Malcolm In The Middle

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 and behavior for performance art.

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’s simmering dislike for Stevie finally comes to a head; Hal tries to get Dewey to quit smoking by kicking his own addiction to coffee; and Lois tries to get Jamie to talk.

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 a old man in a walker after egging him; and Lois struggles to get a break from work so she can go trick-or-treating with Jamie.

When Jessica stays with the family for a 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.

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 at a miniature golf course.

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 fish.

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; and Dewey gets even with Malcolm for an unpaid debt.

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; and Hal gives Dewey romantic advice.

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; Reese goes back to work delivering meat, and spends the day at a nursing home.

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… and engages Reese in a competition to win the girl’s hand in marriage.

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; and Dewey learns just how poor Francis is.

When Lois and Malcolm are sidelined with mononucleosis, they’re forced to share a bedroom; Hal gets to know his neighbors; and Dewey gives Reese lessons in how to manage Jamie as a slave.

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.

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.

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 feels betrayed when his 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.

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; and Hal discovers a dream bachelor pad buried in the back yard.

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.

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.

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 as a child.

Malcolm, preparing to attend Harvard, is trying to figure out how to pay for everything.