Brianne Howey | The Middle

• Genre: Sitcom
• Created by: Eileen Heisler, DeAnn Heline
• Showrunners: Eileen Heisler, DeAnn Heline
• Starring: Patricia Heaton, Neil Flynn, Charlie McDermott, Eden Sher, Atticus Shaffer, Chris Kattan
• Narrated by: Patricia Heaton
• Music by: Joey Newman
• No. of seasons: 9
• No. of episodes: 215
• Executive producers: DeAnn Heline, Eileen Heisler
• Producers: Werner Walian, Vijal Patel, Roy Brown, Robin Shorr, Matt Dunn
• Running time: 22 minutes
• Production companies: Blackie and Blondie Productions, Warner Bros. Television
• Network: ABC
• Release: September 30, 2009 – May 22, 2018

The series features Frances "Frankie" Heck (Patricia Heaton), a lower middle class, middle-aged, Midwestern woman and her husband Mike (Neil Flynn), who reside in the small fictional town of Orson, Indiana, based on the real town of Jasper, Indiana. They are the parents of three children, 15-year-old Axl (Charlie McDermott), 13-year-old Sue (Eden Sher) and 8-year-old Brick (Atticus Shaffer).

"A Christmas Gift"

While Mike tries to keep his Christmas gift of a new dishwasher a secret from Frankie, his wife plans a Christmas Eve party and wants him to install a new dishwasher prior to the festivities. Meanwhile, Sue asks Reverend TimTom to explain the deeper meaning of Christmas to Brick, who questions the holiday after reading the Bible. Elsewhere, Bob's attempts to act cool annoy Axl while they work together on a Christmas tree lot.

"The Clover"

Brick believes that a four-leaf clover he found is bringing bad luck. Mike and his dad, "Big Mike," disagree over how Brick is being raised. Elsewhere, Axl is shocked when his jock friend Darrin asks "sunny-dispositioned" Sue to the prom. Then, stuck with "accidental" prom date Weird Ashley for a second year, he schemes to have another friend date the girl he wanted to take, just to keep her away from other guys, but Weird Ashley dumps him for a date she considers more her type. Meanwhile, Aunt Edie almost sets her house on fire and Frankie must find her a caregiver.