ABC's 'The Middle' Celebrates Faith and Family

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By Dawn Slusher | April 12, 2017 | 2:07 AM EDT

Tuesday night’s episode of The Middle, “The Confirmation,” could have turned out very badly given the subject matter. Parents Frankie (Patricia Heaton) and Mike (Neil Flynn) send their son Brick (Atticus Shaffer) off to “Wilderness Jesus Jam” camp to help him brush up on his knowledge of religion in preparation for his upcoming confirmation.

Trusting an ABC show to handle Christianity with respect and honesty is usually a stretch. But surprisingly, though the camp was silly and over the top, there wasn’t anything offensive about it. In fact, those who have ever been to church summer camp would probably have a good laugh over the “Jesus Jeopardy” questions and the camp leader who turns everything into a song.

What was more surprising, however, was the message at the end of the show. Brick happened to meet the boy that he was switched at birth with at the church camp, which led to the two families meeting to reminisce about the experience.

Frankie worried that perhaps Brick would have preferred to be raised by the family he had mistakenly been with for the first month of his life, since she feels they’re more normal and sentimental than she is.

But Brick put her mind at ease when he reassured her that he’s happy right where he is and that the other family is too boring for him.

[Katinah123]

Why would Brick want to live anywhere else? He's just as cracked as the rest of his wacky family. He's a Heck through and through.