The Best Episodes of The Middle Season 4

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#1 - Last Whiff of Summer (1)
S4:E19/26/2012
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.
Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
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8.0/10(3 votes)
#2 - Last Whiff of Summer (2)
S4:E29/26/2012
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.
Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
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8.0/10(3 votes)
#3 - The Second Act
S4:E310/3/2012
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.
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8.0/10(3 votes)
#4 - Bunny Therapy
S4:E410/10/2012
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.
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8.0/10(3 votes)
#5 - The Hose
S4:E510/17/2012
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.
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8.3/10(3 votes)
#6 - Halloween III: The Driving
S4:E610/24/2012
Sue accidentally runs over Axl's foot while practicing driving; Axl looks forward to voting; Brick binges on Halloween candy.
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8.0/10(3 votes)
#7 - The Safe
S4:E711/7/2012
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.
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7.8/10(5 votes)
#8 - Thanksgiving IV
S4:E811/14/2012
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.
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8.0/10(3 votes)
#9 - Christmas Help
S4:E912/5/2012
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.
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7.7/10(3 votes)
#10 - Twenty Years
S4:E1012/12/2012
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.
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8.3/10(3 votes)
#11 - Life Skills
S4:E111/9/2013
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.
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8.8/10(4 votes)
#12 - One Kid at a Time
S4:E121/16/2013
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.
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7.8/10(4 votes)
#13 - The Friend
S4:E131/23/2013
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.
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7.0/10(5 votes)
#14 - The Smile
S4:E142/6/2013
Frankie and Mike worry that Axl may not get a sports scholarship; Sue's school science project involves smiling; Brick wants an iPad.
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8.3/10(3 votes)
#15 - Valentine's Day IV
S4:E152/13/2013
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.
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8.0/10(3 votes)
#16 - Winners and Losers
S4:E162/20/2013
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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8.0/10(5 votes)
#17 - Wheel of Pain
S4:E172/27/2013
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
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8.0/10(5 votes)
#18 - The Name
S4:E183/27/2013
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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Director:Alex Hardcastle
Writer:Roy Brown
7.8/10(5 votes)
#19 - The Bachelor
S4:E194/3/2013
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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8.0/10(5 votes)
#20 - Dollar Days
S4:E204/10/2013
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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Director:Phil Traill
Writers:Mitch Hunter, Jana Hunter
7.6/10(5 votes)
#21 - From Orson with Love
S4:E215/1/2013
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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7.8/10(4 votes)
#22 - Hallelujah Hoedown
S4:E225/8/2013
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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Writer:David S. Rosenthal
7.8/10(6 votes)
#23 - The Ditch
S4:E235/15/2013
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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Writer:Roy Brown
7.5/10(6 votes)
#24 - The Graduation
S4:E245/22/2013
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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Director:Eileen Heisler
Writer:Tim Hobert