The BEST episodes of The Middle season 6

Every episode of The Middle season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Middle season 6!

Frankie Heck and her husband Mike have lived in Orson, Indiana, their whole lives. A man of few words (every one a zinger), Mike is a manager at the town quarry and Frankie is the third-best used car salesman (out of the three) at the local dealership. She may not be a high-powered career woman, but when it comes to her family, she'll go to just about any length. And with kids like these, she had better. There's Axl, her semi-nudist teenage son conceived while under the influence of Guns N' Roses; Sue, the awkward teenage daughter who fails at everything... but with the utmost of gusto; and their seven-year-old son Brick, whose best friend is his backpack. Sometimes it seems like everyone is trying to get to the top, or struggling not to hit bottom, but we think Frankie and her family will find a lot of love, and a lot of laughs, somewhere in "The Middle".

Last Updated: 9/24/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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The Graduate
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7.93
543 votes

#1 - 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.

Directors: Eileen Heisler
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While You Were Sleeping
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7.78
564 votes

#2 - While You Were Sleeping

Season 6 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/29/2015

Frankie and Mike struggle to stay awake when watching a movie during a cozy date night at home. Meanwhile, a handsome mall employee asks Sue to her senior prom and Axl and Brick hope to find success with a barbecue sauce they've created.

Directors: Blake T. Evans
Writer: Roy Brown
Watch Now:Amazon
A Quarry Story
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7.77
502 votes

#3 - A Quarry Story

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/14/2015

Frankie must work at Ehlert Motors for one day in order to collect her pay on an old, uncashed paycheck, Mike offers Sue a part-time job at the quarry, and Mike’s dad attempts to persuade a lazy Axl to help replace the damaged kitchen sink.

Directors: Clare Kilner
Watch Now:Amazon
The Answer
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7.77
584 votes

#4 - The Answer

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/18/2015

The Heck family learns about Darrin’s marriage proposal to Sue…as well as her response. Meanwhile, Axl attempts to use his intro to Psych class to cure Brick of all of his quirks and tics.

Directors: Phil Traill
Writer: Tim Hobert
Watch Now:Amazon
Valentine's Day VI
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7.72
537 votes

#5 - Valentine's Day VI

Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/11/2015

Valentine's Day aims its sights on the Heck kids when a nervous Brick finds out that his quirky girlfriend Cindy wants him to kiss her on the special day, Darrin asks Frankie and Mike to help out with an exciting scavenger hunt he's putting together for Sue, and Axl begins to question his girlfriend Devin's request that he not give her anything for what she considers to be a lame tradition.

Writer: Richard Dahm
Watch Now:Amazon
Halloween V
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7.70
597 votes

#6 - Halloween V

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/2014

Frankie and Mike are surprised when Brick invites a girl over to the house to hang out; Sue tries to organize a screening of a holiday classic in a pumpkin patch; Axl is locked inside the library.

Writer: Robin Shorr
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Unbraceable You
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7.69
632 votes

#7 - Unbraceable You

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2014

Frankie discovers school started a week earlier than she thought, forcing Sue and Brick to scramble to make up missed time; Sue gets her braces removed; Mike loses to Axl at basketball for the first time; Brick looks for the perfect book bag.

Writer: Tim Hobert
Thanksgiving VI
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7.68
609 votes

#8 - Thanksgiving VI

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/2014

With the Heck house in disarray due to the kitchen sink hole and miniature dining room table, Frankie suggests that the family enjoy a Thanksgiving feast at the local King's Feast buffet. But all does not run so smoothly when Sue invites her boyfriend Darrin to dine with the family and gets the feeling that Mike doesn't like him very much, Brick invites his quirky girlfriend Cindy, and Axl is forced by Frankie to invite a girl he doesn't even know to the holiday meal.

Writer: Tim Hobert
The Waiting Game
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7.64
562 votes

#9 - The Waiting Game

Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/25/2015

Frankie nervously waits to see if Sue got into any of the many colleges she applied too.

Directors: Danny Salles
Writer: Katy Ballard
The College Tour
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7.62
581 votes

#10 - The College Tour

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/3/2014

Mike accompanies Sue on a college tour weekend, and Frankie abandons Brick with a school project and a revolving door of babysitters while she goes to see Axl play in his first college football game.

Directors: Blake T. Evans
Writer: Richard Dahm
Mother's Day Reservations
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7.60
533 votes

#11 - Mother's Day Reservations

Season 6 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/6/2015

Mike's incompetence threatens to ruin Frankie's Mother's Day. Mike tells Axl, Sue, and Brick to put some effort into a gift for Frankie. Frankie asks the kids how they would differ from her as parents.

Writer: Richard Dahm
Steaming Pile of Guilt
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7.58
515 votes

#12 - Steaming Pile of Guilt

Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/25/2015

Frankie realizes that she and the family forgot to celebrate Brick's 13th birthday.

Writer: Robin Shorr
The Table
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7.58
664 votes

#13 - The Table

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2014

When Frankie finds a dining room set online for $50, she gives the family's old table to Axl; Sue is angry when her boyfriend gives her a gift that he had also given to his ex-girlfriend.

Writer: Roy Brown
The Christmas Wall
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7.56
558 votes

#14 - The Christmas Wall

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/2014

Frankie loses her Christmas spirit, Mike unsuccessfully tries to exchange the new family Christmas tree, and a fight over Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer threatens to break up BossCo.

Writer: Roy Brown
The Sinkhole
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7.54
610 votes

#15 - The Sinkhole

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/2014

The Heck house once again throws a curve ball to the family when the kitchen sink caves in and drops out of sight, causing Frankie to have to wash the dishes with the outside hose. Meanwhile, Sue is informed that, since Wrestlerettes does not qualify for P.E. credit, she needs to master tinikling -- a difficult dance routine for a clumsy Sue -- to get the credit she needs to graduate, and after Brick accidentally breaks Mike's lawn mower, he takes Axl's advice to try and play the hero card by taking his dad's wallet then returning it later, thinking this will divert Mike's attention away from the busted mower.

Directors: Melissa Kosar
Writer: Katy Ballard
Major Anxiety
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7.52
640 votes

#16 - Major Anxiety

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2014

In an effort to be more social, Brick decides to go to the fall dance; Axl panics when he realizes the deadline to declare a major is looming; Sue starts drinking coffee in order to appear more sophisticated.

Directors: Phil Traill
Writer: Richard Dahm
Two of a Kind
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7.51
560 votes

#17 - Two of a Kind

Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/22/2015

When Frankie's uncle contacts her dad hoping to make amends, Frankie and Mike are caught in the middle of their feud; Sue turns to Axl for advice when she is sent to detention for the first time.

Directors: Danny Salles
Writer: Tim Hobert
Siblings and Sombreros
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7.51
570 votes

#18 - Siblings and Sombreros

Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/8/2015

Sue gets furious with Axl for forgetting a sombrero he promised to bring her, and Frankie's attempt to resolve their quarrel only makes things worse. Elsewhere, Mike is astonished to discover that Brick was named Athlete of the Month at middle school.

Directors: Melissa Kosar
Food Courting
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7.49
580 votes

#19 - Food Courting

Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/15/2015

A case of disrespect hits the Heck boys when Axl -- who is celebrating his milestone 21st birthday -- refuses to come home and help Mike move an old freezer, and Brick begins turning into a mini-Axl by dissing Frankie with a bad attitude. Meanwhile, Sue is torn over what to do when the manager of Chop Suey USA tries to woo her away from her job at Spudsy's.

Directors: Blake T. Evans
Flirting with Disaster
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7.49
497 votes

#20 - Flirting with Disaster

Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/2015

Frankie fears that her innocent flirtation with Axl’s friend has been misinterpreted, and Frankie’s dad, Tag, secretly asks Mike to help him study for his driver’s test so that he doesn't lose his license.

Directors: Phil Traill
Writer: Roy Brown
Operation Infiltration
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7.47
556 votes

#21 - Operation Infiltration

Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/1/2015

Frankie accompanies Brick on a school field trip and attempts to help her socially inept son make friends with a couple of boys. Devin scolds Axl for being mean to his sister. Mike gets a sinking feeling that he may have bullied his brother Rusty a bit too much as kids.

Directors: Melissa Kosar
Hecks on a Train
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7.39
509 votes

#22 - Hecks on a Train

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/4/2015

Upon learning that Aunt Edie has passed away, the Hecks board a train to South Dakota to take her to her final resting place.

Writer: Tim Hobert
The Loneliest Locker
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7.37
599 votes

#23 - The Loneliest Locker

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2014

Mike and Frankie search for second jobs in order to send Sue to a good college; without asking, Axl takes household items to furnish the home he and Hutch are renting; Brick finds noisy childhood toys Frankie had purposefully hidden.

Directors: Blake T. Evans
Pam Freakin' Staggs
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7.11
500 votes

#24 - Pam Freakin' Staggs

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/7/2015

Frankie acts like a teenager when she hangs out with Pam Staggs, a former classmate who was popular in high school. Meanwhile, Brick surprises Mike by winning an athletic award; Sue pursues some odd hobbies; and Axl seeks a date with Devin Levin.

Directors: Elliot Hegarty