Malcolm In The Middle

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.

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.

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.

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; and Francis “initiates” Dewey into “full brotherhood.”

Neighbor Jessica convinces Malcolm that Reese is gay and Reese that Malcolm is gay; Dewey writes an essay on Hal as his hero; and Hal competes with another neighbor for the best holiday yard display.

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; and Malcolm learns he’s no longer popular among his brothers.

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; and Dewey tries to keep two of the Buseys from being humiliated in an election for class president.

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; and Malcolm, Reese, and Dewey struggle to dream up a fun use for an old diving board.

Malcolm uses his illegal gambling profits to buy a junk car, which quickly takes over his life; Hal discovers a talent for hair styling; and Lois discovers Craig is having an affair with the boss’ wife.

After Malcolm, Reese, and Dewey get caught defacing a billboard advertising a strip club, they try to escape Lois’ wrath by staging an impromptu protest for women’s rights and vowing to remain on the billboard platform forever.

When his parents fight over a new bed, Dewey writes an opera based on their arguments; Malcolm gets into “street luging” and becomes obsessed with beating a cocky rival, unaware the talented competitor is Stevie; and Jamie has his first crush… on a baby he sees through the window.

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: his macho, athlete father.

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, but can’t help taking his responsibility seriously; and Reese feuds with Jamie.

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, and Malcolm and Reese try to stay awake longer than each other so the winner can glue the sleeping brother’s face to the floor.

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; and Lois searches for an old blender warranty.

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.

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 with a shady exterminator.

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 bond with Reese by watching gory horror movies with him.

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.”

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; Dewey thinks Jamie has found a stash of Lois’ jewelry hidden by Francis years ago; and Reese joins multiple drug studies.

While Dewey helps Francis research games for a job interview, the Buseys take their teacher hostage; Malcolm talks Hal into becoming head of the local homeowners’ association; and Reese studies for final exams.

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.