The ninth and final season of the television comedy series The Middle began on October 3, 2017, on ABC in the United States. It was produced by Blackie and Blondie Productions and Warner Bros. Television with series creators DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler as executive producers. On August 2, 2017, it was announced that the ninth season would be the series' last, at request of the series' creators. The season was dubbed as "The Farewell Season" and ran for 24 episodes.
The show is about a working class family led by Frances "Frankie" Heck (Patricia Heaton), a middle aged Midwestern woman married to Michael "Mike" Heck (Neil Flynn), who reside in the small fictional town of Orson, Indiana. They are the parents of three children, Axl (Charlie McDermott), Sue (Eden Sher), and Brick (Atticus Shaffer). The series ended with a one-hour series finale on May 22, 2018.
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Cast
Main
- Patricia Heaton as Frankie Heck
- Neil Flynn as Mike Heck
- Charlie McDermott as Axl Heck
- Eden Sher as Sue Heck
- Atticus Shaffer as Brick Heck
Recurring
- Daniela Bobadilla as Lexie Brooks, Sue's college roommate and best friend, Axl's girlfriend and subsequently his wife
- Casey Burke as Cindy Hornberger, Brick's quirky girlfriend
- Jen Ray as Nancy Donahue, the Hecks' neighbor and Frankie's best friend
- Beau Wirick as Sean Donahue, Axl's childhood best friend and Sue's longtime crush who subsequently becomes her husband
- Brock Ciarlelli as Brad Bottig, Sue's longtime best friend
- Alphonso McAuley as Charles "Hutch" Hutchinson, Axl's other best friend and former college roommate
- Sean O'Bryan as Ron Donahue, Nancy's husband and a friend of the Hecks
- Pat Finn as Bill Norwood, a friend and neighbor of the Hecks
- Jackson White as Aidan, Sue's unintended romantic interest
- Paul Hipp as Reverend Tim-Tom, the youth pastor at the Hecks' church
Guest stars
- Lisa Rinna as Tammy Brooks, Lexie's mother
- Gregory Harrison as Bennett Brooks, Lexie's father
- French Stewart as Principal Cameron
- Maree Cheatham as Sylvia Hammond-Tucker, the main suspect in the death of her sister, a woman whom Frankie and Brick believed was murdered
- Marsha Mason as Pat Spence, Frankie's mother
- Jimmy Bellinger as Edwin, the manager at Spudsy's, where Sue (currently) and Axl and Brick (formerly) have all worked
- Brenna D'Amico as Lilah, Brick's new crush at school
- Brian Doyle-Murray as Don Ehlert, the owner of the car dealership where Frankie used to work
- Brittany Ross and Natalie Lander as Courtney and Debbie, airheaded cheerleaders who dated Axl as one in high school
- John Cullum as Michael "Big Mike" Heck Sr., Mike's father
- Corbin Bleu as Luke, Aidan's friend and bandmate
- Norm Macdonald as Rusty Heck, Mike's brother
- Tommy Bechtold as Kenny, Axl's former college roommate and friend
- Rose Abdoo as Jodie "Mrs. K" Kozicki, Brick's health teacher
- Malcolm Foster Smith as Dave, a worker at Mike's quarry
- Troy Metcalf as Jim, a worker at Mike's quarry
- Greg Cipes as Chuck, a worker at Mike's quarry
- Brooke Shields as Rita Glossner, mother of the reckless Glossner boys who terrorize the Hecks' neighborhood
- Wade Chandler as Derrick Glossner
- Gibson Bobby Sjobeck as Diaper Glossner
- Dave Foley as Dr. Fulton, Brick's therapist and counselor at school
- Jack McBrayer as Dr. Ted Goodwin, a dentist and Frankie's current employer
- Peter Breitmayer as Pete Miller, Frankie's former workmate who is the top salesman at Ehlert Motors
- Nick Shafer as Arlo, Brick's old friend from the socially-challenged group who has now outgrown his quirks
- Andrew J. Fishman as Zack, Brick's old friend from the socially-challenged group who has now outgrown his quirks
- Katlin Mastandrea as Weird Ashley Wyman, Axl's accidental prom date in high school who has sort of stalked him since then
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