The BEST episodes of The Middle

#1 - A Heck of a Ride (2)

Season 9 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/22/2018

#2 - A Heck of a Ride (1)

Season 9 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/22/2018

A Heck leaves the nest as the family takes a road trip to Denver, where Axl will start his new job - and new life away from home.

#3 - Last Whiff of Summer (1)

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2012

Mike accidentally reveals that Axl is his favorite child; Brick tries to grow a giant tomato; Sue encourages her father to participate in a variety of activities with her.

#4 - The Walk

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/26/2014

Frankie and Mike run into old acquaintances; Sue gets several dates to the prom; Brick gets Axl's help for a book report.

#5 - Last Whiff of Summer (2)

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/2012

#6 - The 200th

Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/2017

Frankie remembers she has to come up with something to place in the time capsule; Bill Norwood informs Mike that he and Paula are separating; Brick tries to win Cindy back; Axl volunteers Sue to be his personal assistant

#7 - The Guidance Counselor

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/2/2012

Sue finds a kindred spirit in her awkward school guidance counselor, Jane Marsh (Whoopi Goldberg), who inspires her to reinvent herself. Meanwhile, Frankie is ecstatic when she and Mike buy a much needed new bed but is gobsmacked when her stubborn husband insists on assembling it himself; and Brick attempts to call the President to outlaw the Presidential Fitness Challenge, which would force him to accomplish some strenuous physical exercises at school.

#8 - Fight or Flight

Season 8 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/16/2017

Having finally graduated college, Axl tells Frankie and Mike that he's planning on going to Europe over the summer with Kenny. Although Frankie thinks this is a great once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Mike is less than pleased and thinks his slacker son should be putting all of his summer efforts into finding a job. Meanwhile, Sue begins to panic after she barely scrapes a parked SUV and doesn't hear back from the owner after leaving several notes on the windshield, and Brick discovers that his sudden onset of backaches is due to not sitting in his lawn chair, which was replaced by a normal kitchen-table chair.

#9 - Average Rules

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/19/2010

Parent-Teacher conferences cause Frankie to worry about the kids. In them she's told Axl is gifted but not applying himself, that her teachers still do not know who Sue is, and Brick may have to repeat the second-grade due to failure to return over 30 library books. Guest star Betty White as the school librarian.

#10 - The Wonderful World of Hecks

Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/21/2014

A series of unfortunate events threaten to spoil the trip to Walt Disney World.

#11 - The Graduate

Season 6 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/13/2015

Sue prepares for her graduation and worries the day won't go perfectly. Meanwhile, Brick gets the opportunity to skip a year in school and Axl grows concerned about Devin's fun summer pictures she posted on social media.

#12 - Halloween II

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/2011

After being embarrassed over wearing a childish costume at a high school Halloween costume party and being ignored by the guys, Sue asks a flabbergasted Mike for his advice on what boys want when it comes to girls. Meanwhile, Frankie reluctantly volunteers to take Brick's socially awkward school social skills group trick-or-treating, and Axl and his friends devise a plan to trick rather than treat the neighborhood kids on Halloween.

#13 - Split Decision

Season 9 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/15/2018

Now that Frankie knows Axl was offered a job in Denver, she makes it her mission to sway him from taking it and moving away. Meanwhile, the usually overly optimistic Sue is depressed over Sean leaving for Ghana, without ever expressing her feelings for him; and Brick drives everyone crazy when he buys a huge amount of lawn chairs to replace the one he’s been using for nine years.

#14 - Bunny Therapy

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/2012

Brick is given a bunny to help him with a quirky new tic.

#15 - The Show Must Go On

Season 7 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/18/2016

After almost forgetting that Brick's middle school graduation is only days away, Frankie goes on a mission to right a wrong when Brick discovers that the song he was supposed to sing at the ceremony has been cut. Meanwhile, Sue needs to be at Dollywood to begin her summer job on the same day as Brick's graduation, and Axl takes a job as a country club counselor and finds himself being mocked by a 10-year-old carbon copy of himself.

#16 - Exes and Ohhhs

Season 8 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/14/2017

Axl is startled to run into nearly all of his former flames at a St. Patrick's Day party leaving him to wonder if it is a sign about his love life; Brick buys an old microfiche machine at a library sale, leaving Frankie and Mike less than thrilled.

#17 - A Very Marry Christmas

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/13/2016

As Christmas approaches, Sue keeps a holiday secret from the family. After agreeing to watch the neighbor’s three kids, Brick finds himself trying to hide from them as they had such a good time that they keep wanting to come over and play. Mike doesn’t know how to react when Bill Norwood gives him a Christmas gift for the first time ever,

#18 - Halloween IV: The Ghost Story

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2013

Sue holds a seance with her friends; the football team stops Axl from attending the Halloween party in his room; the family tries to give Brick advice about girls.

#19 - Risky Business

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2015

Mike surprises Frankie when he wants to be involved in his brother's crazy business scheme; Axl goes to extreme measures to prove he can handle Mike's new motorcycle; and Sue begins living in her car to avoid her horrible roommate.

#20 - Life Skills

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/2013

Axl feels embarrassed when he and Sue are asked to work on a school project together; Brick's school therapist (Dave Foley) tries to help him make friends.

#21 - Find My Hecks

Season 7 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/11/2016

Frankie figures out a way to secretly track Sue and Axl after they refuse to abide by their curfew while they're home for the summer. Meanwhile, Brick's determined to discover who else could be class valedictorian as middle-school graduation approaches.

#22 - Adult Swim

Season 8 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/18/2017

After Axl discovers that he doesn't have a decent suit to wear for business interviews, he is excited when Frankie agrees to take him shopping to help him find a suit; Mike threatens to get rid of the summer pool if Sue and Brick don't use it.

#23 - The Wedding

Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/23/2012

The Hecks are pleased to learn that Mike's brother, Rusty is getting married. However, the joy is short-lived, when they discover that the wedding is to be held at their house. Meanwhile, Brick cannot attend a party that same day, due to the nuptials.

#24 - The Christmas Tree

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/2013

Axl wants to spend time with his friends when he comes home for Christmas; Sue's allergies threaten to ruin her holiday; Brick's lie is uncovered.

#25 - Toasted

Season 9 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/27/2018

Frankie takes Sue to a bar to celebrate her 21st birthday; Mike begrudgingly accompanies Brick to a "Planet Nowhere" convention; Axl and Hutch drive to attend Kenny's wedding.