The Middle (TV Series)

Friends, Lies, and Videotape (2011)

Neil Flynn: Mike Heck

Quotes 

• Mike Heck : Your mom and I found this ticket stub, and we are very disappointed...

  Sue Heck : I'm sorry! I'm so sorry. I should have listened to you. You were right. You were totally right. I'm not ready to see an R-rated movie. They said and did weird things. And how could he sleep with his wife and then sleep with his wife's sister the next day? It was disgusting! And that's not even the worst of it. Mom always tells me to put just one pump of butter on my popcorn, but I put three pumps 'cause I thought I could handle it. But I couldn't, Dad, I couldn't handle it. I threw up on the theater floor. Oh, God. How could I ever doubt you?

• Mike Heck : I'm kind of running out of things to take from you, Sue.

  Sue Heck : Well, sometimes after school I like to go over to the soccer field and watch the guy mow the lawn.

  Mike Heck : All right, you can't do that for two weeks. Matter of fact, that's kind of strange. Why don't you stop doing that altogether?

• Frankie Heck : We dropped the ball. He didn't learn to play. He can't make friends. He's gonna miss his childhood. And it's all our fault.

  Mike Heck : Let's just take a step back a second. Is childhood really that great?