The Middle — S02E09 — Thanksgiving II
2010 · 21 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 152 VOTES · DIR. Ken Whittingham
Overview
Mike begrudgingly invites his brother, Rusty, who is temporarily living in a tent, and his father, Big Mike, who has recently broken his hip, to join him for the annual Heck family Thanksgiving. But when Frankie observes the macho Heck men's non-communicative nature, she encourages a not-so-receptive Mike to engage them in a real conversation and express their feelings. Meanwhile, Brick is ecstatic when he discovers that Bob is bringing his girlfriend, Linda - the local librarian who loves books as much as Brick does - to Thanksgiving; and Sue wants to start a mother-daughter tradition of baking a pie for the holiday, but ends up getting more sliced up than the crust.
Dialogue Timeline — 404 lines
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00:00:06 FRANKIE: Thanksgiving means a lot of things.
00:00:55 Who has a ballet recital on Thanksgiving?
00:01:44 - String beans. - Mm-hm.
00:02:30 I know you feel bad because Grandma's not coming to Thanksgiving.
00:03:19 Axl, we have to clean our room.
00:04:37 When was I supposed to know?
00:05:27 If it's Aunt Janet, don't answer it.
00:06:13 and went over to his brother's house.
00:07:06 Yeah, well, he's gonna stay with us through Thanksgiving.
00:07:52 AXL: I'm gonna tell Dad. BRICK: I'm gonna tell him you're an idiot.
00:08:52 - What? Why not? - I don't know.
00:09:40 - You have to be the sane one. - Fine. We'll get into it.
00:10:45 Not everybody's like your family with feelings and talking and needs.
00:11:36 I'm lactose intolerant. Trust me, I'm doing you a favor.
00:12:35 If I was a thousand years older, I'd take a run at that.
00:13:33 And so I give it to him, and he files the book under 592...
00:14:19 I could meet you halfway at the one at Decatur.
00:15:06 LISA: Wow, Brick, this is very impressive. BRICK: Thank you.
00:16:11 He has been craving it all these years.
00:17:02 The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
00:18:14 Okay. I'm gonna... I'm gonna...
00:19:13 But he was a black man, so it was forbidden.
00:20:14 Okay. Suit yourself.
00:21:22 Remember, cry first, then talk.
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Factoids
The Middle, season 2, episode 9: Thanksgiving II.
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