Fair rating?The Middle· Season 7 · Episode 14
Film, Friends and Fruit Pies
While Frankie and Mike try to figure out which household appliance a piece of plastic belongs to, Brick becomes a tyrannical director when he casts Cindy and Troy to re-enact scenes from "Knots Landing" for a school project; Sue's excitement over having new friend Lexie become her college dorm roommate quickly sours when she finds herself being charged for half of the new things that Lexie is spontaneously buying for the room; and Axl finds himself becoming stressed out when his boss (Alan Ruck) befriends him and tells him that the fruit pie division is on the verge of being shut down.
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#9In Season 7of 24 rated episodes
#155All-timeof 215 rated episodes
+0.0vs season avgSeason 7 averages 7.0
2016First airedFebruary 10, 2016
Guest stars
Brock Ciarlellias Brad Bottig
Daniela Bobadillaas Lexie Brooks
Casey Burkeas Cynthia "Cindy" Violet Hornberger
Jovan Armandas Troy
Alan Ruckas Jack Kershaw
Jim Hannaas Mr. ReedCrew
Blake T. EvansDirectorJana HunterWriter
Mitch HunterWriter
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