meet the family
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The Heck Family consists of two parents; Frankie and Mike; and three children; Axl, Sue, and Brick. They are a working class family who live in the small town of Orson, Indiana. (wikipedia.org)
frankie heck
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Frankie Heck, played by Patricia Heaton, is the wife of Mike Heck and mother to Axl, Sue, and Brick. she is the main character in the show that also provides narrations. She views family as the most important thing in her life and works hard to keep their family together. She worked as a salesperson at Ehlert motors but lost this job in season 4. Even through all of her struggles she still tries to be optimistic and see the good that can come out of everything. She's always there to lend a hand and help someone in need. (wikipedia.org)
mike heck
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Mike Heck is played by Neil Flynn and is the husband to Frankie and father of their children. Mike is most well-known for being straight forward and emotionally stable. He works as a manager at the quarry. Even though he doesn't show a lot of emotion, he is devoted to his family and always comes through for them. (wikipedia.org)
Axl Heck
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Axl Heck is played by Charlie Mcdermott and is the oldest of the siblings. He is the stereotypical athletic football player, jock teenager. Although a lot of the time he is sarcastic, lazy and selfish; he also shows little acts of kindness to his family. He comes off to the viewers as a ladies man and has had several girlfriends. It could be assumed that Axl is Mike's favorite child because they have many things in common. (wikipedia.org)
sue heck
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Sue Heck is the socially awkward middle child of the family. She is always optimistic and wants to help people by nature. She is very persistent and always tries her best to fit in and join groups even though she fails most of the time and doesn't make it into them. She is one who has extremely bad luck but tries to see the good things in her life. (wikipedia.org)
brick heck
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Brick Heck is the youngest of the three children. He loves to read and is smarter than the average kid his age, in fact, he is smarter than some people who are several years older than him. He loves books and is always checking them out of the library to read. Even though he is easily distracted and procrastinates on his schoolwork. He doesn't have many friends because most people his age see him as weird and don't want to hang out with him. He also has a habit of repeating words from something he just said, in a whisper to himself. (wikipedia.org)
In the video above, when Brick's dad tries to introduce him to his friends, Brick tells him to hold on because he is busy reading.
This is an example of how Brick is interested in things that most would overlook and think is weird. Even though Mike would like for Brick to like some of the things that he does so they could bond easier, he accepts that Brick likes these things and even can learn from him.