The Middle

Before starting her new dental assisting job, Frankie makes a quick stop to pay a late power bill. When her uniform white lab coat has the other customers thinking she's a doctor, they let her cut in line. But when a client shows up who was at the power company, Frankie struggles to prolong the ruse, leaving Dr. Goodwin confused. Axl's out to ruin Sue's perfect school attendance by convincing her to ditch school for one day. Dr. Fulton attempts to find the reason behind Brick's opposition to transitioning to middle school. Mike and Axl's fishing trip is ruined when the boat becomes wedged into a ditch.

Frankie's decided to get something she actually wants for Mother's Day so she clues in the kids so they can pass it along to Mike. After she keeps failing the driving test, Sue goes to Reverend Tim Tom for advice on how to deal with her bitter feelings towards her friends who passed and got their driver licenses. Axl gets some stunningly news from Cassidy during the prom.

Frankie decides to beef up Sue's popularity on Facebook by creating several fictitious "friends". Tag's latest read, Tuesdays with Morrie, prompts him to force Mike to listen to his weekly long-winded stories. Brick and Axl need to find homes for some baby bunnies and kittens so they produce a video using the animals as characters in a James Bond knockoff.

Frankie graduates from dental assisting school but has trouble getting through a job interview. Axl's band gets their first paying gig but Sue, as Darrin's girlfriend, starts giving unwanted advice. Brick joins the Prairie Scouts which, in turn, lands Mike the job of leading the troop's camping trip.

Frankie can't hide her disappointment over whom "The Bachelor" chooses to marry. Sue joins the school's tennis team and Mike tries to toughen her up. After their big fight, Axl and Cassidy try to figure out where they both stand.

To help out while Frankie studies for her dental assistant school finals, her perfectionist sister, Janet, offers to help out around the house. Axl tries to act cool when Cassidy's ex-boyfriend drops in unexpectedly. Sue wants to change her middle name so her driver's license doesn't read Sue Sue Heck.

Frankie and Mike create a wheel of pain, where a spin lands them on a consequence, to get the kids to admit they broke the family room window. Frankie needs to suck up to Mrs. Armwood to get a prime dental rotation spot.

Frankie gets ready for her annual television watching of the Oscars but starts to worry about Brick taking a three-day school bus trip to Chicago. Sue decides to find out if Darrin likes her.

As Valentine's Day nears, killjoys Axl, Sean and Darrin offer their services to help guys who want to break up with their girlfriends. Mike's romantic text to Frankie erroneously gets sent to a co-worker. Brick has a problem with Frankie's handling of his school artwork collection. Sue gets a surprise when ex-boyfriend Matt invites her to the school's Valentine's Day dance.

Mike's upset when Frankie arranges him an adult playdate with a neighbor. Sue's Wrestlerettes are in for a fight when the school cheerleaders decide to take over cheering for the wrestling team. Brick has Axl wondering if he's intellectually stimulating enough for his new girlfriend.

Axl and Sue discover they're enrolled in the same Life Skills class, and to make matters worse, Axl is assigned Sue as his life skills partner. Dr. Fulton tries to teach Brick how to make friends. Frankie and Mike are forced to deal with an unreasonable insurance company when a tree branch breaks Frankie's windshield.

As Frankie and Mike's 20th anniversary nears, Sue does her best to involve Axl and Brick in putting together a party, while Frankie worries that Mike isn't interested in being with her anymore. After Axl reveals the ending of a book, Brick goes into a non-responsive state.

Mike finds out that the furniture he helped Rusty move into his garage doesn't really belong to Rusty. And once Axl discovers the furniture, he turns the garage into his own man cave. Frankie decides to get a part time job where she can use an employee discount on gifts. Reverend Tim Tom casts Brick in the holiday play and asks Sue to make cookies for it.

Frankie invites a couple of Marine's to celebrate Thanksgiving with them but her parents' constant bickering puts a damper on the festivities. As Axel finds himself falling for his tutor, he finds out his foot is healed and he can play in the big game. Sue looks for the person who stole the chicken head off of her school mascot uniform while Brick is totally absorbed by a book describing how "Love Story" was filmed.

Frankie's first day at school learning to be a dental assistant doesn't go so good. Frankie and Mike insist Axl better his grades when it looks like his broken foot will interfere with his chance of receiving a college sports scholarship. Sue and Brick think they've got an item that will fetch big money from the local pawn store.

Halloween is especially scary for the Hecks this year. Frankie and Mike need to teach Sue how to drive now that she has her learner's permit. Axl is excited that he gets to vote in his first election but Sue's adventure in driving may put a crimp in his football career. Brick changes after eating too much candy.

Rita's back and when her hose goes missing, she sets her sights on Frankie. Sue's first official road trip as mascot is coming up, but when she sneaks a look at Mike's paycheck, she reconsiders. Brick's sex education is covered at school, but Axl decides to supplement it with some graphic details.

Brick's new quirk is a source of concern for Frankie and Mike who seek out the school therapist for help. When it's suggested that getting Brick to bond with a small pet will help, the Heck's find themselves with a bad-tempered bunny. Once again Axl finds himself in trouble as homecoming approaches when he can't figure out which cheerleader he's dating is in fact his girlfriend. Sue makes the decision to try out for school mascot.

Frankie heads off to tech school when she's fired from Ehlert Motors. The new school year starts with Axl as a high school senior. Sophomore Sue decides to mentor a new freshman. Head-in-the-books Brick upsets Mike when he can't be bothered to meet Mike's new friends.

Once Mike lets it slip that Axl is his favorite, Frankie's plans for the summer are thwarted. Axl is forced to attend summer school to re-take his English class. Brick attends to his summer tomato project while Sue does her best to engage Mike so she can proceed with her scrapbook.

Rusty's wedding invitation arrives at the Heck house and, to Frankie and Mike's surprise, it lists their house as the site of the ceremony. Axl and his friends decide to find summer jobs by starting their own company. Brick finally accepts a fellow student's invitation to a party but Mike nixes that when he finds out it's on the same day as the wedding

Frankie uses Brick to keep tabs on what Axl and Sue are doing behind her back. When Sue finds Axl sneaking into the house late at night, she hold this over his head to force him to do whatever she asks of him. Mike has to attend Brick's Parent Day when Frankie can't get away from work.

Brick finds a not so lucky four-leaf clover. Frankie decides it's time to find some help for Aunt Edie. Axl does it again, he accidentally asks the wrong Ashley to the prom but, even worse, Darrin asks Sue to the prom. Big Mike thinks Mike's too soft on Brick which doesn't set well with Mike.

Sue bonds with her awkward school guidance counselor who motivates her to be a new person. Frankie starts out excited she's getting a new bed but is completely dumbfounded when Mike insists on putting it together himself. In an attempt to get the Presidential Fitness Challenge outlawed, Brick calls the President.

Frankie is inspired by the pastor's sermon at the new church the family is attending. She decides to make it her mission that every family member completes their life's destiny before they die. As Mike, Sue, Brick and Axl come up with ideas as to their destiny, Frankie has a hard time figuring out what exactly she should be doing.

Brick needs money to buy night vision goggles so he becomes a newspaper delivery boy. Matt's family moves to Chicago but Sue convinces herself they can maintain a long distance relationship. In the mean time, Sue adjusts to wearing full-on headgear. Mike's secret hoarding of batteries is discovered.

Sue's birthday is February 29 and, since this year is leap year, she has high hopes for a big celebration. Frankie finds out that tough guy Mike has a pet cat at work. While Brick becomes enamored with a cute girl at school, Axl is spellbound by the vacuum cleaner.