8.3/10982 votes#1 - Burning Man
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2005
The family attends the counterculture Burning Man festival in the desert.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: Michael Glouberman
7.7/10722 votes#2 - Health Insurance
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2005
When Hal forgets to pay the family's health insurance, the company will not reinstate it until Monday, so he panics and locks the boys in their room to keep them from getting hurt.
Director: Steve Welch
Writer: Rob Ulin
7.6/10727 votes#3 - Reese vs. Stevie
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/2005
When Hal catches Dewey smoking, he makes a deal with him that he will stop drinking coffee if Dewey quits smoking.
Director: Linwood Boomer
Writer: Alex Reid
7.9/10740 votes#4 - Halloween
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2005
Reese and Malcolm try to perform the ultimate Halloween prank.
Director: David D'Ovidio
Writer: Andy Bobrow
8.1/10775 votes#5 - Jessica Stays Over
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2005
When Jessica goes through some family troubles, Lois agrees to let her stay at the house, making the boys crazy.
Director: Alex Reid
Writer: Matthew Carlson
7.6/10728 votes#6 - Secret Boyfriend
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2005
When Malcolm gets paired with a dimwitted beauty as his chemistry partner, he thinks it's a recipe for disaster, but when she reveals her feelings for him, sparks fly. They agree to keep their romantic experiment under wraps until Malcolm realizes that she's just embarrassed to be dating him. Meanwhile, Lois demands that Reese get a job, and she kicks him out of the house to prove that she means business.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: Gary Murphy
8.1/10791 votes#7 - Blackout
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2005
Francis decides to surprise the family by coming home, and the power goes out in the house. Meanwhile, it's Lois who's in the dark when Hal decides to cancel their anniversary dinner in favor of a Reese-cooked meal at home. And Malcolm ends up in hot water after he sneaks three Dutch girls into the house.
Director: Steve Welch
Writer: Eric Kaplan
7.5/10703 votes#8 - Army Buddy
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/2005
When Lois finds renewed energy with orthotic inserts for her shoes, Hal fears she will not look to him for support anymore and plots to destroy the inserts. A former female army buddy of Reese's comes to their house for a visit. But she gets defensive when Reese thinks they are way more than just friends and comes intact to the idea of trying to sleep with her.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: Neil Thompson
7.6/10709 votes#9 - Malcolm Defends Reese
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 12/16/2005
Lois thinks the new babysitter she found for Jamie is perfect... until she starts driving Lois crazy. Meanwhile, Reese starts getting picked on by the teacher when he and Malcolm are in the same class. However, Malcolm decides to defend him.
Director: Bryan Cranston
Writer: Matthew Carlson
7.5/10712 votes#10 - Malcolm's Money
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/2006
Malcolm receives a check for $10,000. After Hal and Lois find out, they decide to keep the money and spend it on something for themselves. However, when Dewey overhears this, he wants to get in on it, too. Now, they'll have to find a way to pay Malcolm back.
Director: Steve Love
Writer: Michael Glouberman
7.6/10714 votes#11 - Bride of Ida (1)
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 1/13/2006
Lois, Hal, and Dewey go out of town for a piano competition, so they get Ida to watch over Malcolm and Reese while they're gone. Since Ida thinks Reese needs to become a man, she comes up with a competition for Malcolm and Reese, and if Reese wins, he can take Raduca as his bride. Now, when Lois and Hal return, they're surprised to find out that Reese has run away to Las Vegas to get married.
Director: Linwood Boomer
Writer: Rob Ulin
7.4/10690 votes#12 - College Recruiters (2)
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 1/29/2006
A broke Francis gets talked into getting a real job by Dewey, but one of Francis' rocker friends decides to offer him the position of tour manager of his band instead. Back home, Hal takes over the college recruiters, which Malcolm refuses to meet with, and treats each one as a suitor. However, Hal's plans are ruined when Malcolm chooses to go Harvard.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: Jay Kogen
7.7/10697 votes#13 - Mono
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 2/12/2006
Lois discovers she has mono after a visit to the doctor. She then ends up giving it to Malcolm after her maternal instincts begin. As a result, both Lois and Malcolm are forced to spend an entire day and night together in the same room. Hal, meanwhile, is invited to all of his neighbors' parties after they know Lois will not be attending any of them.
Director: David D'Ovidio
Writer: Andy Bobrow
7.6/10728 votes#14 - Hal Grieves
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 2/19/2006
Hal learns that his father has passed away, but sheds no tears and passes it off as nothing since he never knew him. So, to make sure nothing like that happens again, he lets the boys do whatever they want by letting them miss school and even offering to buy Malcolm a new car, until Lois puts a stop to it. Noticing how depressed Hal has become, his friend Abe brings George Takei over for a visit in an attempt to cheer him up.
Director: Christopher Masterson
Writer: Eric Kaplan
7.5/10691 votes#15 - A.A.
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 3/5/2006
Francis receives a visit from Lois and Hal to celebrate his one-year anniversary of sobriety. However, when they attend one of his A.A. meetings, it's revealed that it was Lois who forced him to start drinking. Back home, Dewey finds Hal's spare key for his car and tries to get Malcolm and Reese to drive him to the arcade, but, of course, they refuse.
Director: Steve Welch
Writer: Alan J. Higgins
8.7/10988 votes#16 - Lois Strikes Back
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 3/19/2006
When four popular high school girls play an evil prank on Reese by pretending he has a secret admirer and then dropping a pig off at his front door, Lois comes to his rescue. She plots her revenge on the four unsuspecting girls and wreaks havoc on their adolescent lives. Meanwhile, Hal realizes Lois is at a dangerous emotional place so he decides to get some distance and stumbles upon the idea for making his own pitching machine out of stuff in the garage.
Director: Alex Reid
Writer: Gary Murphy
7.7/10690 votes#17 - Hal's Dentist
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 3/26/2006
Hal's friend Trey tells him to come to his dental office when he looses a tooth during a poker game, but their friendship becomes in jeopardy when Hal's faced with a $2,000 bill and causes a fight between them. Reese, meanwhile, teaches Lois how to ride a bike, while Malcolm and Dewey find sleeping as their new favorite pastime.
Director: Steve Love
Writer: Jay Kogen
8.2/10763 votes#18 - Bomb Shelter
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 4/2/2006
Malcolm joins a local dance class to impress a girl, but when she loses her footing, he realizes that to win the competition he'll need a partner who can step it up. Dick, a rival student in the class who takes dancing a bit too seriously, challenges Malcolm to a dance-off. Meanwhile, Hal discovers an underground bachelor pad in the backyard.
Director: Matthew Carlson
Writer: Rob Ulin
7.5/10672 votes#19 - Stevie in the Hospital
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 4/9/2006
When Stevie goes to the hospital, Malcolm tries making up every excuse he can think of to not go because he can't face the truth about his illness. Meanwhile, back home, Hal gets highly competitive about his new remote control boat, while Lois thinks she's going insane.
Director: Steve Welch
Writer: David Wright, David Ihlenfeld
7.3/10668 votes#20 - Cattle Court
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 4/16/2006
Reese meets a cute vegetarian named Carrie when he goes back to work at the meat plant. At first, he goes along with her political talk, but she catches him with a pork chop. So, to get Carrie back, he sets free all the cows at the meat plant. Malcolm, meanwhile, tries to fool Lois in order to attend a rock concert.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: Michael Glouberman
7.6/10797 votes#21 - Morp
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 4/23/2006
For the senior prom, Reese gets paid to take Janine, a studious girl in class, but only after she gives him a makeover and sends him to finishing school, while Malcolm aligns with the unpopular kids to form an anti-prom they call "Morp." Unfortunately, while Malcolm and his friends protest the official dance, they don't know how to make their "Morp" exciting. Meanwhile, Dewey discovers there aren't any childhood pictures of him, so he concocts an elaborate scavenger hunt to punish Hal and Lois.
Director: David D'Ovidio
Writer: Gary Murphy
9.0/101,489 votes#22 - Graduation
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 5/14/2006
Malcolm struggles with his speech when he's elected valedictorian of his graduating class at school. However, Lois refuses to listen to any of his complaints and reveals that she wants him to become President of the United States. Meanwhile, Reese does everything he can to get a permanent job as a high school janitor, which includes creating the most disgusting mess ever. In the meantime, Hal has problems with Malcolm's Harvard tuition, while Francis finally gets a real 9-5 job that he actually enjoys. Also returning for the family celebrations is Grandma Ida, as they all say goodbye to Malcolm when he leaves for college.
Director: Linwood Boomer
Writer: Michael Glouberman
The Best Episodes of Malcolm in the Middle Season 7
Every episode of Malcolm in the Middle Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Malcolm in the Middle Season 7!
A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
Genres:FamilyComedyDrama
Network:FOX
Season 7 Ratings Summary
"Burning Man" is the best rated episode of "Malcolm in the Middle" season 7. It scored 8.3/10 based on 982 votes. Directed by Peter Lauer and written by Michael Glouberman, it aired on 9/30/2005. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Health Insurance".