Stuck with Mom's New Friend

**Stuck with Mom's New Friend** is the ninth episode in Season 1 of ***Stuck in the Middle***. It aired on May 20, 2016 to 1.4 million viewers.

## Summary

When Dad goes out of town, Harley must find her mom a new friend after she becomes overly clingy.

## Plot

With Tom out of town, Suzy wants to spend most of her time at with Harley and Ethan but they find her too embarrassing sometimes. So, they agree to get her a mom friend to hang out with. To make it happen, they secretly sign her up for an online friend-finder website which pairs you with a friend based on preferences and location. To everyone's disappointment, Suzy is paired with her nemesis, Bethany.

At first, Suzy and Bethany can't stand each other but they decide to give it a try. Bethany turns Suzy into a more serious, organized mom who even gets up early to get breakfast ready for the kids. The two moms make it very difficult for the Diaz kids to get away with stuff and enjoy their usual freedom. So, the kids try to break them up but without any luck. So, they come up with a plan to act as immature as possible until Bethany can't take it anymore.

Meanwhile, when Daphne is chosen to be part of a school play, Rachel interferes against Daphne's wish to make sure Daphne shines as the star. Rachel is even more disappointed to find out that Daphne will be playing the butt as part of a cow costume. Rachel goes in to help Daphne break the rules and stand out in the performance.

During Daphne's play, Daphne follows Rachel's advice to break out of the cow costume and do her own dance, ruining the play. In the commotion, the rest of the Diaz kids take the opportunity to act all immature and irresponsible to annoy Bethany. Bethany can't take it anymore. She gets mad at the Diaz kids, causing Suzy to break up the friendship.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Jenna Ortega as Harley Diaz
* Ronni Hawk as Rachel Diaz
* Isaak Presley as Ethan Diaz
* Ariana Greenblatt as Daphne Diaz
* Nicolas Bechtel as Lewie Diaz
* Malachi Barton as Beast Diaz
* Cerina Vincent as Suzy Diaz

### Recurring Cast

* Lauren Pritchard as Bethany Peters
* Lulu Lambros as Ellie Peters

### Mentioned Cast

* Kayla Maisonet as Georgie Diaz
* Joe Nieves as Tom Diaz

## Continuity

* In Stuck in the Quinceañera, Harley points out the time Daphne danced in a cow costume in this episode.
* Ellie Peters playing the violin is mentioned again in other episodes like Stuck with a Bad Influence.
* The Diaz floor being always covered with clothes is mentioned throughout the series including other episodes like Stuck Without the Perfect Gift and Stuck Dancing with My Dad.

## Trivia

* The "Momcarena" is a parody or spoof of the hit dance and popular song by Los del Rio called "Macarena".
* Georgie and Tom are absent in this episode.
* Suzy leaves Tony in charge of the store, when she leaves with Bethany.
* This is the first time that Georgie and Tom are absent.
* Suzy, Daphne, Louie and Beast return from their absence in the previous episode.
* This is the first time that Suzy appears without Tom.
* Since Georgie was at a basketball tournament, and Ellie is on Georgie's team, Ellie should have been at the tournament too, so it's weird that she wasn't. However, she may have not wanted to go, or Bethany might have not allowed her to go. Or maybe she stopped being on the team, between this episode and the pilot episode.
	+ This could be possible, as in the pilot episode, her head was used as a backboard, along with the hamster and the energy bars.
* This episode is where the family has to face Suzy trying to bond with Mrs. Peters.

## International premieres

* May 30, 2016 (Australia)
* August 29, 2016 (Israel)
* September 3, 2016 (Latin America, Brazil)
* October 1, 2016 (Hungary)