John Gammon

Mike and Frankie decide to cut unnecessary expenses, including their cable TV; Brick and his fellow socially challenged friends are forced to socialize during recess.

Mike and Frankie must decide whether to attend Axl's football game or Sue's first cross-country meet; after raking the yard, Brick wants to set the leaves free in the forest.

Mike decides that he and Brick should be more social at the Heck family barbecue; Axl sets out to clean the family pool to entice girls to stop by for a swim.

Frankie and Mike try to plan a quiet, romantic Valentine's Day without the kids.

Frankie is excited about being invited to a neighborhood Halloween party; Sue finds out that the Rev. TimTom is hosting a Halloween event at church; Axl and his friends go to an exclusive haunted house party; Brick chooses a unique costume.

Sue feels a sense of freedom without Axl at school; Brick struggles with a fear as he starts middle school; Frankie is jealous when she learns that Axl replies to Mike's texts but not hers.