Tonight, we only have the Middle due to a silly little
debate on EVERY SINGLE CHANNEL starting at 8.
The Middle
This was a cute episode.
It wasn’t heavy on big laughs, but the story was realistic and amusing.
Frankie got fired from her job. Considering she was a car saleman, and a poor one at that, on commission,
it’s really not a huge loss, so she decided to start the second act of her
life. She does this by going to
community college.
However, after her registration day, her high hopes for a
career are dashed. There are so many
choices, and she really doesn’t know anything, and there is no way she’ll have
time to do all the studying required and keep up her house. But then, Axl, brain trust that he is,
manages to calm her down, and even make her feel like she can do this whole
thing by regurgitating all the advise she has ever given him, and it is super
cute. He even attempts to help with the
laundry, and it’s many quirks and tricks.
Sue is her usual sad sack self, and is super excited about
the first day of school, where she will be a sophomore, and a mentor to a
freshman. Her mentee is actually a
put-together person, not a complete spaz, and Sue almost can’t handle it. Jenna, her mentee, manages to get onto the
cheerleading squad(the one Sue failed miserably at getting onto last year), and
is even named to homecoming court. Sue
lets her little charge fly, because she is dumb, and completely oblivious to
what would actually make her friends.
Mike and Brick had a small subplot, where Brick was rude to
some of Mike’s friends. Not wanting to
cause a scene, Mike withholds punishment until later, but then Brick gets
beaten up by a posse of third graders. But
Mike still needs to assert his control, and talks to Brick about rudeness and
whatnot, and Brick manages to dig himself into a bigger hole by asking for clarification
on double standards. Double standards
such as Brick not interrupting Mike while he is reading, but Mike expecting
Bricks full attention, even if he is reading.
Like I said before, this was a cute episode. It set the major arcs for the season, and had
some chuckles along the way. This is a
inoffensive comedy that the whole family can enjoy.
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