Thank goodness this show is back! My favorite family is back on TV.
Sue (Eden Sher) does arrive back from Dolllyworld and Mike (Neil Flynn) is anxious waiting for her to finally arrive, but when she does, he smiles, gives her a quick hug and immediately turns on the TV, his favorite.
Sue has a major announcement of her own. She wants to change her major to acting. Frankie (Patricia Heaton) is shocked but says that that could be a good idea. Though I love Sue, even though she is the most naive character on TV, acting is not in her wheelhouse. She would be much better sticking with psychology. But she needs to be all in. Yet, she also feels that she needs a back-up plan.
Brick (Atticus Shaffer) has started high school and miraculously has a real book bag. His plan of hanging with the cool kid (Matt Cornett) doesn't work out as the cool kids want to sit with someone even cooler so poor Brick is stuck talking to his book bag, whispering to himself and whooping.
Axl (Charlie McDermott) finally introduces his new girlfriend, April (Greer Grammer) to his parents and though he is clearly in love, she is dumber than a brick, believing that world peace is merely good. Frankie can't believe it, while Mike and Brick don't seem too concerned.
Frankie, desperate to hold on to her family, plans a nice dinner and actually makes a noodle casserole. Though it can't hot as they don't use hot pads to place it down on the table, but whatever. But Frankie's well-meant plans are shattered when April shows up and then Jeremy (Will Green) shows up after some major protesting. No feeding antacids to cows. Mike is thrilled to hear that Jeremy is from Indianapolis as that is where the Colts are from. However, Jeremy doesn't like football because of the underpaid factory workers who make the balls. Mike is livid and instantly hates Jeremy far more than Frankie dislikes April. Yes, that's right, they are rooting for Cindy (Casey Burke), who is mad that the dinner doesn't include shrimp.
Frankie manages to give her toast though she must call her family away to the fridge and snaps at them that she loves them and these moments are truly fleeting. And that these moments should be appreciated. Isn't that what life is, fleeting?
Despite meaning to tell Axl off about April, she can't as she understands and blatantly sees that he's in love and she doesn't wish to ruin that. Mike is mad that Jeremy could take away the one thing he truly loves. Not Sue, mind you, but the Colts.
While there are few minor problems, such as the inconsistency of Jeremy being from Iowa last season and now being from Indianapolis, this was still a solid episode and the kids' significant others will blend awkwardly with the Heck family so funny times are ahead. Grade: A-
Side Notes:
-Fall has officially arrived. Frankie removed the duck tape from the sprinkler and put it back on the rake.
-Mike really should stop staring out the windows. Frankie snaps at him saying that the baby next door is already scared of him. Great callback, by the way.
-Sue's part was incredibly small. She was the girl in the well. And yes, if a kid punches his mom, he does have serious issues.
-Axl asks April if she found the place (the Heck house) okay after she sees him and kisses him and she says that she thinks she found the house okay.
-Frankie may have been pretty upstairs but Mike was far more interested in her downstairs. Yikes.
-Mike doesn't know what Team Aniston is and Frankie bemuses on how they can even be a couple.
-Cindy's mom went to bed early so she is fending for herself and was eating apples from a neighbors tree when Brick texted her.
-Also, only three out of the five people who saw Brick talking to his backpack made fun of him, so according to him high school is better.
-Sue urges Brick to create a secret back-up plan for her and give a copy to someone else in case he dies.
-Axl can't share a glass of wine with his mother despite her breastfeeding him.
-The most awkward line of the night is when Sue decides to live for college and Jeremy says that he will strap his bike to her Earth killer four-wheeler car. I wouldn't like my boyfriend saying that about my car. He should be glad about car pooling, which cuts back on gas. Also, my car has a name. It is Max. Please call my car Max instead.
-Brick shoves almost a whole pizza in his new backpack but still gets a lunch at school. Interesting.
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