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Malcolm in the Middle
Malcolm in the Middle
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Malcolm in the Middle

“Family. The weirdest people you'll ever meet.”

8.5 / 10
2000
7 seasons
151 episodes
Comedy

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

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Cast

Frankie Muniz

Jane Kaczmarek

Bryan Cranston

Justin Berfield

Erik Per Sullivan

Christopher Masterson

Craig Lamar Traylor

David Anthony Higgins

Emy Coligado

Eric Nenninger

Kenneth Mars

E

Evan Matthew Cohen

Seasons

Malcolm, a gifted 11-year-old with an IQ of 165, navigates life in a chaotic household with his overbearing mother Lois, quirky father Hal, and mischievous brothers Reese, Dewey, and Francis. As he adjusts to being placed in a class for gifted students, Malcolm deals with the typical trials of adolescence amidst his family’s antics.

  • Pilot

    1.Pilot

    7.6
    09-01-200022m

    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 where he reluctantly befri...

  • Red Dress

    2.Red Dress

    7.8
    16-01-200022m

    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

    3.Home Alone 4

    7.5
    23-01-200022m

    Lois and Hal leave the boys alone for the weekend with Francis. the boys assume that if all goes well, Francis may not have to go back to military school.

  • Shame

    4.Shame

    7.3
    06-02-200022m

    Parallel stories pit Malcolm against a bullying, obnoxious new kid and Francis vies with his intimidating, military-school commandant, who's presenting sex-education lectures. Mean...

  • Malcolm Babysits

    5.Malcolm Babysits

    7.9
    13-02-200022m

    Malcolm's cushy babysitting job provides relief from the trailer the family's using while their house is being fumigated, until Malcolm learns that the trust placed in him in his n...

  • Sleepover

    6.Sleepover

    7.7
    20-02-200022m

    Malcolm sleeps over at Stevie's house and, appalled at his over-protected lifestyle, persuades him to sneak out to a strange, late-night escapade. Francis deals with hazing at mili...

  • Francis Escapes

    7.Francis Escapes

    7.3
    27-02-200022m

    Francis goes AWOL from military school to link up with his girlfriend, a ditsy doozy who's made him gaga.

  • Krelboyne Picnic

    8.Krelboyne Picnic

    8.1
    12-03-200022m

    The whole family attends a Krelboyne family picnic, and Malcolm dreads his performance in the event's Academic Circus will make him look like a freak. Disasters abound as stage act...

  • Lois vs. Evil

    9.Lois vs. Evil

    8.0
    19-03-200022m

    Lois's firing prompts household economizing. Meanwhile, Francis delights in his honor-guard duty—at a teenage beauty pageant.

  • Stock Car Races

    10.Stock Car Races

    7.3
    02-04-200022m

    While Hal secretly takes the boys to the stock car races, Lois desperately searches for her missing paycheck. Francis at military school is keeping a boa constrictor as a pet.

  • Funeral

    11.Funeral

    7.8
    09-04-200022m

    A relative's funeral conflicts with Malcolm's plans for his very first date, so he tries to figure out a way to skip the bereavement ceremony.

  • Cheerleader

    12.Cheerleader

    7.5
    16-04-200022m

    A spiffy cheerleader attracts slovenly Reese, who cleans up his act—best as he can—to woo her. He even joins her rah-rah squad. Dewey tries to convince Lois and Hal to buy him a ne...

  • Rollerskates

    13.Rollerskates

    8.3
    30-04-200022m

    Roller-skating lessons from Hal bug Malcolm, who rebels against dad's discipline while mom agonizes in bed from a backache she blames on Reese. Francis avoids his squad's survival...

  • The Bots and the Bees

    14.The Bots and the Bees

    7.4
    07-05-200022m

    Malcolm and his Krelboyne classmates enlist the help of Hal for a school project, which involves a robot, and an enormous swarm of bees. Lois visits Francis at his school after he...

  • Smunday

    15.Smunday

    7.7
    14-05-200022m

    The boys stay home from school when their mother thinks it's Sunday instead of Monday. Malcolm thinks of a plan to get Francis out of trouble once again. Hal gets sucked in by a Po...

  • Water Park (1)

    16.Water Park (1)

    8.0
    21-05-200022m

    When the family goes to a water park for a day, Dewey is left home with an elderly, stern babysitter. Francis is hustled at pocket billiards by his military-school commandant.

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