The First Heck Family Dinner Sucks | The Middle

[@nostalgiamostalgia0319]

The lawn chair was a great running gag and it only got better.

[@theadaptationstationmaster]

"Everybody look at the person on your left and say something nice." "You mean well." LOL. I love that bit! Classic Mike.

[@Xylarxcode]

2:25 Can't keep Sue down. It's so easy to make eternally optimistic bubbly characters annoying, but Sue always has that disarming charm to her. She always sees the good in everything and it never gets annoying. Easily the most fun character on this show, for me.

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

100% And I also noticed that it's Axl's attitude that ruined the family dinner. If he just tried and didn't Sue or his mom's effort for a family dinner everything would've went better

[@mandynicole10]

There's literally a chair behind them but she goes outside and gets a lawn chair lol

[@Lululovessoftball]

That’s what I thought!

[@user-ey9uj6vp9s]

That's a Barstool, try eating at a table with a barstool he wouldn't even be able to reach it.

[@Threeleebird]

​@@user-ey9uj6vp9sThere were more chairs at the back of the house, you can see them behind Axl.

[@AmalliaVanLange]

Same things I was thinking🙄🤦‍♀️

[@814912]

Brick would have been too short for the one behind them!

[@gustavoblanco1593]

0:35 lol Brick sees that his siblings are looking at their dad so he matches their stare at him 😄

[@Hiiiiiiiiiiilol]

Yesss 😂 the way he automatically gets into character too 😂😂

[@EliothTorres]

Bot this is cool show

[@lonnybush5612]

Frankie world famous cooking. The drive thru. 😂

[@amandacrawford4748]

That’s how I can relate. She comes in and yells “ dinner”!!!! And sometimes she’ll say “ I made dinner” then proceeds to toss drive thru bags on the table. Classic …….

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

It’s called “fast food”, not the drive thru as drive thru is just a part of a fast food shop that allows people to order from inside their car and pick up their order by driving to the window without ever leaving their car.

[@amandacrawford4748]

@@SYDAirlineEnthusiast calm down, it’s really not that serious. Lol 😂

[@luckyDancer100]

1:10 I hate that Frankie dusts off all the snow inside the house. There’s gonna be a puddle there in 10 seconds.

[@STho205]

The camera was set inside. Theater and the gag wasn't worth a camera move or a second camera. A sitcom not a documentary or a World Book Productions life lessons film strip from 1958...later parodied on MST3K

[@alina-r3w]

Was a perfect opportunity for brick to make a joke about being ‘low’ on the chair 😂😂

[@itsmith14]

Sue: Are you getting a divorce? Mike: let’s see how this goes. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@pedslapchat]

THE DYING PART WAS HILARIOUS 😭😭😂😂

[@YouTuber-my2ky]

The most relatable TV family ever. Watching this is cathartic.

[@carlyhenry9076]

1:31 brick little head

[@WayneHoxit]

How sarcastic can axl Heck be real or extremely 😊

[@jarmarnewell]

I’m literally enjoying that moment.

[@shaunelliott8583]

I like the way that the gaps between them keep growing and shrinking depending on which camera is used

[@lorivingot5495]

Maybe your mom and I need to talk to you, I don't know. 😂😂

[@akjfg]

really love this family

[@jacobrichardson1952]

Childhood memories of The Middle 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@saeedeh_illustration]

Am i the only one e with this serie being my favorite?

[@amandacrawford4748]

No not at all . I watch it all the time over and over (on Peacock) . I wish they wouldn’t have gotten older so it could’ve ran longer .

[@EricaChuzles]

Here's an idea Frankie why don't you buy Brick a regular chair not a lawn chair

[@michaelleary9233]

Or at least give him one of the others and let Mike sit in the lawn chair since he's so tall.

[@mossgeorge2001]

Frankie does not really get Brick, I mean she loves him but let's be honest she forgets him and sometimes runs him over in the house.

[@minngael]

I suspect he was a "surprise" bonus baby since there's kinda a bigger age gap with Sue.​@@mossgeorge2001

[@yeah5230]

She did and brick complained about his back and swapped back to the lawn chair and bought 2 more

[@dietrichjoanne]

Did Frankie ever cook dinner?😊

[@jessk.1883]

She did for Reverend Tim Tom. Could have been a frozen dinner though

[@snowbird1381]

She did for thanksgiving, but it was box potatoes.

[@Butterfly-ll7mm]

Did Mike?

[@sameaston9587]

Nancy Donahue tricked Frankie into making a ribs dinner.

[@kristinesharp6286]

Did Mike?

[@oliviannarnold]

i havent seen this show in sooo long. still funny

[@moyiazamora2050]

I miss watching this show. It doesn't come on Direct TV anymore

[@Babbling_Wizard]

I would've asked who's dying if the tv ain't broken?😅

[@LeannLiendo]

❤😂

[@MsTinkerbelle87]

He cant reach the table💔

[@kanieraliapeng724]

I love this show😂😂😂

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

I stopped eating dinner at the table cause I prefer to watch tv, though nowadays, I usually eat out. I just love making a good relationship with the restaurant staff.

[@noahmagana137]

I just hit on the hot waitresses

[@nanaki5308]

Why didnt she dust the snow off outside???

[@Robert-hz9bj]

Honestly, I get not eating dinner with your family. I mean seriously, have you ever MET any of the people you are related to? That sounds straight-up intolerable...

[@Xylarxcode]

I have actually met them. That is why we no longer sit at the table to eat together.

[@stevensanderson2817]

Most families also cook when its a family dinner, not just order take out.

[@ThisIsNotAHairOnYourScreen]

Why is the smallest child on the smallest chair, wouldn't it make sense for the biggest one (The dad) to be sitting on the lower chair?

[@lovefromwonderland]

Ths is relatable af

[@97smerch]

Ironic because the “you mean well” would’ve been more appropriate for Mike then coming from him

[@WayneHoxit]

How strict can Mike heck be real or extremely ❤

[@samanthab1923]

Who lives like this? Fast food every night? Eating in front of the TV ugh 😮

[@snowbird1381]

I am reminded of why Axel was my favorite.

[@KylesRV]

I am a single dad of four boys. Somehow I got used to having someone eating supper in their underwear at the table.

[@Billcomesback]

Is that the room for That 70's show?

[@bigg-esmallz7911]

Does Frankie ever make dinner instead of buying dinner ?

[@STho205]

Seldom. Whenever they cook or turn on the oven they forget their aunt's quilt is stored in there and it comes out smoldering. Only time I remember her cooking was for Rev Tim Tom visit and those were frozen dinners.

[@mjs6767]

Or Mike. He could cook too

[@dietrichjoanne]

@bigg-esmallz7911 , no she doesn't. That is why they are always broke.

[@DwynTwo]

​@@mjs6767Exactly! People tend to forget that it's not a traditional marriage

[@lagopusvulpuz1571]

​@@mjs6767 I don't remember if she had a job. If she doesn't. She has no excuses.

[@TinoLewis-j9b]

Regular family dinner with fast food

[@danielleharrison5765]

She brings the chair in from the snow and then she likes the snow off inside the house why don't you wipe off the snow outside before it comes in the house duh. I was watching this yesterday and I never noticed there was a train in the background I can hear the train's horn.

[@WayneHoxit]

How strict can Frankie heck be real or extremely ❤

[@tacotequill32]

*Sees wife set up dinner at a brand new and untouched dining table and asks what the occasion is* "I thought it'd be nice to have dinner together" "! Did the kids break the tv?! Kids, get in here!!" I'll never get tired of the Dad humor in any show😂

[@stefansefainss04]

Could have got brick a normal chair from the store or even in background but that just me

[@WayneHoxit]

❤ who was more extremely strict Mike or Frankie ❤

[@MatthewRoby-z3s]

This is so funny

[@IsaacLinscott-e8h]

Who thinks that Sheldon from young Sheldon and brick should meet😂, if so comment “baked beans”😂

[@pyronfox]

It's like a Goodwill version of Malcolm in the Middle

[@partsgeriausias]

Is that what Americans eat for dinner?

[@Dotteboy816]

No

[@kristinesharp6286]

When they have kids that age in that year yes.

[@ishikawagoemon4397]

I prefer eating alone even if i got families at home. Eating together just giving out unwanted comments and drama. Its more relaxing to just eating and do what u wanna do

[@tombailey837]

I didnt think it could be done, but they actually made a TV family thats more toxic than the Barones

[@cobrakai6910]

What about Malcolm’s family

[@MsTinkerbelle87]

The Seavers?

[@cobrakai6910]

Not Malcolm though

[@brazygravy]

Is it normal for American families to sit down with fast food daily? Genuine question? I can’t tell if this show is just hyperbolising it

[@genxx2724]

I think so. That’s why we have obesity and diabetes, and kids don’t know how to make eye contact and have a conversation. Those kids are now adults: the millennials.

[@brady5006]

It's not. People don't have enough money to eat out that often.

[@kristinesharp6286]

Both of them work. Who has time?

[@brazygravy]

@@brady5006 honestly that’s what I thought considering the prices these days..

[@brazygravy]

@@kristinesharp6286 cooking a balanced meal doesn’t have to take much time at all..

[@brocksampson3405]

Try to be a normal family. No one in this show can do that.

[@luvv4coco]

I have the FATTEST crush on Axl. omg.

[@aruglaempire2518]

Grow up.

[@debbyshanahan8201]

WHY DID THIS SHOW ALLOW SUE TO SCREAM ALL THE TImE LIKE SHE DID!!?? It was SOOO obnoxious. We stopped watching after she did it more frequently. ugh!

[@jclaudewong4647]

what a family..... shame.