
Hal learns that his father has passed away, but sheds no tears and passes it off as nothing since he never knew him. So, to make sure nothing like that happens again, he lets the boys do whatever they want by letting them ...
Lois discovers she has mono after a visit to the doctor. She then ends up giving it to Malcolm after her maternal instincts begin. As a result, both Lois and Malcolm are forced to spend an entire day and night together in the ...
A broke Francis gets talked into getting a real job by Dewey, but one of Francis’ rocker friends decides to offer him the position of tour manager of his band instead. Back home, Hal takes over the college recruiters, ...
Lois, Hal, and Dewey go out of town for a piano competition, so they get Ida to watch over Malcolm and Reese while they’re gone. Since Ida thinks Reese needs to become a man, she comes up with a competition for Malcolm ...
Malcolm receives a check for $10,000. After Hal and Lois find out, they decide to keep the money and spend it on something for themselves. However, when Dewey overhears this, he wants to get in on it, too. Now, they’ll ...
Lois thinks the new babysitter she found for Jamie is perfect… until she starts driving Lois crazy. Meanwhile, Reese starts getting picked on by the teacher when he and Malcolm are in the same class. However, Malcolm ...
When Lois finds renewed energy with orthotic inserts for her shoes, Hal fears she will not look to him for support anymore and plots to destroy the inserts. A former female army buddy of Reese’s comes to their house for ...
Francis decides to surprise the family by coming home, and the power goes out in the house. Meanwhile, it’s Lois who’s in the dark when Hal decides to cancel their anniversary dinner in favor of a Reese-cooked ...
When Malcolm gets paired with a dimwitted beauty as his chemistry partner, he thinks it’s a recipe for disaster, but when she reveals her feelings for him, sparks fly. They agree to keep their romantic experiment under ...
When Jessica goes through some family troubles, Lois agrees to let her stay at the house, making the boys crazy.
Reese and Malcolm try to perform the ultimate Halloween prank.
When Hal catches Dewey smoking, he makes a deal with him that he will stop drinking coffee if Dewey quits smoking.
When Hal forgets to pay the family’s health insurance, the company will not reinstate it until Monday, so he panics and locks the boys in their room to keep them from getting hurt.
The family attends the counterculture Burning Man festival in the desert.
Unbeknownst to Lois, the boys enter her in the Mrs. Tri-County Pageant as a joke. When they overhear the other contestants remarking that Lois doesn’t have a chance of winning, they plot to help their mother take the ...
When Hal decides to attend his first annual Neighborhood Association meeting with Malcolm, he is strongly encouraged to take on the role of President. Being his dad’s right-hand man, Malcolm sees a perfect opportunity ...
After Lois and Hal are reminded of the tight budget they must uphold, Hal discovers one of his boys has been dialing a 900 number. His attempt to explain the error to the hotline’s billing department turns awry when he ...
Reese befriends a pack of troublesome stray dogs; Dewey feels conflicted when he starts seeing another mother-figure; Hal unwittingly becomes a motivational speaker.
Lois goes over to visit Ida, but gets unpleasantly surprised by the St. Grotus Day festival. Malcolm fails a music appreciation course, and reluctantly goes to Dewey for help. Reese and Hal secretly watch scary movies while ...
Malcolm discovers a man, Norm, living in the Lucky Aide. He agrees to keep Norm’s secret as long as he provides Malcolm with tidbits on his new crush, a fellow Lucky Aide employee. Meanwhile, when Reese takes a job as ...
When Francis and Piama choose to celebrate Francis’ 21st birthday at the house, Hal is reminded of a promise he made to his son as a young child, involving a motorcycle trip that Lois quickly forbids. Hal and Francis ...
After Hal forbids Dewey from inviting his peculiar classmate Chad over for a sleepover, Dewey quickly finds out that his father had good reason to warm him. Meanwhile, Malcolm and Reese find out that they are not as popular ...
During Grandma’s unwelcome visit with the family, she loses her leg while saving Dewey from a moving truck. Consumed with guilt, Dewey is determined to find his Grandmother’s leg and give it the proper burial. ...
When Hal and Lois realize how little time they spend together, Hal turns the garage into a private tiki lounge where he and Lois can retreat. Things go smoothly until they feud over philosophical beliefs. Meanwhile, Mr. ...