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The Middle Episode: "The Block Party"

Season 1, Episode 5
Episode Synopsis: Brick is tested at school and rated "socially challenged," and Mike hopes basketball will bring him out of his shell. But when a lawn-mower contest is held at the neighborhood block party, it's Brick's talent for souping up engines that helps him fit in. Meanwhile, Frankie helps raise money for Axl's football team. Original Air Date: Oct 28, 2009
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Premiered: September 30, 2009, on ABC
Rating: TV-PG
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Premise: A slapstick sitcom about a working-class family in the U.S. heartland follows the daily strife of frazzled mom Frankie as she tries to balance the demands of her job at a car dealership with those at home with her husband and their three kids, including youngest son Brick, whose unusual behavior makes him an outcast at school.

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