All episodes — Season 2
S2 E1Back to School
Sep 22, 20107.121 min
Frankie comes up with a plan to stay on top of her kids' schedules; Brick's new teacher accuses Frankie of being overprotective.
S2 E2Homecoming
Sep 29, 20107.921 min
Mike and Frankie must decide whether to attend Axl's football game or Sue's first cross-country meet; after raking the yard, Brick wants to set the leaves free in the forest.
S2 E3The Diaper Incident
Oct 6, 20107.321 min
While shopping for baby diapers for Sue, who has run out of them on a baby-sitting job, Frankie is completely humiliated when a clerk assumes she's shopping for adult diapers. Meanwhile, after getting on Mike's case to get a physical exam b
S2 E4The Quarry
Oct 13, 20107.321 min
When Axl is suspended for skipping school, Mike decides it's time to teach his son a lesson about life and makes him go to work with him at the quarry. But Mike's master plan backfires when Axl likes the job so much that he wants to quit sc
S2 E5Foreign Exchange
Oct 20, 2010721 min
Against the family's wishes, Frankie invites a Japanese foreign exchange student to live with them, in the hopes of exposing him to American life; however, the Hecks get frustrated when he shows no interest in them or America.
S2 E6Halloween
Oct 27, 20106.321 min
Frankie is excited over being invited to an adult neighborhood Halloween party. But will she be able to get Mike to dress up in a costume, or will he have his own idea of fun? Meanwhile, a melancholy Sue's spirits are lifted when she discov
S2 E7A Birthday Story
Nov 3, 20107.421 min
Frankie and Mike are speechless when, on his ninth birthday, Brick demands to hear the true story about the day he was born, which has remained a mysterious Heck family secret. Meanwhile, Axl's new manager at the movie theater turns out to
S2 E8Errand Boy
Nov 17, 20106.821 min
Brick pleads with Frankie to leave him home alone when she runs errands.
S2 E9Thanksgiving II
Nov 24, 2010721 min
Mike begrudgingly invites his brother, Rusty, who is temporarily living in a tent, and his father, Big Mike, who has recently broken his hip, to join him for the annual Heck family Thanksgiving. But when Frankie observes the macho Heck men'
S2 E10A Simple Christmas
Dec 8, 20107.421 min
While Frankie's parents Tag and Pat visit for Christmas, Mike is less than thrilled. To make matters worse, the Hecks have a disagreement with them over Frankie's idea on how to celebrate the holiday without exchanging presents
S2 E11Taking Back the House
Jan 5, 20117.221 min
After years of being at their kids' beck-and-call and never having time for themselves, Frankie and Mike decide to take charge of their lives and regain control over the Heck household. But Axl, Sue and Brick don't plan on going down withou
S2 E12The Big Chill
Jan 12, 2011721 min
Mike freezes Frankie out because he can't fathom how she inadvertently paid $200 for a small bottle of eye cream that she thought was priced at $20. Meanwhile, Axl's fathering techniques are put to the test when he has to take care of a mec
S2 E13Super Sunday
Jan 19, 20116.321 min
As the Super Bowl approaches, Mike is thrilled when Brick takes his advice and studies up on football in order to understand and talk the sport. But Axl thinks his little brother is taking over his turf by being Mike's football buddy - a po
S2 E14Valentine's Day II
Feb 9, 20116.821 min
Axl has a new girlfriend he wants to impress on Valentine's Day, while Brick has a crush on a fellow student and Mike accidentally lets the news slip out, humiliating his shy son. Elsewhere, Sue searches for a boy she kissed on a Halloween
S2 E15Friends, Lies and Videotape
Feb 16, 2011721 min
Frankie looks for a friend for Brick; Sue sneaks into an R-rated movie against Mike's wishes; and Axl and his band need a hot female for their music video and try to get stealth footage of their sexy biology teacher.
S2 E16Hecks on a Plane
Feb 23, 20116.821 min
Sue wins a family trip to New York, and the flight turns into a comedy of errors.
S2 E17The Math Class
Mar 2, 2011721 min
Frankie once again goes head to head with Brick's third grade teacher, Ms. Rinsky, when Brick gets a D on his math test and Frankie thinks poor teaching skills are to blame. But Frankie wonders whether or not she can make the grade when Ms.
S2 E18Spring Cleaning
Mar 23, 20117.621 min
Spring Break turns out to be anything but peaceful when the Hecks try to clean up 20 years of junk accumulated throughout the house. But digging through the past leads to some things that were better left forgotten. Meanwhile, Brick opens u
S2 E19The Legacy
Apr 13, 20117.621 min
Mike punishes Axl by forbidding him from playing in the last basketball game of the season. Meanwhile, Brick begins wearing his cousins hand-me-downs, and Sue wins a trophy.
S2 E20Royal Wedding
Apr 20, 20117.421 min
Frankie gets swept up in the excitement of the upcoming royal wedding. Meanwhile, Mike has to make a few layoffs at the quarry, and Brick helps Sue with her audition for the school news team.
S2 E21Mother's Day II
May 4, 20117.521 min
Things don't go as planned when Mike and the kids give Frankie a day without the family as a Mother's Day gift.
S2 E22The Prom
May 11, 20117.221 min
After learning that Axl text-invited the wrong girl to prom and plans to solve the situation by standing her up, Frankie and Mike demand that he meet the girl face-to-face in a timely manner to gently break off the date - or face the music
S2 E23The Bridge
May 18, 201119 min
Frankie and Mike attempt to cure Brick of his irrational fear of crossing over bridges. Meanwhile, Axl is pitted against nemesis Sean Donahue when a lifeguard position opens up at the local public pool, and Frankie is ready to pull her hair
S2 E24Back to Summer
May 25, 201121 min
With only three days left until summer vacation, Frankie is ecstatic that she's made it through another school year with the family. But her happiness turns to panic when she and Mike learn that Brick needs to write a daily journal and turn