Then again, the spinoff could stick with the flashforward and go in more of a How I Met Your Mother direction, although hopefully it would stick the landing better for fans than How I Met Your Mother did.
For now, fans of The Middle can speculate on how exactly a Sue-centric spinoff would work.
The finale flashforward seems to have put some limits on the story if the spinoff picks up directly after the events of the last episode.
Viewers already know that Sue will grow up to marry Sean; unless the spinoff pulls a Will and Grace and just disregards the events of the flashforward to go in a different direction, there may not be much suspense about what happens to Sue’s love life if the spinoff begins before her marriage to Sean.