The Middle: Meet the Parents

This was an unfortunately disappointing episode.
We do meet Lexie's (Daniela Bobadilla's) parents, Bennett and Tammy (Gregory Harrison and Lisa Rinna) who are very, very wealthy. And they aren't extremely showy about it; they just assume that the Hecks have money and it brings out an unpleasant side of Mike (Neil Flynn). He hates the fact that they are rich and he isn't. Bennett even asks Mike if he should choose marble or granite for the bar at their home in Colorado. When Bennett arrives back at Sue's (Eden Sher's) and Lexie's apartment, he just hands her a new computer and Mike wants to make a statement and hands Sue five dollars just because and she is beyond thrilled, making a huge deal out of it. Which means that when he goes to buy dinner at a drive thru, he doesn't have the money and Bennett, who drives in behind them, knocking off the driver's side mirror, pays, leaving Mike fuming.
In the meantime, Brick (Atticus Shaffer) is finally enjoying sophomore year and even participates in the fundraiser where he is arrested and must be bailed out by friends and the money goes to charity. But no one is around to do it. The unseen Troy is away on a field trip for future farmers of America and Cindy is a big, fat no. So he calls Sue and fortunately, she still has Mike's five dollars and is able to get him out of 'prison'. The principal (French Stewart) confuses her with the name her picture received in the senior yearbook, which was a good callback.
Brick is upset that Sue bailed him but she's jealous that he arrested himself; she just stared longingly out the window instead.
As for Mike and Frankie (Patricia Heaton), she finally tells him that she's jealous too, but is okay with them being rich as they like the Hecks and she wants to feed off their wealth and besides, she's happy with Mike and their crappy life. Not everyone would be. And I'm glad; they are great together.
While this episode did have two good endings, it wasn't funny enough or good enough for me. I mean, Axl (Charlie McDermott) and Lexie hardly had any scenes together, which is a shame and I feel that the difference in wealth between the two sets of parents could have done to better effect. And Brick's plot line just fell flat. I wish they would have had him make friends with that football player who was also stuck in the jail. But at least Gregory Harrison and Lisa Rinna were good in their small roles. Grade: B
Side Notes:
-Axl, seriously, how in the world did you not notice that your pants are on backwards?
-Does Frankie have a good bra
-Mike failed the parents' econ test.
-Axl is a perfect gentleman while visiting the lake house.
-And you can't just trade teams for one that is better. You have a team and you stick with them until you die.
-No one knows why Brick broke up with Cindy.
-Sue has often used curtains to dry her tears.
-Frankie gets food poisoning from a street corn dog on the way to visit the lake house and spends her whole weekend in a luxurious bathroom. Mike has the time of his life doing fun stuff.