10.0/101 votes#1 - This Old Man
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 3/1/1989
Harry and the gang refuse to take Christine and her new beau seriously: he's old enough to be her father.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Neil Thompson
10.0/102 votes#2 - Yet Another Day in the Life
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/3/1989
The gang tries to set another record for cases adjudicated as the building slowly floods, causing prisoners to pile up in the hallways and Dan grinds his teeth to be off by midnight to catch a flight to anywhere.
Director: N/A
Writer: Neil Thompson
10.0/101 votes#3 - The Cop and the Lady
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/1989
Christine falls for the gorgeous piece of beefcake assigned to protect Dan when the sleazy DA receives several death threats.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Neil Thompson
8.6/108 votes#4 - Evacuation
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 5/13/2001
Hal is inadvertently responsible for a toxic chemical spill that forces a neighborhood evacuation; Malcolm deals with being grounded even in the emergency shelter; Francis suffers through a date with a geeky 12-year-old.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Neil Thompson
8.0/108 votes#5 - Malcolm Holds His Tongue
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 1/5/2003
After joining the basketball team at school, Malcolm soon finds himself under the coach's skin due to his constant complaining, which eventually gets him kicked off the team. Determined to put an end to his horrible habit of talking before he thinks, Malcolm starts "holding his tongue" which solves all the problems with his coach, girlfriend, and parents, but it ends up causing more stress than before. Meanwhile, Hal takes up speed walking and is desperate to be the best while Reese gets Craig to take him and Allison to a concert and almost ruins his date.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Neil Thompson
8.0/107 votes#6 - Day Care
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2003
With the arrival of their fifth child, Lois and Hal search for a "creative" daycare solution.
Director: Steve Love
Writer: Neil Thompson
8.0/106 votes#7 - Goodbye Kitty
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 11/16/2003
No one wants to tell Stevie his parents are getting a divorce, until Reese spills the beans.
Director: James Simons
Writer: Neil Thompson
7.8/108 votes#8 - Boys at Ranch
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 1/12/2003
On a visit to Francis' dude ranch Hal can't help being disappointed in Francis' success, Reese and Malcolm fear Francis has turned into an overly responsible grownup, and Gretchen punishes Dewey for breaking a valuable doll.
Director: David D'Ovidio
Writer: Neil Thompson
7.7/106 votes#9 - Reese's Job
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 1/20/2002
Trouble finds Reese at his new fast-food job; a new Krelboyne tutors Malcolm; Hal and Lois sabotage Dewey's plan to get a dog.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Neil Thompson
7.7/106 votes#10 - Pearl Harbor
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 12/5/2004
Malcolm and Reese plot revenge after they realize their teenage neighbor has tricked each of them into believing the other is gay. Meanwhile, Hal, tired of competing with a neighbor who always outdoes his Christmas decorations, decides to create his own "holiday" to decorate his house for - Pearl Harbor Day.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: Neil Thompson
7.5/108 votes#11 - The Grandparents
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/2001
Lois' estranged parents, Ida and Victor, pay the family a visit. Right away, trouble starts brewing. Victor bonds with Reese, Ida gets Malcolm into a fight, and Dewey is haunted by childhood memories of his inattentive grandparents.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Neil Thompson
7.4/107 votes#12 - Charity
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 12/2/2001
In an effort to contribute to society and to make her boys useful at the same time, Lois "volunteers" Malcolm, Reese and Dewey for charity work at a local church. The boys are assigned to sort giant piles of donated clothing, game, appliances etc. Initially irritated at their new task, they realize the donated stuff is a lot nicer than their own possessions, and they begin swapping out their old stuff with the second-hand items. The boys soon make a enterprise out of their charity assistance, going as far as to sell things to the neighborhood kids - that is until Hal finds out. Meanwhile, Francis must come to grips with the fact his fabulous job in Alaska is not quite what he expected.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Neil Thompson
7.0/103 votes#13 - Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi)
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/25/1982
Frank investigates a district judge's courtroom after it is booby-trapped with a powerful explosive. The main suspect is a recently paroled ex-convict with a history of similar bombings. Upon questioning the bomber's ex-wife, Frank and Ed find she's more interested in getting charity than the fact that her ex-husband may be up to his old tricks. Frank and Ed discover the bomber has a showgirl girlfriend on the side. She has the perfect alibi for her boyfriend, but Frank and Ed wonder if she's really just covering for him.
Director: Paul Krasny
Writer: Neil Thompson
7.0/106 votes#14 - Ida's Boyfriend
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 2/8/2004
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.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: Neil Thompson
7.0/106 votes#15 - 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
6.9/108 votes#16 - Casino
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/19/2000
A family weekend vacation to a casino turns into an ordeal in the desert for Hal, Reese and Malcolm, who wander onto an artillery range. Francis sneaks home, but has no one to play with.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Neil Thompson
6.0/101 votes#17 - The Talk Show
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 2/21/1990
Dan finds a new niche in life as the host of a shock-TV show and Mac and Quon Le may lose out on their Graceland vacation.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Neil Thompson
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"This Old Man" is the best rated episode written by Neil Thompson. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Jeff Melman. It aired on 3/1/1989 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Yet Another Day in the Life".