sep 22, 2010 -- Back to School 2x2 -- Sep 29, 2010 -- Homecoming 2x3 -- Oct 06, 2010 -- The Diaper Incident 2x4 -- Oct 13, 2010 -- The Quarry 2x5 -- Oct 20, 2010 -- Foreign Exchange 2x6 -- Oct 27, 2010 -- Halloween 2x7 -- Nov 03, 2010 -- A Birthday Story 2x8 -- Nov 17, 2010 -- Errand Boy 2x9 -- Nov 24, 2010 -- Thanksgiving II 2x10 -- Dec 08, 2010 -- A Simple Christmas 2x11 -- Jan 05, 2011 -- Taking Back the House 2x12 -- Jan 12, 2011 -- The Big Chill 2x13 -- Jan 19, 2011 -- Super Sunday 2x14 -- Feb 09, 2011 -- Valentine's Day II 2x15 -- Feb 16, 2011 -- Friends, Lies, and Videotape 2x16 -- Feb 23, 2011 -- Hecks on a Plane 2x17 -- Mar 02, 2011 -- The Math Class 2x18 -- Mar 23, 2011 -- Spring Cleaning 2x19 -- Apr 13, 2011 -- The Legacy 2x20 -- Apr 20, 2011 -- Royal Wedding 2x21 -- May 04, 2011 -- Mother's Day II 2x22 -- May 11, 2011 -- The Prom 2x23 -- May 18, 2011 -- The Bridge 2x24 -- May 25, 2011 -- Back to Summer
THE MIDDLE - Season 3 -- 24 Episodes
3x1 -- Sep 21, 2011 -- Forced Family Fun (1) 3x2 -- Sep 21, 2011 -- Forced Family Fun (2) 3x3 -- Sep 28, 2011 -- Hecking Order 3x4 -- Oct 05, 2011 -- Major Changes 3x5 -- Oct 12, 2011 -- The Test 3x6 -- Oct 19, 2011 -- Bad Choices 3x7 -- Oct 26, 2011 -- Halloween II 3x8 -- Nov 02, 2011 -- Heck's Best Thing 3x9 -- Nov 16, 2011 -- The Play 3x10 -- Nov 23, 2011 -- Thanksgiving III 3x11 -- Dec 07, 2011 -- A Christmas Gift 3x12 -- Jan 04, 2012 -- Year of the Hecks 3x13 -- Jan 11, 2012 -- The Map 3x14 -- Jan 18, 2012 -- Hecking It Up 3x15 -- Feb 08, 2012 -- Valentine's Day III 3x16 -- Feb 15, 2012 -- The Concert 3x17 -- Feb 22, 2012 -- The Sit Down 3x18 -- Feb 29, 2012 -- Leap Year 3x19 -- Mar 14, 2012 -- The Paper Route 3x20 -- Apr 11, 2012 -- Get Your Business Done 3x21 -- May 02, 2012 -- The Guidance Counselor 3x22 -- May 09, 2012 -- The Clover 3x23 -- May 16, 2012 -- The Telling 3x24 -- May 23, 2012 -- The Wedding
THE MIDDLE - Season 4 -- 24 Episodes
4x1 -- Sep 26, 2012 -- Last Whiff of Summer (1) 4x2 -- Sep 26, 2012 -- Last Whiff of Summer (2) 4x3 -- Oct 03, 2012 -- The Second Act 4x4 -- Oct 10, 2012 -- Bunny Therapy 4x5 -- Oct 17, 2012 -- The Hose 4x6 -- Oct 24, 2012 -- Halloween III: The Driving 4x7 -- Nov 07, 2012 -- The Safe 4x8 -- Nov 14, 2012 -- Thanksgiving IV 4x9 -- Dec 05, 2012 -- Christmas Help 4x10 -- Dec 12, 2012 -- Twenty Years 4x11 -- Jan 09, 2013 -- Life Skills 4x12 -- Jan 16, 2013 -- One Kid at a Time 4x13 -- Jan 23, 2013 -- The Friend 4x14 -- Feb 06, 2013 -- The Smile 4x15 -- Feb 13, 2013 -- Valentine's Day IV 4x16 -- Feb 20, 2013 -- Winners and Losers 4x17 -- Feb 27, 2013 -- Wheel of Pain 4x18 -- Mar 27, 2013 -- The Name 4x19 -- Apr 03, 2013 -- The Bachelor 4x20 -- Apr 10, 2013 -- Dollar Days 4x21 -- May 01, 2013 -- From Orson with Love 4x22 -- May 08, 2013 -- Hallelujah Hoedown 4x23 -- May 15, 2013 -- The Ditch 4x24 -- May 22, 2013 -- The Graduation
THE MIDDLE - Season 5 -- 24 Episodes
5x1 -- Sep 25, 2013 -- The Drop Off 5x2 -- Oct 02, 2013 -- Change in the Air 5x3 -- Oct 09, 2013 -- The Potato 5x4 -- Oct 23, 2013 -- The 100th 5x5 -- Oct 30, 2013 -- Halloween IV: The Ghost Story 5x6 -- Nov 13, 2013 -- The Jump 5x7 -- Nov 20, 2013 -- Thanksgiving V 5x8 -- Dec 04, 2013 -- The Kiss 5x9 -- Dec 11, 2013 -- The Christmas Tree 5x10 -- Jan 08, 2014 -- Sleepless in Orson 5x11 -- Jan 15, 2014 -- War of the Hecks 5x12 -- Jan 22, 2014 -- The Carpool 5x13 -- Feb 05, 2014 -- Hungry Games 5x14 -- Feb 26, 2014 -- The Award 5x15 -- Mar 05, 2014 -- Vacation Days 5x16 -- Mar 12, 2014 -- Stormy Moon 5x17 -- Mar 26, 2014 -- The Walk 5x18 -- Apr 02, 2014 -- The Smell 5x19 -- Apr 23, 2014 -- The Wind Chimes 5x20 -- Apr 30, 2014 -- The Optimist 5x21 -- May 07, 2014 -- Office Hours 5x22 -- May 14, 2014 -- Heck on a Hard Body 5x23 -- May 21, 2014 -- Orlando 5x24 -- May 21, 2014 -- The Wonderful World of Hecks
THE MIDDLE - Season 6 -- 24 Episodes
6x1 -- Sep 24, 2014 -- Unbraceable You 6x2 -- Oct 01, 2014 -- The Loneliest Locker 6x3 -- Oct 08, 2014 -- Major Anxiety 6x4 -- Oct 22, 2014 -- The Table 6x5 -- Oct 29, 2014 -- Halloween V 6x6 -- Nov 12, 2014 -- The Sinkhole 6x7 -- Nov 19, 2014 -- Thanksgiving VI 6x8 -- Dec 03, 2014 -- The College Tour 6x9 -- Dec 10, 2014 -- The Christmas Wall 6x10 -- Jan 07, 2015 -- Pam Freakin' Staggs 6x11 -- Jan 14, 2015 -- A Quarry Story 6x12 -- Feb 04, 2015 -- Hecks on a Train 6x13 -- Feb 11, 2015 -- Valentine's Day VI 6x14 -- Feb 18, 2015 -- The Answer 6x15 -- Feb 25, 2015 -- Steaming Pile of Guilt 6x16 -- Mar 04, 2015 -- Flirting with Disaster 6x17 -- Mar 25, 2015 -- The Waiting Game 6x18 -- Apr 01, 2015 -- Operation Infiltration 6x19 -- Apr 08, 2015 -- Siblings and Sombreros 6x20 -- Apr 15, 2015 -- Food Courting 6x21 -- Apr 22, 2015 -- Two of a Kind 6x22 -- Apr 29, 2015 -- While You Were Sleeping 6x23 -- May 06, 2015 -- Mother's Day Reservations 6x24 -- May 13, 2015 -- The Graduate
THE MIDDLE - Season 7 -- 24 Episodes
7x1 -- Sep 23, 2015 -- Not Your Brother's Drop Off 7x2 -- Sep 30, 2015 -- Cutting the Cord 7x3 -- Oct 07, 2015 -- The Shirt 7x4 -- Oct 14, 2015 -- Risky Business 7x5 -- Oct 21, 2015 -- Land of the Lost 7x6 -- Oct 28, 2015 -- Halloween VI: Tick Tock Death 7x7 -- Nov 11, 2015 -- Homecoming II: The Tailgate 7x8 -- Nov 18, 2015 -- Thanksgiving VII 7x9 -- Dec 02, 2015 -- The Convention 7x10 -- Dec 09, 2015 -- No Silent Night 7x11 -- Jan 06, 2016 -- The Rush 7x12 -- Jan 13, 2016 -- Birds of a Feather 7x13 -- Jan 20, 2016 -- Floating 50 7x14 -- Feb 10, 2016 -- Film, Friends and Fruit Pies 7x15 -- Feb 17, 2016 -- Hecks at a Movie 7x16 -- Feb 24, 2016 -- The Man Hunt 7x17 -- Mar 16, 2016 -- The Wisdom Teeth 7x18 -- Mar 23, 2016 -- A Very Donahue Vacation 7x19 -- Apr 06, 2016 -- Crushed 7x20 -- Apr 13, 2016 -- Survey Says… 7x21 -- Apr 27, 2016 -- The Lanai 7x22 -- May 04, 2016 -- Not Mother's Day 7x23 -- May 11, 2016 -- Find My Hecks 7x24 -- May 18, 2016 -- The Show Must Go On
THE MIDDLE - Season 8 -- 23 Episodes
8x1 -- Oct 11, 2016 -- The Core Group 8x2 -- Oct 18, 2016 -- A Tough Pill to Swallow 8x3 -- Oct 25, 2016 -- Halloween VII: The Heckoning 8x4 -- Nov 01, 2016 -- True Grit 8x5 -- Nov 15, 2016 -- Road Kill 8x6 -- Nov 22, 2016 -- Thanksgiving VIII 8x7 -- Nov 29, 2016 -- Look Who's Not Talking 8x8 -- Dec 06, 2016 -- Trip and Fall 8x9 -- Dec 13, 2016 -- A Very Marry Christmas 8x10 -- Jan 03, 2017 -- Escape Orson 8x11 -- Jan 10, 2017 -- Hoosier Maid 8x12 -- Jan 17, 2017 -- Pitch Imperfect 8x13 -- Feb 07, 2017 -- Ovary and Out 8x14 -- Feb 14, 2017 -- Sorry Not Sorry 8x15 -- Feb 21, 2017 -- Dental Hijinks 8x16 -- Mar 07, 2017 -- Swing and a Miss 8x17 -- Mar 14, 2017 -- Exes and Ohhhs 8x18 -- Apr 04, 2017 -- The Par-tay 8x19 -- Apr 11, 2017 -- The Confirmation 8x20 -- Apr 18, 2017 -- Adult Swim 8x21 -- May 02, 2017 -- Clear and Present Danger 8x22 -- May 09, 2017 -- The Final Final 8x23 -- May 16, 2017 -- Fight or Flight
THE MIDDLE - Season 9 -- 24 Episodes
9x1 -- Oct 03, 2017 -- Vive La Hecks 9x2 -- Oct 10, 2017 -- Please Don't Feed the Hecks 9x3 -- Oct 17, 2017 -- Meet the Parents 9x4 -- Oct 24, 2017 -- Halloween VIII: Orson Murder Mystery 9x5 -- Oct 31, 2017 -- Role of a Lifetime 9x6 -- Nov 07, 2017 -- The Setup 9x7 -- Nov 14, 2017 -- Thanksgiving IX 9x8 -- Nov 21, 2017 -- Eyes Wide Open 9x9 -- Dec 05, 2017 -- The 200th 9x10 -- Dec 12, 2017 -- The Christmas Miracle 9x11 -- Jan 02, 2018 -- New Year's Revelations 9x12 -- Jan 09, 2018 -- The Other Man 9x13 -- Jan 16, 2018 -- Mommapalooza 9x14 -- Feb 06, 2018 -- Guess Who's Coming to Frozen Dinner 9x15 -- Feb 27, 2018 -- Toasted 9x16 -- Mar 13, 2018 -- The Crying Game 9x17 -- Mar 20, 2018 -- Hecks vs. Glossners: The Final Battle 9x18 -- Apr 03, 2018 -- Thank You for Not Kissing 9x19 -- Apr 10, 2018 -- Bat Out of Heck 9x20 -- May 01, 2018 -- Great Heckspectations 9x21 -- May 08, 2018 -- The Royal Flush 9x22 -- May 15, 2018 -- Split Decision 9x23 -- May 22, 2018 -- A Heck of a Ride, Part One 9x24 -- May 22, 2018 -- A Heck of a Ride, Part Two
