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The Best Episodes Written By Michael Glouberman

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  1. 9.1/10(8 votes)

    #1 - Graduation

    S7:E22

    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.

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  2. 9.0/10(5 votes)

    #2 - Racial Sensitivity

    S1:E4

    Ted discovers Veridian has a problem when their new motion detection system proves unable to recognize black people.

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  3. 8.7/10(6 votes)

    #3 - Respect

    S1:E5

    Wilfred reveals an extraordinary ability when Ryan takes him to a hospice to volunteer.

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  4. 8.5/10(11 votes)

    #4 - Reese Drives

    S3:E13

    Highway horror: Reese gets a learner's permit, which he promptly proceeds to abuse by commandeering a driving-school vehicle.

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  5. 8.5/10(4 votes)

    #5 - Cattle Court

    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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  6. 8.2/10(6 votes)

    #6 - Butterflies

    S6:E17

    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.

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  7. 8.1/10(10 votes)

    #7 - Krelboyne Picnic

    S1:E8

    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.

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  8. 8.0/10(11 votes)

    #8 - Hal Quits

    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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  9. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #9 - Weekend With Birdie

    S6:E7

    Mike brings home a stray puppy for the weekend but Molly has difficulty warming up to it.

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  10. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - The Dicks They Are A-Changin'

    S1:E14

    When Dick's evasive about his past, Dr. Albright suspects he's a '60s radical fugitive. Harry joins a CD-of-the-month club, and is swamped with CDs.

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  11. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Fourth and Dick

    S2:E7

    Homecoming's upcoming, but Dick can't seem to understand football's appeal. Tommy has a crush on his Glee Club teacher. Sally makes Nina her best friend. Harry gets a job as a security officer.

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  12. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Dickmalion

    S2:E20

    While Dick cracks North Rutherford society (to Albright's chagrin), Tommy hangs out with school toughs. Meanwhile, "Mustang Sally" develops an interest in wrestling.

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  13. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - D3: Judgement Day

    S4:E7

    Dick is all ready to dump Jennifer and try to win back Mary's heart, but then discovers that his relationship with Jennifer has made her jealous. Wanting the old Mary back, who had time for him over her job, he attempts to capitalize on her jealousy by making his romantic interludes with Jennifer very obvious. Officer Don introduces Sally to bowling, but becomes exasperated when she refuses to play by the rules, and so invites Harry and Tommy behind her back.

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  14. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Dick and Taxes

    S4:E12

    When Harry's boss Doug starts deducting income tax from Harry's paycheck, the Solomons realize that they have never filed a tax return and that they owe $9500 to the government. To combat this, they invent the 'brilliant' notion of lying on their tax return and Dick reworks the sums so that the government owes them several hundred thousand dollars. Sally attempts to help by setting up a failed home hairdressing business, but when women start arriving for haircuts, Harry and Tommy 'camp up' and take to the 'salon' to help. Lying doesn't work, however, and the Solomons are faced with an audit - and the threat of being exposed as aliens.

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  15. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Dick's Big Giant Headache (2)

    S4:E24

    Dick is suffering the humiliation of having been demoted from High Commander to Harry's assistant, performing the most menial jobs, while Sally has been promoted to his old role. Tommy is preparing for his high school prom with Alissa, but when the Big Giant Head insists on coming, things start to slide, especially when Vicki, who missed out on her own high school prom, turns up. After ruining the prom for Tommy and Alissa, the Big Giant Head whisks Vicki off to his bachelor pod in space.

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  16. 7.9/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Zoo

    S4:E1

    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.

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  17. 7.9/10(10 votes)

    #17 - Smunday

    S1:E15

    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.

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  18. 7.9/10(10 votes)

    #18 - Burning Man

    S7:E1

    The family attends the counterculture Burning Man festival in the desert.

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  19. 7.9/10(9 votes)

    #19 - Dewey's Dog

    S3:E17

    Dewey rules, thanks to his new dog that intimidates Malcolm and Reese; Hal and Lois hit the town with big plans---and flu symptoms.

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  20. 7.9/10(9 votes)

    #20 - Future Malcolm

    S4:E19

    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.

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  21. 7.8/10(12 votes)

    #21 - Mini-Bike

    S2:E22

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

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  22. 7.8/10(10 votes)

    #22 - Grandma Sues

    S4:E9

    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.

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  23. 7.8/10(9 votes)

    #23 - Vegas

    S5:E1

    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.

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  24. 7.7/10(7 votes)

    #24 - Malcolm's Money

    S7:E10

    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.

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  25. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #25 - Curse of the Bambino

    S6:E12

    Carl convinces Mike to go with him to see his psychic and Peggy drags Molly to her church to pray for something they’ve all been waiting for,

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Michael Glouberman Ratings Summary

"Graduation" is the best rated episode written by Michael Glouberman. It scored 9.1/10 based on 8 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".