Product Details

• Actors: Patricia Heaton
• Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: Portuguese (Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: Chinese, French, Portuguese, Spanish
• Dubbed: Portuguese
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Warner
• DVD Release Date: September 27, 2011
• Run Time: 528 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003L77FZM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,607 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "The Middle: The Complete Second Season" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The most realistic depiction of family life since Roseanne returns! The Middle captures the weirdness underneath the façade of what people think lower-middle-class life should be--at least what Frankie Heck (Patricia Heaton) thinks her family life should be. Frankie desperately wants her gawky teenage daughter Sue (Eden Sher, delightfully awkward) to fit in, her eccentric youngest son Brick (Atticus Shaffer) to make a friend, and her truculent oldest son Axl (Charlie McDermott) to do anything remotely helpful or responsible. Her husband Mike (Neil Flynn) is a solid guy who's pretty much given up trying to make their life anything other than the chaotic mess that it is, but he gamely does what he can to support Frankie's schemes and struggles. (On the periphery floats Chris Kattan as a coworker of Frankie's; the writers still haven't figured out what to do with him.) The Middle's second season follows the progress of a year, with episodes built around holidays and major school events, like prom or sports meets. It's a bit formulaic, but the scripts and cast rise above expectations, even though everything's a little less subtle than before--Heaton, who was wonderfully sly in the first season, plays everything more broadly this time around. Even so, Frankie is an engaging character, full of comic contradictions and suppressed emotions just aching to be released. Flynn is the standout this season; Mike's stolid, unruffled presence has become an even stronger foil for Frankie's floundering. And some satirical bits hit home: Mike's construction-site workers would almost rather have free pretzels than health insurance and Sue's attempts to join a higher-ranking table in the school cafeteria makes a clean but not overstated comment about yearning for status. The Middle: The Complete Second Season is a solid follow-up to the first season. Extras are meager, just a few deleted scenes and a gag reel. --Bret Fetzer

Product Description

Work. Kids. Bills. Comedy. It’s how the middle half lives. The Heck family returns for Season Two, bringing with them 24 episodes of offbeat fun with one foot in reality and the other on a greasy wrapper from Burgerworld. Patricia Heaton and Neil Flynn star as Frankie and Mike Heck, frazzled parents trying to stretch their patience and paychecks around three brilliantly true-to-life kids: Axl, whose latest dream girl has tattoos, body piercings and pink hair; Sue, who’s thrilled to come in eighth (out of eight) in Square Dancing with the Stars; and Brick, the only kid who has his birthday party at the public library.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Middle May 18, 2011

By Peter Bubendorfer

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At times its like they set up a video camera in our house - the conversations between Frankie, Mike and the kids are often identical to ones we have had at home. Sure, at times Frankie is an irritatingly needy control freak, but The Middle remains a cut above the usual US sitcom, something we can actually relate to. Plus, it's funny.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Diamond in Middle America July 7, 2011

By QueBruce

Format:DVD

I must say I avoided The Middle when it first premiered because I was not a Patricia Heaton fan because of her Raymond years. I first watched The Middle a few weeks after the premier because of my regular show wasn't on that night. I was surprised I really loved the show.

Frankie can get on your nerves but, let's face it, our mother got on our nerves growing up too.

Mike is a typical dad, avoiding conflict when possible.

Mike and Frankie are the typical parents trying to figure out what to do next because what they learned with one kid, doesn't always work with another.

Axl is awesome, the teen that sleeps in and stays up late playing video games, raiding the frig and complaining when asked...well, anything.

Sue is unique, to say the least. I don't think she would actually have survived my house of 3 brothers.

Brick reminds me of "Malcome in the Middle" and the youngest in that family. He is a smart kid and well, not the social butterfly by far, but I get a kick out of him. He is usually smarter than the parents.

I love this Diamond in MIDDLE America. It's hilarious and not always a lesson learned at the end of the show but reminds us, it could be us.

I DVR this show every week now and keep them to watch again and again. I will even DVR the reruns. I will buy season two as I did season one.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Family Comedy April 22, 2011

By Danielle Burchman

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As any busy mom can attest, the hilarious misadventures of the Heck family are not far-fetched at all. Each quirky character fits so perfectly, it's difficult to believe they are not a real-life family. I have enjoyed every episode and have re-watched them over and over.