The Middle (TV Series)

Halloween II (2011)

Neil Flynn: Mike Heck

Quotes 

• Mike Heck : Axl, is Sue, you know, fitting in at school?

  Axl Heck : She's kinda getting a pass right now 'cause everyone thinks she's just one of those freaks who likes to dress up for the whole week of Halloween. But if she carries this into November, I won't be able to help her.

• Mike Heck : Aw, I bet they thought you looked cute.

  Sue Heck : They used me as a table, Dad. I just felt like, I don't know, everyone got some memo or something that I didn't get. I mean, since when do you have to wear a teeny Catholic schoolgirl outfit with fishnets to have a conversation?

  Mike Heck : You know, your Mom really likes to chat at night.

  Sue Heck : Is that all boys like? Is that all you liked?

  Mike Heck : She's not a deep sleeper. You could just poke her. She'll wake right up.

• Sue Heck : It's just... at my school, people don't always, you know, know who I am, and I've always been pretty okay with that. But now I'm in high school, and there's just all these boys. And the girls are different and the boys are different, and I'm just not on anybody's radar. And I don't know exactly why. Is it something I'm doing?

  Mike Heck : Uh, you know, maybe you could stop dressing like a third-grader.

  Sue Heck : Oh my God.

  Mike Heck : Oh no, Sue, I didn't-I didn't mean...

  Sue Heck : No, you're right. I get what you're saying.

  Mike Heck : You do?

  Sue Heck : Yeah! Yeah, you know, I-I've changed a lot on the inside; maybe my outsides haven't changed as much. I gotta bring my inner Sue out. Like when Beyonce became Sasha Fierce. Thanks, Dad.

  Mike Heck : Okay. Sure.

  [pauses] 

  Mike Heck : We can talk again. But if feels like we don't need to.

• Frankie Heck : You don't have a problem with the shirt. You have a problem with what's inside the shirt. She's growing up, Mike. I don't know what to tell you.

  Mike Heck : I do. Let's stop it.