The Middle (TV Series)

Worry Duty (2010)

Patricia Heaton: Frankie Heck

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• Frankie Heck : [narrating]  When you get down to it, there are really two basic types of people in world: The non-worriers...

  Axl Heck : God, chill! I'll study while they're handing out the test.

  Mike Heck : The nail was a little rusty, but I threw some beer on there. Cleaned it right up.

  Frankie Heck : [narrating]  ... And the worriers.

  Sue Heck : What if I never get my braces off? What if I'm part of some secret experiment where they're trying to see how long a person can last with braces on their teeth?

• Frankie Heck : Axl's eating broccoli now, and that's how it starts. She tells him to eat broccoli, so he does. Then she tells him what friends he can have, what college he should go to. He should go to a college near her, so he moves there and when he does, she breaks up with him again. Then she takes him back and they get married and have kids, and then she gets bored, which is her pattern. So then they get divorced, and Axl's living in our basement, and she's moved with the kids to Florida because that's where her parents have retired. And they get to see the grandkids all the time and get to be called Nana and Pop-Pop and we have to be boring Grandma and Grandpa, and we only get to see them once a year and when we try to hug them, they're all stiff and awkward because we're strangers to our own grandkids.

  Mike Heck : And it all starts with broccoli?

  Frankie Heck : It all starts with the broccoli.

  Mike Heck : I think you worry too much.

  Frankie Heck : I have a right to be worried. Our grandkids live in Florida.

• Frankie Heck : I heard her talking, Mike. I didn't say anything because I didn't want to ruin a good time, but just let's say Morgan loves her family more than she loves ours.