Corbin Bleu is adorable and everyone deserves cake.
The time has finally come for Axl (Charlie McDermott) to start his big boy job and he is loving every minute of it. Not that Frankie (Patricia Heaton) is hearing anything about it. Instead, Axl latches on to his father (Neil Flynn), leaving her out in the cold and she isn't happy about it. Mike starts watching The Walking Dead without her, and then he and Axl get Taco Jason's without her, as they simply forget all about her, both of which are never cool. And then, when Mike finally tries to make it up with Frankie, Axl comes along and Mike picks his son over his wife and Frankie is livid, but then forces Brick (Atticus Shaffer) to be her buddy and he goes along reluctantly. But it turns out well. Brick is used to being ignored and forgotten so he has formed a good relationship with himself and is happy just by being alone. I understand the feeling.
But then Lexie (Daniela Bodadilla) returns and Axl dumps his dad like a hot potato and forces Mike to return to his wife who is now bingeing on Outlander.
Meanwhile, Sue (Eden Sher) is ready to break up with Aidan (Jackson White), even though break ups make her nervous, but then Brad (J. Brock Ciarlelli) meets Aidan's adorable drummer friend, Luke (Bleu, nice to see him on the screen again). So she can't break up with Aidan now, not until Brad is in with Luke. And things get awkward. First, Brad is too quite and then he's too talkative and Sue feels guilty about just stringing Aidan along. And Aidan keeps accidentally hurting Sue, first by tossing red pepper into her eyes and then smacking her nose. And it gets worse. Sue begs Brad to pull it together before Aidan kills her and she has good reason to be worried. The pool ball, stick and then a pitcher all injure her, and it leads to Brad and Luke bonding as they carry her out to the stretcher. And, for whatever reason, that night when Aidan kisses her that time, it actually feels special so he is also growing on her.
Now, while I wasn't rooting for Sean (Beau Wirick) and Sue, I certainly do no like Aidan and Sue together, despite all the similarities. So I guess I'd rather her end up with Sean and he's not giving up, which is good.
This was another solid episode and I liked that Frankie tried to make up for all those birthdays of Brick's that she missed but the plots weren't as solid as they've been in past weeks and how it is established that Luke is homosexual? Still, I'm glad that he's back on the screen and that they finally gave Brad some sort of love interest; there's always something fresh on The Middle. I look forward to the return of Lexie and watching the romances continue. Grade: B
Side Notes:
-Everything is an inside joke to Brick.
-If you ever walk over Frankie's dead body, please check her pulse. It's sad that she had to spell that out for her family but they are very dense sometimes.
-Aidan might actually be worse at pool than me which is truly impressive.
-I really want to try that new burger place Frankie kept talking about, Hole Lot of Burger.
-Never settle for mediocre kisses, not even after you start sagging.
-Brick had a bowl of mayonnaise for dinner. Which is just disgusting.
-Aidan would get paid five dollars for one of his gigs.
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