The Middle - Season 1 - Eps 5: The Block Party
Brick's teachers tell Frankie and Mike that he is "socially challenged". Mike believes that enrolling Brick on a basketball team is a good way to get him to interact with others, but the idea falls through. However, when Mike enters the neighborhood block-party lawnmower contest, he realizes that Brick has some special talents. Meanwhile, Frankie joins a booster club in the hopes of raising enough money for Axl's football team to buy new jerseys, but Axl refuses to give his old one up.
About The Middle

Title: The Middle
First Air Date: 2009-09-30
Last Air Date: 2018-05-22
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.558/10 (from 661 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 9
Total Episodes: 215
Network: ABC
Genres: Comedy
Production Companies: Blackie and Blondie Productions, Warner Bros. Television
Synopsis
The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana.
Cast

Patricia Heaton
Frankie Heck

Neil Flynn
Mike Heck

Charlie McDermott
Axl Heck

Eden Sher
Sue Heck

Atticus Shaffer
Brick Heck