The Paper Route

Episode aired Mar 14, 2012
TV-PGTV-PG
21m

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7.4/10

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S3.E19

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Edward Asner, Patricia Heaton, and Neil Flynn in The Middle (2009)

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Sue tries to keep a long-distance relationship with her boyfriend when he moves away, Brick decides to take a paper route to make money for night vision goggles, and Frankie discovers that M... Read allSue tries to keep a long-distance relationship with her boyfriend when he moves away, Brick decides to take a paper route to make money for night vision goggles, and Frankie discovers that Mike is keeping an odd secret.Sue tries to keep a long-distance relationship with her boyfriend when he moves away, Brick decides to take a paper route to make money for night vision goggles, and Frankie discovers that Mike is keeping an odd secret.

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238

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Brick takes a job as a newspaper delivery boy from the town's veteran newsman in order to buy himself night vision goggles, and Axl tries to convince Sue that a long distance relationship will not work between her and boyfriend Matt when his family moves away from Orson. Meanwhile, Sue tries to adjust to wearing a full-on headgear, and Frankie discovers that Mike has been secretly hoarding batteries for years. —ABC Publicity

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- Family
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- TV-PG
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Trivia
Frankie and Mike are in the car delivering newspapers when Frankie said she found Mike's drawer full of batteries while putting T-shirts away the other day. But Frankie had previously found those batteries in a previous episode in which her family leaves her alone for Mothers Day.

Quotes
Sue Heck: Well, you know how I had an overbite-crossbite? Seems they overcorrected, and now I have an underbite-overbite.
Frankie Heck: Is that even a thing?
Sue Heck: The doctor says it's unprecedented. I'm devastated. This is a catastrophe.
[throws self on couch]
Sue Heck: Ow. Ow. Ow. I can't even hurl myself!