
Hal, Reese, Malcolm, and Dewey go into business selling Christmas trees, with the boys using some of their own money, but two priests send homeless people to their business, trying to sabotage their sale.
Malcolm gets a job working for Lois on the drugstore loading dock but is shocked to find that Lois smokes. She makes him promise not to tell, then turns her back on him and writes him up for a silly offense. Meanwhile, Dewey ...
Malcolm chooses Reese as his subject for an Abnormal Psychology mid-term project; Dewey earns some extra cash as a street performer.
Malcolm skips out on Thanksgiving to go to a party; Reese becomes abusive to Hal and Dewey as he attempts to prepare Thanksgiving dinner.
No one wants to tell Stevie his parents are getting a divorce, until Reese spills the beans.
Hal and the boys offer to watch baby Jamie so an exhausted Lois can finally get some sleep. Hal leaves the boys in charge while he goes to the Lucky Aid to pick up more diapers. While the boys are watching Jamie, three ...
When Dewey’s pet rabbit does good in a state contest, the family must travel to Las Vegas for the nationals. But Reese unknowingly sells the rabbit to a restaurant. Now it is up to Dewey (with a little help from a ...
With the arrival of their fifth child, Lois and Hal search for a « creative » daycare solution.
While Lois is in labor, the house is hectic, and Hal, desperate to get home, has crashed the car on the way out of the expo.
Lois goes into labor while Hal and the boys are at a bridal exposition. Ida moves in after her apartment burns down and she refuses to stay with Susan.Dewey reveals the date his parents chose for the baby’s planned ...
Leonard, a cynical, genius chess player with no friends or job, makes Malcolm think he could grow into a similar adulthood. Determined to prevent this undesirable fate, Malcolm tries to help Leonard change his life by lining ...
When Hal and Lois go out of town for a « last chance » getaway before the baby comes, Reese has a big bash that gets out of hand. College-age thugs show up, cancel the party and set up a drug-making operation in the garage. ...
Hal and Lois are penning their will, and think back to all the trouble their sons put them through. It is there that Lois’ problems with Francis are finally revealed and how her inability to admit when she is wrong lead ...
An academic competition faces the Krelboynes in an event Malcolm derides. Especially when he learns his teacher has a cheating plan. Also: a commitment to a formal dance ruffles Reese, who’s now trying to ditch his date.
A garage sale that’s entrusted to Reese (yikes!) yields treasures near and dear, like Hal’s old radio transmitter, which he makes operational. And a PC dating back to 1976 that Malcolm plans to sell to Craig for $1300.
Malcolm tries to emancipate Dabney from his overbearing mother while Hal invites his ne’er-do-well old buddy to the house. At the ranch, Francis is forced to share a room with Otto.
Jessica, a sly, 16-year-old sitter outfoxes the boys while Lois is away and Hal’s busy with a second job as a whiz of a salesman.
After Lois is out of town, Malcolm and Hal got into a fight leading Malcolm to get expelled from his house. Malcolm lives with his girlfriend in her attic, as Hal put signs for « Missing Malcolm. »
A sex lecture from Lois rattles Malcolm; a ranch calamity unnerves Francis; disharmony among Hal’s music group is a prelude to their concert. Also, a day in jail tests a defiant Reese, who faces a « Scared Straight » ...
After being rattled by a battle among the boys, a pregnant Lois ponders the consequences of raising another brawling kid. So she fantasizes that her unruly sons have morphed into well-behaved young daughters. Malcolm becomes ...
Grandma Ida is even nastier than usual (if that’s possible) because of a tumble down the front steps that resulted in a broken collarbone, prompting her to sue her daughter and son-in-law for pain and suffering. And ...
On a visit to Francis’ dude ranch Hal can’t help being disappointed in Francis’ success, Reese and Malcolm fear Francis has turned into an overly responsible grownup, and Gretchen punishes Dewey for breaking ...
After joining the basketball team at school, Malcolm soon finds himself under the coach’s skin due to his constant complaining, which eventually gets him kicked off the team. Determined to put an end to his horrible ...
Malcolm starts to date Nikki. Meanwhile, Hal and Lois must take abstinence pills in an attempt to be better parents. At the ranch, Otto is furious with the other ranchers who keep destroying the fence that Francis is building ...