Malcolm in the Middle
In the words of They Might Be Giants' rollicking Grammy-winning theme song, "life is unfair." The inventive and wholly original sitcom Malcolm in the Middle has been honored with a Peabody Award and Emmys for directing and writing, but if life was fair, it would have earned an Emmy for Best Comedy Series, not to mention statuettes for its pitch-perfect cast. With his perpetual "yes, me worry" expression, Frankie Muniz instantly earns audience empathy as Malcolm, whose chances for a normal life are thwarted not only by his genius IQ, but also by his outrageously dysfunctional family: Lois, his obsessive, control-freak mother; Hal, his loving but ineffectual father; Francis, his eldest brother waging his own private war at military school; middle brother Reese, a delinquent savant; and Dewey, the put-upon youngest. As Malcolm observes at one point, "This family may be rude, loud and gross, and have no shame whatsoever, but with them you know where you stand."
Episodes
Season 8
TBA
Season 7
Burning Man
When the family goes to the Burning Man Festival Malcolm falls in love with a healer; Reese falls in love with the festival; and festival goers mistake Hal's suburban attitudes as a performance.
Health Insurance
When Hal's health insurance lapses for a weekend, he tries hard to keep everyone safe without letting them know why; and Lois thinks Craig is the anti-union snitch at the Lucky Aide.
Reese vs. Stevie
Reese's simmering dislike for Stevie finally comes to head; Hal tries to get Dewey to quit smoking by kicking his own addiction to coffee; and Lois tries to get Jamie to talk.
Halloween
On Halloween Hal freaks out when he learns the family's house was once the site of a murder-suicide; Reese and Dewey run from an old man in a walker after egging him.
Jessica Stays Over
When Jessica stays with the family for few days, she shows Malcolm how to use emotional intimacy to manipulate Lois; Reese tries to mail himself to China; and Hal battles an angry bee.
Secret Boyfriend
Malcolm dates a popular girl who refuses to be seen in public with him; Lois tries to force Reese to get a job; and Hal gets upset when Dewey doesn't get upset after being denied a free game.
Blackout
During a blackout, events are seen from three different perspectives; Reese cooks steaks for Hal; Malcolm tries to sneak three Dutch girls into the house; and Francis tries to steal a stuffed marlin.
Army Buddy
When Reese's female army buddy comes to visit, Reese struggles to understand his attraction to someone he considers his best friend; Hal becomes jealous of Lois' orthotic shoe inserts.
Malcolm Defends Reese
To preserve an academic title he once won, Herkabe tries to get Malcolm to sabotage his grade point average; a clingy neighbor attaches herself to Lois.
Malcolm's Money
While Malcolm battles a yearbook photographer to get a good photo, Hal,Lois, and Dewey intercept a scholarship check addressed to Malcolm and try to rationalize spending the money.
Bride of Ida
While Lois and Hal accompany Dewey on a mishap-plagued trip to a piano competition, Ida brings a girl from her home country to stay with Malcolm and Reese.
College Recruiters
When Malcolm dodges advances from college recruiters, Hal is happy to be wooed instead; Reese flourishes in his new marriage, but misses a big warning sign.
Mono
When Lois and Malcolm are sidelines with mono, they're forced to share a bedroom; Hal gets to know his neighbors.
Hal Grieves
After Hal's father dies, he refuses to grieve but indulges his sons, hoping they'll remember him more fondly than he does his father.
A.A.
Hal and Lois accompany Francis to his 1-year AA "birthday" party; left home alone, Malcolm, Reese, and Dewey argue about where to go when Dewey finds the spare key to Hal's car.
Lois Strikes Back
After Reese is severely humiliated by four girls at school, Lois exacts revenge on them; and Hal builds a pitching machine while hiding out from Lois in the garage.
Hal's Dentist
Hal feels betrayed when he friend Trey charges $2,000 to fix Hal's teeth; Malcolm and Dewey find a new mattress; and Reese teaches Lois how to ride a bike.
Bomb Shelter
A dance competition teaches Malcolm that beauty is in the eye of the beholder; Lois is determined to outlast her competition for a new truck.
Stevie in the Hospital
Malcolm's afraid to visit his best friend Stevie in the hospital; Reese becomes a master telemarketer; and someone secretly tries to drive Lois crazy.
Cattle Court
Reese pretends to be a vegetarian; Hal decides to teach Dewey a lesson about the game of "Life;" and Malcolm talks Craig into standing up to Lois...and then regrets it.
Morp
Malcolm organizes the outcast kids at school for an anti-prom; Reese is transformed into the perfect prom date...for a price; and Dewey holds Hal's wallet hostage for the attention he was denied.
Graduation
Malcolm and his folks realize his scholarships will still leave them five-thousand dollars short for his Harvard tuition. Hal promises he'll find the extra money somehow.
Season 6
Reese Comes Home
While guilt-ridden Malcolm and Dewey try to do penance for driving Reese into the Army, Lois goes on a mission to find Reese and bring him home...and Reese himself goes AWOL.
Busey's Run Away
Reclassified as "normal" at school, Dewey basks in Lois' approval but is sorely missed by his former special-needs classmates; and Hal becomes a genius hero to a group of dimwitted bodybuilders.
Standee
Malcolm and Lois clash over an offensive advertising standee at the drug store; and Hal battles a garbage man who refuses to pick up a large item from the family's trash.
Pearl Harbor
Neighbor Jessica convinces Malcolm that Reese is gay and Reese that Malcolm is gay; Dewey write an essay on Hal as his hero.
Kitty's Back
When Stevie's wayward mother Kitty returns, everyone except Lois forgives her; after an intense sunburn, Reese attempts to peel a whole, intact coat of skin from his body.
Hal's Christmas Gift
With Money too tight for Christmas gifts, Lois declares a "handmade" Christmas; Hal panics when his gifts don't measure up to those made by his sons.
Hal Sleepwalks
When Hal gets stressed out over buying Lois an anniversary gift, he starts sleepwalking, which Reese discovers is a highly suggestible state; Malcolm tries to learn to play the guitar.
Lois Battles Jamie
Trying to win a battle of wills with young Jamie, Lois brings Francis home to help her remember how she conquered him when he was a baby.
Malcolm's Car
Malcolm uses his illegal gambling profits to buy a junk car, which quickly takes over is life; Hal discovers a talent for hair styling; and Lois discovers Craig is having an affair with the boss' wife.
Billboard
After Malcolm, Reese, and Dewey get caught defacing a billboard advertising a strip club, they try to escape Lois' wrath by staging an improptu protest for women's rights.
Dewey's Opera
When his parents fight over a new bed, Dewey writes an opera based on their arguments; Malcolm gets into "street luging."
Living Will
Indecisive Hal is chosen to make a life-or-death decision for a neighbor he hardly knows; and Malcolm, Reese, and Dewey coach Craig on fighting his arch-enemy.
Tiki Lounge
When Hal and Lois carve out some time for deep personal discussions, Hal is upset to learn Lois doesn't believe in an afterlife; Malcolm is roped into emceeing a silly charity auction at school.
Ida Loses a Leg
After Ida loses a leg saving Dewey from being hit by a truck, Francis is forced to stay with her, Dewey holds a funeral for the severed limb.
Chad's Sleepover
Dewey defies his father and invites an oddball school chum for a sleepover; Malcolm and Reese discover just how unpopular they are with their peers.
No Motorcycles
On Francis' 21st birthday, Hal fulfills an old promise to take Francis on a motorcycle trip; and Malcolm, Reese, and Dewey hide from a bully who wants to give one of them a beating.
Butterflies
While working the night shift at the Lucky Aide, Malcolm finds a man living in the store; and Reese befriends a crop of caterpillars he acquired during his spring break job.
Ida's Dance
Ida forces Lois to bake a special tart for an old world saint's holiday; Malcolm meets his match with music appreciation; and Hal tries to bod with Reese by watching gory horror movies.
Motivational Seminar
Hal takes over for a motivational speaker at a seminar and discovers a talent for the job; Reese joins a dog pack; and Lois catches Dewey "seeing another mom."
Stilts
Malcolm gets promoted to a position promoting the Lucky Aide from atop a pair of stilts; Hal tries to make up for accidentally blowing the household budget on a phone-sex line.
Buseys Take a Hostage
While Dewey helps Francis research games for job interview; the Buseys take their teacher hostage; Malcolm talks Hal into becoming head of the local homeowners' association.
Mrs. Tri-County
When the boys enter Lois in a beauty pageant as a joke, she takes it seriously and competes to win; Malcolm becomes a slave to Mr. Herkabe; and Reese discovers he's beautiful.
Season 5
Vegas
The family travels to Las Vegas when Hal experiences a dream about hitting the jackpot; Dewey and Reese enter an enormously obese rabbit in a contest. Lois gets to meet her favorite singer.
Watching the Baby
When an exhausted Lois falls asleep, Hal goes out for diapers, only to be branded a shoplifter; three beautiful girls use Malcolm, Reese, and Stevie to embarrass their prom dates.
Goodbye Kitty
Stevie goes into shock when he's told Kitty divorced Abe; Reese gets caught up in the hot-and-heavy entries in a diary, unaware it belongs to Lois.
Thanksgiving
As Thanksgiving approaches, Malcolm has a shot at getting lucky with a sexy friend from school; Reese prepares a fabulous Thanksgiving meal; and Francis and Piama want a divorce.
Malcolm Films Reese
Malcolm's teacher forces him to secretly record Reese as he divulges his innermost secrets; Francis strikes back after a critic writes a scathing review about the hotel.
Malcolm's Job
Lois gets Malcolm a job at the store, exposing Lois' well-kept secret; Hal and some other fathers start betting on babies.
Christmas Trees
As Christmas approaches...a layoff at work prompts Hal to make money selling Christmas trees.
Block Party
Malcolm realizes the entire neighborhood has been throwing a block party when the family leaves town for an annual vacation; Hal and Lois participate in a kielbasa-eating contest.
Dirty Magazine
When Malcolm becomes editor of the high school literary magazine, the principal instructs him to censor a well-written story; Lois encourages Hal to flirt with a new supervisor so he can keep his job.
Hot Tub
Lois and Hal clash after Hal purchases a hot tub; Malcolm gets his driver's permit, only to get mixed up in a dispute between Polly and her ex-boyfriend; and Reese steals Dewey's friend.
Ida's Boyfriend
Ida announces she's getting married to man who lives in Hong Kong; Malcolm gets his tongue pierced; Dewey pretends Reese doesn't exist.
Softball
Malcolm volunteers for the company's softball team, only to realize that Lois is the coach; Francis sets out to prove he's not lazy.
Lois's Sister
Lois' sister Susan comes for a visit and begins lavishing the kids with expensive gifts, including a classic Mustang convertible; and Francis and a scout troop get lost in a remote area of the ranch.
Malcolm Dates a Family
Lois has a dispute with Hal and the boys' favorite restaurant; Malcolm clicks with his girlfriend's family...to the point where he forgets about his girlfriend.
Reese's Apartment
When Hal and Lois kick Reese out of the house, he ends up renting an apartment; and Malcolm helps a dumb jock write a personal essay so he can get into college.
Malcolm Visits College
Lois accompanies Malcolm to his first college visit, where she clashes with a resident advisor; Reese pretends he's a drug user to woo a pretty narcotics officer.
Polly in the Middle
Polly begins dating Abe and Craig; Malcolm refuses to believe in the power of Dewey's lucky shirt; the ranch hands make fun of Francis; and Lois takes the kids to a baseball convention.
Dewey's Special Class
Malcolm tries to keep Dewey from scoring high on an IQ test so he doesn't end up with the Krelboyne's, but scheme backfires and Dewey is diagnosed as mentally disturbed.
Experiment
Reese inadvertently perfects Malcolm and Stevie's science experiment, but can't remember how he did it.
Victor's Other Family
Lois drives to Canada to meet with her sister, Roberta, and her family; Ida vows to spend all her money to get Victor's pension; and a temporarily blinded Hal participates in a 5K race with Dewey.
Reese Joins The Army (Part 1)
Reese joins the army after Malcolm causes his girlfriend to break up with him; and Hal is placed under house arrest when he refuses to cooperate with agents investigating his company.
Reese Joins The Army (Part 2)
During a simulated battle, Reese's team of soldiers ends up getting captured because Reese has trained himself not to think; and in court, the evidence against Hal continues to mount.
Season 4
Zoo
During a trip to the zoo, Hal gets jealous of Lois' former boyfriend; Dewey and Malcolm fall into a tiger pen, and Reese butts heads with a goat...while Francis gets stranded on a cross-country car trip and takes a new job at a dude ranch.
Humilithon
Malcolm suffers extreme humiliation during his first week as a high school freshman; Dewey loves his first week as a latchkey kid; Francis discovers the trials of working for a too-permissive boss.
Family Reunion
When Lois is repeatedly insulted at Hal's family reunion, the boys take revenge and Hal is prompted to finally stand up to his avoidant father.
Stupid Girl
Malcolm tries to "dumb down" to attract a cute, non-intellectual girl; Hal rents a steamroller and becomes addicted to crushing things.
Forwards Backwards
As Malcolm and Reese fight an escalating battle of revenge, they flash back to the chain of events that led to the war; Dewey prepares for a school play; Francis and Otto fear a Devil Cow.
Forbidden Girlfriend
Malcolm sneaks around to date a girl whose father hates him; Hal and Lois become more productive when they can't have sex for a week; Dewey discovers he's an "evil twin"; Francis mediates a dispute.
Malcolm Holds His Tongue
Malcolm tries not speaking his mind; Hal takes up race-walking; Reese goes on a date with his girlfriend...and Craig.
Boys at Ranch
On a visit to Francis' dude ranch Hal can't help being disappointed in Francis' success; Reese and Malcolm fear Francis has turned into an overly responsible grownup, and Gretchen punishes Dewey for breaking a valuable doll.
Grandma Sues
When Lois' mother visits, she trips on a leaf and decides to sue Hal and Lois..just as Lois finds out she's pregnant again.
If Boys Were Girls
Wondering about the sex of her new baby, Lois imagines what life would be like if her boys were girls.
Long Drive
Lois uses a long drive with Malcolm to further his sex education; Reese spends a day in prison; Dewey plants seeds of discontent in Hal's vocal group.
Kicked Out
When Hal kicks Malcolm out of the house for misbehaving, Reese tries to take advantage of Hal's distraction to come up with a truly bad stunt of his own.
Stereo Store
Hal takes a second job at a stereo store, but has a hard time fitting in with the younger employees; the boys chafe under the sly rule of a new babysitter.
Hal's Friend
Hal spends a wild night with an old high school buddy; Malcolm tries to liberate Dabney from his mother's control; Francis spends the night with Otto when their wives are out of town.
Garage Sale
Lois puts Reese in charge of the family's garage sale; Hal restarts his old pirate radio station.
Academic Octathalon
Malcolm competes in an academic octathlon but hates the intensity of the other competitors; Hal fights to regain Dewey's love; Reese tries to get out of going to a formal dance.
Clip Show #2
As Lois and Hal write their wills in preparation for the baby's birth, they recall various colorful incidents with their four current children.
Reese's Party
When Hal and Lois go on a less-than-romantic getaway, Reese throws a party at home, which is crashed by delinquent friends of Fracis, who take over teh garage and hold the boys hostage.
Future Malcolm
Malcolm meets a chess-playing bum who could be him in 30 years; Lois can't figure out why she's gaining weight; Dewey attributes his bizarre behavior to obeying requests from the fetus Lois is carrying.
Baby (Part 1)
Hal takes the boys to a bridal shower; Lois' mother wants to move in with the family; Malcolm gets an offer to enroll in a prestigious private school.
Baby (Part 2)
While Lois goes into hard labor at home, Hal winds up unconscious and hallucinating in an emergency room, and the boys wander into a hospital parenting class.
Day Care
The family joins a church to get free day care for baby Jamie; Francis tries to help the dude ranch cash-in on a local UFO craze.
Season 3
Houseboat
Malcolm and Stevie's families vacation together on a houseboat; Francis decides to quit school and move to Alaska.
Emancipation
Malcolm and the Krelboynes do battle with a tough new teacher; Francis tries to get Lois to talk to him after his self-emancipation.
Book Club
Lois joins a book club; Hal worries about getting the boys to behave while Lois is out; Francis hitchhikes through Canada with a trucker who vows to test Francis' limits.
Malcolm's Girlfriend
Malcolm gets his first official girlfriend; Dewey makes a non-imaginary friend; Francis takes refuge with a mad bomber in a remote Canadian cabin.
Charity
Malcolm and his brothers mine personal profit from some church charity work; Francis gets a taste of life in a logging camp.
Health Scare
Hal sweats out a biopsy on a lump found during a medical checkup; Dewey babysits the class hamster; Lavernia challenges Francis to a fight at the logging camp.
Christmas
Lois tries to get the boys to behave until Christmas by holding their presents hostage; Francis spends Christmas with his mean-spirited grandmother.
Poker
Hal accuses Abe of cheating him at poker; Francis weathers a storm at the logging camp; Reese and Lois attend a dance class.
Reese's Job
Reese is accused of stealing at his new job; Dewey tries to convince his parents he can keep a goldfish alive; Malcolm chafes when a super-genius joins his class.
Lois's Makeover
Lois gets dolled up after a scathing customer review; the boys take on Hal at basketball; Francis becomes a rat catcher.
Company Picnic (Part 1)
As the picnic continues, Hal can't bring himself to admit his real identity to his boss, Malcolm further humiliates himself, and Reese bonds with his scavenger hunt partner.
Company Picnic (Part 2)
As the picnic continues, Hal can't bring himself to admit his real identity to his boss, Malcolm further humiliates himself, and Reese bonds with his scavenger hunt partner.
Reese Drives
Reese gets into trouble during his very first driving lesson; Malcolm helps Craig install a new stereo system; Francis barters a chain of favors to pay off a debt.
Cynthia's Back
Malcolm reveals Cynthia's big secret to Reese; Dewey helps Hal overcome his fear of kites; a neighbor makes amends to Lois; Francis becomes enchanted with a totem pole.
Hal's Birthday
After Francis shows up with his new wife, Malcolm, Reese, and Dewey get so fed up with Lois' constant yelling, they run away from home.
Hal Coaches
Hal begins coaching Dewey's soccer team...much to Dewey's horror; Malcolm gets unexpected results when he programs his new computer to act out the lives of his family; Reese blackmails neighbor Ed.
Dewey's Dog
Dewey hides a dog from his parents; Hal and Lois try to keep a romantic date, even though both of them are sick; Commandant Spangler finds Francis at the logging camp.
Poker #2
While Hal gets into a variety of one-up contests with his poker buddies, Reese sets Stevie up with the daughter of one player, while Malcolm discovers the daughter of another player has a gun in her purse.
Clip Show
After the family car gets damaged and the boys won't own up to causing the incident, Hal takes them to see a psychiatrist.
Jury Duty
While Lois is on jury duty, she pushes the other jurors to take their jobs seriously; Hal tries to solve a murder case he thinks Lois is assigned to; Malcolm, Reese, and Dewey get lost in a sewer.
Cliques
Malcolm and the Krelboynes are forced to join the regular student body; Hal itches to knock down Dewey's elaborate domino setup; Francis itches to know what Piama did to get Lavernia to be nice to him.
Monkey
Craig's new helper monkey turns vicious; Reese lets the power of authority go to his head; Francis' and his wife face eviction..
Season 2
Traffic Jam
Stranded in a traffic jam, Malcolm meets his match in an intriguing young girl; Reese attempts to break into an ice cream truck; and Lois tries to control the uncontrollable chaos.
Halloween Approximately
Malcolm and his brothers build the ultimate stealth weapon, while Hal and Lois battle a speeding car that terrorizes their neighborhood.
Lois's Birthday
When the boys demolish Lois' meager hopes for a happy birthday, she runs away from home.
Dinner Out
Malcolm's family goes out to dinner with the straight-laced Kenarbans, while Francis makes the mistake of inviting local girls to a party at Marlin Academy.
Casino
When the family takes a vacation to a casino, Hal gets banned from gambling and takes Malcolm and Reese on an ill-fated trek into the desert; Lois and Dewey win a free day of spa pampering.
Convention
Malcolm and Reese compete with Dewey for a cute babysitter's attention, while Hal and Lois attend a convention where Hal can't resist fighting with an old rival.
Robbery
While Hal and the boys are besieged by bats after Hal brings home an antique armoire; Lois gets robbed at work.
Therapy
Malcolm gets into therapy to get out of class; Francis cleans up on laundry duty; Dewey turns out to be a skittles prodigy; and Hal and Lois attempt to clean out an over-stuffed closet.
High School Play
Malcolm's friendships suffer when he becomes the suddenly popular star of a high school play; Hal and Dewey build their very own Utopia from plastic blocks.
The Bully
When Reese gives up his position as school bully, Malcolm suffers at the hands of his successors; Francis dreads his upcoming birthday at Marlin Academy.
Old Mrs. Old
Malcolm gets in trouble with an elderly neighbor; Francis' slacker friend enrolls at Marlin Academy; Dewey trades his backpack for a purse.
Krelboyne Girl
Malcolm experiences his first crush as a confusing mix of love and hate; Francis tries to avoid discipline for his latest prank; Dewey overreacts to Lois' lecture about the hazards of dirty teddy bears.
New Neighbors
New neighbors, who turn out to be even more awful than Malcolm's family, move in next door; the Marlin Academy cadets prepare for a visit from Oliver North.
Hal Quits
Hal quits his job to become an artist; Francis suffers though a week of inventory work at Lucky Aide; and Malcolm begins to wonder about his own career future.
The Grandparents
Lois' disapproving parents visit; Francis goes to Mardi Gras but gets stopped by food poisoning.
Traffic Ticket
Lois disputes a cop's claim she was driving recklessly, and orders Francis to pay off $750 in parking tickets he racked up under her name.
Surgery
Malcolm is hospitalized for an appendectomy; Francis stages a hunger strike at Marlin Academy.
Reese Cooks
Reese discovers a talent for cooking; Malcolm tries to convince a Krelboyne classmate not to have a party; Francis is forced to write a term paper.
Tutoring Reese
Malcolm tries to help Reese bring his grades up; Francis is exiled to a friend's house after defying Lois' order to patch the roof.
Bowling
Malcolm and Reese's trip to a bowling alley is seen in two versions; one with Hal chaperoning and one with Lois doing the honors.
Malcolm vs. Reese
Francis forces Malcolm and Reese compete to "earn a coveted ticket to a wrestling match; Dewey loses Craig's cat while Craig is away at a comic book convention.
Mini-Bike
The younger boys try to convince Lois to let them have a mini-bike; Hal attends a father-son weekend at Marlin Academy.
Carnival
Malcolm, Reese, Dewey, and Stevie sneak out to a county fair, then get locked inside after hours with a drunk, belligerent guard.
Evacuation
Hal is inadvertently responsible for a toxic chemical spill that forces a neighborhood evacuation; Malcolm deals with being grounded even in the emergency shelter; Francis suffers though a date with a geeky 12-year-old.
Flashback
When Lois thinks she might be pregnant again, she and Hal argue...and remember how their lives changed with the births of each of their sons.
Season 1
Pilot
Malcolm finds his life as the middle brother in an eccentric family made even more difficult by his being placed in a class for "gifted" students at school.
Red Dress
Lois must take drastic steps to discover which of her sons ruined the special dress she bought for an anniversary dinner with Hal.
Home Alone 4
Lois and Hal leave the boys alone for the weekend with Francis, promising that if all goes well, Francis may not have to go back to military school.
Shame
Malcolm feels guilty after beating up a seven year old; Hal takes heat after cutting down a tree; Francis tries to sabotage Spangler's sex education lecture.
Malcolm Babysits
While his family is reduced to living in a trailer in their driveway while their house is fumigated, Malcolm luxuriates while babysitting for what seems like the ideal family.
Sleepover
During a sleepover, Malcolm sneaks Stevie out of the Kenarin house and loses his wheelchair; Francis deals with hazing at military school; and Reese tries to prove he's man enough to watch a scary movie
Francis Escapes
Malcolm's brother, Francis, runs away from military school and comes home to see his girlfriend.
Krelboyne Picnic
The whole family attend a Krelboyne family picnic, and Malcom dreads his performance in the event's "Academic Circus" will make him look like a freak.
Lois vs. Evil
The family suffers in poverty after Lois gets fired from the grocery store; Francis loves his new assignment as part of an honor guard at a beauty pageant.
Stock Car Races
While Hal secretly takes the boys to the stock car races, Lois desperately searches for her missing paycheck.
Funeral
Malcolm talks the family out of going to a relative's funeral, so he can go on his first date instead.
Cheerleader
Malcolm helps Reese become a male cheerleader to attract a girl; Francis has a heart-to-heart conversation with headmaster Spangler; Dewey is enticed by a new toy.
Rollerskates
Malcolm suffers under his father's roller skating tutelage, while Lois is sidelined with a nasty back injury.
The Bots and the Bees
While Lois is out of town visiting Francis after his appendectomy, Malcolm and his friends build a robot, but Hal reverts to his pre-marriage wild-man persona and takes over the project.
Smunday
When Lois gets sick, Malcolm and his brothers convince her it's Sunday so they can stay home from school...while Hal heeds the Siren song of a Porsche dealership.
Water Park
Malcolm and Reese spend the day fighting at a water park; Francis gets into a different kind of pool match with Spangler; and Dewey stays home with an odd babysitter.