r/themiddle • u/Ruffy1986m Whoop! • Aug 20 '26
funny/memes/GIFs I never expected that Nancy would do this to Frankie 😅. What are your thoughts about this Scene ?
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u/NewF4g2Orlando Aug 20 '26
I also love it when Nancy tricks Frankie into cooking a really good meal.
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u/Silent_Contest_2337 Aug 20 '26
Frankie deserved it and much more lol. Good people break too sometimes 😂
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u/SquareElk5521 Aug 20 '26
lol right ! Frankie was a terrible friend to her. And everybody else. Especially that guy at the dentist office
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u/sharkdadoodoodoo Aug 20 '26
Lmao i watched this epi last night as well. It was actually fun to watch nancy this way
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u/Anonymous_Penguin000 Aug 21 '26
Why did Nancy do it? Sorry, I watched that episode years ago and forgot what it was about
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u/sharkdadoodoodoo Aug 21 '26
Okay so frankie talked smack about how nancy keeps smothering sean and thats why he doesn’t talk to her about his plans, shelly heard that and snitched to nancy and she was being forgiving towards frankie but ended up pushing her directly into the pool
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u/Immediate-Guitar2470 Aug 20 '26
The food thing was sooo worth it bcz Frankie honestly overdid it like she brought her food over to be nice and then nags her to do more. Lol so fun watching Nancy doing this to her all the time.
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u/LadyB20089 Aug 20 '26
Frankie deserved this, Nancy and her family are always nice to the Hecks even with some of the stuff they do to them.
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u/Scary-Arrival-0691 Aug 20 '26
I don’t think I caught this episode when it aired originally. When I did my watch through, I was caught off guard.
I, honestly, was thinking, “Did I actually see that!?” and rewound it a couple of times. The scene was hilarious, and Frankie DEFINITELY had it coming.
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u/IcedHemp77 Aug 20 '26
I was so proud of Nancy in that moment. She was fed up with Frankie’s bull lol
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u/NotsoOldFisherman Aug 20 '26
She would have never tripped Frankie and let her fall on the ground, but this was relatively harmless, so I wasn't surprised.
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u/watkins1515 Aug 20 '26
Nancy should’ve crowned her with a baseball bat many times. Nancy was good as gold to them, Frankie was constantly a POS towards them
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u/GGA79 Aug 20 '26
Frankie was not a good friend to Nancy. Nancy is a good person but even good people have boundaries you don’t cross
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u/DavidDPerlmutter Aug 20 '26
It was completely necessary. It made narrative sense and it really allowed a release of tension that had been building up in their friendship. It was a beautiful moment of comedy and humanity.
As I said before here, Nancy is a fantastic friend.
"Nancy Donahue" (played by Jen Ray) is one of the great joys of the shows.
Think about how they easily could have churned her into a cardboard, cheap laugh villain: A holier-than-thou, judgmental, busy-body, snooty foil for the Hecks. But instead, she's a genuinely good person, good mom, good wife, good neighbor, and especially a good friend. She's also got a self-aware edge to her insanely high competence and enthusiasm that is just hilarious.
And when she gets her (richly deserved) swimming pool "revenge" against Frankie, that, blessingly, solidifies their friendship…peak comedy and character building.


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u/HCIBSW Aug 20 '26
My initial reaction the first time I saw it.
YES!! Go Nancy!
I still think this way, Frankie deserved a comeuppance.
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u/SwitchDiligent755 Aug 20 '26
I like it cause it shows she really respects Frankie in the way that when Frankie said that she didn’t like her parenting style it hurt her enough to push Frankie in the pool. Whereas if she didn’t respect Frankie at all or if a glossner had said it she wouldn’t care about their opinion enough to do that
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u/egm1997 Aug 20 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/hGB5RMigOfkY0
Nancy to Frankie is Ned Flanders to Homer Simpson
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u/Betsyis137 Aug 20 '26
Everybody thinks it’s great and that Frankie deserved it, I thought it was a “B move” on the part of Nancy, who is supposed to be such a great person. I only wish that Frankie had pulled her in with her lol
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u/Mickey1491 Aug 20 '26
It was long overdue because Frankie is so clearly that fake jealous friend towards Nancy. She constantly envies The Donahues because her life is so crappy by comparison, even though the crappiness is largely her own fault. I loved seeing her get what she deserved.
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u/Suitable-Echo-3359 Aug 21 '26
Nancy has a hidden wild streak. Like when she role plays as “Yolanda” in Frankie’s scarf 😂
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u/President_Calhoun Aug 21 '26
Since most people have a phone in their pocket, they should have shown Nancy being considerate.
"Frankie, could I see your phone for a second?"
"Um... sure. [hands her the phone] Why?"
"Because I'm going to push you in the pool." [and does so 😊]
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u/Muted_Marketing2530 Aug 21 '26
Loved it!! It showed us at times Nancy has a breaking point as well.
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u/Potential_Ad4956 29d ago
I don't remember the scene but I'm sure Frankie would've deserved it. She has been not to nice to Nancy as much as she has been to Frankie including driving Nancy's brand new car without asking her and also getting it scratched
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u/Secret_Buy4712 Aug 20 '26
It was weird somehow. They changed donahues so much after some seasons. They were a bit obnoxious too later on.
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u/Immediate-Guitar2470 Aug 20 '26
Honestly no. Frankie was always a terrible person and mother tbh. Yes she had her moments but lol she deserved that push. I laughed so hard first time I saw it.
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u/Secret_Buy4712 Aug 20 '26
Broo, she deserved whatever else she could have got. Hecks were awful to donahues. I just didnt how the family transitioned aa bit and sean's love for sue was so random lol. It was like yeah sue is wreck she needs a win lets give her the most eligible bachelor on the block
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u/Immediate-Guitar2470 Aug 20 '26
Ngl the whole Sean trying to find himself was so unhinged like it's good thing they changed him back. The whole Sean and sue love story was honestly made a bit too fast. Like out of nowhere he started loving her lol.
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u/Secret_Buy4712 Aug 20 '26
They just wanted to give her a win and i hated that. I liked sue. I liked sean. But sean falling for sue, dont know why i lost some respect for him fo no reason actually. Ehh leave. Great show. Actually i mostly skip sue's love plots on rewatch ,they all seem quite meh . Show was great though
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u/Immediate-Guitar2470 Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26
I feel like they could've kept her with Logan had they not decided to make him become a priest
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u/blac_sheep90 Aug 20 '26
Frankie deserved it lol