S7 E22
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ABC (US)
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Season 7  "Not Mother's Day"  7x22

Aired 8 years ago - May 04, 2016

After enduring year after year of botched Mother's Days, Frankie declares that the family gets to take a pass on doing anything at all for her this year. But after a man offers to buy Frankie's groceries at the market when she discovers that she forgot her wallet - and tells her to pay the kindly gesture forward - she decides to have the family pull each other's names out of a hat and do something nice for that person, which doesn't go as smoothly as planned.

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Recap of The Middle Season 7 Episode 22 (S07E22) - 2
So, what did Dad get you?
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So was he?
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Anyway, I was thinking about it on the way home,
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Could be a kind gesture.
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I love small things.
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Oh, perfect.
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Axl, you can't pay it forward to yourself.
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Okay, just got to cross out
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Man, this is hard. I really want to do right by me.
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Seriously?
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And here is the secret of the room.
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I might start buying one per week.
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Why are you being such a crab apple?
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I thought your mom and I had a good relationship,
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What kind of guy starts a conga line?
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[scoffs] You can't just repeat the last word I said.
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Boom! Nailed it. Thank you, me.
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I look awesome.
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It's that I don't want to dance with anybody.
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So I looked over at you.
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Are you sure I...
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and dance away and pretend everything was fine.
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'Cause it seems like a lot of work just for the summer.
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Wow. Thanks. The bedroom and the bathroom?
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so I took him out to the doll hospital on Route 10.
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so he might smell a little chemically,
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So, here it was... Mother's Day.
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I'm just calling to tell you that I'm driving your mom back.
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and we'll watch it at our house.
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- Hi. - Hi.
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Seriously?
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for no other reason than out of the kindness of her heart.
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but I guess it's your room now.
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Well, if that's how you really feel, you probably should.
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so I renamed the room Santiago.
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Oh, of course, Mike.
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so I thought maybe we could work something out.
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That would be ridiculous.
#45
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Oh, no, I don't want that.
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Love me some bacon.
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[chuckles]
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and I don't want to go to Dollywood for the summer
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[whimpers]
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