9.3/10768 votesLoading...#1 - A Heck of a Ride: Part One
Season 9 Episode 23 - Aired 5/22/2018
After nine hilarious and heartfelt seasons, 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.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Eileen Heisler, DeAnn Heline
9.2/10409 votesLoading...#2 - A Heck of a Ride: Part Two
Season 9 Episode 24 - Aired 5/22/2018
The series concludes as the family escorts Axl to Colorado. Meanwhile the long affair of the snow globe and its relation to Sean and Sue's relationship comes to a head.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Eileen Heisler, DeAnn Heline
8.7/10476 votesLoading...#3 - 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.
Director: Eileen Heisler
Writer: Eileen Heisler, DeAnn Heline
8.4/10417 votesLoading...#4 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/10410 votesLoading...#5 - 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.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Tim Hobert
8.4/10421 votesLoading...#6 - Halloween VI: Tick Tock Death
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2015
Each member of the Heck family finds themselves in situations reminiscent of "The Twilight Zone."
Director: Elliot Hegarty
Writer: Tim Hobert
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8.4/10350 votesLoading...#7 - The Show Must Go On
Season 7 Episode 24 - Aired 5/18/2016
In the seventh-season finale, Frankie's determined to ensure Brick can sing at his middle-school graduation after his performance is cut; and Sue feels conflicted after learning she needs to be at Dollywood on the same day as Brick's ceremony. Meanwhile, Axl starts a new job as a country-club counselor and gets mocked by a 10-year-old version of himself.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/10364 votesLoading...#8 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/10389 votesLoading...#9 - 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.
Director: Phil Traill
Writer: Tim Hobert
8.3/10346 votesLoading...#10 - 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,
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/10363 votesLoading...#11 - The Walk
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 3/26/2014
Frankie and Mike run into old acquaintances, Sue gets several dates to the prom, and Brick gets Axl's help for a book report.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: David S. Rosenthal
8.2/10347 votesLoading...#12 - The Par-tay
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 4/4/2017
Mike's friendship with Bill Norwood is in jeopardy after Bill gets angry when Mike poaches his plumber at a reduced rate; Frankie is disappointed when Sue refuses to tell.....
Director: N/A
Writer: Ilana Wernick
8.2/10321 votesLoading...#13 - 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.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Roy Brown
8.2/10322 votesLoading...#14 - Split Decision
Season 9 Episode 22 - Aired 5/15/2018
Frankie makes it her mission to sway Axl from taking the job in Denver; Sue is depressed over Sean leaving for Ghana; Brick buys a huge amount of lawn chairs to replace the one he's been using for nine years.
Director: Danny Salles
Writer: Tim Hobert
8.1/10407 votesLoading...#15 - Taking Back the House
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/2011
After years of being at their kids' beck-and-call and never having time for themselves, Frankie and Mike decide to take charge of their lives and regain control over the Heck household. But Axl, Sue and Brick don't plan on going down without a fight.
Director: Barnet Kellman
Writer: Eileen Heisler, DeAnn Heline
8.1/10326 votesLoading...#16 - Floating 50
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/2016
Mike enlists Axl and Brick's help to throw a surprise party for Frankie's 50th birthday. Meanwhile, Sue is mocked after posting a flyer for her missing sock in the dorm laundry room; and Coach Babbitt is determined to turn Brick into an athlete after he turns in a project about how he can't play sports.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Rich Dahm
8.1/10344 votesLoading...#17 - The Final Final
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 5/9/2017
Frankie, Mike and Brick begin to notice that their luck has changed dramatically for the better after the Prairie Scouts accidentally paint the Donahue's address on their curb; and after missing his final college test before he graduates, Axl pleads with his teacher to let him take it, otherwise he won't be able to graduate. Meanwhile, Sue confides to Brad that her sophomore year in college was kind of a letdown. But a chance to speak to students at her former high school about college life leads her to a realization about her status as a student while at Orson High. A talk with Brad leads into an impromptu musical number about Sue's many accomplishments over the years.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10316 votesLoading...#18 - Great Heckspectations
Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 5/1/2018
Frankie has to force Brick into asking Cindy to the high school prom but worries that his quirkiness could spoil the happy event; Lexie talks a clueless Axl into giving Sue a belated 21st birthday present; and Mike becomes frustrated over how to get used to a new TV remote.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Roy Brown
8.0/10458 votesLoading...#19 - 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.
Director: Wendey Stanzler
Writer: Eileen Heisler, DeAnn Heline
8.0/10375 votesLoading...#20 - The Sit Down
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/22/2012
The kids have a meeting with Frankie and Mike about their parenting techniques, and they are thrown for a loop, when their parents attempt to change.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Tim Hobert
8.0/10355 votesLoading...#21 - Valentine's Day IV
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/2013
Axl and his friends, Darrin and Sean, offer to help guys break up with their girlfriends; Sue's ex-boyfriend, Matt, invites her to a Valentine's Day dance at school; Mike accidentally sends a romantic text to a co-worker instead of to Frankie.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10357 votesLoading...#22 - Wheel of Pain
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/27/2013
When Axl, Sue and Brick accidentally break the family room window, they decide to blame the Glossner children -- the bad seeds of the neighborhood; Frankie tries to land a prime dental rotation spot.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Michael Saltzman
8.0/10353 votesLoading...#23 - Orlando
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 5/21/2014
Sue looks forward to the trip to Walt Disney World; Brick begs his parents to take him to meet his online girlfriend; Axl waits to learn his final grades.
Director: Eileen Heisler
Writer: David S. Rosenthal
8.0/10350 votesLoading...#24 - Thanksgiving VI
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/2014
Thanksgiving for the Hecks at a local restaurant buffet doesn't go well when Sue feels that Mike doesn't like her boyfriend, Darrin, and Brick invites his quirky girlfriend, Cindy.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Tim Hobert
8.0/10337 votesLoading...#25 - The College Tour
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 12/3/2014
Mike accompanies Sue on a college tour weekend. Frankie leaves Brick with babysitters and a school project while she goes to watch Axl play in his first college football game.
Director: Blake T. Evans
Writer: Rich Dahm
The Best Episodes of The Middle
Every episode of The Middle ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Middle!
The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana.
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC
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Best Episodes Summary
"A Heck of a Ride: Part One" is the best rated episode of "The Middle". It scored 9.3/10 based on 768 votes. Directed by Lee Shallat Chemel and written by Eileen Heisler, DeAnn Heline, it aired on 5/22/2018. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Heck of a Ride: Part Two".
