Selina settles on a location for her presidential library. Dan lands in a gossip column. Mike and Selina work on her book. Jonah tries to cement a big donation. Gary…

Selina rushes to the hospital while attempting to win the presidency. Amy and Dan discover the O’Brien camp has staged a fake protest, and task Jonah and Richard with organizing…

Catherine and Marjorie have a fight. Mike prepares for his babies. Selina is interviewed.

After the events of Mexico, the Lynx regroup at a revived Lodge and prepare for an important coronation. Liz goes for a swim. Connie has a secret.

L. Marvin Metz comes to the Lodge with Dud and Ernie. Liz gets a promotion and Scott goes for a walk.

L. Marvin Metz comes to the Lodge with Dud and Ernie. Liz gets a promotion and Scott goes for a walk.

After the events of Mexico, the Lynx regroup at a revived Lodge and prepare for an important coronation. Liz goes for a swim. Connie has a secret.

Dud makes an enemy cleaning pools. Liz tries to hit bottom. A game of golf jeopardizes Ernie’s career.

Dud is deposited by fate at the doorstep of Lodge 49, a fraternal order which offers cheap beer and strange alchemical philosophies.

Ernie recounts his trip to Mexico and Dud sees a solution to all the Lodge’s problems. Liz works at Higher Steaks. Dud and Liz spend time with a woman from…

Ernie recounts his trip to Mexico and Dud sees a solution to all the Lodge’s problems. Liz works at Higher Steaks. Dud and Liz spend time with a woman from…

Dud, Blaise and El Confidente fundraise for their upcoming adventure.

Dud, Blaise and El Confidente fundraise for their upcoming adventure.

The pool shop is under new ownership. Dud recuperates from his shark attack while searching for Ernie. Ernie deals with the aftermath of his adventure with El Confidente. Liz enters…

Dud makes an enemy cleaning pools. Liz tries to hit bottom. A game of golf jeopardizes Ernie’s career.

Frankie remembers she has to come up with something to place in the time capsule; Bill Norwood informs Mike that he and Paula are separating; Brick tries to win Cindy…

Frankie must work at Ehlert Motors for one day in order to collect her pay on an old paycheck, Mike offers Sue a part-time job at the quarry, and Mike’s…

Frankie limits the hours during which the kids can voice their needs; Mike watches to make sure Darrin doesn’t take advantage of Sue; Brick invites new friends over.

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…

Frankie gets Brick to snitch on his siblings, but Mike disapproves of the tattling. Meanwhile, Sue threatens to get Axl in trouble if he doesn’t obey her commands; and Mike…

During the Orson Centennial parade, Mike and Frankie volunteer to drive a float, Sue tries to make Darrin jealous, Axl tries to make some money, and Brick is upset over…

Frankie has a meltdown and forces the family to make significant changes to their lifestyle. But just as she puts these changes into effect, she leaves them to spend a…

As the Super Bowl approaches, Mike is thrilled when Brick takes his advice and studies up on football in order to understand and talk the sport. But Axl thinks his…

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…

Things don’t go as planned when Mike and the kids give Frankie a day without the family as a Mother’s Day gift.

Frankie comes up with a plan to stay on top of her kids’ schedules; Brick’s new teacher (Doris Roberts) accuses Frankie of being overprotective.

Mike and Frankie must decide whether to attend Axl’s football game or Sue’s first cross-country meet; after raking the yard, Brick wants to set the leaves free in the forest.

When Axl is suspended for skipping school, Mike decides it’s time to teach his son a lesson about life and makes him go to work with him at the quarry….

Frankie fears for her job when a motivational consultant comes to get the sale team into shape. While Frankie is putting in many extra hours, Mike has to deal with…

Mike’s dream comes to fruition when Frankie’s boss, Mr. Ehlert, offers him two tickets to the Final Four. Unfortunately, Frankie’s uncle dies and the funeral is set for the same…

Frankie is worried that Axl’s going to get his heart crushed again when his on-again/off-again girlfriend, Morgan (Alexa Vega, “Spy Kids,” “Ruby & the Rockits”), re-enters his life and tries…

When Axl accidentally breaks down the front door, Mike insists that, he fix it in order to teach him a lesson, which leaves the Heck house wide open for days….

Frankie accidentally hits Brick in the head with a beer bottle when trying to get the trash out before the garbage truck leaves. But when Brick innocently tells his school…

Frankie’s plan to have an idyllic family Thanksgiving backfires when Mr. Ehlert demands his staff work over the holiday. Brick goes missing in a corn maze.

When Mike discovers that Brick is a spelling whiz and won the school spelling bee, he puts all his efforts into training him to win the regional bee, which could…

Axl is heartbroken when his girlfriend (Alexa Vega) breaks up with him; Sue and Brick watch a scary movie.

The pilot episode of the American television series The Middle, written by DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler and directed by Julie Anne Robinson, premiered on the ABC network in the…

Trying to save her job, Frankie organizes a publicity stunt by filling a car with jelly beans. Meanwhile, Sue fails to make the swim team and realizes that she needs…

Frankie and Mike’s romantic anniversary get-away is ruined by various family matters, including Brick being sick, Sue being lovesick, Axl just getting his learner’s permit, and two psychotic aunt’s and…

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….