Season 3
🎬 22 Episodes 📅 2001 ⏱ 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
22
Episodes
2001
Year
22
min / ep
8.1
Watch Hours
3/7
Season No.
⭐ 8.4
Best Episode
Ep. 13 · Reese Drives
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🎬 Episodes 22 episodes
1
⭐ 7.5
Houseboat
The family takes a vacation with the Kenarbans, sharing a houseboat. And while Steve's parents are caught in a fight, Reese and Steve socialize with some cheerleader from a nearby spirit camp, Malcolm is stuck with Hal fishing. At the military academy, Eric turns eighteen and leaves for Alaska, insp…
🎬 Todd Holland ✍️ Bob Stevens
2
⭐ 7.4
Emancipation
Being fed up with military school, Francis gets himself legally emancipated so he can go north to Alaska with his friend Eric and become a logger. This does not sit well at all with the family.
🎬 Jimmy Simons ✍️ Alan J. Higgins
3
⭐ 7.0
Book Club
Lois, in an attempt to get a break from the family, joins a book club that turns out to be a night off for frustrated housewives, but it all goes a little bit haywire. Meanwhile Francis tries to get to Alaska, learning something important about himself and about truck drivers. Hal, who tries to keep…
🎬 Todd Holland ✍️ Alex Reid
4
⭐ 7.4
Malcolm's Girlfriend
Francis has to stay a couple of days in a small county jail and enjoys it more then he expected. Malcolm finds himself with a girlfriend, which add to his usual social anxiety. Dewey makes friend with a new kid in the area, helping the kid's mother to compose Dewey's dream birthday party for his new…
🎬 Ken Kwapis ✍️ Ian Busch
5
⭐ 7.6
Charity
In an effort to contribute to society and to make her boys useful at the same time, Lois "volunteers" Malcolm, Reese and Dewey for charity work at a local church. The boys are assigned to sort giant piles of donated clothing, game, appliances etc. Initially irritated at their new task, they realize …
🎬 Jeff Melman ✍️ Neil Thompson
6
⭐ 7.3
Health Scare
When Hal's doctor discovers something suspicious during his routine check-up, Lois and Hal become frantic, nervous wrecks as they wait for the test results. As a result of her anticipation, Lois becomes even stricter with the boys, leaving them to misinterpret the new house rules. Meanwhile, in Alas…
🎬 Todd Holland ✍️ Dan Kopelman
7
⭐ 7.7
Christmas
When Malcolm and his brothers destroy their Christmas tree ornaments, Lois punishes them by canceling Christmas and moves all the presents into the garage. The only way she will reinstate the holiday is if the boys behave impeccably up to Christmas morning. Her plan works better than expected, and L…
🎬 Jeff Melman ✍️ Maggie Bandur
8
⭐ 7.4
Poker
Poker showdowns with Abe give Hal a flush; dance lessons turn Lois awhirl; an Alaskan blizzard entraps and rattles Francis. (TV Guide)
🎬 Ken Kwapis ✍️ Michael Borkow
9
⭐ 7.5
Reese's Job
Trouble finds Reese at his new fast-food job; a new Krelboyne tutors Malcolm; Hal and Lois sabotage Dewey's plan to get a dog.
🎬 Todd Holland ✍️ Neil Thompson
10
⭐ 7.3
Lois's Makeover
A negative job-performance review riles Lois; hoops play with the boys energizes Hal; a vermin infestation busies rat-killer Francis.
🎬 Jeff Melman ✍️ Michael Glouberman
11
⭐ 7.4
Company Picnic (1)
Juicy guest casting and ingenious plotting enliven an hourlong episode that airs in the plum post-Super Bowl slot. One storyline unfolds at Hal's company picnic, where Lois clashes with a blabby wife and her beleaguered spouse; and Hal runs afoul of his new boss and the big cheese. In Alaska, Franci…
🎬 Todd Holland ✍️ Janae Bakken
12
⭐ 7.4
Company Picnic (2)
After Hal is mistaken by his new boss, as that guy's boss, Hal plays along. Malcolm is in a three-legged scavenger hunt with the girl he likes, but becomes upset after he confesses he likes her, and she says she likes another boy. Reese is also the the scavenger hunt, and at first doesn't like the b…
🎬 Todd Holland ✍️ Janae Bakken
13
⭐ 8.4
Reese Drives
Highway horror: Reese gets a learner's permit, which he promptly proceeds to abuse by commandeering a driving-school vehicle.
🎬 Jeff Melman ✍️ Michael Glouberman
14
⭐ 7.6
Cynthia's Back
The return of the smart and sassy Cynthia rattles Malcolm, who's astonished by her physical maturation. And so is drooling Reese.
🎬 Ken Kwapis ✍️ Maggie Bandur
15
⭐ 7.2
Hal's Birthday
The arrival of Francis's new bride on Hal's birthday sparks a fray that drives the younger siblings out---and into a posh hotel.
🎬 Levie Isaacks ✍️ Alex Reid
16
⭐ 6.8
Hal Coaches
Clever Hal invigorates Dewey's soccer team; sly Reese blackmails a philandering neighbor; obsessed Malcolm battles a computer program.
🎬 Jeff Melman ✍️ Ian Busch
17
⭐ 7.5
Dewey's Dog
Dewey rules, thanks to his new dog that intimidates Malcolm and Reese; Hal and Lois hit the town with big plans---and flu symptoms.
🎬 Bob Stevens ✍️ Michael Glouberman
18
⭐ 7.0
Poker 2
Girls in the house spell trouble for the boys, who are on their own while Dad's hosting a poker game that's more about one-upmanship than cards.
🎬 Jeff Melman ✍️ John Bradford Goodman
19
⭐ 6.3
Clip Show
An embattled psychiatrist probes the boys' naughty behavior patterns in a session framed by flashbacks to past episodes.
🎬 Jamie Babbit ✍️ Alex Reid
20
⭐ 6.9
Jury Duty
Lois gets jury duty and Hal tries to figure out what case she's working on. Meanwhile, Malcolm and Reese saw Stevie's mom naked and brag about it, they also take Dewey to the sewers and get lost.
🎬 Ken Kwapis ✍️ Tom Mason
21
⭐ 7.3
Cliques
Back in the general school population, the Krelboyne whiz kids wind up in cliques with jocks, skateboarders and brooding "Goths."
🎬 Jeff Melman ✍️ Michael Borkow
22
⭐ 7.6
Monkey
New monkey business occupies Reese, now a self-appointed law enforcer; a capuchin monkey has it in for Lois's co-worker, Craig.
🎬 Ken Kwapis ✍️ Dan Kopelman