The Middle — S01E08 — Thanksgiving
2009 · 21 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 354 VOTES · DIR. Michael Spiller
Overview
Frankie’s dream of the perfect Thanksgiving turns into a nightmare when Mr. Ehlert forces the staff to work on the holiday – and Axl loses Brick in a corn maze.
Dialogue Timeline — 381 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:06 FRANKIE: Thanksgiving around here is all about tradition.
00:00:52 can you ask him if he'll drop us off and then wait...
00:01:42 FRANKIE: Ironically, at the moment, Axl was my least favorite.
00:02:38 Ha, ha. Look at me, I'm trembling.
00:03:27 Well, so is taking the country away from a bunch of Indians...
00:04:31 Christmas?
00:05:19 So you like to square dance, huh?
00:06:07 - What's earlier than midnight? - Six o'clock on Thanksgiving Day.
00:07:15 Oh.
00:08:06 And you're working Easter.
00:09:03 It's an HMO.
00:09:44 We have Aunt Edie and Aunt Ginny coming over and Big Mike.
00:10:49 Yeah. She's at work.
00:11:35 A phone call would've been nice.
00:12:22 Did too. I peed in the Nile.
00:13:19 Mr. Ehlert?
00:14:21 FRANKIE: Now it all made sense.
00:15:21 BRAD: Happy Thanksgiving.
00:16:35 Guess I can listen to this inside.
00:17:28 - No. - Yeah. And don't even get me started...
00:18:25 Your only daughter is coming in from Hawaii."
00:19:36 Come sit down. Sit down. Sit down.
00:20:30 FRANKIE: And that's the last thing I remembered.
00:21:22 Okay. Night, honey. Happy Thanksgiving.
Cast & Characters
Patricia Heaton
Frankie Heck
Neil Flynn
Mike Heck
Charlie McDermott
Axl Heck
Eden Sher
Sue Heck
Atticus Shaffer
Brick Heck
Brian Doyle-Murray
Mr. Ehlert
Chris Kattan
Bob
John Cullum
Big Mike
Frances Bay
Aunt Ginny
Jeanette Miller
Aunt Edie
Brock Ciarlelli
Brad Bottig
Peter Breitmayer
Pete Miller
Daniel A. Lopez
Lou
Jeris Poindexter
Old Man
Megan Hubbell
Molly
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed381
Dialogue density18.1 lines / min
First line00:00:06
Final line00:21:22
Production Record
DirectorMichael Spiller
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes354
Factoids
Episode
The Middle, season 1, episode 8: Thanksgiving.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/1422/season/1/episode/8
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