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Season 2  "Homecoming"  2x2

Aired 14 years ago - Sep 29, 2010

Mike and Frankie must decide whether to attend Axl's football game or Sue's first cross-country meet; after raking the yard, Brick wants to set the leaves free in the forest.

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Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 1
Look what I got at practice today...
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besides my braces tightening schedule.
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How can Sue's first meet be on the same day as Homecoming?
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and had to take us down a peg.
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Is it? They run into the woods and come out two hours later.
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- Rock, paper, scissors. Come... Wrong. Rock, paper, scissors. - No. All right. Hold on.
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Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 8
as the big Homecoming game, so...
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Actually, sir, I think you're supposed to drive,
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Oh, don't worry about Axl, mom.
 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 14
That is so true! Aah!
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So, listen,
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and you'll be really disappointed
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won't be at the biggest day of my life!"
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I got you an early birthday gift.
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with a case of beer and a wheel of cheese.
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That out there is a man in the making.
 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 21
He organized them by color.
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And just when Mike had about given up...
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but you did it. All by yourself. Doesn't it feel good? It really does.
 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 24
but Homecoming was a close second.
 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 25
Hey!
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Yeah, baby! Whoo!
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Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 29
Uh, yeah, sorry... The stalled car from Ehlert motors!
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You don't know, do you? I just cheer when everyone else does.
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- in the incinerator. - What? You never said they were gonna burn 'em!
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...Of the Orson varsity families.
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It's kind of a big deal, 'cause my son's on varsity.
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Where is she?
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Mom. What are you doing here?
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- But I think I'm on a runner's high now. - Hey, listen, Sue.
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I'm sorry, but I want to cross that finish line.
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Okay, you know what, Sue? You got me.
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and cuddle with me, but your brother is just
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...And now each boy will pin his mother
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He's okay. He just got the wind knocked out of him.
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Axl, sweetie, are you okay?
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with my son, but it wasn't exactly how I had pictured it.
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out onto a football field if she thinks her son is injured?
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I just don't get it. When's that kid gonna grow up?

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Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 2
besides my braces tightening schedule.
#2 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 3
How can Sue's first meet be on the same day as Homecoming?
#3 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 4
and had to take us down a peg.
#4 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 5
Is it? They run into the woods and come out two hours later.
#5 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 6
- Rock, paper, scissors. Come... Wrong. Rock, paper, scissors. - No. All right. Hold on.
#6 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 7 #7 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 8
as the big Homecoming game, so...
#8 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 9 #9 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 10 #10 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 11
Actually, sir, I think you're supposed to drive,
#11 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 12 #12 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 13
Oh, don't worry about Axl, mom.
#13 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 14
That is so true! Aah!
#14 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 15
So, listen,
#15 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 16
and you'll be really disappointed
#16 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 17
won't be at the biggest day of my life!"
#17 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 18
I got you an early birthday gift.
#18 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 19
with a case of beer and a wheel of cheese.
#19 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 20
That out there is a man in the making.
#20 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 21
He organized them by color.
#21 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 22
And just when Mike had about given up...
#22 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 23
but you did it. All by yourself. Doesn't it feel good? It really does.
#23 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 24
but Homecoming was a close second.
#24 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 25
Hey!
#25 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 26
Yeah, baby! Whoo!
#26 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 27 #27 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 28 #28 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 29
Uh, yeah, sorry... The stalled car from Ehlert motors!
#29 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 30
You don't know, do you? I just cheer when everyone else does.
#30 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 31
- in the incinerator. - What? You never said they were gonna burn 'em!
#31 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 32
...Of the Orson varsity families.
#32 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 33
It's kind of a big deal, 'cause my son's on varsity.
#33 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 34
Where is she?
#34 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 35
Mom. What are you doing here?
#35 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 36
- But I think I'm on a runner's high now. - Hey, listen, Sue.
#36 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 37
I'm sorry, but I want to cross that finish line.
#37 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 38
Okay, you know what, Sue? You got me.
#38 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 39
and cuddle with me, but your brother is just
#39 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 40 #40 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 41 #41 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 42
...And now each boy will pin his mother
#42 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 43 #43 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 44 #44 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 45
He's okay. He just got the wind knocked out of him.
#45 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 46
Axl, sweetie, are you okay?
#46 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 47
with my son, but it wasn't exactly how I had pictured it.
#47 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 48
out onto a football field if she thinks her son is injured?
#48 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 49 #49 Recap of The Middle Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 50
I just don't get it. When's that kid gonna grow up?
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