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The Middle (2009 – 2018)

2009 • 9 seasons • Comedy • TV-PG
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Season 1

The Middle · S1E22 — Mother's Day

May 5, 2010 · 21 min · 6.4 (10 votes)

Synopsis

Frankie’s Mother's Day is far from peaceful; she finds herself consumed with caring for Mike and the children, neglecting her own needs. Yet, she discovers a familiar pattern when she briefly escapes the family to visit her mother (Marsha Mason, of "The Goodbye Girl" and "Chapter Two"), only to behave like a child, demanding her mother’s constant attention. Simultaneously, Sue wrestles with guilt after impulsively taking a motivational magnet from a shop—a magnet whose very message had initially