Malcolm in the Middle
A young male has trouble living with his strange and wild family as he does his best to build and live his life in the best way possible. From time to time, he has to help each of his family members whenever they get into trouble. It always leads to unexpected adventures.
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- 2000-2006
- 7 seasons
- Fox Network
- Comedy, Drama, Family
- TV-PG
A young male has trouble living with his strange and wild family as he does his best to build and live his life in the best way possible. From time to time, he has to help each of his family members whenever they get into trouble. It always leads to unexpected adventures.
Season 2 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 2000 - 2001
Episode 1
Traffic Jam
Sun, Nov 5, 2000 22 mins
On the way home from the water park, the family get stuck in a traffic jam after a car crash; During the jam, Malcolm meets a girl, Reese declares war on an ice cream truck, Lois gets frustrated, and Hal is in shock when he realizes he could've been the one in the car crash.
Episode 2
Halloween Approximately
Wed, Nov 8, 2000 23 mins
Francis is a week late for Halloween, but that can not stop him from traditional festive vandalism, since he has the perfect plan to cause mischief in the neighborhood. Meanwhile Hal has to fight a different neighborhood nuisance, vigilante style.
Episode 3
Lois's Birthday
Sun, Nov 12, 2000 22 mins
When the boys demolish Lois' meager hopes for a happy birthday, she runs away from home.
Episode 4
Dinner Out
Wed, Nov 15, 2000 21 mins
Commandant Spangler announces his mother's visit and Francis uses the opportunity to organize a dance, for which he invites some local girls, which ends up to be a very different experience then the cadets expected. The Kenarbans invite the whole family to a nice dinner that turns into an evening of conflicts.
Episode 5
Casino
Sun, Nov 19, 2000 23 mins
The family is on a weekend-vacation in an native American casino. Francis uses this opportunity to go on vacation himself, by sneaking into his former home, but he is not the only one with that idea. While Hal, Reese and Malcolm get lost in the desert, Lois and Dewey enjoy a day of relaxation.
Episode 6
Convention
Wed, Nov 22, 2000 23 mins
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 also decide to do a series of pranks on their babysitter.
Episode 7
Robbery
Sun, Nov 26, 2000 23 mins
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.
Episode 8
Therapy
Wed, Nov 29, 2000 23 mins
In an attempt to avoid the worst moments of medieval week at his Krelboyne class, Malcolm spins a delicate web of deception for the school therapist. Francis takes over the laundry at the academy and Hal discovers that his youngest, Dewey, is a natural at skittles.
Episode 9
High School Play
Sun, Dec 10, 2000 23 mins
Malcolm gets the chance to perform at a high-school play in the lead role, leaving his friends alone with their secret project, but hanging out with high-school kids and their constant exchange of useless information has quite an impact on his mental abilities; Lois finds herself with 25 unexpected free minutes left on her schedule, which she uses for a massage, relaxing for the first time in her life; Hal and Dewey build a giant city out of Legos; Francis tries to fight Commandant Spangler's tyranny with flower power.
Episode 10
The Bully
Sun, Dec 17, 2000 23 mins
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.
Episode 11
Old Mrs. Old
Sun, Jan 7, 2001 23 mins
Malcolm accidentally hits a ball into grouchy old Mrs. Griffin's yard, and when he goes to retrieve it, he has a run-in with the elderly lady that accidentally makes her fall and break her arm. As punishment, he must go over to her house every day after school to help her out.
Episode 12
Krelboyne Girl
Sun, Jan 14, 2001 23 mins
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. Commandant Spangler re-institutes old Hickory into the school's disciplinary system.
Episode 13
New Neighbors
Sun, Jan 21, 2001 23 mins
A new family moves into the next house and the family tries to make friends with them. As it turns out, all but the two men despise each other, which leaves them living their new-found friendship in secrecy. Francis finds Commandant Spangler emotionally devastated, questioning his own accomplishments.
Episode 14
Hal Quits
Sun, Feb 4, 2001 23 mins
Hal feels like his job is a piece of crap 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.
Episode 15
The Grandparents
Sun, Feb 11, 2001 23 mins
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.
Episode 16
Traffic Ticket
Sun, Feb 18, 2001 23 mins
When Lois is arrested for having 16 unpaid parking tickets, she makes Francis pay for them and fights the cop in court for falsely accusing her of something she never did.
Episode 17
Surgery
Sun, Feb 25, 2001 23 mins
Francis organizes a hunger strike to get back the academy's TV, taken away by Commandant Spangler. Meanwhile Malcolm has to go to the hospital, leaving him in the children's ward and the family without their genius middle son.
Episode 18
Reese Cooks
Sun, Mar 4, 2001 23 mins
In an attempt to change the usual punishment pattern for Reese, Hal signs them both up for cooking classes, which turns out to be Reese's area of genius. Francis gets Eric into trouble because he did not yet finish his part of their co-op history assignment.
Episode 19
Tutoring Reese
Sun, Mar 11, 2001 22 mins
Francis is home to repair the roof, while Reese has even more troubles with his grades than usual, although he is convinced that his Teacher Mr. Woodward is out to get him. While Dewey makes a new friend, Lois makes Malcolm tutor Reese and Malcolm soon finds out that Reese was right about Mr. Woodward all along.
Episode 20
Bowling
Sun, Apr 1, 2001 23 mins
Lois keeps the kids under tight watch, making Malcolm's night miserable, since he's the worst bowler in the group; Hal is on the verge of a perfect game, Reese ticks off the wrong guy and runs for his life, and Malcolm finds a girl who is attracted to him.
Episode 21
Malcolm vs. Reese
Sun, Apr 22, 2001 22 mins
Francis makes Reese and Malcolm fight each other and suck up to him for wrestling tickets. In the meantime Dewey takes care of Craig's cat Jellybean while he is gone to a comic convention.
Episode 22
Mini-Bike
Sun, Apr 29, 2001 23 mins
In this episode Craig still lives in Lois and Hal's house, because his one had been burnt down. That costs a lot of things on the whole family. Meanwhile, Malcolm and his brothers find a mini-bike in the garbage. At first, they argue with each other.
Episode 23
Carnival
Sun, May 6, 2001 23 mins
The boys and Stevie take off in the evening to visit the carnival but get into trouble, while the parents go searching for them.
Episode 24
Evacuation
Sun, May 13, 2001 23 mins
When the family gets a new couch, Hal loses the old one on the way to the dump, causing a train accident with dire consequences for the whole neighborhood. While Hal tries to make it up to society, Dewey makes people believe he is an orphan.
Episode 25
Flashback
Sun, May 20, 2001 23 mins
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.
