The Middle — S03E15 — Valentine's Day III

2012 · 20 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 152 VOTES · DIR. Lee Shallat Chemel

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Overview

Frankie and Mike decide to try a fresh approach to Valentine's Day by having dinner out with friends. But a clueless Mike angers Frankie by refusing to present her with a simple romantic gesture. Meanwhile, Axl can't think of a life-changing moment that's occurred in his life when he's assigned to write a school paper on the subject, Brick is tasked with writing a report on love, and a hapless Sue doesn't understand why her new boyfriend has suddenly turned into a bad kisser.

Dialogue Timeline — 371 lines

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00:00:06 FRANKIE: Ah, Valentine's Day. The official end of Christmas.
00:00:52 - You wanna go to dinner or something? - No, lot of people, long wait.
00:01:38 Get in line.
00:02:25 Because Valentine's isn't just about boyfriends.
00:03:22 now you gotta tape on little candy hearts and lollipops.
00:04:08 But this way, we'll have each other to talk to.
00:05:09 I have a meet the next day so I can't eat, but I'd enjoy watching my lady eat.
00:06:15 Sue? I prefer not to yell like Mom does...
00:07:13 - What's going on? AXL: Okay.
00:08:09 - Enjoy summer school. - Ugh! This is all your fault!
00:08:51 Is there any book that's had an impact on your life? Oh, what am I saying?
00:09:44 Oh, and the dying. Actually they're both hard.
00:10:42 No, no. Teenage girls are way worse...
00:11:28 - So how was the bacon? - You know what? Not bad.
00:12:26 Oh. Mm.
00:13:18 It's like having an eel in your mouth.
00:14:13 Come on, Frankie, we don't buy into that crap.
00:15:03 I'm on the waiting list for the Mayo Clinic.
00:15:49 That is not true.
00:16:32 Okay, Matt, here's the thing. There's something I have to tell you...
00:17:21 She says we have to use it until it's gone.
00:18:18 "But it's the little things I see them do for each other that tells me what love is.
00:19:15 What? You liked that snooze fest but didn't like my paper...
00:20:11 you got a lot of other days to get it right.

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
Blaine Saunders Carly
Julie Brown Paula Norwood Pat Finn Bill Norwood
Jen Ray Nancy Donahue
John Gammon Darrin
Sean O'Bryan Ron Donahue Moisés Arias Matt
Sara Van Horn Woman Selling Roses
Chris Erric Maddox Waiter

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed371
Dialogue density18.6 lines / min
First line00:00:06
Final line00:20:11

Production Record

DirectorLee Shallat Chemel
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes152

Factoids

Episode

The Middle, season 3, episode 15: Valentine's Day III.

https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/1422/season/3/episode/15
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