Patricia Heaton and Atticus Shaffer Go Through Middle Memories - The Middle

In honor of The Middle's 200th episode, Atticus Shaffer (Brick) and Patricia Heaton (Frankie) reminisce about photos from their 9 years on The Middle. Subscribe: goo.gl/mo7HqT

[@patriciatome9563]

My favorite Sue moment is her graduation,when she reads the yearbook and it's full of awesome comments from her colleagues.

[@ni3070]

Mine is the finale of season 1 when her leg is broken and for cross country she is trying and she keeps going

[@patriciatome9563]

@@ni3070 that one is pretty cool too!

[@nicoya_beauty]

Omg yes!!! I was emotional about that episode!!!

[@julianamiller4630]

My favorite Sue moment is when she was at the movie theaters an she ran into Logan

[@vanmoody]

Mine was when she had to run around the track four times to get onto the no cut track team. She is on crutches. It starts to rain. Wet grass hits her in the face. Her crutches break. She crawls and gets across the goal line. She made the team!

[@patdawkins6785]

The show could have gone on at least 3 more years, weddings and grandchildren

[@mickaaylaKeagle]

EXACTLY!!! I still watch this show on FreeForm everyday! I wish it would have went on. They took 4 minutes of the last episode to show us their “futures” and I just hated that we didn’t get more, that we didn’t get a full ending like we deserved!

[@vivekvas2444]

I swear

[@nicoladollard1845]

Agree really wanted to see them all married and Frankie and like as grandparents at least 2 or 3 more seasons

[@nicoladollard1845]

@@mickaaylaKeagle so agree and the really dragged out sue and Sean in season 9 it was so annoying should of got together at the start of season 9 and we could see their relationship

[@archangelliii2536]

@@mickaaylaKeagle they always do that on every sitcom I've watched. It's like if the writer/producer wanted to go and try something else and so they 'accelerate' the show in the last episode. They end up screwing things up since haste makes waste...never fails!

[@earlleary]

I watch The Middle every single day. I can watch these episodes over and over and not get bored. These actors MADE these characters, they are so perfect!

[@Person-mh6xq]

Agreed! They are all brilliant in their roles.

[@varshamayadesilva]

Totally agree! I watch the Middle every day too 😭 this show is my pick me up for every day/ every situation 💓💖💓

[@jesslong75]

Same

[@lilianacapalot2644]

@@varshamayadesilva i finally found the most relatable comments ever😭 i thiught i was crazy for watching it EVERY SINGLE DAY

[@rivvvylover3]

Agree

[@iliketrucks2178]

My favorite part of the whole series is when Mike is singing More Than A Feeling in his car 😂😂

[@reids97]

Yes!!

[@maxine0851]

YESSIRRR

[@SuperYoozen]

YES, THIS SCENE EVERYONE STARING AND NOT BELIEVING IS AWESOME (awesome)

[@mayaperez6516]

The middle became my comfort show

[@Loni-044]

Yes it was and still is a comfort during difficult times

[@lynncollins9177]

I wish the show wouldn’t end! I want to see Sue and Sean together and married one day and Brick’s new girlfriend and his college graduation. Gosh just think about Frankie and Mike as grandparents! Patricia, don’t end the show! It’s about family. We don’t get many clean, fun, family shows very often!

[@LusySYL08]

You are absolutely right, Lynn Collins. It' s the onliest clean and 'normal' thing on TV-screen... At times where even cartoons are full of sex and violence and 'adultery' or worse...

[@Drinkin]

Good job u predicted the finale

[@joepassive]

dont worry, a Sue spin off is in the works.

[@bellacacc6993]

don't worry Lynn collins if you watch the last episode it shows you

[@averyeasterling1018]

This shows def not clean

[@stephencraig5938]

I'm in psychiatric hospital in Australia...."The Middle" is the only sanity I have to soothe me. Two episodes back to back! I'm obsessed.😀

[@blerksnarfgut2766]

I know I'm 2 years late here, but I hope you're doing well today. I'm glad you found some fun, joy, and comfort in this wonderful and heart-warming show.

[@marisadam12]

I love the show and all the characters. They perform very natural. Nobody says anything about how brave Atticus is, who although he suffers crystal bones and had some surgeries in the time he was working on the show he never missed an episode. He is very professional, besides bright and a great actor. I have seen all his movies. He is amazing!

[@mickaaylaKeagle]

😂😂😂 I’ve never heard it called Crystal Bones before. My uncle had it, and I never heard that. I kinda like it. It’s always been called Brittle Bone disease around me.

[@marisadam12]

@@mickaaylaKeagle Yes, it is a nice name for a painful medical condition. I think it´s ok. It sounds good.

[@lesroberts3226]

Christmas/ approaching new years in London and there’s a MIDDLE marathon on tv. My wife and I love watching the show and it’s been great. Fans from the beginning, Every character was amazing because of the great actors. Even watching the repeats makes us laugh and cry.

[@luvdriven540i]

I only started watching "The Middle" in Dec of 2022. It's an excellent show! I will continue watching each episode from beginning to end. Blessings upon the actors, creators, producers, and everyone involved in this wonderful show.

[@donnastilesenos8571]

I can tell you exactly what it is about the Heck’s that make us diehard Middle fans love the show so much. It is everything that Atticus said and more. The duct taping of the dishwasher, the needing of the new roof, THE POOL, the family interpersonal relationships. I personally have a son who is quite literally a combo of all three Heck kids. There were episodes where I feel that there were cameras hidden in my house looking for the next week’s show. It embodies everything that we as the real”Middle “ folks deal with every day I am so sad that it’s over after this year but it’s how life is. It moves on. Thanks for everything that you have given us. We have loved you all!

[@Cleow33]

Nobody mentioned the Glossners. It’s really brave of Brooke Shields - the most amazingly beautiful woman- to play such ‘trailer trash’. She does it so well it makes me really uncomfortable. The interplay between Rita and Frankie is just amazing.

[@danielstec5167]

Claire Reed True

[@shivanig2303]

That is brooke Shields!!! Damn! Sorry I'm new to the show and damn.. She has acted so well that I didn't realize that until this comment!

[@davidbrown7213]

One would have to understand that many people are coming from a lower base and your description of Trailer Trash actually describes you.

[@Cleow33]

@@davidbrown7213 good grief. She is a comedy character in a sit com. And I used quotation marks to signify that I am using a generic term. Sit down mate.

[@vanmoody]

I am being honest. The first time I saw the Glossners I didn't know that was Brooke Shields. lol

[@grillorocker]

My best friend has health issues and has almost died because of it. The Middle was and is still one of his favorite shows! The last season of the Middle my friend was about to turn 40. I mailed a blank birthday card to Patricia Heaton, shared his story and it came back the last week the show was being filmed! Not only did she sign but she had the entire cast sign and added a signed 8x10 cast photo! On his birthday I tweeted Patricia a photo of him with his autograph and thanked her & she replied! Thank you Patricia❤

[@robertsise7898]

The real reason The Middle was so sucessful is many fold. If you watch these actors and the interviews it becomes clear how genuine they really are. They obviously are interested in the job, but also tge obviously care about each other and it is relected in the characters. Many time actors display a "oh its just another job" attitude. Not here. Additionally, the writing, the excellent production and editing are equally important. Good job to all The Middle cast and crew. I will certainly miss this show. Thank you.

[@crytical1237]

I wish abc cared more about the middle the same way they cared about modern family. If u go online they spent more money and effort on the modern family and cast and had bunch of interviews for them. They didn’t do that for the middle cause they wanted modern family more popular.

[@catiabotelho5845]

​@@crytical1237 Modern Family if full of clichés and it sells.

[@ja_e314]

brick married cindy, and he had 4 children (remembering the halloween episode for season 7)

[@kathleent3749]

I have ADHD. There r so many specific instances in the show where Frankie does something or reacts exactly how I have. It’s so nice to have a show that the average person can relate to!

[@catiabotelho5845]

I think that Francis and Axel has ADHD. It's just implied im the show but I AM certain that people with neurodiversity notice it right way.

[@jillgodfrey8445]

Brick is my fav character, and ALL his quirks are the BEST

[@amandatarver3014]

Whoop!

[@michaelefriem4037]

My favorite character is Brick, Axl , sue, Mike, Frankie I love the middle my favorite show of all time

[@foolproof8416]

Poor Frankie( even her fans choose her last

[@vanmoody]

I loved that show when Brick had a little girl who wanted to be his girlfriend, and she became possessive. Brick asks Axel for advice to get out of it and it backfires. Brick comes home from school and says, "Axel, now we're married and have a kid". lol

[@tiegz9770]

I think my favorite episode is in season 1 where the family are rushing around, trying to collect all their trash from the house in time for the garbage truck but Brick ends up getting hit with an alcohol bottle and accidentally made it look like he was being abused. It reminds me of my family lol

[@TebelloRapabi]

Such a fun realistic show 😂

[@LusySYL08]

The question was: "why is it this successful?" And they answered, that it's because of the Hecks are a normal, hard working guys (mostly with 2 jobs), who has its concerns with unforeseen difficulties and so on -> and Atticus tells: "... like most people at our country..." Today I want to say: It's even like most people in the world ("1. World" perhaps) - we can truly sympathize with that family (e.g. in Germany)

[@yannick245]

It also plays in a very _"German"_ part of the US. I mean they are called _"the Heck family"!_

[@franklyncooke3207]

This show was great because like the title, it was right down “The Middle” of America. Good clean, all-American, family-oriented writing. I would to see spin offs featuring the lives of the Heck children in the future.

[@pauloliver1842]

and mainly white?

[@franklinhunt-gonzalez5249]

What? Lol

[@mickaaylaKeagle]

They were going to do a Sue Spin off and it just didn’t catch traction. But she was ready and willing to do it. I wish they would come back now!

[@archangelliii2536]

There you go. There always has to be a race card PC BS buffer! So...would you rather have only the Jetsons, or the Prince of Bel'Air or one of the so many other BLACK only sitcoms? How'bout a mixed family? Would that work for you? Get a Life!

[@mickaaylaKeagle]

Oh, so you think Axel wouldn’t have had Uncle Hutch and his family around? Or mikes black coworker and his family they included? Or how about Sues favorite faculty member, the guidance counselor. Played by Whoopie Goldberg. Also, Bricks best friend was a hispanic male. Maybe you should come visit a town like orsen. I live less than 3 hours from the fictional orson, and the show actually got its facts in most realistic 99% right. There aren’t many family’s of different races in “the Middle”’s real life towns. So chill and don’t be THAT person.

[@dangharleen]

I almost cried when Betty white came up. I love her so much from Golden Girls!

[@SuperTonygrant]

It's a real shame the shows ending. There's more stories that could still be told. Axl having a full time job and getting his own place, becoming a father etc. Sue graduating college. Brick going to college etc. I think Neil Flynn (Mike) appreciates and realises how great the shows been and he knows he won't ever get anything as good as this. Charlie McDermott (Axl) was old enough when he started The Middle (despite playing a character 3 or 4 years younger) to appreciate what a good gig this was a young actor. The actors who play Sue and Brick I think will struggle the most. Its all they've known in their early adult lives. They'll both still get work including voice-over work but nothing well ever ever match the natural highs of being involved in a show of this magnitude and being a character of such prestige. It will leave a massive void in their lives. I appreciate Patricia wants some time out now her children are grown up, and after working 12 hour days for the past 19 years (with the exception of summer). But I beg her to take 2 years out and then give us a few more series'!!

[@SuperTonygrant]

real talk ^^

[@minisingh29]

Ending?! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[@yannick245]

They all, except for Eden, played younger characters. I mean Patricia is 63 (!) by now?! The actor playing Hotch, Axl's best friend on college, is over 40 by now.

[@barbaramarzette9951]

I am sooooo sad that this wonderful show is going off the air. You guys have brought soooo much joy to my life. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

[@carriemel1]

I wish it hadn't ended. So many shows hit home for me and so hilarious.

[@lokithegreat1]

It's always nice to see a show go it's full amount and not get canceled

[@amycullen1198]

Atticus speaks so well and is so wise

[@Rafael-lm3od]

I love Brick's scenes and his quirks is very funny. I would like to see the Shaffer in another series like his performance. I didn't really want the middle never end. But it will be forever on my heart!

[@seniartkreatif]

i remember watching a clip of this series being shared in FB and its atticus scene, i was sooo hooked, he looked funny and unique and seconds later, i binged watch the whole season! hands down the most underrated comedy ever! love them!

[@noahkilborn595]

I miss the middle so much, I miss the whole cast in the middle, it's a amazing series.

[@melaniespaur405]

I wish they pick this up again!!!! This show was my husband's and I's guilty pleasure....LITERALLY. Duct tape, cheap cars, messy house, quirky kids, and more🥰

[@scottrussell6071]

Our family misses the show so much it’s one of the only shows we would watch as a whole family.

[@Loni-044]

Love the show. The writing and acting is incredible and so funny. Thanks for the laughs!

[@emy3426]

This is the best show. It has a place in my heart no other show has. I have all 9 seasons and rewatch them with subtitles. It's such a quality show. I love all the characters and their individual personalities/ quirks and the storylines are full of heart and I laugh out loud so much in every episode. This show will stay with me for life. 😊

[@Person-mh6xq]

Emy34 agreed! Fantastic show. Great characters, writing, and acting. Been my favorite for a long time.

[@raysareynoso230]

please dont take them away from me ! pleaseeeee I love the Middle since day 1 !!!! OMG

[@melaniespaur405]

They'll NEVER be a show that can top their level of creativity....or relate to REAL LIFE, as they did!! If they ever do a reunion show??? They need to go on Family Fued....would be HILARIOUS!!!!!

[@pammienakh]

The only network show I’ve watched in years and years. And these two are top of the class.

[@jonathankieranwriter]

This became my new favorite show of All Time this year. I had never seen it before on network TV during its run. Totally brilliant writing, cast, comic flair, and heartwarming (without being sappy) at a time when we need to look at ourselves and laugh a bit more. A lot more. Would love at least a reboot special or movie or a sequel series with Sue and Brad, which I believe was tried but did not get picked up. For shame, network execs! 😄

[@dorate100]

im addicte to this show even now i watch these shows over and over would love a new season

[@squallleonheart150]

I was just sobbing after I watched the finale last night and also maybe the fact that my brother will be moving to his house with his wife. Just what Mike said at the finale. We will take different paths that is what is supposed to be. But surely we will find a way back home at the end.

[@varshamayadesilva]

Still binge watching middle 😭 please bring it back for another season @ABC

[@barbarabruce7648]

It is so successful because it is so relatable. Everyone sees themselves in these characters. Im under appreciated like Frankie. My husband is tall and stoic like Mike. My daughter is half Axl and half Sue. And my son is half Sue and half Brick. We all have a family in the street like the Glossners. I think everyone can relate to the morning school rush. Some episodes are freakishly real in our family life. We have adopted some quotes that we use in our family conversations on a regular basis.... " Using scissors are hard for you aren't they Brick" " I dont like being MANIPPULATED" "We're taking back the house" "I made dinner" " None of your damn business " " I dont want to be a bother " " and so on and so forth and what have you." 😁😍🤗😁😍🤗

[@abbeygibson1446]

This is the most amazing show ever I have seen every season more than 12 times

[@mickaaylaKeagle]

I still watch it everyday on my DVR, it’s on FreeForm

[@mariettapereira2626]

Yes, the show is very relatable to a normal middle-class family raising kids.

[@ptyptypty3]

WOW, Patricia is STUNNING in this Video!!.. OMG... you GO GIRL!! phewwwww.. sweatin' to da oldies here!!

[@Madisita]

She’s very intimidating !!! And beautiful!

[@stephanieann9890]

Oh I love this show. Wish it was still on. My kids and I watch it every day. I have every episode recorded on my dvr.

[@davorrdr6005]

Best show

[@ThePrincessfunk]

This is me 😢 watching this video. I love this show so much I'm still on denial. Brick..I will also love to see you graduate college,get married and have kids. I promised I will watch you for as long as I live. Please keep it going! I'm not ready for this show to end ☹️

[@Jas0n3o2]

I miss TV reunion movies. Just enough to give us a little update on where they are today. Although this show would be great for a spin off of the kids as parents of course with the grandparents

[@missmagix98]

I just love this show😍 Greetings from Germany👋

[@akedittts1752]

this just filled my heart with warmth and joy ❤️

[@ditto1051]

excellent show. So sorry to see it end. Loved all the characters and actors.

[@leannem2159]

Brick could have his own show honestly. I also think Sue and Axl would work having individual shows. The characters are just so well developed none of them would be too boring to go on independently.

[@minisingh29]

Yup! But we need the same writers. It shouldn't end up like Young Sheldon which is totally boring.

[@ni3070]

@@minisingh29 what are you talking about young sheldon is delightful

[@JTM1988]

After Brick whispered the extra letter in the spelling bee, the next spelling bee, Uncle Rusty convinced Brick to purposefully spell the word wrong so Rusty could win the money lol

[@nancygreen3705]

The burger cake was from the episode where the Hecks held Rusty & Marlene's wedding at their house. Frankie sent Sue & Brick to pickup the wedding cake & the baker had made a burger cake!!

[@foolproof8416]

"Your gonna love our pizza" Brick Heck)

[@robz.3225]

You're....you know Brick would love the grammar correction....

[@amymeier1239]

I love the episode where you and Patricia go through the car wash with the windows down! Haha! Looks like you guys had so much fun! It always makes me laugh!

[@jillgodfrey8445]

So many great moments in that show I always loved the Rita glossner character the first time her and Frankie have a encounter too funny 😂

[@jodeecaroline6546]

Congratulations on your 200th episode 😘😍 I love your show!! To be honest, I only started watching the show on reruns. So I'm not updated on your show...lol My Favorite was when Brick couldn't cross the bridge.

[@jodeecaroline6546]

I hate for The Middle to end after this season! It's so depressing to see shows end after so many hours and years watching the characters grow up on TV. You guys will be missed ❤❤❤

[@bryanhilburn6483]

Thanks for the wonderful memories of so many memorable moments from the show!! Love, love, love the insight!

[@cubilesally3489]

Brick is so mature

[@amandatarver3014]

cubile sally because he older then the character he playing

[@royaboagyedjan4632]

Atticus is so mature

[@stevenglare1402]

@@royaboagyedjan4632 book worm

[@RH-tv9hk]

This was so enjoyable to watch ❤️

[@mrs.walker3489]

I love The Middle! Frankie is so funny. I just love her character. I watch reruns now and hope it will be on Hulu or Netflix someday.

[@groovyhannah8517]

At 0:50 I thought Atticus was going to whisper.

[@minisingh29]

I wanted him to! Or at least whoop!

[@archangelliii2536]

That dude is so smart in real life too. The way he talks shows real maturity and intelligence...and he's also down to earth and cool, not the usual Hollywood snub.

[@ganushkafashionandmakeup7155]

I was waiting for that too!!

[@robertbangkok]

It ended in the correct way at the correct time. The show could not have continued because with Axl and Sue grown up, the original parameters and character dynamics were changed. Appreciate and value it for what it was.

[@dfangirl72]

I always identified as a sue heck but absolutely LOVED LOVED LOVED Brick he made the show for me ! when he graduated and sang just seeing the pic I'm overcome , I was surprised when they actually had axl 🤣in shirt and pants but I was very disappointed sue didn't marry axl friend he seemed perfect for her .

[@michelwelling4692]

The most emotional scene was Brick's junior high graduation at the end of s7

[@eileenkraslen4282]

I loved this show! Such talent!

[@sunitasingh-rc3cq]

The picture you can't recall is from the rusty's wedding episode...one of my favourite episode....love you all ..a big love from India

[@ShinichiKudoQatnip]

What he said.... The perfect mom son portrayed 😍

[@aligirl1552]

We refer to a house down the street from us as the Glossners 😂

[@hannahheartsbooks6]

i was just thinking that Frankie would've loved the royal wedding!!

[@michaelrawson6261]

hannahheartsbooks6:... she DID!!! Both of them!!!

[@justbecause6472]

i miss this show

[@ganushkafashionandmakeup7155]

Love them all!! They are amazing!!💖💖

[@michaelssali]

I like the episode when the kids broke the window and they had to lie about it. Sounds like us at home.

[@janetr5929]

What I always appreciated was that even though the kids squabble a lot they always have each other’s backs when it matters.

[@will74772]

I'm praying for ya patty. So happy to hear you got off alchohol❤🙏

[@hcroussette]

I wish they had done their favorite Mike moments. :) and also that they would have shown the pictures better so we could see them

[@Grace-qo8pu]

I love how they ended the show while it was still good. Some shows neber know when to quit and they knew what they were doing. Still holding on hope for a sequel show with sue or axl or brick or all of them!

[@jodeecaroline6546]

They should have the final last show "Live". I believe the "Hot In Cleveland" show did the same thing. I can imagine how many viewers would watch the last episode!! Sad to see it go! 😞

[@vonniedemers5683]

I love Middle, I've rewatched it almost as many times as I have Friends. I think the ending was perfect, bc we got to see their futures.

[@thevintagevixen268]

I have been on a re-watch of this show for weeks now and I love it so much. But it finally convinced me of one thing-most of the problems were because of Frankie. I know she loved her kids but she was just not a great mother. She was always taking the easiest way out, she was so disorganized, never did an honest day's work, stole from both her employers constantly, wasted a ton of money on fast food/takeout because she did not cook, tried to outdo the world's perfect mother Nancy Donohue just for sport, completely trashed the neighbor's new car, etc. She just half assed everything. I jnow she was written that way but she was by far the most flawed character. And PH played her perfectly.

[@thoughtbubble6169]

Looking at Patricia Heaton here, I have great regard for the makeup team that made Frankie look so haggard all the time!

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

Is it hard to say something nice about Patricia of other actresses?

[@yannick245]

She's actually over 60!

[@michelwelling4692]

Atticus sounds like his voice break is finally over

[@shaybirdwell6535]

Love show the middle

[@BujoldComa78]

I wish this show never ended.

[@HHh-ej4rl]

Patricia looks like a supermodel!

I really wish there would be many more seasons, it´s my favorite show ever! We (my family and I) watch it every day, at least two episodes, no matter how often we have already seen those episodes. We love how relatable it is, and the Hecks are a lot like us! My oldest sister (we are 3 sisters) exactly like Axl, my second oldest sister is a lot like Sue, with some of Bricks character in it. I´m a little bit like Axl, Sue and and Brick combined, and my mother is just like Frankie! Also I love how the characters all have their own little weird/unperfect things, but they´re not entirely stupid or loosers or anything. They are just... so authentic and real, and the actors play them so perfectly! The characters are so loveable.

[@anavrogers5132]

The perfect cast for the pefect show!

[@madisynbabb]

underrated show

[@misterio1383]

Everybody loves Raymond: 210 Episodes. The Middle: 215 Episodes

[@minisingh29]

I guess Patricia just needs a break after 200+

[@alexandrapapa783]

I am from Romania and i love this show.

[@lisataylor7850]

I miss this show!!!!

[@mommyface2675]

I love the middle love you both

[@Leviwheregreatness_iscreated]

I love love love you guys and this show

[@mdgrammy9934]

Bunny therapy... MY FAVE!!

[@mariettapereira2626]

Love the show ans wish it would just go on for a little longer.

[@kathybyerly7904]

Ive watched all episodes 3x now. Loved it. Hoping fir a spin off but uts been 5 years.

[@kathleengreen6889]

I loved the spelling bee episode!

[@EricaDrane-j9m]

Bring back the middle