History Recap / MalcolmInTheMiddle

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#"Graduation": In the SeriesFinale, Malcolm struggles with his valedictorian speech -- and discovers a horrible secret as to why his family has made him miserable all these years. Meanwhile, Hal tries to find a way to raise the final $5000 needed for Malcolm's education, Reese moves out, and Francis tries to keep his new steady job a secret from Lois.

#"Buseys Take a Hostage": Dewey's class cause a hostage situation while trying to prove that they can do anything without Dewey's help. Meanwhile, Malcolm urges Hal to be president of the block association (a position he easily gets as no one cares about the block association).

#"Evacuation": Hal and Dewey accidentally drop an old couch on the railroad tracks while driving it to the dump, and the town ends up being evacuated after a train containing toxic waste derails. While Hal tries to make it up to society, Malcolm was a minute late going home from school, and gets grounded even while they are staying overnight in the school gym, forced to stay on the bed. Dewey convinces other people that he is an "orphan" in order to get what he wants, and Reese starts running a black market when he realizes that everyone there is in need of basic supplies.

#"Sleepover": Malcolm helps his handicapped friend, Steve, have a real boys' night out during a sleepover. Meanwhile, Lois challenges Reese to give Dewey a bath in order to prove that he's old enough to stay up and watch a ''Film/ChildsPlay'' movie, and Francis gets hazed by a secret society at the military school, and proves to be no match for the mental and emotional torture he suffered from living with Lois.

#"Cheerleader": Reese joins the cheerleading squad because he has a crush on one of the cheerleaders, making Malcolm such an outcast that even his circle of nerd friends are laughing at him.

#"Surgery": Malcolm is hospitalized with side pains and is diagnosed with appendicitis, but Malcolm soon discovers that the diagnosis was wrong. Meanwhile, the rest of the family becomes obsessed with a ''Risk''-style board game, and Francis and the cadets go on a hunger strike when Commandant Spangler revokes their TV privileges.

#"Mini-Bike": The boys buy a used mini-bike and fix it up, only to have Lois confiscate it (as she has a rule against motorcycles and motorcycle-like bicycles), but Reese takes it back and ends up breaking his leg.

#"Opera": Dewey uses Hal and Lois's arguments over a new mattress as material for an opera. Meanwhile, Malcolm and Reese build their own street luge board and Malcolm gets into a feud with a mystery rider who keeps forcing him off the road.

#"Malcolm's Money" While Malcolm contends with a surly yearbook photographer, Lois, Hal, and Dewey hide a $10,000 grant check from Malcolm, as they need the money more than he does.

#"Academic Octathalon": Mr. Herkabe forces Malcolm to join the academic octathlon team in an expensive hotel, where he encourages them to cheat. Meanwhile, Dewey alienates Hal after making an offhand comment about being too big to get piggybacked to bed, and Reese does everything he can to get out of going to a dance with his girlfriend.

#"Butterflies": Malcolm tries to keep an old man (played by Dan Butler from ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' and ''Western animation/HeyArnold'') living at the Lucky Aide from being discovered by the other workers. Meanwhile, Reese rescues caterpillars from his job as an exterminator.

#"Water Park": The family goes to a water park, except for Dewey, who is left home alone with a babysitter (played by Bea Arthur from ''The Golden Girls'' and ''Maude'') and ends up wandering away from home after the babysitter dies from a heart attack.

#"Butterflies": Malcolm tries to keep an old man living at the Lucky Aide from being discovered by the other workers. Meanwhile, Reese rescues caterpillars from his job as an exterminator.

#"Vegas": While Francis is trapped with Otto in a well he was supposed to fix, a fire erupts in the barn. Meanwhile, the family travels to Las Vegas, where Reese and Dewey enter an obese rabbit in a 4H competition, Hal is convinced he has had a prophetic dream about winning at a slot machine, and Lois goes backstage with her favorite singer (played by Music/DavidCassidy), which Malcolm reluctantly set up for her.

#"Vegas": While Francis is trapped with Otto in a well he was supposed to fix, a fire erupts in the barn. Meanwhile, the family travels to Las Vegas, where Reese and Dewey enter an obese rabbit in a 4H competition, Hal is convinced he has had a prophetic dream about winning at a slot machine, and Lois goes backstage with her favorite singer, which Malcolm reluctantly set up for her.

#"Reese's Apartment": Reese gets thrown out of the house for an unspeakable prank ([[NoodleImplements one that involves a lot of cats, is done in a lot of third-world countries, and calls for mass evacuation]]), and ends up living a better life on his own -- until Lois and Hal discovers that Reese is using credit cards to get by.

#"Future Malcolm": Malcolm befriends a surly, intellectual man (played by Jason Alexander of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}}'' fame) who may or may not be Malcolm's future self. Meanwhile, Piama gets a job as a nude model for an art class, and Francis joins in on it for the money.
#"Baby": In this two-part episode, a heavily pregnant Lois tries to scare off her mother by using Hal's black best friends, but ends up in labor -- with only Francis and his wife to help her. Meanwhile, Hal takes the boys to a bridal exposition, where their latest screw-ups land Hal in the hospital.

#"Goodbye Kitty": Stevie mom abandons the family so she can live life, leaving Stevie an [[HeroicBSOD emotionally-wrecked vegetable]]. Meanwhile, Reese is engrossed with the diary of a sassy high school girl (who turns out to be [[spoiler:Lois]]) and Francis and Otto try to put down a horse with a deadly infection.

#"Malcolm's Job": Lois makes Malcolm and Reese to get a job. While Reese finds a job at the local slaughterhouse, Malcolm is forced to work with Lois at the Lucky Aide. Meanwhile, Hal takes a nursing class ran by Polly to spend more time with Jamie, but he and the other dads soon start betting on their babies, and Dewey runs away to live with Francis.
#"Christmas Trees": Hal (who was laid off for the holidays) ropes Malcolm, Reese, and Dewey into selling Christmas trees to get money for presents. Meanwhile, Craig thinks Lois and her family are bad luck, and Francis finds that there's no escaping your family when Otto's family comes over and begins arguing like his family.

#"Dirty Magazine": Creator/KurtwoodSmith (Red Forman from ''Series/That70sShow'') and Lori Beth Denberg[[note]]credited as "L.B. Denberg"[[/note]] (from the original cast of ''Series/AllThat'') guest star on this episode that has Malcolm's principal put a moratorium on all extracurricular activities after the school literary magazine publishes a story that contains vulgar language and sexual content.

#"Ida's Boyfriend": Ida begins dating a Chinese man she met on a cruise, which intensely confuses the family and makes them suspect that she has an ulterior motive. Meanwhile, Malcolm tries to hide a tongue piercing, and Dewey pretends that Reese doesn't exist.

#"Lois' Sister": Laurie Metcalf (Jackie from ''Roseanne'', Andy's mom from the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' movies, and one of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'''s most short-lived cast members[[note]]she was only on for one episode in a Weekend Update segment where she asked people on the street if they'd take a bullet for Ronald Reagan. Emily Prager, however, has Metcalf beat, as Prager only appeared in the dress rehearsal version of the episode Metcalf was on, making Emily Prager the only ''SNL'' cast member who was credited as a cast member, but never appeared on-camera[[/note]]) guest stars as Lois' sister who showers the family with gifts after learning that she needs a kidney transplant. Meanwhile, Francis acts as a Girl Scout troop leader, only to learn that Girl Scouts are evil.

#"Pearl Harbor": Jessica returns to wreak havoc on Malcolm's family. This time, she tricks Malcolm and Reese into thinking both of them are homosexual. Meanwhile, Hal competes with his neighbors over lawn decorations, and Dewey does a report on Hal being his hero.

#"Lois Strikes Back": When four popular high school girls (one of which is played by Creator/EmmaStone) play an evil prank on Reese by pretending he has a secret admirer and then dropping a pig off at his front door, he falls into a huge depression, prompting Lois to fight back with a string of equally destructive pranks after the principal does nothing to punish the girls.

#"Baby": In this two-part episode, a heavily pregnant Lois tries to scare off her mother by using Hal's {{black best friend}}s, but ends up in labor -- with only Francis and his wife to help her. Meanwhile, Hal takes the boys to a bridal exposition, where their latest screw-ups land Hal in the hospital.

#"Hal Grieves": In this, the only episode directed by Christopher Kennedy Masterson (the actor who plays Francis on the show[[note]]and is the brother of Danny Masterson, who plays Hyde, on ''Series/That70sShow''[[/note]]), Hal's father dies, but rather than grieve over his death, he smothers the boys with affection and becomes a fun parent so that way, they'll miss him when he's gone. Meanwhile, Abe (Hal's BlackBestFriend) tries to get Creator/LeonardNimoy to appear and cheer up Hal, but settles for Creator/GeorgeTakei.

#"Monkey": Craig is laid up by injuries, thanks to being chased into traffic by Dewey's dog, and spends his insurance money on Oliver, a capuchin monkey "butler"--who is actually deranged and gives Craig a hard time. Reese stops a burglar and decides to become a policeman.

#"New Neighbors": Malcolm's family tries to befriend a family that just moved in (in order to keep the other neighbors from warning them about Malcolm's family being a bunch of deranged pyschos), and the two families soon hate each other (except the father, who quickly becomes best friends with Hal). Meanwhile, Francis must deal with a drunk Commandant Spangler before an anticipated visit from Oliver North.

#"Lois Strikes Back": When four popular high school girls (one of which is played by EmmaStone) play an evil prank on Reese by pretending he has a secret admirer and then dropping a pig off at his front door, he falls into a huge depression, prompting Lois to fight back with a string of equally destructive pranks after the principal does nothing to punish the girls.

#"Hal's Friend": Hal's old friend from high school, Larry (played by Joel Murray[[note]]brother of Creator/BillMurray and BrianDoyleMurray; was the voice of Darryl's next-door neighbor, Carl, on the short-lived animated adaptation of ''Baby Blues''[[/note]]) comes over and ropes Hal into plotting revenge against their old boss from their first job at a pizzeria. Meanwhile, Malcolm and Stevie try to cut the umbilical cord between Dabney and [[MyBelovedSmother his overprotective mother]] by taking him to a paintball arena to test out the new paintball gun he got for his birthday.

#"Baby": In this two-part episode, a heavily pregnant Lois tries to scare off her mother by using Hal's [[BlackBestFriend black best friends]], but ends up in labor -- with only Francis and his wife to help her. Meanwhile, Hal takes the boys to a bridal exposition, where their latest screw-ups land Hal in the hospital.

#"Lois' Sister": Laurie Metcalf (Jackie from ''Roseanne'', Andy's mom from the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' movies, and one of ''SaturdayNightLive'''s most short-lived cast members[[note]]she was only on for one episode in a Weekend Update segment where she asked people on the street if they'd take a bullet for Ronald Reagan. Emily Prager, however, has Metcalf beat, as Prager only appeared in the dress rehearsal version of the episode Metcalf was on, making Emily Prager the only ''SNL'' cast member who was credited as a cast member, but never appeared on-camera[[/note]]) guest stars as Lois' sister who showers the family with gifts after learning that she needs a kidney transplant. Meanwhile, Francis acts as a Girl Scout troop leader, only to learn that Girl Scouts are evil.

#"Lois' Sister": Laurie Metcalf (Jackie from ''Roseanne'', Andy's mom from the ''ToyStory'' movies, and one of ''SaturdayNightLive'''s most short-lived cast members[[note]]she was only on for one episode in a Weekend Update segment where she asked people on the street if they'd take a bullet for Ronald Reagan. Emily Prager, however, has Metcalf beat, as Prager only appeared in the dress rehearsal version of the episode Metcalf was on, making Emily Prager the only ''SNL'' cast member who was credited as a cast member, but never appeared on-camera[[/note]]) guest stars as Lois' sister who showers the family with gifts after learning that she needs a kidney transplant. Meanwhile, Francis acts as a Girl Scout troop leader, only to learn that Girl Scouts are evil.

#"High School Play": Malcolm gets the lead role in a high school production of ''AMidsummerNightsDream'' and starts blowing off his friends to spend more time with his new high school friends. Meanwhile, Hal and Dewey create a LEGO city.

#"New Neighbors": Malcolm's family tries to befriend a family that just moved in (in order to keep the other neighbors from warning them about Malcolm's family being a bunch of deranged savages), and the two families soon hate each other (except the father, who quickly becomes best friends with Hal). Meanwhile, Francis must deal with a drunk Commandant Spangler before an anticipated visit from Oliver North.

#"Future Malcolm": Malcolm befriends a surly, intellectual man (played by Jason Alexander of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' and ''{{Duckman}}'' fame) who may or may not be Malcolm's future self. Meanwhile, Piama gets a job as a nude model for an art class, and Francis joins in on it for the money.

#"Hal Grieves": In this, the only episode directed by Christopher Kennedy Masterson (the actor who plays Francis on the show[[note]]and is the brother of Danny Masterson, who plays Hyde, on ''That70sShow''[[/note]]), Hal's father dies, but rather than grieve over his death, he smothers the boys with affection and becomes a fun parent so that way, they'll miss him when he's gone. Meanwhile, Abe (Hal's BlackBestFriend) tries to get Creator/LeonardNimoy to appear and cheer up Hal, but settles for Creator/GeorgeTakei.

#"Dirty Magazine": Creator/KurtwoodSmith (Red Forman from ''That70sShow'') and Lori Beth Denberg[[note]]credited as "L.B. Denberg"[[/note]] (from the original cast of ''Series/AllThat'') guest star on this episode that has Malcolm's principal put a moratorium on all extracurricular activities after the school literary magazine publishes a story that contains vulgar language and sexual content.

#"Future Malcolm": Malcolm befriends a surly, intellectual man (played by Jason Alexander of ''{{Seinfeld}}'' and ''{{Duckman}}'' fame) who may or may not be Malcolm's future self. Meanwhile, Piama gets a job as a nude model for an art class, and Francis joins in on it for the money.

#"Old Mrs. Old": Malcolm must help an old woman (Florence Stanley; an American film, stage, and TV actress best known for her work on ''My Two Dads'', ''NightCourt'', and ''Dinosaurs''[[note]]she was the voice of Fran's mother, Ethyl, who rides around in a wheelchair and insults her son-in-law Earl[[/note]]) in the neighborhood with whatever she wants of him because he broke her arm. Meanwhile, Dewey uses Lois' purse as a schoolbag, and Francis fears for his hoodlum friend, Richie's, life after he is sent to military school and becomes Commandant Spangler's best friend.

A list of episode titles and summaries for the FOX sitcom, ''Malcolm in the Middle''

#"Kicked Out": A combination of Malcolm's disgust at the house falling apart around them, and Hal's fear-induced "zero tolerance" attempts at maintaining peace and order in the family, results in Malcolm being kicked out of the house. Meanwhile, Francis contends with Otto's nephew's piano playing, and Reese attaches a fire hose to his back for more speed on his bike.

#"Clip Show II": In the second clip show (and the only one where none of the kid actors appear, except for in flashbacks), Hal and Lois think back to all the hell their sons have caused while penning their last will and testament.

#"Ida's Boyfriend": Ida begins dating a Chinese man, which intensely confuses the family and makes them suspect that she has an ulterior motive. Meanwhile, Malcolm tries to hide a tongue piercing, and Dewey pretends that Reese doesn't exist.

#"Lois' Sister": Laurie Metcalf (Jackie from ''Roseanne'') guest stars as Lois' sister who showers the family with gifts after learning that she needs a kidney transplant. Meanwhile, Francis acts as a Girl Scout troop leader, only to learn that Girl Scouts are evil.