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# It's the Year of Sue on ABC's The Middle
- URL: https://www.ourfamilylifestyle.com/year-of-sue-the-middle/
- Published: 2014-09-24T16:00:48.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-01T20:36:40.000Z
- Description: From overlooked middle child to rising star, Sue Heck is stepping into her own this season on The Middle. With her endless positivity and quirky charm, it’s finally her time to shine. Get ready for big laughs, heartfelt moments, and Sue finally getting the spotlight she deserves!
- Author: Staci Salazar
- Tags: ABC, Disney, Entertainment

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Have you ever wanted something SO BAD... only to not go your way when it came through? Surely it's not just me. Well, at least I know Sue Heck is with me on this. She finds out the hard way on the new season premiere of "The Middle."

![The Middle](https://storage.ghost.io/c/04/b6/04b60537-dad4-499b-b73c-0551021827f5/content/images/2026/01/the-middle-5.jpg "The Middle")

### The Middle

After touring the [set of The Middle](https://www.ourfamilylifestyle.com/the-middle-abc/) earlier this year, Colby and I introduced our children to the show. It is now a family favorite. Why? Because we can relate to so much of what the Heck family goes through. We often reference scenes from the show in our own life.

In fact, as we watched the [Mother's Day](https://www.ourfamilylifestyle.com/why-i-dont-celebrate-mothers-day/) show where the family had to "re-do" the day for Frankie, I was in complete agreement with it all. Then, Frankie decided to jump off a ferris wheel! What?! Okay. No way. I was out.

But then, this past Mother's Day was torture. I looked at Colby and said, "*Okay. I would have jumped too. I get why Frankie did it*." This happens so much when we watch the show!

![Sue Heck - Eden Sher](https://storage.ghost.io/c/04/b6/04b60537-dad4-499b-b73c-0551021827f5/content/images/2026/01/sue-heck-eden-sher-3.jpg "Sue Heck - Eden Sher")

This season, Sue has declared it the "*Year of Sue*." That includes getting her braces off for her senior year in high school. I had to giggle as I thought about my own experience with braces. First, Colby wore braces for 8 years (*the same amount of time that Sue did*), whereas I only suffered through 2 years.

But, when it came time for my senior pictures I absolutely refused to have my braces on. So, I decided to take them off... myself. Yeah, I get it, Sue. Enough was enough. Fortunately for me though, my experience post-braces did not go quite the way Sue's did.

![The Heck Family](https://storage.ghost.io/c/04/b6/04b60537-dad4-499b-b73c-0551021827f5/content/images/2026/01/the-heck-family-7.jpg "The Heck Family")

Photo Credit: ABC/Bob D'Amico

Other than Sue's big plans for the year, Frankie never ceases to surprise me. I am just as much "*all over the place*" as she is. When she starts trying every possible password she has ever used to log into the school's system?

Ha! Been there, done that. Only difference is that I have actually begun to write them down. I have to. It just seems easier as I get older. Much like Mike using Axl's energy to win a little two-on-two, I use my kids to help me remember things.

![Atticus Shaffer The Middle](https://storage.ghost.io/c/04/b6/04b60537-dad4-499b-b73c-0551021827f5/content/images/2026/01/atticus-shaffer-the-middle-2.jpg "Atticus Shaffer The Middle")

Finally, Brick is still trying to find his place in the world of middle school. The big dilemma as he kicks off the school year is what type of bag he should carry. Sounds just like something my girls would stress over.

Watch as the Heck family make their way through the everyday as a middle class family in the middle of the country.