/r/themiddle
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/r/themiddle
Mine is “I’m done talking to you now”.
I feel like Sue Heck receives more criticism than she deserves. As the only girl and the middle child between two brothers, she navigates a complex and sometimes confusing family dynamic. While she can be annoying at times—especially during her transition from middle school to high school—she has such major resilience and desire to carve out her own identity in a household where her siblings often take the spotlight.
Maybe it’s just me, but I genuinely enjoy Sue’s character. I always rooted for her and Darren because they complemented each other so well, and I believe she truly deserved to end up with him.
Thoughts??
Just finished a watch-through last week, hadn't seen an episode in a decade.
One thing I was thinking about and can't remember, do we ever see Darrin and Axl together again after Axl tells him he's mad at him for bailing on Sue?
I do like how realistic the Darrin situation is as a whole, not all your friends are life-long.
Does anyone else hate sue in season 1 I find her so anannoying does she get better later on?
Great photo
So I have been doing a re watch and finally made myself watch the pilot and the microwave worked. I was so used to the hair dryer trick that it working caught me off guard.
Axl would thrive with chatgpt and AI doing his school work, it would be so funny.
My favorite is Halloween VI Tick Tock Death- the twilight zone episode.
However, I do enjoy the last one when Brick and Frankie try to solve the "murder" in the bathroom.
Anyone here read any middle wattpad fanfics or have any recommendations? I’ve heard boy next door is good.
i was so excited for the prospect of this podcast. i think brock is great. eden is killing me with her 10 minute stories about what her kids did yesterday. like girly we don’t care about every single detail, so sorry. i wish there was more behind the scenes memories for these rewatches, but it seems like eden doesn’t even remember most of it. it’s been disappointing. again love brock, i think he’s great and comes prepared with content based around the show, but eden is just continuously off topic about nothing to do with anything.
Eden and Brock, you are my god. I love the podcast sm and the special guests they’ve had. I hope that Charlie McDermott comes on the podcast one day. Upsetting how Atticus Shaffer won’t be though :/
Anyone else wish that “Spudsy” was a real place to eat, honestly not a bad idea
I would have loved to see the potential of Sues and derricks relationship tbh. I really liked how he wanted to work on himself first before they officially dated and I respected it. I thought it was cute how he had a soft spot for Sue and was so gentle with her. I feel like Sue could have helped him aswell to become a better person and I always wondered if the writers added there relashinship what would have happened!! Even after the kiss I saw Derrick different different and kinda the rest of the glossners to. I like seeing Derrick being sweet. Obviously I don’t think they would last but I would wanna see how it would work out for them. Anyways what’s ur guys opinion?? 😭
Also just realising while rewatching, that she kinda digged him before he made a fool out of himself 😂😂 that smile when he asked how she was doing.
Did anyone else get so annoyed when Frankie was always late 😭?? it’s always “why’d u let me watch this late” or “why did I let u sleep late” I feel like she did not discipline her self enough and obviously was lazy . She also could have packed bricks lunch the night before bed so he could have a proper lunch so that he could not be begging Nancy and the other guys kids for food . Why is bricks notebook and papers all over the house that just stresses them out more. I hated how he always told them last minute about things his mom is always doing everything for him. Brick is in middle school now and is responsible for taking care of his own things like putting his notebooks in his backpacks and picking up after himself!! I hated how she was lazy in the show and it felt like they kinda normalized it
I understand that allergy’s can come and go in any persons life. What I don’t understand is how Sue only started sneezing when the tree was that close to her. Shouldn’t she have been sneezing or getting itchy when she was at the Christmas tree lot since she was surrounded by a lot more of them?
They seemed like pretty good friends during the first three seasons. Maybe they just had a falling out.
So watching every body loves Raymond the episode about the Super Bowl. Ray has two tickets to go to the game. He doesn’t take his wife and takes his best friend, but when they get to the game, all the other guys brought their wives . Ray feels bad and has Frankie come after watching that it made me dawn on how the difference is between this show and the middle I believe and just my opinion Mike heck was the better husband over Ray. They may have had money and everybody loves Raymond, but I just feel on the middle Mike heck was a better husband to her
I’m looking for an episode of the show where the family is out to dinner at a steakhouse and Axl orders trout (or some kind of fish) and the dad keeps saying it’s a bad idea and then he gets the fish and says it’s bad! Been looking forever
I know Mike waving away the flower lady is completely on par with his character but felt bad for Frankie. He doubles down defending his choice after she tells him how much it hurt/embarrassed her.
I really would've loved seeing Sue & Logan together as a couple! I was always sad they ended so early. What do y'all think?
Going to bed and just wanted to wake up to some comments about axl heck lol
does anyone know the song playing in the episode twenty years during the scene sue is showing the photo montage of frankie and mike for their anniversary?
The Hecks are an extremely selfish bunch. Brick is the only one I recall doing anything truly selfless:
When Axl leaves for college, Brick recognizes that Mike misses Axl and subsequently texts Axl telling him to call Mike. Brick was perceptive enough to recognize Mike's emotion and then he helped without expecting anything in return, not even recognition. This was particularly selfless because Mike so clearly favors Axl and neglects Brick.
Can you think of a time another Heck did something truly selfless?
Hey guys What is the episode where Axel takes sue for pizza? I feel like it’s in season 7 I just can’t remember the specific episode.