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Malcolm in the Middle

8.5/10 5,042 votes
Comedy

A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.

Created by:
Linwood Boomer
Cast:
Frankie Muniz, Jane Kaczmarek, Bryan Cranston, Justin Berfield
Language:
English
Country:
United States of America
Network:
FOX

Episode guide

Seasons

8 available

Season 2

Episodes

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Episode 1

★ 8.0

Traffic Jam (2)

2000-11-05 · 22m

Hal, Lois, Malcolm, and Reese are trapped in a horrendous traffic jam. Francis enters himself in a bet that recalls the egg-eating wager in "Cool Hand Luke." Malcolm becomes smitten over a girl he meets. Dewey has his own little adventure--all over the world--before his family returns home.

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Episode 2

★ 7.5

Halloween Approximately

2000-11-08 · 22m

Francis visits the week after Halloween and helps his brothers in a trick that involves a giant slingshot with icky ammo. Hal tries to catch a mysterious hot-rodder.

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Episode 3

★ 8.0

Lois's Birthday

2000-11-12 · 22m

Crummy gifts rile birthday gal Lois, who suddenly splits from home, leaving confusion, anxiety and desperation in her wake.

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Episode 4

★ 7.4

Dinner Out

2000-11-15 · 22m

Shenanigans abound at the fancy spot where the family's dining with the Kenarbans, and at Francis' school, where rowdy teenage girls are partying.

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Episode 5

★ 7.2

Casino

2000-11-19 · 22m

A family weekend vacation to a casino turns into an ordeal in the desert for Hal, Reese and Malcolm, who wander onto an artillery range. Francis sneaks home, but has no one to play with.

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Episode 6

★ 7.8

Convention

2000-11-22 · 22m

Hal and Lois heads off to a convention while the boys stays home for the babysitter. Malcolm, Reese and Dewey assumed it's just another old woman, their parents hired to watch them. They decide to do a series of pranks on their babysitter, which includes the covered up sewer tank with a blanket and a book for the old woman sit on. To their surprise, their babysitter is a hot, teen-aged girl named Patty. She is sweet to them, but also bitter because she was rejected by Francis, a long time ago, because she was obese. Now the boys compete against each other to see who will prove their eldest brother wrong in his rejection and sleep with her without sex. Meanwhile at the convention, Lois tries in vain to stop the fight between Hal and Jack, who stole his idea.

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Episode 7

★ 7.2

Robbery

2000-11-26 · 22m

The night shift at Lucky Aide is held hostage by two robbers, since Craig does not want to give up the combination for the store's safe. Francis tries to help a heartbroken friend at the academy, while Hal and the boys fight nature at home.

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Episode 8

★ 7.4

Therapy

2000-11-29 · 22m

Malcolm's humiliation as a Krelboyne drives him crazy, so he fakes his way into seeing the school's shrink, with whom the con continues.

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Episode 9

★ 7.4

High School Play

2000-12-10 · 22m

Malcolm gets a role in the high school play and is so captivated by high school gossip that he forgets his lines. Lois discovers the joys of massage. Hal and Dewey build a society of model buildings in the living room. Francis tries to show his individualism at school when the commandant cracks down on personal belongings.

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Episode 10

★ 7.4

The Bully

2000-12-17 · 22m

Reese, promising champion of his school's wrestling team, gets beaten by a girl, completely demoralizing him. So he gives up his school-bully carrier, which destabilizes the natural order of things at school. Francis tries to get out of academy at his birthday in an attempt to avoid academy-birthday-traditions.

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Episode 11

★ 7.2

Old Mrs. Old

2001-01-07 · 22m

Dewey starts carrying a purse to school. Francis's friend Richie joins him at military school. Malcolm becomes a slave to an old woman in the neighborhood.

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Episode 12

★ 7.7

Krelboyne Girl

2001-01-14 · 22m

Lois and Hal try to end Dewey's dependence on his stuffed animal Domingo by convincing him that it is too dirty. Strangely attracted, Malcolm finds himself in emotional confusion about the new weird Krelboyne girl Cynthia. At the academy Commandant Spangler re-institutes old Hickory into the school's disciplinary system and Francis tries to convince his father Hal to lie for him to avoid punishment.

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Episode 13

★ 7.7

New Neighbors

2001-01-21 · 22m

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.

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Episode 14

★ 7.5

Hal Quits

2001-02-04 · 22m

Hal feels like his job is a piece of c* after going to Dewey's class for parent job day. So he decides to take a "kidney failure" weeks off. While Francis is forced to work at the lucky aid over spring break.

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Episode 15

★ 7.5

The Grandparents

2001-02-11 · 22m

Lois' estranged parents, Ida and Victor, pay the family a visit. Right away, trouble starts brewing. Victor bonds with Reese, Ida gets Malcolm into a fight, and Dewey is haunted by childhood memories of his inattentive grandparents.

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Episode 16

★ 7.8

Traffic Ticket

2001-02-18 · 22m

Lois gets a traffic ticket and immediately blames Francis and makes him get the money to her. To do this, Francis stages a stunt for the other cadets' amusement. Malcolm finds evidence that Lois was wrong about the traffic ticket.

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Episode 17

★ 7.3

Surgery

2001-02-25 · 22m

A hospital stay unsettles Malcolm, who's stuck in a kids ward with what may be appendicitis. Meanwhile, at military school, Francis leads a hunger strike.

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Episode 18

★ 7.9

Reese Cooks

2001-03-04 · 22m

A cooking class energizes Reese; a planned party irks Malcolm, whose brutal honesty hurts the hostess, Krelboyne Cynthia.

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Episode 19

★ 7.7

Tutoring Reese

2001-03-11 · 22m

Malcolm and the Krelboynes tutor Reese, and uncover the real reason behind his failing grades.

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Episode 20

★ 8.7

Bowling

2001-04-01 · 22m

Malcolm and Reese go to a bowling party where they vie for the attention of a cute girl.

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Episode 21

★ 7.6

Malcolm vs. Reese

2001-04-22 · 22m

Francis has an extra ticket for a wrestling event and it is the prize pitting Malcolm vs. Reese in a one-upmanship war; caring for Craig's cat is troublesome for Dewey.

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Episode 22

★ 7.5

Mini-Bike

2001-04-29 · 22m

Lois forbids the boys to ride a motorbike they found, but Reese disobeys and breaks a leg.

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Episode 23

★ 7.4

Carnival

2001-05-06 · 22m

Malcolm, Dewey, Stevie, and Reese hide out at a traveling carnival after hours and run afoul of a determined security guard and several members of the freak show.

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Episode 24

★ 8.3

Evacuation

2001-05-13 · 22m

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 through a date with a geeky 12-year-old.

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Episode 25

★ 8.3

Flashback

2001-05-20 · 22m

Lois is two weeks late with her period, causing her and Hal to panic and start a big fight, while trying to keep it from the boys. And while Dewey is scared that his parents may split up, Hal and Lois remember the troubles of getting their previous four sons.

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Cast

Frankie Muniz

Frankie Muniz

Malcolm

Jane Kaczmarek

Jane Kaczmarek

Lois

Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston

Hal

Justin Berfield

Justin Berfield

Reese

Erik Per Sullivan

Erik Per Sullivan

Dewey

Christopher Masterson

Christopher Masterson

Francis

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