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The Best Episodes of Malcolm in the Middle Season 2

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The Best Episodes of Malcolm in the Middle Season 2

A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.

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  1. 9.3/10(2.2k votes)

    #1 - Bowling

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    S2:E20

    Malcolm and Reese go to a bowling party where they vie for the attention of a cute girl.

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    Director:Todd Holland
    Writer:Alex Reid
  2. 8.5/10(1.5k votes)

    #2 - Traffic Jam (2)

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    S2:E1

    Hal, Loi, Malcolm and Reese are trapped in a horrendous traffic jam. Francis enters himself in a bet that recalls the egg-eating wager in "Cool Hand Luke." Malcolm becomes smitten over a girl he meets. Dewey has his own little adventure--all over the world--before his family returns home.

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    Director:Todd Holland
  3. 8.4/10(1.4k votes)

    #3 - Lois's Birthday

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    S2:E3

    Crummy gifts rile birthday gal Lois, who suddenly splits from home, leaving confusion, anxiety and desperation in her wake.

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    Director:Ken Kwapis
    Writer:Alex Reid
  4. 8.4/10(1.1k votes)

    #4 - Evacuation

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    S2:E24

    Hal is inadvertently responsible for a toxic chemical spill that forces a neighborhood evacuation; Malcolm deals with being grounded even in the emergency shelter; Francis suffers through a date with a geeky 12-year-old.

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  5. 8.3/10(1.2k votes)

    #5 - New Neighbors

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    S2:E13

    New neighbors, who turn out to be even more awful than Malcolm's family, move in next door; the Marlin Academy cadets prepare for a visit from Oliver North.

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  6. 8.3/10(1.2k votes)

    #6 - Flashback

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    S2:E25

    Lois is two weeks late with her period, causing her and Hal to panic and start a big fight, while trying to keep it from the boys. And while Dewey is scared that his parents may split up, Hal and Lois remember the troubles of getting their previous four sons.

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    Director:Jeff Melman
    Writer:Ian Busch
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  8. 8.2/10(1.2k votes)

    #7 - Krelboyne Girl

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    S2:E12

    Lois and Hal try to end Dewey's dependence on his stuffed animal Domingo by convincing him that it is too dirty. Strangely attracted, Malcolm finds himself in emotional confusion about the new weird Krelboyne girl Cynthia. At the academy Commandant Spangler re-institutes old Hickory into the school's disciplinary system and Francis tries to convince his father Hal to lie for him to avoid punishment.

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  9. 8.2/10(1.1k votes)

    #8 - Traffic Ticket

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    S2:E16

    Lois gets a traffic ticket and immediately blames Francis and makes him get the money to her. To do this, Francis stages a stunt for the other cadets' amusement. Malcolm finds evidence that Lois was wrong about the traffic ticket.

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  10. 8.1/10(1.2k votes)

    #9 - Halloween Approximately

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    S2:E2

    Francis visits the week after Halloween and helps his brothers in a trick that involves a giant slingshot with icky ammo. Hal tries to catch a mysterious hot-rodder.

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    Director:Todd Holland
  11. 8.1/10(1.1k votes)

    #10 - Reese Cooks

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    S2:E18

    A cooking class energizes Reese; a planned party irks Malcolm, whose brutal honesty hurts the hostess, Krelboyne Cynthia.

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    Director:Jeff Melman
  12. 8.1/10(1.1k votes)

    #11 - Tutoring Reese

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    S2:E19

    Malcolm and the Krelboynes tutor Reese, and uncover the real reason behind his failing grades.

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    Director:Ken Kwapis
    Writer:Ian Busch
  13. 8.1/10(1.1k votes)

    #12 - Malcolm vs. Reese

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    S2:E21

    Francis has an extra ticket for a wrestling event and it is the prize pitting Malcolm vs. Reese in a one-upmanship war; caring for Craig's cat is troublesome for Dewey.

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    Director:Todd Holland
  14. 8.0/10(1.2k votes)

    #13 - Dinner Out

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    S2:E4

    Shenanigans abound at the fancy spot where the family's dining with the Kenarbans, and at Francis' school, where rowdy teenage girls are partying.

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  15. 8.0/10(1.2k votes)

    #14 - Convention

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    S2:E6

    Hal and Lois heads off to a convention while the boys stays home for the babysitter. Malcolm, Reese and Dewey assumed it's just another old woman, their parents hired to watch them. They decide to do a series of pranks on their babysitter, which includes the covered up sewer tank with a blanket and a book for the old woman sit on. To their surprise, their babysitter is a hot, teen-aged girl named Patty. She is sweet to them, but also bitter because she was rejected by Francis, a long time ago, because she was obese. Now the boys compete against each other to see who will prove their eldest brother wrong in his rejection and sleep with her without sex. Meanwhile at the convention, Lois tries in vain to stop the fight between Hal and Jack, who stole his idea.

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    Director:Jeff Melman
  16. 7.9/10(1.2k votes)

    #15 - Casino

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    S2:E5

    A family weekend vacation to a casino turns into an ordeal in the desert for Hal, Reese and Malcolm, who wander onto an artillery range. Francis sneaks home, but has no one to play with.

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  17. 7.9/10(1.1k votes)

    #16 - The Bully

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    S2:E10

    Reese, promising champion of his school's wrestling team, gets beaten by a girl, completely demoralizing him. So he gives up his school-bully carrier, which destabilizes the natural order of things at school. Francis tries to get out of academy at his birthday in an attempt to avoid academy-birthday-traditions.

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    Director:Jeff Melman
    Writer:Alex Reid
  18. 7.8/10(1.0k votes)

    #17 - Mini-Bike

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    S2:E22

    Lois forbids the boys to ride a motorbike they found, but Reese disobeys and breaks a leg.

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  19. 7.7/10(1.1k votes)

    #18 - Hal Quits

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    S2:E14

    Hal feels like his job is a piece of c* after going to Dewey's class for parent job day. So he decides to take a "kidney failure" weeks off. While Francis is forced to work at the lucky aid over spring break.

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  20. 7.7/10(1.1k votes)

    #19 - The Grandparents

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    S2:E15

    Lois' estranged parents, Ida and Victor, pay the family a visit. Right away, trouble starts brewing. Victor bonds with Reese, Ida gets Malcolm into a fight, and Dewey is haunted by childhood memories of his inattentive grandparents.

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  21. 7.7/10(1.0k votes)

    #20 - Surgery

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    S2:E17

    A hospital stay unsettles Malcolm, who's stuck in a kids ward with what may be appendicitis. Meanwhile, at military school, Francis leads a hunger strike.

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  22. 7.7/10(1.0k votes)

    #21 - Carnival

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    S2:E23

    Malcolm, Dewey, Stevie, and Reese hide out at a traveling carnival after hours and run afoul of a determined security guard and several members of the freak show.

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    Director:Ken Kwapis
    Writer:Alex Reid
  23. 7.6/10(1.1k votes)

    #22 - Robbery

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    S2:E7

    The night shift at Lucky Aide is held hostage by two robbers, since Craig does not want to give up the combination for the store's safe. Francis tries to help a heartbroken friend at the academy, while Hal and the boys fight nature at home.

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  24. 7.6/10(1.1k votes)

    #23 - Therapy

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    S2:E8

    Malcolm's humiliation as a Krelboyne drives him crazy, so he fakes his way into seeing the school's shrink, with whom the con continues.

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    Director:Ken Kwapis
    Writer:Ian Busch
  25. 7.5/10(1.1k votes)

    #24 - High School Play

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    S2:E9

    Malcolm gets a role in the high school play and is so captivated by high school gossip that he forgets his lines. Lois discovers the joys of massage. Hal and Dewey build a society of model buildings in the living room. Francis tries to show his individualism at school when the commandant cracks down on personal belongings.

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  26. 7.5/10(1.1k votes)

    #25 - Old Mrs. Old

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    S2:E11

    Dewey starts carrying a purse to school. Francis's friend Richie joins him at military school. Malcolm becomes a slave to an old woman in the neighborhood.

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Bowling" is the best rated episode of "Malcolm in the Middle" season 2. It scored 9.3/10 based on 2171 votes. Directed by Todd Holland and written by Alex Reid, it aired on 4/1/2001. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Traffic Jam (2)".