The Middle — S01E23 — Signals
2010 · 21 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 256 VOTES · DIR. Jamie Babbit
Overview
Frankie points out to Mike that his social ineptness has been passed on to Brick, leading Mike to decide that both he and Brick need to be more social, and the Heck family BBQ is the perfect time to try. Meanwhile, Axl volunteers to clean the family pool in an attempt to get girls to stop by and swim and Sue tries to raise money for a local parish because her new friend, Reverend TimTom might be leaving in order to keep costs down
Dialogue Timeline — 383 lines
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00:00:06 FRANKIE: There are different kinds of signals people use...
00:00:47 I gave you so many signals, other people's husbands were responding.
00:01:39 I guarantee you, people are going home now saying:
00:02:39 can turn our back on this tradition, I don't know what we stand for.
00:03:33 First up, Brick and Zack will demonstrate a reciprocal conversation. Boys.
00:04:34 Now, let's show them the right way.
00:05:26 Brick's snoring...
00:06:09 I wanna be a good parent and everything, but it was a pain to have to drive her.
00:06:59 but my friends... And you are my friends. - -call me Reverend TimTom.
00:08:10 Hey, buddy. Proud of the good work you did yesterday.
00:09:03 Look, Brick, we got this big barbecue coming up.
00:10:03 Um...
00:10:58 FRANKIE: Sue was devastated to be losing Reverend TimTom...
00:11:49 but you gotta stay focused. Do what I told you.
00:12:38 Two socially awkward creatures, one giant, one tiny...
00:13:38 I've never met anyone as interested in growing winter squash as I am.
00:14:48 Well, it's tough bein' a teen
00:15:51 It's like you wanted all these things...
00:16:41 I'm done talking to you now.
00:17:34 - Are you happy? - Yes.
00:18:26 I hear there's a lot of troubled teens in Dayton, so I gotta move on.
00:19:19 You're super keen and out of sight
00:20:21 I know you're never gonna lie.
00:21:27 Gonna be fine
Cast & Characters
Patricia Heaton
Frankie Heck
Neil Flynn
Mike Heck
Charlie McDermott
Axl Heck
Eden Sher
Sue Heck
Atticus Shaffer
Brick Heck
Beau Wirick
Sean Donahue
Paul Hipp
Reverend TimTom
Chris Kattan
Bob
Devan Leos
Henry
Jen Ray
Nancy Donahue
John Gammon
Darrin
Andrew J. Fishman
Zack
Krista Braun
Mrs. Tompkins
Parker Contreras
Eric
Audrey Wasilewski
Jody
Terrence Beasor
Old Man
Erin Sossamon
Marcy
Mandy McMillian
Henry's Mom
Cynthia Rube
Carol
Lancaster Duplechin
Boy
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed383
Dialogue density18.2 lines / min
First line00:00:06
Final line00:21:27
Production Record
DirectorJamie Babbit
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes256
Factoids
Episode
The Middle, season 1, episode 23: Signals.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/1422/season/1/episode/23
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