The Middle (2009–2018): Season 1, Episode 17 - The Break-Up - full transcript

Mike and Frankie are shocked to find out that Axl is dating the head cheerleader, but what will happen when she breaks up with him? Meanwhile, Sue and Brick become freaked out after they watch a horror movie about zombies.

sync by dny238
www. addic7ed. com

Out here in the middle,

we have a proud history
of lending a helping hand,

chipping in and doing what
we can for the common good...

We who don't have three kids
and a job, that is.

That's why at our house,

we have what I like to call
my sucker list,

'cause only a sucker
would answer a call

from any of these people,

Jessica Kirkwood,
auction chairwoman?

Let it ring.



Reverend Hayver,
church rummage sale.

Let it ring.

Unfortunately, Mike lives
in an old-fashioned world...

The phone rings,
you answer it.

Hello? Hi, Sally.

Sally Meenahan, hospitality mom.

Yeah, of course
we'll be at Axl's game.

Best season
in a long while, huh?

Run the snack bar? Ell,
Frankie's gonna be there anyway.

I don't see any reason she can't do it.
Oh. I...

Okeydoke. Bye, Sally. She wants
you to work the snack bar.

Yeah, I got that.

Sucker list, Mike.

Sucker list.



Are you blind?

I was gesturing wildly enough
to land a plane.

Consider this payback
for the time

that you volunteered me to take
the aunts to see Mac Davis.

Hey. You can't stack 'em
that way.

The new snack bar supervisor has
crazy high standards. Oh.

Oh, my gosh.
Here she comes. Look busy.

Okay, team snack bar!

For those of you that
don't know me, I'm Morgan.

I promised the junior achievers

that I'd finally make
this snack bar profitable,

and that is going to happen!

Every dollar we earn
is another step towards

putting doors on the bathroom
stalls. We can do this, right?

Right!
Right.

I can't hear you! Right?
Right.

So while I was
in snack bar hell,

sue was in a hell of her own
babysitting Brick.

What are you watching?
"Revenge of the Pod Zombies. "

It's too scary for you. Go to bed.
If you've moved up to a level

where you can babysit me
at night, then I've moved up

to a level where I can stay up
and a scary movie.

I have to call mom and dad
and see if it's okay.

If you have
to call mom and dad,

maybe you're not mature enough
to babysit me at all.

Mature.

Fine. Ten minutes.

So catch me up.

These zombies...

Why are they seeking revenge?

♪

I love watching
my boyfriend warm up.

Oh. Which one is he?

Oh, there, he cute one
with the dark hair... number 23.

Wait. Uh,

that's your boyfriend?

The... that one there
with the hair in his eyes?

Oh.

Since when?

Six weeks next Wednesday.

Six weeks?

Wow. Well,
that's... that's plenty of time

to, uh, you know,
meet the parents and everything.

Oh, they're dead,

which is okay, 'cause he said
they were really lame.

I'm just messing with you,
Mrs. Heck. I know who you are.

Oh. You do?
Totally! Hi!

Hi. I actually wanted to
meet you a while ago,

but you know how Axl is.
No, I-I don't. Tell me.

Oh, you know, he's just shy in
that really adorable way of his.

But once you get to know him,
he's so hilarious.

Axl Heck, number 23?

Oh, and every day he leaves
a note in my locker

telling me another reason
he loves me.

Axl's been in love
for six weeks?

In retrospect,
i guess there were signs.

Mom, what rhymes
with "tenderly"?

Mom, I think I'm in love.

Shh! No talking
during the McDreamy scenes.

Time to form
a Cheer-A-Mid!

It was so great finally meeting you, Mrs.
Heck. You, too.

Bye.

Hey.

Call me.

Six weeks.

Her name's Morgan.

I'm gonna snoop out some more
information from the other moms.

You work the stands and see
if the dads know anything.

Who am I kidding? They won't.
Oh, my God, Mike.

Can you believe it?

Our little boy's in love.

Aah!
This is too scary.

I- I think
we should turn it off.

No. If we turn it off now,

we won't get to the happy ending part.
Aah!

There is no happy ending part!

So apparently, along with
being head cheerleader,

she's, like, on a zillion
student committees,

gets straight a's

and founded the young
hoosier honor society. Wow.

Yeah. But still, they've been
dating for six weeks,

and this is the first
we hear of her?

I don't know
if I trust this girl.

Hi, Mrs. Heck.

- Hey, Morgan.
- Now that we've officially met

and my relationship with Axl
is out in the open,

I realize the awkward position
we've put you in

by not telling you
about our relationship.

I'm sure you have
a ton of questions.

Well, actually, I do.
Come on in.

For starters,
we're not having sex.

That's something
I think we should wait for,

at least until college.

We're young. We have to build
a solid foundation

before even thinking about doing stuff like that.
I love her.

Hi, Mr. Heck. Morgan.
Hi.

We didn't get to meet yesterday,

but I brought you some muffins I made.
Thanks.

Are these blueberry
or boysenberry?

Both.

I'll go wake Axl.

Oh, actually, could I do it?

I really want to see his sleepy
face. I bet it's really cute.

Oh. Don't worry.
I'll just knock on the door.

It wouldn't be appropriate to go into his room.
End of the hall.

I love her.

I love her more.

There's one thing that's
kinda bugging me, though.

What's she doing with Axl?

Right? I mean,
it's weird, right?

I... look, is that bad for me
to say? I mean, I adore him.

No, I know.

It's just that she's so...
Going places,

and doesn't seem
to want to go anywhere.

Heck curse.

We're irresistible,
and we have a gift

for luring in women who are
clearly out of our league.

Aah!
Aah!

What are you doing?

I was too scared to sleep,

and is is
the only room in the house

where I got to keep
the lights on all night.

I couldn't sleep either.

Every time I closed my eyes,

I saw zombies ripping the guts
out of Taylor Lautner!

Maybe we should tell mom
we saw the movie.

No, you can't tell mom! She'll
think I'm a bad babysitter.

You are a bad babysitter!

You let me watch a scary movie
I am too young for.

Besides, mom always makes it
better when I'm scared.

Did the mom in the zombie movie
make it better?

No.
She ate her baby's face off.

Hi, guys. Oh, my gosh.
He was so adorable when I woke him up.

Yep, morning's
his most adorable time of day.

Okay, here we go.

What are you doing?
I don't want to watch it again!

Trust me. If we watch it again
during the day,

we'll see how silly it is,

and we'll totally laugh
about it,

and the movie will lose
its power over us.

Aah!
Oh, my God!

I thought those zombies were
eating hamburger last time.

They're really eating
that nun's liver!

I just realized zombieism is
just cannibalism in virus form.

This can actually happen!

Aah!

While my two kids
who were usually happy

were unhappy, my one kid
who was never happy was.

He'd had girlfriends before,
but this was something special.

The last seven weeks
and two days have been so great.

I know, right?

But I don't think
we should go out anymore.

You want to just sit in the car
and explore our bodies?

Axl, what I'm saying is...

I think we should break up.

Wh-what?

Why? What... what did I do?

Nothing. It's just...

I don't know, like last week,
we were at the library,

and I was doing research

and you just kept staring
at that video game magazine.

It had a hologram of a dragon.

Which is cool,
but a whole hour?

I...

Look...

You are really fun.

I just think that I may need

someone a little less fun
and more focused, you know?

But we're, like, in love.

Hey. Is Morgan staying
for dinner?

No.

Aw, that's too bad.
I found a pan in the drawer.

I thought
I'd try cooking something.

You know, we could always order in.

Hey. Hey, what's wrong?

She broke up with me.
What?

Mom, I feel like I'm dying.

Oh. Oh, honey, I know.

I know. Shh.

Oh, God.

I forgot how soft his skin was.

What's up with Axl?

He's crying.

There's only
one logical explanation...

He's become a pod zombie!

Don't be ridiculous.

Okay. That is weird.

Hey.

He what's this?

Or something?

No, I'm fine.
Then why are you crying?

I'm not crying, okay? God!

Way to go, Mike.
We were hugging.

Ever since Mike made him feel
embarrassed about crying,

Axl was emotionally
closed off. Axl.

I want you to know
there is nothing wrong

with a man
showing his feelings.

- You got your hug. Now get off me, okay?
- There's just something I want you to hear.

Frankie, it's me.

You hear that?

It's our song, baby.

It came on the radio and I...

Oh, I had to call you.

Please, Frankie.
Please take me back.

I'm so lost without you.

Oh, God! Is that dad?

Yes. Yes, it is.

He left this on my machine after
we broke up for a few weeks

when we were first dating.

Are you serious?

♪ your baby needs
someone to believe in ♪

♪ I'm gonna hold on loosely,
but I won't let go ♪

see? Everyone hurts sometimes,
even your dad.

Dude,
he sounds like such a dork!

Is that how I sounded? God!

Who's the dork?

If you get this before morning,
call my pager.

I'm at the Chi-Chi's
on route 42,

waiting by the pay phone.

The chi-chi's
where we sat in back

and fed each other nachos,
remember?

I love you, Frankie.

I love you so much,
my heart...

Frankie, what are you doing?
Are you nuts?!

Where did you get that?!
What... what even is that?!

I can't believe
that you saved that.

Besides, I don't even think
that's me.

Okay. I gotta go.

Mike.

What is the matter
with you?

What? I think it's sweet.

It's not sweet.
It's not anything.

Give me that tape.

No! I love this tape.

You even made up your own lyrics
to 38 Special for me.

You said I was your angel
from above. Where is that part?

My shirt still smells
like your hair. Aah! La la la la la!

I miss your hair.
I can't hear it.

So you love me. So what?
Stop saying that! Give me the tape!

What, love? You want me
to stop saying "love"?

Ma and you played it
for our son?!

It's embarrassing.

It's embarrassing
that your son knows

that you loved his mother
enough to cry?

That's what's embarrassing you?
Hey, let's pull out

some pictures
of you and your giant perm.

I know they're in here
somewhere.

I
didn't do this to embarrass you.

Axl is going through
a really tough time,

and he's never been
that open with his emotions,

and he just needs to see that
it's okay to cry. But it isn't!

I think that tape
makes that perfectly clear.

Oh, man.

Oh, God!

Frankie!

After days of avoiding Axl

Mike realized
he couldn't do it forever.

Hey.

H- hey.

Not much to eat.

Nope.

So, you know, Axl, uh,

about the thing
you heard the other day...

You mean the tape?
We don't have to give it a name.

I just, uh, thought that I should say... about
the thing you don't have to explain it...

Don't look at me. Just let me
say that for whatever reason,

women love it when men cry.
I- it's why your mom sees

every damn Sean Penn movie
that comes out.

Yeah, she's pretty gay for him.

Yeah, so, you know...

What you heard,

uh, on that thing
that your mom played for you,

kinda got me your mom.

So...

Yeah. I guess so.

I think I see some cheese
back there.

Sweet.

Good talk.

Yep.

♪ and the home of the brave ♪

Is there nothing she can't do?
God, I miss her.

Ehlert Motors
is proud to sponsor

the Thundering Hen
division playoff

with this very generous donation
of $25!

So when shopping
for your next car,

remember the Ehlert motto...

Who cares?

Yeah!

Whoo!
Oh, this is so close.

Let's go, Team Hens! Whoo!

Axl is on fire!

He keeps looking at Morgan.
Well, he's channeling his heartbreak into his game.

I bowled a 280 the night
you broke up with me.

Sue, I need you to take me
to the bathroom.

I'm not missing the game.

Fine. Stay here alone
with pod mom and dad.

I'm taking Brick to the bathroom.
Okay.

Blue and white!

I'm pretty sure there's a boys'
bathroom around here somewhere.

Oh, here it is.

Brick?

Did you already go in?

No one's allowed
in the east wing after dark.

I'm just waiting for my brother.
He's in the bathroom.

Couldn't be that bathroom.

It's been locked for two days.

Brick?

Way to rebound, son!

Make the shot!
Let's go to state! Come on!

Hey.

Why is he stopping?

Axl, what are you doing?
I'm not afraid of my feelings, Morgan.

I love you,
and I know you still love me.

So I'm not gonna shoot
until you take me back.

Tell me, does this sound like

the actions
of a man not going anywhere?

Axl, get your head
in the game!

Go, you jackass!
I got money on this game.

Axl! Now's not the time!

Brick, where are you?

Brick!

You could always check the basement.

There you are.

You scared me.

Brick?

Oh, my God!

Aah!

Cuidado piso mojado.

Axl!

On the one hand, I was proud
he was showing his feelings.

On the other hand,
if we win this, we go to state!

Axl, there'll be other girls!
Shoot the damn ball!

"I'm gonna hold on loosely,

but I won't let go!"

Tell me you'll hold on, too,

and I'll shoot, and we all win.

'Cause our love is so strong,
it's...

Oh, man.

Well, this isn't
too embarrassing.

Help!
The Pod Zombies got Brick!

I'll get Brick.

You get the car.

That's it. I am never feeling
anything again. Good boy.

Thanks for blowing our season,
Romeo!

Hey, man!

Come on.
He's a stupid teenager.

You know how they are.

Lock the doors.

Oh, no! Zombies!
Don't eat my brain!

Thanks a lot, Brick!

Why were you standing there,
staring at me like a zombie?

I was memorizing
the fire escape plan

in case the zombies
set the place on fire.

You idiot!
Zombies are afraid of fire!

That doesn't even make sense.

Okay, what is going on?

You two have been
acting weird all week.

I let Brick stay up
and watch a scary movie,

and now he's scarred for life,
and so am I,

and I am a horrible, horrible babysitter.
Is that what this is all about?

If there really were zombies,
don't you think it would be

on the news
or "Access Hollywood"

or something? Come on.

See? I told you mom would make it better.

Axl, that was so romantic,
what you did.

Would you lose a game
for me someday?

Uh, if coach ever lets me
play again, I guess.

Hey, want to get some pizza
with us?

Oh! Well...

Okay.

Gotta eat, I guess.

And just like that,

he was blissfully f
to his next heartbreak,

leaving us to deal
with the mess he left behind.

Hey, here's their car.
Come on! Let's turn it over!

Hey. Whoa. Whoa.
Uh, all right.

Everybody roll with the motion
and avoid eye contact.

I've been on the other side
of this.

They're gonna get bored
and move on eventually.

sync by dny238
www. addic7ed. com