Season 4
🎬 22 Episodes 📅 2002 ⏱ 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
2002
Year
22
min / ep
8.1
Watch Hours
4/7
Season No.
⭐ 8.4
Best Episode
Ep. 3 · Family Reunion
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🎬 Episodes 22 episodes
1
⭐ 7.4
Zoo
Malcolm, whose frenetic home life is a kind of zoo, begins the fourth season by accompanying his family to the real thing. A visit to the zoo offers close encounters with creatures great and small. But Hal wishes he could have passed on an encounter with Lois's former beau, who lectures on rain-fore…
🎬 Todd Holland ✍️ Michael Glouberman
2
⭐ 7.3
Humilithon
High school's first day vexes Malcolm, who acquires an unfortunate nickname; and Hal, a parental "volunteer" running afoul of authority.
🎬 Jeff Melman ✍️ Michael Borkow
3
⭐ 8.4
Family Reunion
Christopher Lloyd adds to his gallery of eccentric characters, playing Hal's quirky, cranky and very wealthy father, Walter, in this rollicking episode. The occasion is a birthday celebration for the old man, but the snooty female in-laws seem more interested in offending Lois. Their shabby behavior…
🎬 Ken Kwapis ✍️ Alex Reid
4
⭐ 7.1
Stupid Girl
Acting dumb like Reese eases Malcolm's stress and lands him a date with the new light of his life, an attractive girl who's really a dim bulb.
🎬 Todd Holland ✍️ Dan Kopelman
5
⭐ 7.3
Forwards Backwards
Brotherly love is lost on Malcolm and Reese, now out to sabotage his sibling's birthday in devilish strikes met with crafty counterattacks.
🎬 Levie Isaacks ✍️ Maggie Bandur
6
⭐ 7.8
Forbidden Girlfriend
Malcolm starts to date Nikki. Meanwhile, Hal and Lois must take abstinence pills in an attempt to be better parents. At the ranch, Otto is furious with the other ranchers who keep destroying the fence that Francis is building to keep the cattle inside.
🎬 Jamie Babbit ✍️ Matthew Carlson
7
⭐ 7.7
Malcolm Holds His Tongue
After joining the basketball team at school, Malcolm soon finds himself under the coach's skin due to his constant complaining, which eventually gets him kicked off the team. Determined to put an end to his horrible habit of talking before he thinks, Malcolm starts "holding his tongue" which solves …
🎬 Jeff Melman ✍️ Neil Thompson
8
⭐ 7.5
Boys at Ranch
On a visit to Francis' dude ranch Hal can't help being disappointed in Francis' success, Reese and Malcolm fear Francis has turned into an overly responsible grownup, and Gretchen punishes Dewey for breaking a valuable doll.
🎬 David D'Ovidio ✍️ Neil Thompson
9
⭐ 7.5
Grandma Sues
Grandma Ida is even nastier than usual (if that's possible) because of a tumble down the front steps that resulted in a broken collarbone, prompting her to sue her daughter and son-in-law for pain and suffering. And there's more momentous news on the home front: Lois is pregnant.
🎬 Jimmy Simons ✍️ Michael Glouberman
10
⭐ 8.4
If Boys Were Girls
After being rattled by a battle among the boys, a pregnant Lois ponders the consequences of raising another brawling kid. So she fantasizes that her unruly sons have morphed into well-behaved young daughters. Malcolm becomes Mallory, Reese is transformed into Renee and Dewey turns into Daisy.
🎬 Ken Kwapis ✍️ Alexandra Kaczenski
11
⭐ 7.4
Long Drive
A sex lecture from Lois rattles Malcolm; a ranch calamity unnerves Francis; disharmony among Hal's music group is a prelude to their concert. Also, a day in jail tests a defiant Reese, who faces a "Scared Straight" encounter.
🎬 Levie Isaacks ✍️ Michael Borkow
12
⭐ 7.2
Kicked Out
After Lois is out of town, Malcolm and Hal got into a fight leading Malcolm to get expelled from his house. Malcolm lives with his girlfriend in her attic, as Hal put signs for "Missing Malcolm."
🎬 Jeff Melman ✍️ Alex Reid
13
⭐ 7.5
Stereo Store
Jessica, a sly, 16-year-old sitter outfoxes the boys while Lois is away and Hal's busy with a second job as a whiz of a salesman.
🎬 Bryan Cranston ✍️ Matthew Carlson
14
⭐ 7.1
Hal's Friend
Malcolm tries to emancipate Dabney from his overbearing mother while Hal invites his ne'er-do-well old buddy to the house. At the ranch, Francis is forced to share a room with Otto.
🎬 Jeff Melman ✍️ Dan Kopelman
15
⭐ 7.1
Garage Sale
A garage sale that's entrusted to Reese (yikes!) yields treasures near and dear, like Hal's old radio transmitter, which he makes operational. And a PC dating back to 1976 that Malcolm plans to sell to Craig for $1300.
🎬 Levie Isaacks ✍️ Maggie Bandur
16
⭐ 6.9
Academic Octathalon
An academic competition faces the Krelboynes in an event Malcolm derides. Especially when he learns his teacher has a cheating plan. Also: a commitment to a formal dance ruffles Reese, who's now trying to ditch his date.
🎬 Todd Holland ✍️ Rob Hanning
17
⭐ 5.8
Clip Show 2
Hal and Lois are penning their will, and think back to all the trouble their sons put them through. It is there that Lois' problems with Francis are finally revealed and how her inability to admit when she is wrong lead to a lot of the problems the family has been dealing with.
🎬 Levie Isaacks ✍️ Dan Kopelman
18
⭐ 7.2
Reese's Party
When Hal and Lois go out of town for a "last chance" getaway before the baby comes, Reese has a big bash that gets out of hand. College-age thugs show up, cancel the party and set up a drug-making operation in the garage. All Reese and Malcolm can do is knuckle under. The good news is, Dewey's not a…
🎬 Levie Isaacks ✍️ Andy Bobrow
19
⭐ 7.4
Future Malcolm
Leonard, a cynical, genius chess player with no friends or job, makes Malcolm think he could grow into a similar adulthood. Determined to prevent this undesirable fate, Malcolm tries to help Leonard change his life by lining him up for a job interview with the obnoxious Craig. Meanwhile, Francis fin…
🎬 Ken Kwapis ✍️ A.J. Poulin
20
⭐ 7.5
Baby (1)
Lois goes into labor while Hal and the boys are at a bridal exposition. Ida moves in after her apartment burns down and she refuses to stay with Susan.Dewey reveals the date his parents chose for the baby's planned delivery is his birthday in an announcement at the exposition to humiliate Hal.
🎬 Jimmy Simons ✍️ Rob Hanning
21
⭐ 8.2
Baby (2)
While Lois is in labor, the house is hectic, and Hal, desperate to get home, has crashed the car on the way out of the expo.
🎬 Jamie Babbit ✍️ Michael Borkow
22
⭐ 7.2
Day Care
With the arrival of their fifth child, Lois and Hal search for a "creative" daycare solution.
🎬 Steve Love ✍️ Neil Thompson