Season 2 (2000/01)
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1 | "Traffic Jam" | Todd Holland | Dan Kopelman | November 5, 2000 | 06-00-204 |
| The family is banned from the water park because of breaking too many violations, including sneaking alcohol in the park, but get stuck in a traffic jam caused by a car wreck right in front of them on their way home. Hal has an existential crisis when he realizes how easily it could've been their car that was hit by the truck. Lois can't accept the fact that there's nothing she can do to speed up the process so they can get back on the road. Malcolm spends the time with a girl and is crushed when he finds out she lives in Canada. At the military academy, Francis bets fellow cadets that he can eat 100 candy Quacks. Meanwhile, Dewey has an adventure going home. Reese and some kids battle an ice cream man who refuses to give them treats. | ||||||
| 18 | 2 | "Halloween Approximately" | Todd Holland | Dan Kopelman | November 8, 2000 | 06-00-207 |
| When Francis comes home for a post-Halloween visit, he helps his brothers get back into the spirit by building a giant slingshot on the roof of their house to terrorize the neighborhood, but are defeated when Krelboynes turn the tables on them. Hal and Lois track down a joyrider in a blue 1969 Chevrolet Yenko Camaro who won't stop speeding down their street, and end up stealing his car, which in the end they drown in the lake. | ||||||
| 19 | 3 | "Lois' Birthday" | Ken Kwapis | Alex Reid | November 12, 2000 | 06-00-205 |
| Reese, Malcolm, and Dewey are given money to buy birthday presents for Lois, but they spend most of it on candy. Lois runs away from home and goes to a batting cage. Hal and the boys throw together a makeshift party for her at the batting cages, where they end up getting into a fight with a bunch of clowns. Francis, who had come home for Lois' birthday, convinces an African woman to ditch her bus tour and see America with him instead. | ||||||
| 20 | 4 | "Dinner Out" | Jeff Melman | Michael Glouberman & Andrew Orenstein | November 15, 2000 | 06-00-206 |
| The family has a dinner date with the Kenarbans, who start to pick up the bad habits of Malcolm and his family: Abe gets drunk with Hal, Stevie punches Reese, and Kitty makes a scene by yelling at Stevie in front of everyone. Francis invites a group of local girls to a party at Marlin Academy, which they promptly destroy. | ||||||
| 21 | 5 | "Casino" | Todd Holland | Gary Murphy & Neil Thompson | November 19, 2000 | 06-00-209 |
| Malcolm and his family vacation at a casino on an Indian reservation. Hal is banned from the gambling area after using Malcolm to count cards for him at a blackjack table. Unable to gamble, Hal looks for another form of recreation and takes Malcom and Reese on a hike through the desert, where they accidentally wander onto an artillery range owned by the Army, and they end up in a military base. Lois wins a day at the spa and shares it with Dewey since Hal is gone. Francis ditches school thinking he would have the house to himself while his family was gone, only to run into Craig, who has also sneaked into the house uninvited. | ||||||
| 22 | 6 | "Convention" | Jeff Melman | Bob Stevens | November 22, 2000 | 06-00-208 |
| Hal and Lois go out of town to a convention, where Hal keeps picking fights with a coworker who stole an idea he had. Back at home, the boys compete for the attention of a sexy babysitter (Melody Perkins), Francis's friend (who doesn't know that she is gorgeous since she was obese while he was going to school with her) who finds Dewey too adorable and barely notices the other two. | ||||||
| 23 | 7 | "Robbery" | Todd Holland | Alan J. Higgins | November 26, 2000 | 06-00-215 |
| Lois and Craig get caught up in a robbery at the Lucky Aide, where Craig finally admits his feelings for Lois. Hal brings home an old armoire to give Lois as an anniversary gift, but it turns out to be full of bats. They manage to get rid of all the bats, but not without trashing the house in the process. Francis tries to cheer up a recently dumped fellow cadet by taking him to a strip club, then an illegal cockfight. | ||||||
| 24 | 8 | "Therapy" | Ken Kwapis | Ian Busch | November 29, 2000 | 06-00-210 |
| Malcolm fakes an emotional breakdown in order to get out of the Krelboyne class' Medieval Week. Hal and Lois clean out a packed closet and find that it is actually a second bathroom. Dewey reveals a hidden talent for table skittles, but his talent seems to disappear as soon as Hal tries to show it off on a convention. | ||||||
| 25 | 9 | "High School Play" | Jeff Melman | Maggie Bandur & Pang-Ni Landrum | December 10, 2000 | 06-00-211 |
|
Malcolm gets a role in a high school play and starts blowing off his friends to spend more time with his new high school friends. Caroline Miller (Catherine Lloyd Burns), the Krelboyne teacher, gives birth in the school parking lot when the Krelboynes' model rocket launch goes awry. Hal and Dewey create a LEGO city. At the play, the Krelboynes get their revenge on Malcolm by leaving him there to hang in the high school auditorium, for leaving them to be punished. Last Appearance of: Catherine Lloyd Burns |
||||||
| 26 | 10 | "Bully" | Jeff Melman | Alex Reid | December 17, 2000 | 06-00-214 |
| After being beaten by a girl in a wrestling match, Reese relinquishes his role as the school bully, which allows people to start picking on Malcolm, but returns when people entered the off-limit zone (Picking on Stevie). Francis tries to come home from military school for his birthday to avoid a birthday hazing ritual of having his head shaved. | ||||||
| 27 | 11 | "Old Mrs. Old" | Todd Holland | Alan J. Higgins | January 7, 2001 | 06-00-213 |
| Malcolm must help an old woman (Florence Stanley) in the neighborhood with whatever she wants of him because he broke her arm. He ends up taking her car on a joy ride after she passes out from mixing alcohol with her medication, but is caught by Lois. Francis' friend Richie is sent to the military academy. Meanwhile, Reese tries to convince (and force) Dewey to use a regular backpack instead of a purse. | ||||||
| 28 | 12 | "Krelboyne Girl" | Arlene Sanford | Bob Stevens | January 14, 2001 | 06-00-212 |
| Malcolm's class has a new student named Cynthia (Tania Raymonde), and it quickly becomes clear that she has a crush on him. Malcolm doesn't know how to react about this, panicking about a new love, and ends up throwing a brick through her window in the middle of the night. She is mad at first but ends up forgiving him. | ||||||
| 29 | 13 | "New Neighbors" | Ken Kwapis | Maggie Bandur & Pang-Ni Landrum | January 21, 2001 | 06-00-219 |
| New neighbors move in next to Malcolm's family, and the two families soon hate each other (except the father, who quickly becomes best friends with Hal). One of the neighbors starts rumors that Malcolm is a Peeping Tom, leading Malcolm to seek revenge by framing him for theft. Malcolm and Reese accidentally catch the neighbor family's mother cheating on her husband, forcing them to move. Meanwhile, Commandant Spangler gets drunk on the day that Oliver North visits Marlin Academy. | ||||||
| 30 | 14 | "Hal Quits" | Ken Kwapis | Michael Glouberman & Andrew Orenstein | February 4, 2001 | 06-00-216 |
| Hal quits his job after a disastrous career day at Dewey's school, and spends his free time to a huge painting in a garage (which is never shown on-screen). He drives himself crazy adding more and more layers to the painting until he goes crazy about it. Francis reluctantly works at the Lucky Aide over spring break when they need extra people to take inventory. Malcolm questions his future profession after an aptitude test reveals that he could do any job on the planet. | ||||||
| 31 | 15 | "The Grandparents" | Todd Holland | Gary Murphy & Neil Thompson | February 11, 2001 | 06-00-217 |
| Lois' parents Victor (Robert Loggia) and Ida (Cloris Leachman) come for a visit and don't seem to approve of anyone in the family except Reese. Hal buys a new refrigerator thinking Victor is going to reimburse him for it, but Victor changes his mind. Victor also gives Reese a case of his old weapons, but Reese pulls the pin and breaks the handle off a live grenade, so Malcolm throws it in the new fridge to keep it from destroying the house, blowing up the fridge in the process. Meanwhile, Francis is sick from a bad sushi while he and the cadets are in New Orleans for Mardi Gras. | ||||||
| 32 | 16 | "Traffic Ticket" | Jeff Melman | Larry Strawther | February 18, 2001 | 06-00-218 |
| Lois is cited for reckless driving, and is taken to jail due to several outstanding parking tickets earned by Francis. She orders Francis to pay off the fines he has accumulated in her name, which leads Francis to try a dangerous stunt for money. Lois disputes the reckless driving citation, believing the cop has a personal vendetta against her, but when security camera footage shows evidence to the contrary, Lois has an emotional meltdown over being wrong for the first time in her life. Craig finds a security camera from a different angle showing that Lois wasn't at fault after all. However, Hal destroys the tape so she will continue to believe she was wrong and forces Craig to remain silent or else. | ||||||
| 33 | 17 | "Surgery" | Jeff Melman | Maggie Bandur & Pang-Ni Landrum | February 25, 2001 | 06-00-222 |
| Malcolm is taken to the hospital with side pains and is diagnosed with appendicitis. He is scheduled for surgery until he manages to prove the diagnosis wrong. The rest of the family obsesses over a board game called March and Conquer (a fictional version of Risk). Francis and the cadets go on a hunger strike after Commandant Spangler takes away their television, but they decide they don't need T.V. | ||||||
| 34 | 18 | "Reese Cooks" | Jeff Melman | Dan Kopelman | March 4, 2001 | 06-00-220 |
| Reese discovers his talent for cooking when he is forced to take a culinary class as punishment for a prank. In the class' cooking contest, Reese is found to have cheated even though he was the favorite to win. Hal punishes him by forbidding him to cook for a month, which makes Reese cry. At Marlin academy, Francis keeps blowing off his share of a major school project that his friend Eric is also half-responsible for. Meanwhile, Cynthia organizes a "Be My Friend" party for everyone at the school, but Malcolm is worried that she's setting herself up disappointment and tries to stop her. | ||||||
| 35 | 19 | "Tutoring Reese" | Ken Kwapis | Ian Busch | March 11, 2001 | 06-00-221 |
| Malcolm tutors Reese to improve his lousy grades, but soon discovers that Reese's teacher is out to get him, which Reese has been claiming all along. Malcolm busts the teacher, but is caught helping Reese cheat in the process. Francis leaves the family and lives in the basement of his friend Richie's house because Lois kicked him out because he refused to re-shingle the roof because Hal has a fear of heights, even from two feet up. | ||||||
| 36 | 20 | "Bowling" | Todd Holland | Alex Reid | April 1, 2001 | 06-00-223 |
| In this Sliding Doors-style story, the viewer simultaneously sees what happens when the boys go bowling with Hal and what happens when they go bowling with Lois. On Lois' bowling side, Malcolm is bad at bowling and is humiliated. On Hal's bowling side, Malcolm is an expert at bowling, Reese is chased by a guy he threw a bowling ball at, and Hal tries to get a perfect game. Two subplots are also used: one where Dewey stays home with Lois and one where he stays home with Hal. In both scenarios, he is being punished for killing the neighbor's parakeet. On Lois' home side, Dewey gets to watch T.V., but Lois says he'll watch something he doesn't like (C-SPAN). On Hal's home side, Hal falls asleep, and Dewey orders pizza. This episode won two Emmy Awards. | ||||||
| 37 | 21 | "Malcolm vs. Reese" | Todd Holland | Teleplay by: Dan Kopelman Story by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason |
April 22, 2001 | 06-00-226 |
| Francis bribes Malcolm and Reese with just one extra ticket to a wrestling match, forcing them to humiliate themselves and do all his chores, trying to outdo each other for the one ticket. The boys turn on each other when they realize that the other one can't go to the wrestling match if they are grounded. However, Francis betrays them both by taking a girl to a wrestling match and they get their revenge by getting him arrested. Dewey is hired to watch Craig's cat for the weekend, but he loses the cat and his parents make things worse. Craig moves in with the family after they burn his house down. In the end, Lois punishes Reese and Malcolm for getting Francis arrested by forcing them to serve Craig. | ||||||
| 38 | 22 | "Mini-Bike" | Ken Kwapis | Michael Glouberman & Andrew Orenstein | April 29, 2001 | 06-00-227 |
| Craig drives the family insane while living with them. The boys buy a used mini-bike and fix it up, only to have Lois confiscate it. Reese takes the bike out anyway and crashes it, breaking his leg. Malcolm thinks fast and tricks Craig into believing he had run over his leg. Even though Lois eventually finds out about Reese riding the bike against her admonition, she lets the boys get away with it because they helped get Craig out of the house. Hal visits Francis at Marlin Academy's father/son day and is disappointed when he learns that Francis apparently has not changed, but is later proud when Francis is the only cadet who stands up to Commandant Spangler. | ||||||
| 39 | 23 | "Carnival" | Ken Kwapis | Alex Reid | May 6, 2001 | 06-00-225 |
| Reese, Malcolm, and Dewey tell their parents they will be spending the night at Stevie's house, while Stevie tells his parents he will be staying at their house (Dewey goes because he overheard their plans to go to a carnival and threatened to tell Lois). They all sneak off to the county fair together, but they arrive as the fair is closing and end up being locked in and chased by a security guard. Hal and Lois were going to spend the entire evening having sex until Stevie's parents showed up and they all discovered that their sons had lied. | ||||||
| 40 | 24 | "Evacuation" | Todd Holland | Gary Murphy & Neil Thompson | May 13, 2001 | 06-00-228 |
| Hal and Dewey accidentally drop an old couch on the railroad tracks while driving it to the dump, and the town ends up being evacuated after a train containing toxic waste derails. While Hal tries to make up to society, Malcolm was a minute late going home from school, and gets grounded even while they are staying overnight in the school gym, forced to stay on the bed. Dewey convinces other people that he is an "orphan" in order to get what he wants, and Reese starts running a black market when he realizes that everyone there is in need of basic supplies. At the end, Reese's black market is discovered and Dewey reveals his scheme to Hal in front of the crowd, and the Army forces Hal, Dewey, Lois and Reese to spend the night on the bench outside without moving from it, with Malcolm enjoying his freedom Francis and Eric go on double dates, but Francis' date turns out to be twelve. | ||||||
| 41 | 25 | "Flashback" | Jeff Melman | Ian Busch | May 20, 2001 | 06-00-224 |
| While Hal worries and argues with Lois over the possibility of her being pregnant again since she is two weeks late with her period, the two look back at the memories of their children's births, from Francis being born while Hal and Lois got married, Reese born early because Lois pushed him out because he kicked too hard, Malcolm born on the front yard because Lois had to go to the hospital and Francis locked her out of the car because he thought he would get a shot, to Dewey's birth on the backyard while it was raining because young Malcolm accidentally made chlorine gas and the house had to air out and the car keys were inside the gassy house. During Dewey's birth, Hal was forced by Lois to tell her why he loves her. Later, Dewey, who has been listening to his parents, is happy that they are not arguing anymore, because he thought they would get a divorce. Lois is revealed not to be pregnant. |
Read more about this topic: List Of Malcolm In The Middle Episodes
Famous quotes containing the word season:
“The hour of the waning of love has beset us,
And weary and worn are our sad souls now;
Let us part, ere the season of passion forget us,
With a kiss and a tear on thy drooping brow.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)