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The Middle

2009 – 2018Show9 seasons · 215 episodesTV-PGEnded1 award

Comedy
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IMDb7.7Metacritic718.0
74
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb7.7Metacritic718.0

Summary

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.

Good for

  • Family movie night
  • Friends night
  • Party vibe

Skip it if

  • You want dark or edgy material

Where to watch

Fingerprint

  • Warms you up.
  • Feels like comfort food.
  • Makes you laugh.
  • Hits close to home.
  • Feels like real life.

Not for scares, brutality or adrenaline.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

Crappy Holidaysin 165 titlesAs of its sixth season, the show has done a Thanksgiving, and a Christmas episode every season.Aesop Amnesiain 579 titlesIn “The Cheerleader," we find out that Frankie and Mike always bought items with no payments until 2009, only to forget about it by the end of the episode.All 214 tropes

The Middle episodes

9 seasons · 215 episodes

  1. S1 E1 Pilot, 7.5
  2. S1 E2 The Cheerleader, 7.6
  3. S1 E3 The Floating Anniversary, 7.3
  4. S1 E4 The Trip, 7.6
  5. S1 E5 The Block Party, 7.8
  6. S1 E6 The Front Door, 7.6
  7. S1 E7 The Scratch, 7.7
  8. S1 E8 Thanksgiving, 7.7
  9. S1 E9 Siblings, 7.5
  10. S1 E10 Christmas, 7.8
  11. S1 E11 The Jeans, 7.6
  12. S1 E12 The Neighbor, 7.7
  13. S1 E13 The Interview, 7.7
  14. S1 E14 The Yelling, 7.5
  15. S1 E15 Valentine's Day, 7.8
  16. S1 E16 The Bee, 7.8
  17. S1 E17 The Break-Up, 7.9
  18. S1 E18 The Fun House, 7.4
  19. S1 E19 The Final Four, 7.3
  20. S1 E20 TV or Not TV, 7.6
  21. S1 E21 Worry Duty, 7.5
  22. S1 E22 Mother's Day, 7.5
  23. S1 E23 Signals, 7.6
  24. S1 E24 Average Rules, 8.1
  1. S2 E1 Back to School, 7.7
  2. S2 E2 Homecoming, 7.6
  3. S2 E3 The Diaper Incident, 7.6
  4. S2 E4 The Quarry, 7.5
  5. S2 E5 Foreign Exchange, 7.4
  6. S2 E6 Halloween, 7.5
  7. S2 E7 A Birthday Story, 7.9
  8. S2 E8 Errand Boy, 7.4
  9. S2 E9 Thanksgiving II, 7.6
  10. S2 E10 A Simple Christmas, 7.6
  11. S2 E11 Taking Back the House, 8.1
  12. S2 E12 The Big Chill, 7.7
  13. S2 E13 Super Sunday, 7.3
  14. S2 E14 Valentines Day II, 7.4
  15. S2 E15 Friends, Lies, and Videotape, 7.5
  16. S2 E16 Hecks on a Plane, 7.4
  17. S2 E17 The Math Class, 7.4
  18. S2 E18 Spring Cleaning, 7.7
  19. S2 E19 The Legacy, 7.5
  20. S2 E20 Royal Wedding, 7.3
  21. S2 E21 Mother's Day II, 7.5
  22. S2 E22 The Prom, 7.4
  23. S2 E23 The Bridge, 7.4
  24. S2 E24 Back to Summer, 7.7
  1. S3 E1 Forced Family Fun: Part 1, 7.5
  2. S3 E2 Forced Family Fun: Part 2, 7.4
  3. S3 E3 Hecking Order, 7.9
  4. S3 E4 Major Changes, 7.6
  5. S3 E5 The Test, 7.5
  6. S3 E6 Bad Choices, 7.7
  7. S3 E7 Halloween II, 7.9
  8. S3 E8 Heck's Best Thing, 7.7
  9. S3 E9 The Play, 7.6
  10. S3 E10 Thanksgiving III, 7.6
  11. S3 E11 A Christmas Gift, 7.6
  12. S3 E12 Year of the Hecks, 7.9
  13. S3 E13 The Map, 7.9
  14. S3 E14 Hecking It Up, 7.5
  15. S3 E15 Valentine's Day III, 7.8
  16. S3 E16 The Concert, 7.6
  17. S3 E17 The Sit Down, 8.0
  18. S3 E18 Leap Year, 7.8
  19. S3 E19 The Paper Route, 7.5
  20. S3 E20 Get Your Business Done, 7.4
  21. S3 E21 The Guidance Counselor, 7.8
  22. S3 E22 The Clover, 7.8
  23. S3 E23 The Telling, 7.5
  24. S3 E24 The Wedding, 7.6
  1. S4 E1 Last Whiff of Summer: Part 1, 7.5
  2. S4 E2 Last Whiff of Summer: Part 2, 7.8
  3. S4 E3 The Second Act, 7.4
  4. S4 E4 Bunny Therapy, 7.6
  5. S4 E5 The Hose, 7.6
  6. S4 E6 Halloween III: The Driving, 7.8
  7. S4 E7 The Safe, 7.6
  8. S4 E8 Thanksgiving IV, 7.7
  9. S4 E9 Christmas Help, 7.5
  10. S4 E10 Twenty Years, 7.9
  11. S4 E11 Life Skills, 8.4
  12. S4 E12 One Kid at a Time, 7.8
  13. S4 E13 The Friend, 7.8
  14. S4 E14 The Smile, 7.8
  15. S4 E15 Valentine's Day IV, 8.1
  16. S4 E16 Winners and Losers, 7.9
  17. S4 E17 Wheel of Pain, 8.1
  18. S4 E18 The Name, 7.5
  19. S4 E19 The Bachelor, 8.0
  20. S4 E20 Dollar Days, 7.4
  21. S4 E21 From Orson with Love, 7.3
  22. S4 E22 Hallelujah Hoedown, 7.7
  23. S4 E23 The Ditch, 7.5
  24. S4 E24 The Graduation, 8.0
  1. S5 E1 The Drop Off, 7.8
  2. S5 E2 Change in the Air, 7.7
  3. S5 E3 The Potato, 7.4
  4. S5 E4 The 100th, 7.7
  5. S5 E5 Halloween IV: The Ghost Story, 7.4
  6. S5 E6 The Jump, 7.6
  7. S5 E7 Thanksgiving V, 7.7
  8. S5 E8 The Kiss, 7.4
  9. S5 E9 The Christmas Tree, 8.0
  10. S5 E10 Sleepless in Orson, 7.5
  11. S5 E11 War of the Hecks, 7.8
  12. S5 E12 The Carpool, 7.7
  13. S5 E13 Hungry Games, 7.6
  14. S5 E14 The Award, 7.5
  15. S5 E15 Vacation Days, 7.5
  16. S5 E16 Stormy Moon, 7.4
  17. S5 E17 The Walk, 8.3
  18. S5 E18 The Smell, 7.8
  19. S5 E19 The Wind Chimes, 7.5
  20. S5 E20 The Optimist, 7.4
  21. S5 E21 Office Hours, 7.5
  22. S5 E22 Heck on a Hard Body, 7.9
  23. S5 E23 Orlando, 8.1
  24. S5 E24 The Wonderful World of Hecks, 8.4
  1. S6 E1 Unbraceable You, 7.8
  2. S6 E2 The Loneliest Locker, 7.5
  3. S6 E3 Major Anxiety, 7.8
  4. S6 E4 The Table, 7.8
  5. S6 E5 Halloween V, 7.8
  6. S6 E6 The Sinkhole, 7.7
  7. S6 E7 Thanksgiving VI, 8.0
  8. S6 E8 The College Tour, 8.0
  9. S6 E9 The Christmas Wall, 7.7
  10. S6 E10 Pam Freakin' Staggs, 7.2
  11. S6 E11 A Quarry Story, 7.9
  12. S6 E12 Hecks on a Train, 7.8
  13. S6 E13 Valentine's Day VI, 7.8
  14. S6 E14 The Answer, 8.3
  15. S6 E15 Steaming Pile of Guilt, 7.6
  16. S6 E16 Flirting with Disaster, 7.8
  17. S6 E17 The Waiting Game, 8.0
  18. S6 E18 Operation Infiltration, 7.7
  19. S6 E19 Siblings and Sombreros, 7.6
  20. S6 E20 Food Courting, 7.5
  21. S6 E21 Two of a Kind, 7.5
  22. S6 E22 While You Were Sleeping, 8.0
  23. S6 E23 Mother's Day Reservations, 7.7
  24. S6 E24 The Graduate, 8.7
  1. S7 E1 Not Your Brother's Drop Off, 7.9
  2. S7 E2 Cutting the Cord, 7.9
  3. S7 E3 The Shirt, 7.7
  4. S7 E4 Risky Business, 7.8
  5. S7 E5 Land of the Lost, 7.5
  6. S7 E6 Halloween VI: Tick Tock Death, 8.4
  7. S7 E7 Homecoming II: The Tailgate, 7.3
  8. S7 E8 Thanksgiving VII, 7.7
  9. S7 E9 The Convention, 7.9
  10. S7 E10 No Silent Night, 7.6
  11. S7 E11 The Rush, 7.8
  12. S7 E12 Birds of a Feather, 7.6
  13. S7 E13 Floating 50, 8.1
  14. S7 E14 Film, Friends and Fruit Pies, 7.5
  15. S7 E15 Hecks at a Movie, 7.6
  16. S7 E16 The Man Hunt, 7.7
  17. S7 E17 The Wisdom Teeth, 7.8
  18. S7 E18 A Very Donahue Vacation, 7.9
  19. S7 E19 Crushed, 7.7
  20. S7 E20 Survey Says..., 7.5
  21. S7 E21 The Lanai, 7.4
  22. S7 E22 Not Mother's Day, 7.7
  23. S7 E23 Find My Hecks, 7.8
  24. S7 E24 The Show Must Go On, 8.5
  1. S8 E1 The Core Group, 7.7
  2. S8 E2 A Tough Pill to Swallow, 7.9
  3. S8 E3 Halloween VII: The Heckoning, 7.7
  4. S8 E4 True Grit, 7.5
  5. S8 E5 Roadkill, 8.0
  6. S8 E6 Thanksgiving VIII, 7.8
  7. S8 E7 Look Who's Not Talking, 7.8
  8. S8 E8 Trip and Fall, 7.8
  9. S8 E9 A Very Marry Christmas, 8.3
  10. S8 E10 Escape Orson, 7.9
  11. S8 E11 Hoosier Maid, 7.8
  12. S8 E12 Pitch Imperfect, 7.5
  13. S8 E13 Ovary and Out, 7.6
  14. S8 E14 Sorry Not Sorry, 7.9
  15. S8 E15 Dental Hijinks, 7.7
  16. S8 E16 Swing and a Miss, 7.8
  17. S8 E17 Exes and Ohhhs, 8.5
  18. S8 E18 The Par-Tay, 8.3
  19. S8 E19 The Confirmation, 7.9
  20. S8 E20 Adult Swim, 7.7
  21. S8 E21 Clear and Present Danger, 7.8
  22. S8 E22 The Final Final, 8.1
  23. S8 E23 Fight or Flight, 8.1
  1. S9 E1 Vive La Hecks, 7.7
  2. S9 E2 Please Don't Feed the Hecks, 7.8
  3. S9 E3 Meet the Parents, 7.7
  4. S9 E4 Halloween VIII: Orson Murder Mystery, 7.8
  5. S9 E5 Role of a Lifetime, 7.8
  6. S9 E6 The Setup, 7.5
  7. S9 E7 Thanksgiving IX, 7.9
  8. S9 E8 Eyes Wide Open, 7.7
  9. S9 E9 The 200th, 8.2
  10. S9 E10 The Christmas Miracle, 7.9
  11. S9 E11 New Year's Revelations, 7.8
  12. S9 E12 The Other Man, 7.2
  13. S9 E13 Mommapalooza, 7.8
  14. S9 E14 Guess Who's Coming to Frozen Dinner, 7.8
  15. S9 E15 Toasted, 7.9
  16. S9 E16 The Crying Game, 7.7
  17. S9 E17 Hecks vs. Glossners: The Final Battle, 7.8
  18. S9 E18 Thank You for Not Kissing, 7.6
  19. S9 E19 Bat Out of Heck, 7.8
  20. S9 E20 Great Heckspectations, 8.2
  21. S9 E21 The Royal Flush, 8.0
  22. S9 E22 Split Decision, 8.2
  23. S9 E23 A Heck of a Ride: Part 1, 9.3
  24. S9 E24 A Heck of a Ride: Part 2, 9.2

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