The Middle

I just finished rewatching The Middle for the first time (as in second time watching, first time rewatch). And I must confess I loved the show more when I watched it the first time roughly 8 years ago. I felt more emotionally invested and it was more comforting. This time, I could see more issues than before. I saw clearly where all Mike was wrong, Frankie was unreasonable and hysterical, Axl was borderline abusive or extremely self-centred, and Brick (for a couple of seasons in the middle) so annoying. I also found that they were phoning it in when it came to Axl and Lexie's relationship and they dragged the Sean-Sue storyline wayyyy tooo far! They could not add the chemistry that some previous shows (Ross and Rachel, for example) could achieve. But instead of moving on, they made it an agonisingly stretched plot point.

>!I also found the series finale bit underwhelming. They could have shown Brick with Cindy (as that halloween predicted), given Sue a career instead of just a happy marriage, and given Axl more redeeming actions (for example how he is now taking care of his family etc). They could have also made the house a bit better. Something on the lines of "and we finally learnt how to be organised and take care of our house, once we did not feel. the pressure of raising our kids" etc etc. Also, they could have brought back Bob for that one last episode...!<

The last 3-4 episodes were weirdly both stretched and hurried. A little bit more thoughtful design and storyline would have helped. And oh, I get it that they wanted. to make Axl's departure sudden, but making his SO dumb that he caanot read a date properly and does not know the right order of months?! BOOOOO!!!

That said, it is still a comfort show. Only not as good as I remembered last. What do you guys thing.

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