The Middle set looks like any other real house in America- messy, stuff everywhere, a crack in the wall here or there- you know, lived in?  Not like what you usually see on TV. The Heck family is more like a regular, dysfunctional-to-be-functional kind of family that we all know or are.  Likely are.

I’m an amazing chef, in a pretend kitchen. Mom! Look at me! MOM! MOMMMMM!

The Middle has been on for a while now.  If you have not seen it yet, let me ‘splain it to you. The mom, “Frankie, who is played by Frankie Heck (Patricia Heaton ,Deb from “Everybody Loves Raymond”), and her husband, Mike (Neil Flynn, Janitor from “Scrubs”), have lived in Orson, Indiana, their whole lives. A man of few words (every one a zinger), Mike is a manager at the town quarry and Frankie is the third-best used car salesman (out of the three) at the local dealership. She may not be a high-powered career woman, but when it comes to her family, she’ll go to just about any length. And with kids like these, she had better. There’s Axl (Charlie McDermott), her semi-nudist teenage son conceived while under the influence of Guns N’ Roses; Sue (Eden Sher), the awkward teenage daughter who fails at everything… but with the utmost of gusto; and their seven-year-old son Brick(Atticus Shaffer), whose best friend is his backpack.  Sometimes it seems like everyone is trying to get to the top, or struggling not to hit bottom, but we think Frankie and her family will find a lot of love, and a lot of laughs, somewhere in The Middle.” (From http://abc.go.com)

photo credit: (ABC/Bob D’Amico)

We were able to screen the episode that is coming on tonight, called “The Walk”.  I think it’s one of those things that eventually happen with all married couples- you run out of things to say and stop “trying” as much as you used to.  Very relatable to most people.
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