Season 1
🎬 16 Episodes 📅 2000 ⏱ 22 min
A brilliant teenager's meticulously planned day crumbles when his chaotic family decides to take a spontaneous road trip. Malcolm in the Middle captures the raw, unfiltered chaos of adolescence when intelligence meets dysfunction at every turn. As the gifted young man tries desperately to maintain control amid the madness surrounding him, he discovers that sometimes survival itself is the greatest achievement. The heartfelt comedy reveals that even in a world of complete disorder, family bonds remain the one thing worth fighting for.
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📊 Season Stats
16
Episodes
2000
Year
22
min / ep
5.9
Watch Hours
1/7
Season No.
⭐ 8.3
Best Episode
Ep. 13 · Rollerskates
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🎬 Episodes 16 episodes
1
⭐ 7.6
Pilot
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.
🎬 Todd Holland ✍️ Linwood Boomer
2
⭐ 7.8
Red Dress
Lois must take drastic steps to discover which of her sons ruined the special dress she bought for an anniversary dinner with Hal.
🎬 Arlene Sanford ✍️ Alan J. Higgins
3
⭐ 7.5
Home Alone 4
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.
🎬 Todd Holland ✍️ Michael Glouberman
4
⭐ 7.3
Shame
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.
🎬 Nick Marck ✍️ David Richardson
5
⭐ 7.9
Malcolm Babysits
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 pro…
🎬 Jeff Melman ✍️ Maggie Bandur
6
⭐ 7.7
Sleepover
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.
🎬 Ken Kwapis ✍️ Dan Kopelman
7
⭐ 7.3
Francis Escapes
Francis goes AWOL from military school to link up with his girlfriend, a ditsy doozy who's made him gaga.
🎬 Todd Holland ✍️ Linwood Boomer
8
⭐ 8.1
Krelboyne Picnic
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.
🎬 Todd Holland ✍️ Michael Glouberman
9
⭐ 8.0
Lois vs. Evil
Lois's firing prompts household economizing. Meanwhile, Francis delights in his honor-guard duty—at a teenage beauty pageant.
🎬 Todd Holland ✍️ Michael Begler
10
⭐ 7.3
Stock Car Races
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.
🎬 Todd Holland ✍️ David Richardson
11
⭐ 7.8
Funeral
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.
🎬 Arlene Sanford ✍️ Maggie Bandur
12
⭐ 7.5
Cheerleader
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.
🎬 Todd Holland ✍️ Dan Kopelman
13
⭐ 8.3
Rollerskates
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.
🎬 Ken Kwapis ✍️ Alan J. Higgins
14
⭐ 7.4
The Bots and the Bees
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.
🎬 Chris Koch ✍️ Alan J. Higgins
15
⭐ 7.7
Smunday
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.
🎬 Jeff Melman ✍️ Michael Glouberman
16
⭐ 8.0
Water Park (1)
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.
🎬 Ken Kwapis ✍️ Maggie Bandur