rfduncan

I did. I just didn't have anything to say about it. I thought it was great as usual, but I think you and I might be the only folks here watching.

boogieman03

I think I'm behind a week. I've got some serious dvr catching up to do.

Drav3n

I still watch it as well. Brick going off on Mike about the hardware store and his gloves were great.

pinata242

Weird Ashley

I still watch this show too and it's one of my favorites, for some reason.

skatefan20

Reverend TimTom to the rescue!

Haven't tuned into Extreme Makeover: Home Edition since probably the first season, but I'll definitely watch this Sunday's featuring The Middle cast.

I thought last year's Mother's Day ep was better with Frankie's comparison/contrasts to Mike's Father's day. Sue being fickle about her gift shop purchases was great.

rfduncan

Weird Ashley: I'm into wizards.
Frankie: Oh! Like Harry Potter!
Weird Ashley: Who?



I got a little misty with this episode with the exchange between Mike and Brick and then with Axel stepping up and doing the right thing. Also fun to see Sue "win" by sitting at the "B table" only to be like "meh" and move on.

CPA-ESQ.

My GF has a boring baby shower to go to on Sunday - so I've been saying "I guess I'll just have to go to Browne County by myself then"

I'm glad to see that they will be moving Sue to High School next year. I think the actress who plays her is 20 yrs old.

DJariya

By djariya at 2011-05-04

Synopsis:



Episode 24 of 24

pinata242

That synopsis makes it sound like a strange clip show. Too much to hope that if they do that it'd be like Community's?

rfduncan

I doubt it is a clip show if only because we've ever seen Axel doing community service. But didn't Brick have the same problem at the beginning of the school year with his summer journal?

pinata242

Right, but every solution seems to be looking back over the school year to a) fill out Brick's journal, b) prove Sue was at school, and c) find things that Axl can claim was community service.

It just sounds like a weird/fake clip show. We'll see.

JimRochester

No clip show. It pales compared to Modern Family but it is still one of my favorite shows. Axel has to be one of the funniest characters on TV

skatefan20

Much like last week, another great showcase for the Heck kids to shine. Not a clip show, but they had a sweet little clip montage towards the end.

Poor Barbara Hecky She is the MVP of this sophomore season in my book.

rfduncan

I agree. And Sue's reaction followed by the clips made me cry a little. Great way to end a fun season.

Evan Meadow

Axel always taking his clothes off the minute he gets home from anywhere always cracks me up because that's exactly what my brother was doing when he was that age the minute he got home from anywhere.

Drove me nuts!

Cusm

I really liked the "clips" they used from all the previous episodes, done really well.

DJariya

By djariya at 2011-09-13

1 Hour Season Premiere tonight. Yeah, another comedy getting 1 hour.

Synopsis:

With school about to start in a few days, Frankie realizes that she and Mike have barely spent time together with the kids over the summer, so she insists that they take a short family vacation. But when Mike decides that the perfect family getaway is a camping trip, memories of their campsite honeymoon 19 years earlier -- which was ruined by Nicky (Ray Romano), a sad-sack former high school acquaintance of Mike's -- come flashing back, on the Season Premiere of "The Middle," WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

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For some reason, The Middle has never been popular here. A few of us watch, so I think it deserves at least 1 thread for anyone who wants to bump this.

For the record, I think this show is very funny.

Deftones

I watch, but I'm usually like 3-4 episodes behind. It's definitely an underrated comedy, but it's not nearly as funny as Modern Family.

Gizmo

I think it's a great sitcom. Funny and not as annoying as other family sitcoms it replaced (i.e. Full House etc.). A bit edgy.

pinata242

I never feel my 22 minutes were wasted with this show. That said, an hour is a bit much to swallow right off the bat.

I do love Axel and Sue.

DJariya

I think we had this discussion months ago. You have some issue with comedies doing 1 hour episodes or airing 2 episodes in a row? Do you have some pressing yard work or cooking that needs to be done or something at 8pm?

You must be pulling your hair out since The Middle and Modern Family are both 1 hour tonight?

pinata242

Maybe I do, Mr. Judgmental! I don't know why I care, I watch them all while working the next day anyway. I think maybe it's because I only half watch, I feel like I'll somehow miss more when it's longer. It's not an exact science.

skatefan20

The Hasbro-MiltonBradley mashup Battle Boggle-opoly stretched a bit long.

"Wake up! Sue's got her period and there's a bear outside!"

rfduncan

I'd say it is more like Malcolm in the Middle. The Ray Romano-Patricia Heaton reunion was written well. I laughed quite a bit. Another episode where Axel is shirtless. Is that a requirement for every episode?

Gizmo

Stretching to an hour isn't such a hot idea. It was good, but felt like far too many moments of nothing.