The Middle

On the season premiere, Frankie gets accused of being an over-protective mother, when she tries to explain Brick’s eccentricities to his new third grade teacher (DORIS ROBERTS).

Frankie and Mike must choose which of them is going to proudly walk Axl onto the field at Homecoming…or wait for Sue to stagger over the finish line at her first cross-country meet.

Frankie is humiliated when a store clerk mistakenly assumes that she’s shopping for adult diapers when she’s actually looking for baby diapers for Sue’s babysitting job.

When Axl is suspended from school, Mike forces him to go to work at the quarry to teach him a lesson. And Frankie blames herself when Sue’s cross-country team is cut by the school.

Frankie convinces Mike and the kids that the Heck family should host a foreign exchange student from Japan to expose him to life in an average American family.

Frankie wants Mike to wear a costume to the neighborhood Halloween party, and Sue’s spirits are lifted when Reverend TimTom (PAUL HIPP) returns to host a Halloween church event.

For his birthday present, Brick demands that Frankie and Mike tell him the true story about the day he was born – which has always remained a Heck family secret.

Brick wants his independence from being Frankie’s weekend errand boy and pleadswih her to let him stay home alone. Axl tries to grow a beard – with mixed results.

Mike's brother visits for Thanksgiving.

Frankie’s plans to have a simple holiday are threatened when her parents (guest stars MARSHA MASON & JERRY VAN DYKE) come to town to spend the 12 days of Christmas with the family.

Frankie and Mike decide it’s time to regain control over their lives and the Heck household after years of bing at their kids’ beck and call.

Mike freezes Frankie out because he can't fathom how she inadvertently paid $200 for a small bottle of eye cream that she thought was priced at $20.

As the Super Bowl approaches, Mike is thrilled when Brick takes his advice and studies up on football in order to understand and talk the sport.

As Valentine's Day approaches, Frankie becomes elated when elusive son Axl asks her to accompany him to help pick out a present and choose a restaurant to impress his mysterious new girlfriend -- who may be way out of his league.

Fearing that a friendless Brick could be missing out on his childhood, Frankie makes it her mission to find a suitable friend for him.

After Sue wins a family trip to New York, Murphy's Law goes into full effect and it's anything but a smooth flight, when the Hecks board a plane and fly to the Big Apple.

Frankie once again goes head-to-head with Brick's third grade teacher, Ms. Rinsky (guest star DORIS ROBERTS), when Brick gets a 'D' on his math test, and Frankie thinks bad teaching skills are to blame.

Spring Break turns out to be anything but peaceful when the Hecks attempt to clean up 20 years of junk accumulated throughout the house. But digging up the past leads to things that were better left buried and forgotten.

After receiving multiple warnings about leaving his dirty, smelly socks lying around the house, Mike has finally had enough and punishes Axl by forbidding him to play in the final school basketball game of the season.

Obsessed with the upcoming royal wedding, Frankie shocks her family when she treats the event like the Super Bowl and begins purchasing commemorative "tchotchkes" -- as well as an expensive HDTV -- to enjoy the festivities.

Mother's Day turns out to be anything but serene for Frankie

After learning that Axl text-invited the wrong girl to prom and plans to solve the situation by standing her up, Frankie and Mike demand that he meet the girl face-to-face in a timely manner to gently break off the date.

Frankie and Mike attempt to cure Brick of his irrational fear of crossing over bridges.

With only three days left until summer vacation, Frankie is ecstatic that she's made it through another school year with the family.