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The Worst Episodes of Malcolm in the Middle

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The Worst Episodes of Malcolm in the Middle

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

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  1. 6.6/10(10 votes)

    #1 - Clip Show

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    S3:E19

    An embattled psychiatrist probes the boys' naughty behavior patterns in a session framed by flashbacks to past episodes.

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  2. 6.6/10(9 votes)

    #2 - Clip Show 2

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    S4:E17

    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.

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  3. 6.9/10(7 votes)

    #3 - Softball

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    S5:E12

    Malcolm is convinced to play Softball by Lois and ends up doing very badly at it due to Lois's hold on him. Meanwhile, Francis tries to pick fights with Lois, Reese tries to break Francis's record of collecting toilet seats from a local junkyard, and Hal accidentally applies to become a member of the CIA.

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  4. 7.3/10(10 votes)

    #4 - Francis Escapes

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    S1:E7

    Francis goes AWOL from military school to link up with his girlfriend, a ditsy doozy who's made him gaga.

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  5. 7.3/10(10 votes)

    #5 - Hal Coaches

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    S3:E16

    Clever Hal invigorates Dewey's soccer team; sly Reese blackmails a philandering neighbor; obsessed Malcolm battles a computer program.

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    Director:Jeff Melman
    Writer:Ian Busch
  6. 7.3/10(13 votes)

    #6 - Stupid Girl

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    S4:E4

    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.

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    Director:Todd Holland
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  8. 7.3/10(700 votes)

    #7 - Cattle Court

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    S7:E20

    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.

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  9. 7.4/10(17 votes)

    #8 - Pilot

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    S1:E1

    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.

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  10. 7.4/10(17 votes)

    #9 - Red Dress

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    S1:E2

    Lois must take drastic steps to discover which of her sons ruined the special dress she bought for an anniversary dinner with Hal.

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  11. 7.4/10(11 votes)

    #10 - Stock Car Races

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    S1:E10

    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.

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  12. 7.4/10(9 votes)

    #11 - Academic Octathalon

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    S4:E16

    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.

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    Director:Todd Holland
  13. 7.4/10(8 votes)

    #12 - Block Party

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    S5:E8

    Neighbors have the annual "The Wilkersons are gone" block party until they come home early. Reese and Dewey set up a plan to get money by letting Reese-tortured kids get revenge. Hal and Lois enter a kielbasa-eating contest and Malcolm unknowingly assists a robbery, but a surprising twist comes in the end.

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    Director:Levie Isaacks
    Writer:Rob Ulin
  14. 7.4/10(8 votes)

    #13 - Ida's Boyfriend

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    S5:E11

    Malcolm gets his tongue pierced and needs to hide it for a month. While Lois' mother, Ida, comes and annouces that she will marry a rich Chinese Man that she met on a cruise. Malcolm gets complications when his tongue ring gets infected, rendering him unable to say "S's" and he discovers that Ida has been drugging her fiancé with opiates and mood enhancers. When Lois and Hal confront Ida, she drugs them with free food. But luckily, the fiancé misses a drug treatment, and realizes that Ida is a terrible woman and he leaves her at the altar. Malcolm is punished for his tongue piercing. Meanwhile at the ranch, Otto decides to hire a murder mystery acting troup, but it all turns out badly.

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    Director:Peter Lauer
  15. 7.4/10(8 votes)

    #14 - Buseys Run Away

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    S6:E2

    The Buseys disappear after Dewey leaves the special-needs class; Hal becomes the leader of a group of brainless bodybuilders.

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  16. 7.4/10(7 votes)

    #15 - Standee

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    S6:E3

    When Hal and the garbageman get into a trash-dumping war (which benefits Dewey more than anyone else), Hal enlists Reese's help. Meanwhile, Lois gets her job back at Lucky Aide (off probation), and fights against Malcolm in order to take down an offensive billboard of a smiling black janitor (whose nametag reads "Slappy") holding a mop and a 6-pack of malt liquor. Soon it's an all-out war between mom and son - until Lois encounters a fellow employee who is more racist than the billboard.

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    Writer:Rob Ulin
  17. 7.4/10(5 votes)

    #16 - Kitty's Back

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    S6:E5

    Kitty returns and asks Lois for help getting Kitty's estranged husband back; Francis comes home and puts Dewey through the torturous "Brotherhood Initiation."

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  18. 7.4/10(721 votes)

    #17 - College Recruiters (2)

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    S7:E12

    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.

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    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writer:Jay Kogen
  19. 7.5/10(14 votes)

    #18 - Home Alone 4

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    S1:E3

    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.

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  20. 7.5/10(11 votes)

    #19 - The Bots and the Bees

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    S1:E14

    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.

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  21. 7.5/10(1.1k votes)

    #20 - 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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  22. 7.5/10(1.1k votes)

    #21 - 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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  23. 7.5/10(11 votes)

    #22 - Houseboat

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    S3:E1

    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, inspiring Francis to do something about his situation too.

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    Director:Todd Holland
  24. 7.5/10(11 votes)

    #23 - Book Club

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    S3:E3

    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 the boys out of troubles for the evening, is caught in an inner conflict about how to treat them.

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    Director:Todd Holland
    Writer:Alex Reid
  25. 7.5/10(12 votes)

    #24 - Hal's Birthday

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    S3:E15

    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.

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    Director:Levie Isaacks
    Writer:Alex Reid
  26. 7.5/10(8 votes)

    #25 - Watching the Baby

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    S5:E2

    Hal and the boys offer to watch baby Jamie so an exhausted Lois can finally get some sleep. Hal leaves the boys in charge while he goes to the Lucky Aid to pick up more diapers. While the boys are watching Jamie, three beautiful teenage girls arrive and woo Malcolm, Reese and Stevie away for the night, leaving Dewey alone with the baby. Meanwhile at the Lucky Aid, Hal doesn't have enough money for the diapers and Craig forces him to work. Back at home, Dewey concocts an elaborate bedtime story for Jamie involving each member of his family.

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    Director:Levie Isaacks
    Writer:Alex Reid

Worst Episodes Summary

"Clip Show" is the worst rated episode of "Malcolm in the Middle". It scored 6.6/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by Jamie Babbit and written by Alex Reid, Michael Borkow, it aired on 4/28/2002. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Clip Show 2".