10.0/101 votes#1 - 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.
Director: Elliot Hegarty
Writer: Mitch Hunter
10.0/101 votes#2 - The Lanai
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 4/27/2016
Frankie's plans to have a peaceful backyard lanai are ruined by her new neighbors' loud children. Axl and Hutch begin a new food business on campus. Sue and Lexie make plans for next year after they win the dorm lottery.
Director: Blake T. Evans
Writer: Mitch Hunter
9.0/101 votes#3 - 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, Sue and Brad produce a play for school, Brick finds some of his old "lost" toys, and Axl raids the house to furnish his new home.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mitch Hunter
8.0/101 votes#4 - 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.
Director: Blake T. Evans
Writer: Mitch Hunter
8.0/101 votes#5 - The Convention
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/2015
Frankie invites Mike to join her on a trip to Des Moines, Iowa for a convention about her dentist office's transition to a new owner; and Axl informs a disapproving Sue that he's moving into her dorm room. Meanwhile, Mike's dad agrees to watch Brick while the parents are out of town.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Mitch Hunter
7.4/105 votes#6 - The Neighbor
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/2010
When Sue has a run-in with her sons, Frankie fears that a confrontation with the trasy neighbor may be at hand. Meanwhile, Axl attempts to bribe Brick after he's asked to teach his little brother how to kick a ball for a gym requirement. However, Brick is the one turning the tables and it ends up bribing him for another favor.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Mitch Hunter
7.3/103 votes#7 - Dollar Days
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/10/2013
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
Writer: Mitch Hunter
7.0/102 votes#8 - Valentine's Day III
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/8/2012
Frankie and Mike decide to try a fresh approach to Valentine's Day by having dinner out with friends. But a clueless Mike angers Frankie by refusing to present her with a simple romantic gesture. Meanwhile, Axl can't think of a life-changing moment that's occurred in his life when he's assigned to write a school paper on the subject, Brick is tasked with writing a report on love, and a hapless Sue doesn't understand why her new boyfriend has suddenly turned into a bad kisser.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Mitch Hunter
7.0/101 votes#9 - 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.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Mitch Hunter
7.0/101 votes#10 - The Wind Chimes
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 4/23/2014
Frankie begs Rita Glossner to take down her noisy wind chimes; Axl and Hutch try to figure out a way to retrieve a couch they found on the side of the road; Brick tries to come up with a new pretzel snack idea; Sue announces she is back with Darrin.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Mitch Hunter
7.0/102 votes#11 - Heck on a Hard Body
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/14/2014
Sue enters a contest to win a car; Mike and his brother bond on a road trip to Chicago for Brick's spelling bee; Frankie goes to Axl's dorm to help him find a missing desk.
Director: Blake T. Evans
Writer: Mitch Hunter
7.0/101 votes#12 - 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.
Director: Melissa Kosar
Writer: Mitch Hunter
6.5/104 votes#13 - The Trip
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/2009
Sue sells sausage and cheese samples for the school. All her efforts go in vain as the school fails to see this. Frankie demands her daughter fights for her rights. Meanwhile, Brick discovers love with his current girlfriend a little stressful as she bosses him about.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Mitch Hunter
6.5/102 votes#14 - The Kiss
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 12/4/2013
Mike and Frankie agree to house-sit for Frankie's sister in hope of having a romantic, kid-free weekend; Axl, Darrin and Sean go on a road trip.
Director: Elliot Hegarty
Writer: Mitch Hunter
6.5/101 votes#15 - The Shirt
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2015
Frankie is shocked when Mike trades in his flannel for a Hawaiian shirt. Sue accidentally tells Devin that Axl loves her, leading Devin to question their relationship. Brick gets overambitious while cleaning the bathroom.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Mitch Hunter
6.5/101 votes#16 - Film, Friends and Fruit Pies
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/2016
Sue discovers that she's too poor to keep up with her new roommate's spending habits, Axl discovers that befriending the boss isn't what it's cracked up to be, and Brick could lose his only two friends when he becomes a director.
Director: Blake T. Evans
Writer: Mitch Hunter
6.3/103 votes#17 - A Simple Christmas
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/2010
While Frankie's parents Tag and Pat visit for Christmas, Mike is less than thrilled. To make matters worse, the Hecks have a disagreement with them over Frankie's idea on how to celebrate the holiday without exchanging presents
Director: Elliot Hegarty
Writer: Mitch Hunter
6.3/104 votes#18 - The Jeans
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/2010
A hormonally charged Sue wants a cool pair of jeans in order to fit in with her peers, resulting in Frankie and Mike enduring the unpredictability of teenagers, while Axl wants a car to impress a girl. Meanwhile, attempting to teach Brick about responsibility, Frankie and Mike reluctantly allow him to take care of Aunt Edie and Aunt Ginny's dog Doris for a few days.
Director: Jamie Babbit
Writer: Mitch Hunter
6.0/103 votes#19 - The Math Class
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 7/15/2011
Frankie once again goes head to head with Brick's third grade teacher, Ms. Rinsky, when Brick gets a D on his math test and Frankie thinks poor teaching skills are to blame. But Frankie wonders whether or not she can make the grade when Ms. Rinsky requires that she and Mike attend a class to test their own math skills. Meanwhile, while begrudgingly watching over their crusty, old aunts, Axl and Sue mull over a plan to accompany Aunt Edie on a search for a time capsule she buried when she was young.
Director: Alex Reid
Writer: Mitch Hunter
6.0/101 votes#20 - The Play
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/2011
Frankie is thrilled when she learns that the Orson Community Theater is putting on a production of "The Wizard of Oz," and that kids don't need to audition to be munchkins, as they will be automatically cast - which is a perfect scenario for a hapless Sue. But things quickly go awry when Frankie is cast in a singing role and learns the director is not happy with Sue's performance and may cut her from the play. Meanwhile, Brick asks his unreliably quirky Uncle Rusty to attend his school's Special Friends Day - with disastrous results.
Director: Eyal Gordin
Writer: Mitch Hunter
6.0/101 votes#21 - A Christmas Gift
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/2011
On a tipsy whim - and against Mike's wishes - Frankie decides to throw a Christmas Eve party at the house; Mike buys Frankie a much needed new dishwasher for Christmas, but has a hard time keeping it a secret when she begs him to replace the old one before the party; Sue calls on Reverend TimTom to explain the meaning of Christmas to Brick when he reads the Bible and begins to question it; and Axl gets annoyed with Bob when he tries too hard to be cool in order to befriend him while working together on a Christmas tree lot.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mitch Hunter
6.0/101 votes#22 - Change in the Air
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2013
Mike tries to help after Frankie doesn't get a response to her texts to Axl, Sue gets an unexpected visit from Darrin, and Brick and his fellow classmates are afraid to use the school bathroom.
Director: Blake T. Evans
Writer: Mitch Hunter
5.8/105 votes#23 - Mother's Day
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/2010
Mother's Day for Frankie is anything but serene when she finds herself doing more for Mike and the kids and less for herself. But she learns that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree when she escapes the family for a few hours to go to her mom's (Marsha Mason, "The Goodbye Girl," "Chapter Two") and ends up acting like a child by making her mom wait on her hand-and-foot. Meanwhile, Sue feels guilty when she steals a motivational magnet from a store whose message actually enticed her to shoplift it.
Director: Barnet Kellman
Writer: Mitch Hunter
5.0/102 votes#24 - The Carpool
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/22/2014
Principal Barker (Rachel Dratch) asks the parents to form carpools while the bus drivers are on strike; Axl becomes an astronomy expert so he can tutor an attractive student; Mike receives two tickets to a basketball game.
Director: Julie Anne Robinson
Writer: Mitch Hunter
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"Pam Freakin' Staggs" is the best rated episode written by Mitch Hunter. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Elliot Hegarty. It aired on 1/7/2015 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Lanai".