A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
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- Seasons
- 7
- Episodes aired
- 151
- Latest aired
- S07E22
- Total runtime
- 2d 7h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 January 2000 – May 2000 16 episodes
- Season 2 November 2000 – May 2001 25 episodes
- Season 3 November 2001 – May 2002 22 episodes
- Season 4 November 2002 – May 2003 22 episodes
- Season 5 November 2003 – May 2004 22 episodes
- Season 6 November 2004 – May 2005 22 episodes
- Season 7 September 2005 – May 2006 22 episodes
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S01E01 Pilot
January 9 · 22min find the promo
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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 befriends another boy with a high IQ and stands up to a bully.
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S01E02 Red Dress
January 16 · 22min find the promo
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Lois must take drastic steps to discover which of her sons ruined the special dress she bought for an anniversary dinner with Hal.
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S01E03 Home Alone 4
January 23 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S01E04 Shame
February 6 · 22min find the promo
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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. Meanwhile, Hal takes heat after cutting down a tree.
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S01E05 Malcolm Babysits
February 13 · 22min find the promo
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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 new position is strictly limited. Meanwhile, the military school's master key leads Francis to a corpse, for which he provides a proper send-off.
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S01E06 Sleepover
February 20 · 22min find the promo
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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 military school. Reese tries to prove he's man enough to watch a scary movie.
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S01E07 Francis Escapes
February 27 · 22min find the promo
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Francis goes AWOL from military school to link up with his girlfriend, a ditsy doozy who's made him gaga.
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S01E08 Krelboyne Picnic
March 12 · 22min find the promo
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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 acts bomb, families feud, and Malcolm's dad serves meat to vegetarians.
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S01E09 Lois vs. Evil
March 19 · 22min find the promo
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Lois's firing prompts household economizing. Meanwhile, Francis delights in his honor-guard duty—at a teenage beauty pageant.
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S01E10 Stock Car Races
April 2 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S01E11 Funeral
April 9 · 22min find the promo
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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.
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S01E12 Cheerleader
April 16 · 22min find the promo
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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 new toy. Francis has a heart-to-heart conversation with headmaster Spangler.
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S01E13 Rollerskates
April 30 · 22min find the promo
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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 weekend.
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S01E14 The Bots and the Bees
May 7 · 22min find the promo
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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 becomes injured and soon clashes with Spangler.
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S01E15 Smunday
May 14 · 22min find the promo
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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 Porsche dealership.
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S01E16 Water Park (1)
May 21 · 22min find the promo
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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.