The Middle Trip and Fall (Season 8, Episode 8)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 21 min | Comedy, Family

The Middle

Trip and Fall (Season 8, Episode 8)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Rita Glossner takes Frankie on a road trip. In the meantime, Mike takes a fall at the quarry and Sue tries to get Axl to end his estrangement with the family.

Showrunners

Eileen Heisler | DeAnn Heline

Director

Elliot Hegarty

Writers

Eileen Heisler (created by) | DeAnn Heline (created by) | Rich Dahm (written by)

Producers

Eileen Heisler | DeAnn Heline | Werner Walian

Composer

Joey Newman (music by)

Cinematographer

Editor

Casting Director

Production Designer

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 6, 2016

Release date

Dec 6, 2016 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 14 wins & 36 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
21 cast members

Name	Known for
Patricia Heaton Frankie Heck Frankie Heck See fewer	Everybody Loves Raymond (1996)
Neil Flynn Mike Heck Mike Heck See fewer	Mean Girls (2004)
Charlie McDermott Axl Heck Axl Heck See fewer	Frozen River (2008)
Eden Sher Sue Heck Sue Heck See fewer	The Middle (2009)
Atticus Shaffer Brick Heck Brick Heck See fewer	Frankenweenie (2012)
Brooke Shields Rita Glossner Rita Glossner See fewer	The Blue Lagoon (1980)
Malcolm Foster Smith Dave Dave See fewer	The Middle (2009)
Troy Metcalf Jim Jim See fewer	Babylon (I) (2022)
Greg Cipes Chuck Chuck See fewer	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)
Ezra Buzzington Wayne Wayne See fewer	Law & Order True Crime (2017)
Greer Grammer April April See fewer	Awkward. (2011)
Keaton Savage Tyler Tyler See fewer	Home on the Range (2004)
Brian Howe Tom Tom See fewer	The Newsroom (2012)
Kurt Collins Rodney Glossner Rodney Glossner See fewer	How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
Hunter Daily Vanessa Vanessa See fewer	Billions (2016)
Adwin Brown Joel Joel See fewer	Roar (2022)
Chase Kim Corporate Guy #1 Corporate Guy #1 See fewer	Magnum P.I. (2018)
Jon Curry Corporate Guy #2 Corporate Guy #2 See fewer	9-1-1 (2018)
Al Coronel Cop #1 Cop #1 See fewer	Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2020)
Jim Titus Cop #2 Cop #2 See fewer	Pretty Little Liars (2010)
Elizabeth Dean April's Mama (uncredited) April's Mama (uncredited) See fewer	Jurassic World (2015)