9.1/107 votes#1 - 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
9.0/104 votes#2 - Racial Sensitivity
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/8/2009
Ted discovers Veridian has a problem when their new motion detection system proves unable to recognize black people.
Director: Paul Lazarus
Writer: Michael Glouberman
9.0/105 votes#3 - Respect
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/21/2011
Wilfred reveals an extraordinary ability when Ryan takes him to a hospice to volunteer.
Director: Randall Einhorn
Writer: Michael Glouberman
8.5/104 votes#4 - 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
8.4/107 votes#5 - Reese Drives
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 2/10/2002
Highway horror: Reese gets a learner's permit, which he promptly proceeds to abuse by commandeering a driving-school vehicle.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Michael Glouberman
8.2/105 votes#6 - Butterflies
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 4/10/2005
Malcolm discovers a man, Norm, living in the Lucky Aide. He agrees to keep Norm's secret as long as he provides Malcolm with tidbits on his new crush, a fellow Lucky Aide employee. Meanwhile, when Reese takes a job as an exterminator, he quickly learns that to drum up business he must infest the neighbors' lawns, and chooses caterpillars as his weapon. But instead of spreading the caterpillars, he has a change of heart and begins to nurture them, ultimately leading to his own menagerie of butterflies.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Michael Glouberman
8.0/109 votes#7 - 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
7.9/108 votes#8 - Hal Quits
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/2001
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.
Director: Ken Kwapis
Writer: Michael Glouberman
7.9/107 votes#9 - Dewey's Dog
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 4/7/2002
Dewey rules, thanks to his new dog that intimidates Malcolm and Reese; Hal and Lois hit the town with big plans---and flu symptoms.
Director: Bob Stevens
Writer: Michael Glouberman
7.9/1010 votes#10 - 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
7.8/108 votes#11 - 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
7.8/108 votes#12 - Zoo
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 11/3/2002
Malcolm, whose frenetic home life is a kind of zoo, begins the fourth season by accompanying his family to the real thing. A visit to the zoo offers close encounters with creatures great and small. But Hal wishes he could have passed on an encounter with Lois's former beau, who lectures on rain-forest animals. Elsewhere, Reese butts heads with a goat; and Malcolm and Dewey take a tumble into a tiger den. Another storyline checks in on ne'er-do-well Francis, now the unlikely foreman of a dude ranch owned by a cheery German businessman.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Michael Glouberman
7.7/106 votes#13 - Future Malcolm
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 5/4/2003
Leonard, a cynical, genius chess player with no friends or job, makes Malcolm think he could grow into a similar adulthood. Determined to prevent this undesirable fate, Malcolm tries to help Leonard change his life by lining him up for a job interview with the obnoxious Craig. Meanwhile, Francis finds employ as a nude model and begins to delight in the exposure.
Director: Ken Kwapis
Writer: Michael Glouberman
7.7/107 votes#14 - 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
7.6/108 votes#15 - Mini-Bike
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 4/29/2001
Lois forbids the boys to ride a motorbike they found, but Reese disobeys and breaks a leg.
Director: Ken Kwapis
Writer: Michael Glouberman
7.6/108 votes#16 - Grandma Sues
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 2/2/2003
Grandma Ida is even nastier than usual (if that's possible) because of a tumble down the front steps that resulted in a broken collarbone, prompting her to sue her daughter and son-in-law for pain and suffering. And there's more momentous news on the home front: Lois is pregnant.
Director: James Simons
Writer: Michael Glouberman
7.5/1011 votes#17 - 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
7.5/106 votes#18 - Stilts
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 5/1/2005
After Lois and Hal are reminded of the tight budget they must uphold, Hal discovers one of his boys has been dialing a 900 number. His attempt to explain the error to the hotline's billing department turns awry when he forgets to hang up the phone, incurring a whopping $800 charge. Meanwhile, Reese takes a job at a research clinic that pays him to pop experimental pills, and a reluctant Malcolm takes on a mortifying job at the Lucky Aide as a costumed Uncle Sam on stilts.
Director: Linwood Boomer
Writer: Michael Glouberman
7.4/107 votes#19 - Vegas
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 11/2/2003
When Dewey's pet rabbit does good in a state contest, the family must travel to Las Vegas for the nationals. But Reese unknowingly sells the rabbit to a restaurant. Now it is up to Dewey (with a little help from a "choking" Reese) to try and save the rabbit. Meanwhile, Malcolm tells Hal and Lois that they embarras him, and that is why he didn't tell them he won state science honors. As a form of repayment, Malcolm gets great seats for him and Lois to see Lois' favorite singer. Lois then gets lucky and is invited backstage where all she really wants to do is figure out why Malcolm doesn't want her around. Hal, on the other hand, is looking all across Las Vegas for a slot machine that he has had dreams of winning the jackpot on. Francis is also in trouble when he gets behind on duties at the ranch, and for the first time sees that Otto isn't just a pushover for everything.
Director: Bryan Cranston
Writer: Michael Glouberman
7.4/105 votes#20 - Lois Battles Jamie
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 1/23/2005
Lois thinks Jamie is out to get her when Jamie knocks over a shelf and nearly crushes her.
Director: Steve Welch
Writer: Michael Glouberman
7.3/107 votes#21 - Buseys Run Away
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 11/14/2004
The Buseys disappear after Dewey leaves the special-needs class; Hal becomes the leader of a group of brainless bodybuilders.
Director: Bryan Cranston
Writer: Michael Glouberman
7.2/104 votes#22 - Father, Can You Hair Me?
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 7/21/2009
A shocking piece of news impacts the rivalry between Veronica and her father, who is the CEO of another big company. Elsewhere, Ted thinks Phil and Lem's potential cure for baldness will impress his hard-to-please dad.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: Michael Glouberman
7.0/109 votes#23 - Dinner Out
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/15/2000
Shenanigans abound at the fancy spot where the family's dining with the Kenarbans, and at Francis' school, where rowdy teenage girls are partying.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Michael Glouberman
7.0/107 votes#24 - Lois's Makeover
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 1/27/2002
A negative job-performance review riles Lois; hoops play with the boys energizes Hal; a vermin infestation busies rat-killer Francis.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Michael Glouberman
7.0/101 votes#25 - Whatever Happened to Baby Peggy
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 3/16/2015
Peggy makes Molly do chores in exchange for sharing tantalizing stories from her past for Molly’s second book.
Director: Michael McDonald
Writer: Michael Glouberman
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"Graduation" is the best rated episode written by Michael Glouberman. It scored 9.1/10 based on 7 votes. It was directed by Linwood Boomer. It aired on 5/14/2006 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Racial Sensitivity".