The Middle

- Season 8

(2016)

Frankie and Mike are excited to meet Axl's girlfriend, only to discover she has a quirky personality trait. In the meantime, Sue wants to change her major to theater and Brick sets out to change his image on his first day of high school.

Sue's kicked out of college after forgetting to renew her financial aid, prompting Mike to visit the bursar. Frankie struggles to teach Brick how to swallow a pill. Hutch gets angry at Axl for taking the Winnebago without permission.

Frankie's surprised to hear the kids would rather live with Mike if they ever got a divorce. Sue attempts to reclaim her bedroom from Brick; Axl lashes out on his family after having to act nice around April.

Sue asks Axl for advice on how to break up with her boyfriend; Brick tries to fit in with his classmates; Frankie accidentally buys some racy underwear.

Iit's Brick's 15th birthday and time to learn to drive. Sue tries to choose a college major before the deadline and learns a shocking secret from Frankie along the way.

Frankie ends up vying with April for Axl's attention by rearranging the timing for her Thanksgiving dinner.

Axl refuses to talk to Frankie after she reveals her true feelings about April.

Rita Glossner takes Frankie on a road trip. In the meantime, Mike takes a fall at the quarry and Sue tries to get Axl to end his estrangement with the family.

Sue keeps a holiday secret from the family. Meanwhile, Brick agrees to watch three kids, but later on regrets it. Also, Mike doesn't know how to react when Bill Norwood gives him a Christmas gift for the first time ever.

The Hecks find themselves spending New Year's Day attempting to stave off a zombie apocalypse in the Orson Escape Room, desperately trying to beat the Donahue's record of getting out with more than one minute, eight seconds to spare. Meanwhile, Brick is convinced that the mild mannered man assigned to the family's Escape Room group is really the famous author of the "Planet Nowhere" books, Sue divulges a secret about herself to Axl that's she's been keeping since childhood, and Mike is stunned when Frankie reveals that she had a romantic dream involving Frank Sinatra.

Frankie wins free maid service for a month. Mike and Rusty look into assisted living facilities for their father. Axl, Hutch and Kenny move in with Sue and Lexie.

With four months of college left, Axl realizes he hasn't sent out any job resumes; Brad agrees to lead Sue's a cappella group in a music competition.

Frankie is told by her doctor that she can't have any more children.

When the pipes burst in the basement, Frankie and Mike frantically attempt to shut off the water. They stress out and start fighting, so Axl, Sue, and Brick call a family intervention meeting.

Mike convinces Dr. Goodwin to help him fabricate a story about his teeth being okay in spite of his toothache.

Lexie decides to join Sue to spend spring break in Orson. Meanwhile Frankie is being a proud mom for no apparent reason. For Axl everything is going well until the end of spring break party.

Axl runs into his ex-girlfriends at a St. Patrick's Day party, while Sean Donahue offers to take Sue to the Chancellor's Ball, unaware that she already has a date.

Mike gets into an argument about plumber. Sue keeps a secret from Frankie. Brick spends the weekend with Axl to experience college life.

Brick meets his almost-brother at a religious camp and Sue and Brad attempt to set Lexie up with a guy, unaware that she is secretly dating Axl.

Mike wants to get rid of the swimming pool and Brick and Sue try to convince him to keep it even though they are no longer interested in using it. Frankie tries to teach Axl about responsibility to improve his chances of getting a job after he graduated from college.

Frankie looks for the gift she bought for Al's graduation; Sue decides to make a video for Mike's birthday; Brick asks Axl to help him get in shape after Cindy saves him from a bully.

Frankie, Mike and Brick notice a change for the better when the wrong address is painted on their curb; Axl misses his final test at college; Sue has a realization while talking to high school students about college life.

Axl graduated from college and tells his parents that he has opportunity to spend the Summer in Europe with his college roommate. While trying to figure out why he has been having backaches Brick discovers that he wants the lawn chair back that he has been using since he was in elementary school. Sue accidently scratches an SUV and obsessively worried about what the consequences will be.