<Li> Nancy Donahue (Jen Ray, introduced in season 1) is the Hecks' neighbor and president of the booster club . The Donahues (Nancy, her husband Ron, their son Sean, and their two daughters) are portrayed as the idyllic family Frankie yearns to be like . From season 5, episode 4 ("The 100th"), Nancy and Frankie's friendship has waned a little, mainly because Nancy overheard Mike and Frankie talking about her . In season 7, episode 18 ("A Very Donahue Vacation") Nancy's daughter, Shelly hears Frankie talking about Nancy and tells her . However, Nancy forgives Frankie and they remain good friends . </Li> <Li> Ron Donahue (Sean O'Bryan, introduced in season 2) is Nancy's husband and Sean's, Dotty, and Shelly's father, who appears to be very involved in his kids' lives . </Li> <Li> Rita Glossner (Brooke Shields, introduced in season 1) is the Hecks' uncouth and troubled neighbor . She is the single parent of four rambunctious boys, as she had kicked the boys' father out of the house some years ago . The Glossners appear to be the only family on the block that is worse off financially than the Hecks . Rita often shows her disdain for the Hecks' higher status, even calling Frankie a "one - percenter" in the season 7 episode, "Halloween VI: Tick Tock Death". The season 8 episode "Trip and Fall" reveals that Rita has a fourth son, Rodney, her oldest child who has just made her a grandmother . In the season 9 episode "Hecks vs. Glossners: The Final Battle", Rita's children are sent to juvenile detention . After her children are gone, it brings out the nicer side of Rita . </Li> <Li> Derrick Glossner (David Chandler), Wade Glossner (Parker Bolek), and "Diaper" Glossner (Gibson Bobby Sjobeck) (all introduced in season 1) make up the dreaded Glossner boys, Rita's children . They are neighborhood bullies who used to terrorize Sue and Brick . In the first season, Sue and Carly attempt to fight the two older Glossner boys via a dance routine set to "Kung Fu Fighting". In the fifth season, Derrick reveals he has a crush on Sue and unexpectedly kisses her multiple times . Despite describing her as a "rich girl" with "one dad and two different kinds of chips" (and thus out of his league), he vows to better himself and come back for her someday . In the season 9 episode "Hecks vs. Glossners: The Final Battle", Derrick proclaims he has kept his promise by getting a part - time job at a tattoo parlor that pays him $50 a week . Sue tells him she is in love with someone else (Sean Donahue), prompting Derrick to call her a "cheater". </Li>

Who plays the crazy neighbor on the middle