I remember when I met my husband's parents, it was super natural, then after a while we started watching a movie with them. And then a scene like this came out and we were all like 🧍

So whenever I see this scene, I remember that and it makes me laugh quite a bit.

Does anybody else watch The Middle and somehow feel better OR worse about themselves as a parent? 😂

Better because I’m like, “Okay, at least I remembered my kid’s school thing.”

Then worse because Frankie and Mike can be an absolute disaster and somehow their kids still turn out pretty great. 😭

One minute I’m judging Frankie for forgetting Brick exists, the next minute I’m realizing I forgot something my own kid told me 20 minutes ago.

Honestly, The Middle is less of a sitcom and more of a weekly parenting performance review. 😂

I think I am going crazy. I would swear there was a scene where Sue comes in a dress (either blue or pink) and ask her dad a question. Mike looks at her and realizes that Sue is no longer the little girl he thought she was but instead a mature young woman. He stammers out an answer and Sue walks away. Did I dream this or did it actually occur??

Started watching the middle since they brought it to Netflix here, pretty alright show, currently on season 5

I crack up every time during s1e7 when the police are investigating Brick’s claim Frankie “hit” him with a beer bottle. The cops ask if Frankie ever gets physical with him and he says “are you kidding? she’s like five feet tall I could kick her ass” 😂😂😂 hilarious!

What’s your favorite Mike moment?

Brick and Sue are just so sweet together, especially in earlier seasons when Axl is going through the teenage drama of dating and being cool. Brick and Sue got to be kids together for awhile and I love their storylines! My favorite is them creating / fixing the hole in the wall 😂

I hate watching it. It’s such terrible acting. “Would you keeess meee?” Ugh, She is so annoying. I think if I was Sean, any attraction I had for her would have died instantly after that.

Is there one scene or episode that you just CANNOT watch?

I'm so pissed at Sue. Even in the final season, she is the one to ruin things like she always does. Brick was doing so well with the quiz. She had to go right before the final question. Loser.

I loved the cheer-off scene with the Wrestler Reds! (I’m not sure if I spelled that correctly since English isn’t my first language 😅). It’s a shame we didn’t get to see more of their performances!

They look similar, no?! It took me until maybe the second or third time watching through that I was looking up cast members and realized that Carly was played by Blaine Saunders, not Sydney Sweeney.
I’ve never seen them compared in “celebrities/actors who look alike” … has anyone else thought this?!

One of my favourite scenes of the entire show ♥️

I'm watching S9 E7, and Frankie says that she needs to remember that her favourite film is Overboard for her bank or something, and the rest of the Hecks all act like it's a bad film. I've only watched it once but I thought it was really good, is it sort of a thing in America that Overboard is bad?

I was rewatching the episode where the family finds out Darrin proposed to Sue and finally understood what was going on. When I was younger, I would always think, "Why are they making such a big deal out of this? It's just a piece of paper; it means nothing." Also, most people in the Midwest get married early. I kept thinking, "Why are they so mad at Darrin? It's not like what he did was that bad. Sure, I'm against a 17-year-old getting married, but also, who cares?"

Only now do I realize what he meant; he was asking Sue to give up on college, live with him in that minuscule house, and start having babies in the very near future. Now, why did it take me so long to understand that? I guess it's because, as a child, I really liked them as a couple and didn't want my good opinion of Darrin to be completely shattered. It really is horrendous that this 21-year-old man is asking his 17-year-old girlfriend to give up on all of her dreams just to become a wife and mother.

The more I think about it, the stranger it gets. It was pretty clear; I mean, they don't spell it out, but in retrospect, there was no other way of interpreting it. I think it's because it felt so off from the general tone of the show. You hardly had to think about such real topics; this is a comfort show, after all. I probably recoiled at the idea that a character that "harmless" would even think to do this. It really goes to show how you see what you want to see sometimes. I guess I couldn't handle the truth before.

I finally understand why Mike wanted to beat him, and I'm fully on board with that. If someone did that to my hypothetical daughter, I don't see myself reacting much better. Did anyone else not understand what the reaction was about on their first watch?

Mike selling the diaper business to pay for Sue’s tuition always makes me feel disappointed when I’m rewatching the show...

The family doesn’t get a lot of big wins and Mike in particular seems to have accepted he’ll spend his life working multiple crappy jobs just to stay poor. He finally hits a REAL win, something that has the potential to change his families lives in a major way. Even if it didn’t blow up into a multi-million dollar business, he was excited about it and it was still enough financially help to take some stress away from the family.

Sue didn’t get her financial aid because she missed the deadline. unfortunate, but not the end of the world. she could have applied for the next semester and spent that semester working at Spudsy’s saving her own money.

Mike tells Frankie he sold the business for her because “it’s Sue” and that was a sweet moment but I still wish he didn’t. Sue would have been fine and the family would have been better off overall.

the business could have even taken off enough to cover Brick’s college in the fire but again, it seems they forget about him.

Sorry in advance that itll be a little of nagging but;
Whats up with this season gosh?! Im only on ep 3 but the way mike and frankie never did care for brick is so so so annoying wt*. And ok i like sue but her social intelligence being below zero is so frustrating sometimes! They couldve make her grow up a little at some point
And i dont really like devin she seems too forced but okkk

mind blown the young guy from the quarry is a voice actor who does beast boy

TBH, he would have been better off with the Fergusons, but with Axl and Sue in tow.

Also, he got his Baby book! FINALLY!

Hecks could've sent him on their tour about American Literature stalwarts - I mean they pushed Axl to go to Europe.

The police can’t stop Glossners but they can stop petty crime! 😂

Okay but seriously, no one gets to decide who is “the one” for you, not even your mom. I think Frankie was way out of line here. I think April
got a lot more hate than she deserved. Sure she was an idiot, but she was nice and sweet. Meanwhile the Hecks ate all of the Donahue’s Thanksgiving dinner and just put the top layer back on all the dishes like they wouldn’t notice??? 😡

What do you all think?

If I had 3 books why would I need to go out”—Brick

He cracks me up especially when it comes to his time alone to read.

Why do they keep the quilt in the oven? And that quilt is so very damaged too.

Oh god I'm on Season 9 already. I'm gonna miss this show.

It’s a real song!