<Li> Sean Donahue (Beau Wirick) is one of Axl's best friends, teammate on the high school football team, and Nancy Donahue's only son . He is outwardly complimentary and polite to the Hecks, but also supports many of Axl's schemes . He takes on a "hippy" persona in season 7 while in college at the University of Notre Dame, but has reverted to a clean - cut look in season 8 . </Li> <Li> Nancy Donahue (Jen Ray) is the Hecks' idyllic neighbor of whom the Hecks are shown to be jealous . Frankie is shown trying to imitate Nancy's parenting, but mostly fails . </Li> <Li> Ron Donahue (Sean O'Bryan) is the Hecks' neighbor, Nancy's husband, and Sean's dad . </Li> <Li> Darrin McGrew (John Gammon) (seasons 1--6) is Axl's dimwitted other best friend and teammate, and becomes Sue's boyfriend in season 4 . They break up and get together again, then finally decide to split up in season 6 after Darrin proposed marriage and Sue declined . The character has not appeared since . </Li>

Is the show the middle still in production