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I got a minor chuckle out of some of the things, but not even close to the laughs I had from the first 2.

Least funny of the first 3 so far. The gay couple going to Costco was good

Good episode. The hispanic child is always funny, as is his mom. She's hotter, however.

Personally, I thought episode 3 was far far funnier then episode 2.

I like the series and it's passed its probationary period on my DVR schedule of recordings.

For me, so far, this is the best new show (at least sitcom) of the season. Saw The Middle for the first time last night and it only made Modern Family seem that much better.

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The middle aged dad and the gay couple are what is turning me off this show. The dad is a shlub, the trying to be with it angle is worn out and over done. He seems too smart to be that dumb and unfunny. The gay couple is just a stereotype. For me what would have been more interesting would be if they were just two regular guys that you would not know were gay if you bumped into them. This is just too obvious. The effete snob and the queen have been done to death.

That said I think I'm dropping this show and keeping Cougar Town which for some reason I find much funnier.

Cougar Town was funnier this week, probably their funniest episode so far.

I agree on the middle dad. The "cool" dad angle is over played after 3 episodes, it's not funny anymore.

I guess so. Unless you know a couple - as i do - who are just like them!

Tonight was the best episode so far. Hilarious from start to finish with no let ups

i agree tonights episode was fantastic. The mulch guy and juice bar bit was awesome. And the song at the end so so good

I killed my season pass tonight. There were interesting parts, but the broad comedy was over the top. Shelly Long being hauled out of the wedding and managing to destroy the cake was just too obvious as is much of the stuff in the show.

The dad in the bedroom scene was just too ridiculous too, Malt Shop? Come on. Then the Dylan kid singing, who didn't know he was going to blow it at any moment.

I guess I was looking for a show with a bit more subtle comedy, and a bit more insight, this show is not it.

You killed it tonight instead of last week? I thought last week was really weak. They are characters, how much do you expect them to change over 4 episodes? We know the dad is the wanna be young dad. I thought Shelley Long was fantastic.

I loved the wedding when Shelly was talking about how her ex husbands wallet and his new wife's boobs matched. This episode was better then last week but the show has still lost some fizzle from the 1st two shows IMHO.

jamieva -I give a new show 3 or 4 outings to grab me, or at least interest me. I like the premise, I like most of the actors, and I wanted to like it. Smart and subtle goes a long way in my book, and I was hoping they would take that route with the show. About the only thing that is missing that would make this a total sitcom is a laugh track, I could just hear the snickers that would have accompanied the bit where the brother refers to "Mommy' and the sister quickly refers to "Daddy". That was poor writing to me.

The part I though was a bit unusual was the part when Dylan spoke up, I wasn't expecting that, but they killed it with the song going where it shouldn't have. Would any teen boy sing those lyrics to his girls entire family? Unless he was a total idiot he would not. A non-sitcom kid would have just started humming and mention it was a work in progress and leave it at that.

Yeah, this isn't the place to go looking for realistic. That's why I like it. The over the top characters and dialogue are what I hope they can maintain, along with the kernels of family truth that keep it relatable. So far, they've carried it off pretty well as far as I'm concerned. Whether they can sustain the same level and keep me interested is what I'm looking forward to finding out.

Some of you take this show way to serious. It's a comedy and I though last night's episode was hilarious.

MattL it's a sitcom not a reality show. I think you totally missed the boat on the issue of the kid playing the song.

Great episode; best new comedy in a long time. The Middle is very good as well but will probably get canceled by the series killer ABC.

This is one of those shows that I refuse to analyze to death. If I stop laughing, I'll stop watching.

You might meet gay couples in the workplace arena that both seem straight...but you would rarely meet a gay couple in a more relaxed setting that at least in some part didn't seem "gay"..I mean nothing bad and I'm not saying it 100%, but the very few gay couples I've been around, all seemed to be somewhat like the couple on this show. His and hers, if you know what I mean.

Anyways, anything with Salma Hayek on it is worth watching.

Except that is not Selma Hayek. Try Sofia Vergara

Anyone watch this show tonight? Funniest one yet.

i loved tonights show



GET IN THERE JAY

and the whole scene with Gloria throwing the underwear
"YOU WANT MY DRESS?"
"....."

Agree

Cole Digger, ROFL.

Is that how they spelled it for closed caption.
"Cole" as in cabage, or did they use "coal" as in the black stuff.

Surely coal. Closed-captioning is an imperfect art, and that's putting it kindly.

Very funny show. A nice touch when they all ended up in the pool.

Anyone else notice the error with the football game?

When they first started watching it, it was in the 4th quarter and both team were in double digits. At the end when they were wet after getting out of the pool and watching it, the score was something like 7-3.

only thing missing is the Polk High shirt