The Best Episodes Written By Rob Ulin

When overwhelming urges to do the mating dance arise in Robbie, Earl prefers not to discuss it, but Fran waltzes into Robbie's classroom to educate the kids about it.

Director: Bruce Bilson

Writer: Rob Ulin

Reese befriends a pack of troublesome stray dogs; Dewey feels conflicted when he starts seeing another mother-figure; Hal unwittingly becomes a motivational speaker.

Director: Steve Love

Writer: Rob Ulin

Earl throws his hat into the ring as a candidate for Chief Elder, but he's likely to have his head handed to him by his opponent, B.P. Richfield.

Director: Tom Trbovich

Writer: Rob Ulin

When Lois catches the boys vandalizing a trashy billboard for a strip club, Malcolm alters the vandalism into a women's rights protest, which sparks a colossal media circus. In no time, feminists, conservative religious groups and national new reporters descend on the scene. After Hal grants a TV interview, a woman from his past turns up at the faux protest; and Reese, inspired by the giant billboard stripper who comes to life in his dreams, gives an impassioned speech about the objectification of women.

Director: Bryan Cranston

Writer: Rob Ulin

After Hal forbids Dewey from inviting his peculiar classmate Chad over for a sleepover, Dewey quickly finds out that his father had good reason to warm him. Meanwhile, Malcolm and Reese find out that they are not as popular as they once thought, then plot "revenge" on their classmates.

Director: David D'Ovidio

Writer: Rob Ulin

Malcolm joins a local dance class to impress a girl, but when she loses her footing, he realizes that to win the competition he'll need a partner who can step it up. Dick, a rival student in the class who takes dancing a bit too seriously, challenges Malcolm to a dance-off. Meanwhile, Hal discovers an underground bachelor pad in the backyard.

Director: Matthew Carlson

Writer: Rob Ulin

Earl has the honor of tossing his mother-in-law into the tar pits on "Hurling Day."

Director: Tom Trbovich

Writer: Rob Ulin

An archaeologist documents dinosaurs' way of life as they may have existed long ago, but clips from previous episodes tell a different story.

Director: Jay Dubin

Writer: Rob Ulin

Lois blows her top over a hidden 15 percent surcharge on the bill at her family's favorite pizza place and stages a boycott...but Hal and the boys are sneaking slices on the side. Malcolm meets Angela and becomes instantly smitten with her intellectual family...but starts to feel like a heel because he's asked another girl to the school dance and is forced to break it off with her--er--them. And Francis is reluctant to let Otto hire an assistant for him...but soon comes to like the idea.

Director: Steve Welch

Writer: Rob Ulin

When Hal forgets to pay the family's health insurance, the company will not reinstate it until Monday, so he panics and locks the boys in their room to keep them from getting hurt.

Director: Steve Welch

Writer: Rob Ulin

When Robbie flubs his initiation into the Young Males' Carnivore Association, Earl fears his son may be a herbivore.

Director: Tom Trbovich

Writer: Rob Ulin

Lois, Hal, and Dewey go out of town for a piano competition, so they get Ida to watch over Malcolm and Reese while they're gone. Since Ida thinks Reese needs to become a man, she comes up with a competition for Malcolm and Reese, and if Reese wins, he can take Raduca as his bride. Now, when Lois and Hal return, they're surprised to find out that Reese has run away to Las Vegas to get married.

Director: Linwood Boomer

Writer: Rob Ulin

A wild plant has a weird effect on the dinosaurs--it makes them dopey and happy, to the exclusion of everything else.

Director: Mark Brull

Writer: Rob Ulin

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.

Director: David D'Ovidio

Writer: Rob Ulin

When Bobby suffers an on-the-job injury that spurs him to want to go to college, Maxine defends his decision to the disapproving Carmichaels but struggles herself once he declares what career he’d like to pursue.

Director: Gerry Cohen

Writer: Rob Ulin

Robbie questions howling as a rite of passage--an act that puts Earl and Roy at odds with each other.

Director: Jay Dubin

Writer: Rob Ulin

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.

Director: Levie Isaacks

Writer: Rob Ulin

After choking on a breakfast sausage, Sheldon wrestles with his fear of solid foods and discovers comic books for the first time.

Director: Jaffar Mahmood

Writer: Rob Ulin

When Sheldon moves to Dallas to attend a school for gifted children, the family struggles to cope with his absence.

Director: Rebecca Asher

Writer: Rob Ulin

Frankie makes a deal with her kids, that if they do their homework and keep chores she won't nag them. Meanwhile, Mike takes a job as a night driver with Bob.

Director: Elliot Hegarty

Writer: Rob Ulin

Mike's dream comes to fruition when Frankie's boss, Mr. Ehlert, offers him two tickets to the Final Four. Unfortunately, Frankie's uncle dies and the funeral is set for the same day, leaving the two in a battle and Frankie making Mike chose what life event is more important to him. Meanwhile, Sue gets Brick out of going to a birthday party by impersonating Frankie over the phone, but the plan hits a bump when Frankie needs to call and tell them that Brick cannot attend because of the funeral.

Director: Alex Reid

Writer: Rob Ulin

Frankie and Mike's romantic anniversary get-away is ruined by various family matters, including Brick being sick, Sue being lovesick, Axl just getting his learner's permit, and two psychotic aunt's and their dogs.

Director: Gail Mancuso

Writer: Rob Ulin

Frankie encounters two perfect siblings and vows to make her children stop fighting and become a loving family. Meanwhile, Aunt Edie makes a costly mistake at the quarry and Mike considers firing her.

Director: Barnet Kellman

Writer: Rob Ulin