All Episodes of Malcolm in the Middle
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Season 1
8.2/102,072 votesLoading...Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/9/2000
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.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Linwood Boomer
8.4/101,783 votesLoading...Red Dress
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/2000
Lois must take drastic steps to discover which of her sons ruined the special dress she bought for an anniversary dinner with Hal.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: Alan J. Higgins
7.9/101,557 votesLoading...Home Alone 4
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/2000
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.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Michael Glouberman, Andrew Orenstein
7.6/101,448 votesLoading...Shame
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/6/2000
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.
Director: Nick Marck
Writer: Dave Richardson
7.9/101,426 votesLoading...Malcolm Babysits
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/13/2000
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.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Maggie Bandur, Pang-Ni Landrum
8.0/101,367 votesLoading...Sleepover
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/20/2000
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.
Director: Ken Kwapis
Writer: Dan Kopelman
7.4/101,326 votesLoading...Francis Escapes
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/27/2000
Francis goes AWOL from military school to link up with his girlfriend, a ditsy doozy who's made him gaga.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Linwood Boomer
8.3/101,462 votesLoading...Krelboyne Picnic
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/12/2000
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.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Michael Glouberman, Andrew Orenstein
7.8/101,293 votesLoading...Lois vs. Evil
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/19/2000
Lois's firing prompts household economizing. Meanwhile, Francis delights in his honor-guard duty—at a teenage beauty pageant.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Jack Amiel, Michael Begler
7.7/101,272 votesLoading...Stock Car Races
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/2/2000
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.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Dave Richardson
8.1/101,325 votesLoading...Funeral
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/9/2000
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.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: Maggie Bandur, Pang-Ni Landrum
7.9/101,275 votesLoading...Cheerleader
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/16/2000
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.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Dan Kopelman
8.6/101,602 votesLoading...Rollerskates
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/30/2000
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.
Director: Ken Kwapis
Writer: Alan J. Higgins
7.8/101,196 votesLoading...The Bots and the Bees
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 5/7/2000
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.
Director: Chris Koch
Writer: Alan J. Higgins, Dave Richardson
8.0/101,189 votesLoading...Smunday
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 5/14/2000
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.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Michael Glouberman, Andrew Orenstein
8.6/101,460 votesLoading...Water Park (1)
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 5/21/2000
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.
Director: Ken Kwapis
Writer: Maggie Bandur, Pang-Ni Landrum