After discovering that Sue's life, as defined on Facebook, is pretty pathetic, Frankie creates an online alias (or two or three) and tries to make her daughter as popular as possible. Meanwhile, after reading Tuesdays with Morrie, Frankie's healthy dad, Tag, coerces Mike into listening to his long-winded life stories on a weekly basis; and Axl and Brick attempt to garner interest in getting a bunch of baby bunnies and kittens adopted by producing a viral video starring the animals in a James Bond knockoff.
Season 4 Episode 21 of The Middle resulted in a 2.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
s04e01 - Last Whiff of Summer, Part 1
s04e02 - Last Whiff of Summer, Part 2
s04e03 - The Second Act
s04e04 - Bunny Therapy
s04e05 - The Hose
s04e06 - Halloween III: The Driving
s04e07 - The Safe
s04e08 - Thanksgiving IV
s04e09 - Christmas Help
s04e10 - Twenty Years
s04e11 - Life Skills
s04e12 - One Kid at a Time
s04e13 - The Friend
s04e14 - The Smile
s04e15 - Valentine's Day IV
s04e16 - Winners and Losers
s04e17 - Wheel of Pain
s04e18 - The Name
s04e19 - The Bachelor
s04e20 - Dollar Days
s04e21 - From Orson with Love
s04e22 - Hallelujah Hoedown
s04e23 - The Ditch
s04e24 - The Graduation
Who are our modern day heroes? Politicians? Movie Stars? Athletes? Maybe... But what about the heroes of everyday life? Some of us think parents are heroes, and mothers are often super heroes. Meet Frankie Heck loving wife, mother of three and a car salesman at Jasper, Indiana's number one used car dealership. Frankie is middle class in the middle of the country and approaching middle age. Her super powers? Getting her kids out the door in one piece every morning! Jasper, Indiana is Frankie Heck's hometown a town nestled in between two factories. And depending on which way the wind blows, one day it will smell like snack cakes or another day, tires.
Frankie is trying to sell her first car at the local dealership while her husband, Mike, is a manager at the town quarry. Their oldest son, Elvis, just lost his best friend in an accident and is going through a bit of an identity crisis. Their daughter, Sue, is what you would call extraordinarily ordinary. However, this is not the case with their seven-year-old, Brick, who is different from other kids his age. Brick's best friend is his backpack.
The Middle gives you its take on life in the part of the country we don't often see. It may not be glamorous or showy, but it's a place where family comes first, and you do whatever it takes to keep your family together.