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The Best Episodes of The Middle Season 4

Every episode of The Middle Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Middle Season 4!

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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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Middle Season 4 Episode 1 - Last Whiff of Summer (1)
    7.5/10(442 votes)

    #1 - Last Whiff of Summer (1)

    S4:E1

    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.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Middle Season 4 Episode 2 - Last Whiff of Summer (2)
    7.8/10(446 votes)

    #2 - Last Whiff of Summer (2)

    S4:E2

    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.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Middle Season 4 Episode 3 - The Second Act
    7.4/10(407 votes)

    #3 - The Second Act

    S4:E3

    After being fired from the car dealership and vowing not to take any job that comes her way, Frankie goes to tech school to get a real career; Axl begins his senior year of high school; sophomore Sue mentors a freshman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Middle Season 4 Episode 4 - Bunny Therapy
    7.6/10(424 votes)

    #4 - Bunny Therapy

    S4:E4

    To help Brick's interactions with people, the school therapist urges Frankie and Mike to get him a small pet, but the ill-tempered bunny they give him teaches the family the true meaning of evil; Axl dates two cheerleaders.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Middle Season 4 Episode 5 - The Hose
    7.6/10(438 votes)

    #5 - The Hose

    S4:E5

    A neighbor accuses Frankie of stealing her hose; Sue cancels a road trip to Cincinnati after seeing Mike's paycheck; Brick learns about the birds and the bees.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Middle Season 4 Episode 6 - Halloween III: The Driving
    7.8/10(426 votes)

    #6 - Halloween III: The Driving

    S4:E6

    Sue accidentally runs over Axl's foot while practicing driving; Axl looks forward to voting; Brick binges on Halloween candy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Middle Season 4 Episode 7 - The Safe
    7.6/10(448 votes)

    #7 - The Safe

    S4:E7

    Frankie does not make a good impression on the first day of dental assistant school; Mike and Frankie ask Axl to get a tutor and improve his grades; Sue and Brick try to pawn an item they found in an old safe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Middle Season 4 Episode 8 - Thanksgiving IV
    7.6/10(436 votes)

    #8 - Thanksgiving IV

    S4:E8

    Frankie invites a couple of Marines to share Thanksgiving with her family; Axl gets good news; Sue tries to find the person who stole the chicken head from her uniform; Brick is mesmerized by a book.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Middle Season 4 Episode 9 - Christmas Help
    7.5/10(422 votes)

    #9 - Christmas Help

    S4:E9

    Mike helps his brother Rusty move some furniture into the Heck family's garage, only to realize the furniture is stolen; Frankie hopes to land a part-time job in a department store so she can get a discount on Christmas presents.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Middle Season 4 Episode 10 - Twenty Years
    7.9/10(423 votes)

    #10 - Twenty Years

    S4:E10

    Frankie worries Mike is tiring of her as their 20th anniversary draws close; Sue tries to get Axl and Brick's help planning a party for their parents; Axl spoils the end of a book for Brick.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Middle Season 4 Episode 11 - Life Skills
    8.4/10(518 votes)

    #11 - Life Skills

    S4:E11

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Middle Season 4 Episode 12 - One Kid at a Time
    7.8/10(415 votes)

    #12 - One Kid at a Time

    S4:E12

    When Frankie and Mike dedicate a day to each of their children, Axl takes them to a paintball range, Sue has them do 17 separate activities and Brick wants to go to a sci-fi convention.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Middle Season 4 Episode 13 - The Friend
    7.7/10(439 votes)

    #13 - The Friend

    S4:E13

    Frankie tries to get Mike to spend time with a new neighbor who shares his interests; Sue demands a cheer-off between the Wrestlerettes and the cheerleaders.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Middle Season 4 Episode 14 - The Smile
    7.7/10(441 votes)

    #14 - The Smile

    S4:E14

    Frankie and Mike worry that Axl may not get a sports scholarship; Sue's school science project involves smiling; Brick wants an iPad.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Middle Season 4 Episode 15 - Valentine's Day IV
    8.1/10(430 votes)

    #15 - Valentine's Day IV

    S4:E15

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Middle Season 4 Episode 16 - Winners and Losers
    7.9/10(428 votes)

    #16 - Winners and Losers

    S4:E16

    Frankie is worried when Brick decides to go on a three-day school trip to Chicago; Sue wants to know if Darrin, one of Axl's friends, has feelings for her.

    Director:John Putch
    Writer:David S. Rosenthal

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  17. The Middle Season 4 Episode 17 - Wheel of Pain
    8.1/10(431 votes)

    #17 - Wheel of Pain

    S4:E17

    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

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  18. The Middle Season 4 Episode 18 - The Name
    7.5/10(408 votes)

    #18 - The Name

    S4:E18

    Frankie's sister (Molly Shannon) offers to help at the house while Frankie studies for her finals for dental-assistant school; Axl tries not to act jealous when Cassidy's ex-boyfriend visits.

    Director:Alex Hardcastle
    Writer:Roy Brown

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  19. The Middle Season 4 Episode 19 - The Bachelor
    8.0/10(423 votes)

    #19 - The Bachelor

    S4:E19

    Disappointed with the finale of "The Bachelor," Frankie mopes for days; when Sue joins the school's tennis team, Mike tries to toughen her up by complimenting her opponents during matches; Cassidy and Axl consider the future of their relationship.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writer:Tim Hobert

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  20. The Middle Season 4 Episode 20 - Dollar Days
    7.4/10(391 votes)

    #20 - Dollar Days

    S4:E20

    Frankie has a difficult time describing herself during a job interview; Sue dispenses unwanted advice to Axl and his band mates; Brick joins the Prairie Scouts.

    Director:Phil Traill
    Writers:Mitch Hunter, Jana Hunter

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  21. The Middle Season 4 Episode 21 - From Orson with Love
    7.3/10(407 votes)

    #21 - From Orson with Love

    S4:E21

    Frankie tries to make Sue appear more popular on Facebook; Frankie's dad (Jerry Van Dyke) makes Mike listen to long-winded life stories; Brick and Axl try to create a viral video.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writer:Robin Shorr

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  22. The Middle Season 4 Episode 22 - Hallelujah Hoedown
    7.7/10(396 votes)

    #22 - Hallelujah Hoedown

    S4:E22

    Frankie tells the kids what she wants for Mother's day so one of them can clue in Mike; after repeatedly failing the driving test, Sue feels resentful when her friends get their licenses; Axl receives stunning news from Cassidy.

    Director:Blake T. Evans
    Writer:David S. Rosenthal

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  23. The Middle Season 4 Episode 23 - The Ditch
    7.4/10(389 votes)

    #23 - The Ditch

    S4:E23

    While dressed in a lab coat for her dental assisting job, Frankie is mistaken for a doctor and receives special treatment; Axl talks Sue into ditching school for the day; Mike and Axl's fishing trip goes awry.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writer:Roy Brown

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  24. The Middle Season 4 Episode 24 - The Graduation
    8.0/10(437 votes)

    #24 - The Graduation

    S4:E24

    Tension builds as Frankie tries to plan a graduation party for uncooperative Axl; Sue tries to get her driver's license for a sixth time; Brick must assemble a slide show highlighting the past four years of school.

    Director:Eileen Heisler
    Writer:Tim Hobert

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Last Whiff of Summer (1)" is the best rated episode of "The Middle" season 4. It scored 7.5/10 based on 442 votes. Directed by Lee Shallat Chemel and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/26/2012. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Last Whiff of Summer (2)".