The Best Episodes Written By Maggie Bandur

#1 - Malcolm's Job

Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 12/7/2003

Malcolm gets a job working for Lois on the drugstore loading dock but is shocked to find that Lois smokes. She makes him promise not to tell, then turns her back on him and writes him up for a silly offense. Meanwhile, Dewey runs away to the Ranch to be with Francis because he says he is tired of Reese and Malcolm. Hal is also busy, secretly betting on and entering Jaime in baby competitions.

Director: Steve Welch

Writer: Maggie Bandur

#2 - Dewey's Special Class

Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 5/2/2004

Malcolm convinces Dewey to do poorly on an I.Q. test, so that he won't become a ridiculed Krelboyne student. But Dewey does so badly that he is placed in a class for the emotionally disturbed. Hal and Craig compete in a dance competition.

Director: David D'Ovidio

Writer: Maggie Bandur

#3 - 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

#4 - 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

#5 - Christmas

Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 12/16/2001

When Malcolm and his brothers destroy their Christmas tree ornaments, Lois punishes them by canceling Christmas and moves all the presents into the garage. The only way she will reinstate the holiday is if the boys behave impeccably up to Christmas morning. Her plan works better than expected, and Lois is touched that her family responded so well to her challenge. Meanwhile, the boys decide that Lois could use this tactic for future holidays and retaliate by breaking into the garage and opening up all the presents. Elsewhere, Francis is forced to visit his Grandma Ida for Christmas.

Director: Jeff Melman

Writer: Maggie Bandur

#6 - Garage Sale

Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 4/6/2003

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.

Director: Levie Isaacks

Writer: Maggie Bandur

#7 - 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

#8 - Surgery

Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/25/2001

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.

Director: Jeff Melman

Writer: Maggie Bandur

#9 - Forwards Backwards

Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 12/1/2002

Brotherly love is lost on Malcolm and Reese, now out to sabotage his sibling's birthday in devilish strikes met with crafty counterattacks.

Director: Levie Isaacks

Writer: Maggie Bandur

#10 - Heroic Origins

Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 5/2/2013

Abed's research into the study group's history uncovers an overlooked series of chance encounters that led each of them to Greendale.

Director: Victor Nelli Jr.

Writer: Maggie Bandur

#11 - Competitive Ecology

Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2011

The study group struggles to incorporate a fellow classmate while working on a project for Professor Kane's class.

Director: Anthony Russo

Writer: Maggie Bandur

#12 - New Neighbors

Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/2001

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.

Director: Ken Kwapis

Writer: Maggie Bandur

#13 - Cynthia's Back

Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/17/2002

The return of the smart and sassy Cynthia rattles Malcolm, who's astonished by her physical maturation. And so is drooling Reese.

Director: Ken Kwapis

Writer: Maggie Bandur

#14 - Bewitched, Bothered, and Belittled

Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/10/2016

While continuing their quest to gather an army, King Richard discovers that he has a connection to Roberta, the beautiful warrior who volunteered to help. Galavant plays matchmaker. Madalena is invited to the Basikobitcz party - the "it" girls of the kingdom - and can't wait to be accepted into their group. The party is not what she expected, and, when she returns home, she discovers that she has feelings and does not like her new emotion. Gareth cheers her up with a present while Chef tries to convince Gwen that their lives are better in Hortencia. Under Wormwood's spell, Isabella is in full wedding-planning mode.

Director: Declan Lowney

Writer: Maggie Bandur

#15 - Conventions of Space and Time

Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 2/21/2013

Troy worries about losing Abed to a fellow Inspector Spacetime fan at a convention for the show, while Annie fantasizes about being married to Jeff.

Director: Michael Patrick Jann

Writer: Maggie Bandur

#16 - High School Play

Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/2000

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.

Director: Jeff Melman

Writer: Maggie Bandur

#17 - The Heart Wants What It Wants

Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2007

The first wedding of the show takes place at The Blue Antelope where Katie helps Jo to make arrangements. Katie discovers a secret about Oliver's father which pushes him away from her. Danny encounters a sick elephant, he asks Tumelo to help. It turns out that the sick elephant is in love with a giraffe.

Director: Ed Fraiman

Writer: Maggie Bandur

#18 - Noachella

Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/17/2016

Director: Todd Biermann

Writer: Maggie Bandur

#19 - Stigmata Martyr

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/20/2019

Marcus and Maria, now dating in secret, have to deal with the ramifications of Chico's death.

Director: Paco Cabezas

Writer: Maggie Bandur

#20 - Clip Show 2

Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 4/20/2003

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.

Director: Levie Isaacks

Writer: Maggie Bandur

#21 - Underneath

Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/16/2020

Relationships deepen as stakes increase. To save a life, Hastings and Ana must do the unthinkable. Gabriella and Daimon journey to his childhood home in search of an old relic. A mother loses a son but gains an heir.

Director: Cherie Nowlan

Writer: Maggie Bandur