Season 1 (2009)

Pilot
6.5

September 30, 2009 • 22m

The pilot episode of the American television series The Middle, written by DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler and directed by Julie A...Read more

The Cheerleader
6.6

October 7, 2009 • 22m

Trying to save her job, Frankie organizes a publicity stunt by filling a car with jelly beans. Meanwhile, Sue fails to make the sw...Read more

The Floating Anniversary
6.3

October 14, 2009 • 22m

Frankie and Mike's romantic anniversary get-away is ruined by various family matters, including Brick being sick, Sue being lovesi...Read more

The Trip
6.8

October 21, 2009 • 22m

Sue sells sausage and cheese samples for the school. All her efforts go in vain as the school fails to see this. Frankie demands h...Read more

The Block Party
6.5

October 28, 2009 • 22m

Brick's teachers tell Frankie and Mike that he is "socially challenged". Mike believes that enrolling Brick on a basketball team i...Read more

The Front Door
6.4

November 4, 2009 • 22m

When Axl accidentally breaks down the front door, Mike insists that, he fix it in order to teach him a lesson, which leaves the He...Read more

The Scratch
6.3

November 18, 2009 • 22m

Frankie accidentally hits Brick in the head with a beer bottle when trying to get the trash out before the garbage truck leaves. B...Read more

Thanksgiving
6.2

November 25, 2009 • 22m

Frankie's plan to have an idyllic family Thanksgiving backfires when Mr. Ehlert demands his staff work over the holiday. Brick goe...Read more

Siblings
6.0

December 2, 2009 • 22m

Frankie encounters two perfect siblings and vows to make her children stop fighting and become a loving family. Meanwhile, Aunt Ed...Read more

Christmas
7.0

December 9, 2009 • 22m

Mike takes over the responsibility of organizing the Heck family Christmas while Frankie practices for a solo that she is singing ...Read more

The Jeans
6.6

January 6, 2010 • 22m

A hormonally charged Sue wants a cool pair of jeans in order to fit in with her peers, resulting in Frankie and Mike enduring the ...Read more

The Neighbor
7.5

January 6, 2010 • 22m

When Sue has a run-in with her sons, Frankie fears that a confrontation with the trasy neighbor may be at hand. Meanwhile, Axl att...Read more

The Interview
6.8

January 13, 2010 • 22m

Mike loses his job when the plant shuts down for scientific research after he discovers a dinosaur bone in the quarry. However, Mi...Read more

The Yelling
6.7

February 3, 2010 • 22m

Frankie makes a deal with her kids, that if they do their homework and keep chores she won't nag them. Meanwhile, Mike takes a job...Read more

Valentine's Day
6.6

February 10, 2010 • 22m

Valentine's Day unexpectedly finds Frankie and Mike home alone and ready for a romantic evening while Brick is away at his first s...Read more

The Bee
5.6

March 3, 2010 • 22m

When Mike discovers that Brick is a spelling whiz and won the school spelling bee, he puts all his efforts into training him to wi...Read more

The Break Up
6.2

March 10, 2010 • 22m

Axl is heartbroken when his girlfriend (Alexa Vega) breaks up with him; Sue and Brick watch a scary movie.

The Fun House
6.8

March 24, 2010 • 22m

Frankie fears for her job when a motivational consultant comes to get the sale team into shape. While Frankie is putting in many e...Read more

The Final Four
6.4

March 31, 2010 • 22m

Mike's dream comes to fruition when Frankie's boss, Mr. Ehlert, offers him two tickets to the Final Four. Unfortunately, Frankie's...Read more

TV or Not TV
6.8

April 14, 2010 • 22m

After failing to pay the electric bill on time, the electric company shuts off the Heck's power. This leads Frankie and Mike to cu...Read more

Worry Duty
6.6

April 28, 2010 • 22m

Frankie is worried that Axl's going to get his heart crushed again when his on-again/off-again girlfriend, Morgan (Alexa Vega, "Sp...Read more

Mother's Day
6.2

May 5, 2010 • 22m

Mother's Day for Frankie is anything but serene when she finds herself doing more for Mike and the kids and less for herself. But ...Read more

Signals
6.4

May 12, 2010 • 22m

Frankie points out to Mike that his social ineptness has been passed on to Brick, leading Mike to decide that both he and Brick ne...Read more

Average Rules
6.8

May 19, 2010 • 22m

Parent-Teacher conferences cause Frankie to worry about the kids. In them she's told Axl is gifted but not applying himself, that ...Read more