Season 3 (2001/02)
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No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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| 42 | 1 | "Houseboat" | Todd Holland | Bob Stevens | November 11, 2001 | 06-01-301 |
| Malcolm's family and the Kenarbans vacation together on a houseboat, while Reese and Stevie hang out with girls from a cheerleader camp who like to take off their bras. Malcolm soon becomes annoyed with spending time fishing with Hal, and finds some bras and Reese's underpants in the boat, causing him to throw Hal overboard and rushing the boat to the girls camp. Dewey has an increasingly bad time, ending with Reese and Stevie leaving him on a buoy. Returning home, Lois punishes Malcolm and Reese for 2 weeks for their actions with household chores. Meanwhile, Francis' friend, Eric drops out of the military academy to take on a logging job in Alaska and Francis gets himself emancipated so he can join him, incurring Lois' wrath. | ||||||
| 43 | 2 | "Emancipation" | Jimmy Simons | Alan J. Higgins | November 14, 2001 | 06-01-302 |
| Francis comes home a final time before heading out to join Eric in Alaska, but Lois wants nothing to do with him since he quit school. Meanwhile, Malcolm's new teacher (Chris Eigeman), a former Krelboyne student, sets up a new new ranking system, causing the students to suffer a breakdown and increased paranoia, turning them against each other, until Malcolm develops up a scheme. | ||||||
| 44 | 3 | "Book Club" | Todd Holland | Alex Reid | November 18, 2001 | 06-01-304 |
| Lois attempts to escape the boys' nightly misbehavior by joining a women's book club, but she soon realizes that it's merely an excuse for the women to socialize—and to plot against a wealthy PTA mom who seems to handle her children and all other motherly duties with ease. Meanwhile, Hal struggles to keep the boys in order, and Francis hitches a ride with a trucker who makes him humiliate himself in exchange for the ride. | ||||||
| 45 | 4 | "Malcolm's Girlfriend" | Ken Kwapis | Ian Busch | November 28, 2001 | 06-01-305 |
| After getting a girlfriend (whose face is never shown on camera), Malcolm neglects his family and friends; the family reacts when they find about her. Meanwhile, Dewey uses his new friend's wealth to get the birthday party he's always wanted. Still en-route to Alaska, Francis is jailed but quickly starts to enjoy his time as he watches the guards' complicated lives unfold as a soap opera. | ||||||
| 46 | 5 | "Charity" | Jeff Melman | Gary Murphy & Neil Thompson | December 2, 2001 | 06-01-303 |
| When Lois forces the boys into community service to build character, they choose to help out at a church, where they quickly go from trading their own stuff to stealing merchandise and creating a black market. Meanwhile, Francis finally reaches his destination in Alaska only to learn that his new job isn't the easy money-making opportunity he thought. | ||||||
| 47 | 6 | "Health Scare" | Todd Holland | Dan Kopelman | December 9, 2001 | 06-01-307 |
| When news hits that Hal may have a serious illness, Lois becomes meaner than usual and punishes Reese and Malcolm for tracking mud. And again when they go to a party during night without permission, leading to Reese shouting "This family sucks; you're ruining our lives!!! I WISH YOU WERE DEAD!" at Lois. Meanwhile, Francis has a showdown with combative Lavernia in Alaska, and Dewey becomes overzealous in taking care of his class's pet hamster, by putting it in its play ball and filling it with cereal, and setting it free to protect it from a mean bully. | ||||||
| 48 | 7 | "Christmas" | Jeff Melman | Maggie Bandur & Pang-Ni Landrum | December 16, 2001 | 06-01-306 |
| As the boys ruin Christmas every year, the most recent being a tree ornament war, Lois finally issues an ultimatum: either the boys behave or Christmas is cancelled! It works and Lois is proud that they rose to the challenge, but the boys realize that she could keep using this threat for every holiday--how can they stop her? Meanwhile, Francis spends a torturous Christmas with Grandma Ida in Whitehorse and eventually finds a closet full of gifts she bought for the family over the years, then withheld from because of petty offenses. | ||||||
| 49 | 8 | "Poker" | Ken Kwapis | Michael Borkow | January 6, 2002 | 06-01-308 |
| Hal finally gets an invitation to Abe's poker game, where things get competitive. Malcolm clashes with Stevie for filming him in a homework assignment. Reese collects money from old ladies who wanted to partner up at Lois's dance class, then uses the money to get Dewey a toy and smashes it in front of him. For revenge, Dewey films Reese being dragged along to the class. Meanwhile, Francis and his Alaskan friends are trapped in an Alaskan blizzard fending off cabin fever. | ||||||
| 50 | 9 | "Reese's Job" | Todd Holland | Gary Murphy & Neil Thompson | January 20, 2002 | 06-01-310 |
| Reese works at a fast-food place, but gets into trouble when his co-workers think he stole money from the cash register. Dewey tries to prove himself trustworthy with a goldfish and his parents try to sabotage his efforts with switching the live fish with a dead one, until they find out that Dewey was switching the fish with others in order to get a dog. Malcolm finds himself eclipsed by the newest, youngest Krelboyne--Herkabe's latest attempt to get rid of Malcolm--until the boy helps Malcolm clear Reese's name by revealing the real culprit. Francis helps throw a bachelor party for one of his lodge friends, who will be marrying a Russian mail-order bride. | ||||||
| 51 | 10 | "Lois' Makeover" | Jeff Melman | Michael Glouberman & Andrew Orenstein | January 27, 2002 | 06-01-311 |
| Mortified when she learns that she performs poorly in Lucky Aide secret-shoppers' performance reviews, Lois tries to dress up her appearance, but returns to her normal self when a customer mistakes her for a prostitute. Hal is re-energized after beating the boys at basketball, until they discover his plans. A rat infestation gives Francis a new job. | ||||||
| 52 | 11 | "Company Picnic (Part 1)" | Todd Holland | Teleplay by: Alan J. Higgins Story by: Janae Bakken |
February 3, 2002 | 06-01-313 |
| The family attends Hal's company picnic, where Hal tries to avoid his new boss because of his bleak history of first impressions and Malcolm sees an old crush. Francis finds himself caught up in an ice hockey match between the loggers and a female oil-rig crew and bets against the loggers, knowing that if he wins the money he can pay off his debts to Lavernia and leave his Alaskan hellhole. Guest appearances include: Terry Bradshaw, Tom Green, Howie Long, Stephen Root, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, Patrick Warburton, Heidi Klum, Lauren Storm. | ||||||
| 53 | 12 | "Company Picnic (Part 2)" | Todd Holland | Teleplay by: Alan J. Higgins Story by: Janae Bakken |
February 3, 2002 | 06-01-314 |
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Conclusion: Reese and his scavenger-hunt partner wreak havoc, Hal confronts his boss, and Malcolm gets into an awkward position; Francis tries to sabotage the loggers' hockey team so he can win his bet but then has an attack of conscience during the match. Guest appearances include (along with guests from "Company Picnic (Part 1)"): Magic Johnson and Bradley Whitford. |
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| 54 | 13 | "Reese Drives" | Jeff Melman | Michael Glouberman & Andrew Orenstein | February 10, 2002 | 06-01-309 |
| Reese gets a learner's permit and he is chased by cops when he stole a Driver's-Ed car with Jackie because he didn't get a turn. Meanwhile, Malcolm helps Craig with his new t.v.. | ||||||
| 55 | 14 | "Cynthia's Back" | Ken Kwapis | Maggie Bandur & Pang-Ni Landrum | February 17, 2002 | 06-01-312 |
| A moody Cynthia returns from Europe with a more developed figure. When Reese finds out, he tries to date her but Malcolm outsmarts him. Later, Cynthia beats up Reese for touching her. Meanwhile, Karen tells Lois that she kissed Hal on New Year's Eve, but he denies it. Dewey teaches Hal how to fly a kite. In Alaska, after his drunken roommates stole a totem pole, Francis looks towards it for answers in his life. | ||||||
| 56 | 15 | "Hal's Birthday" | Levie Isaacks | Alex Reid | March 3, 2002 | 06-01-316 |
| Lois arranges for Francis to come home on Hal's birthday as a surprise, but the real surprise is on everyone else when Francis arrives--with a wife, Piama (Emy Coligado). Malcolm, Dewey, and Reese are immediately sent to bed while the arguments rage on with Lois and Francis, destroying Hal's birthday. Meanwhile, the boys, upset that their parents don't care about their opinions, sneak off to a hotel with Hal's credit card to start a new life. | ||||||
| 57 | 16 | "Hal Coaches" | Jeff Melman | Ian Busch | March 10, 2002 | 06-01-319 |
| Hal decides to coach Dewey's soccer team and turns them into monsters. Meanwhile, when Malcolm and Reese get a computer from their neighbor Ed, they discover his big secret and Reese blackmails him into doing things for him. Malcolm gets addicted to The Virts. In Alaska, Piama kidnaps Lavernia's precious parakeet and demands better treatment for Francis or else. | ||||||
| 58 | 17 | "Dewey's Dog" | Bob Stevens | Michael Glouberman & Andrew Orenstein | April 7, 2002 | 06-01-318 |
| Dewey finds a dog and uses him to gain the upper hand over Malcolm and Reese, such as making them wear dresses and makeup. On their anniversary, Hal and Lois both are sick with stressing out, but neither will admit it. In Alaska, Francis comes face-to-face with his former, albeit drunk commandant, Edwin Spangler, who blames him for not only losing his job at Marlin Academy, but also his desertion. | ||||||
| 59 | 18 | "Poker 2" | Jeff Melman | Teleplay by: Bill Hooper Story by: John Bradford Goodman |
April 21, 2002 | 06-01-322 |
| Hal, Abe, and their friends play extremely well in poker but start to compete over minor issues. Meanwhile, Reese sets Malcolm and Stevie up with two popular girls (Dana Davis and Lindsey Haun), telling them that Stevie is terminally ill; Malcolm discovers that one of the girls has an automatic handgun and tries to hide it from her, with unintentional results. Meanwhile, Eric suspects that Piama is having an affair and it prompts Francis to return home, where Piama's estranged father has returned. | ||||||
| 60 | 19 | "Clip Show" | Jamie Babbit | Michael Borkow & Alex Reid | April 28, 2002 | 06-01-321 |
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Believing the boys ruined the car, Hal forces them to see a psychiatrist (Andy Richter) to cure their bad behavior. Soon the three open up and tell him all about their family, which escalates into a big fight between the boys, freaking of the shrink. Note: Jane Kaczmarek only appears in the flashback scenes. |
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| 61 | 20 | "Jury Duty" | Ken Kwapis | Teleplay by: Pang-Ni Landrum Story by: Pang-Ni Landrum, Dan Danko & Tom Mason |
May 1, 2002 | 06-01-320 |
| While Malcolm and Reese spend a day exploring a sewer with Dewey and Stevie, they can't stop bragging that they saw Kitty naked over the weekend. Lois serves jury duty, and as she's not allowed to discuss it, Hal and Abe think her case is a high-profile murder case and spend the day proving their own theories about it. But Lois finds that her fellow jury members just want to declare the defendant guilty and go home. She forces them to properly analyze the case by not only changing her verdict, but also using Francis as an example. Meanwhile, Francis himself is trapped with the other guys in an ice-fishing shed with a bear outside. | ||||||
| 62 | 21 | "Cliques" | Jeff Melman | Michael Borkow | May 5, 2002 | 06-01-317 |
| After a chemical mishap, the Krelboynes are forced to join the general school populations, and they all find new groups. Meanwhile, Piama is using the money she and Francis have been making from the casino business to go shopping instead of saving it up to pay off Lavernia. When Dewey is stricken with chickenpox, Lois tries to keep him busy with dominoes--but then she forbids Reese to knocking them down, and Reese tries to keep Hal from knocking them down, because Lois will blame Reese, no matter what happens to the dominoes. | ||||||
| 63 | 22 | "Monkey" | Ken Kwapis | Dan Kopelman | May 12, 2002 | 06-01-315 |
| After knocking out a burglar, Reese turns to law enforcement academy, believing that he has a future as a police officer. Elsewhere, Craig is laid up by injuries, thanks to being chased into traffic by Dewey's dog. He spends his insurance money on Oliver, a capuchin monkey "butler"--who is actually deranged and gives Craig a hard time. Francis is fired, and left with no choices, Francis and Piama leave Alaska, leaving Eric behind as a revenge by Francis. (Note: this is the final appearance of Eric Nenninger as Eric, skunked when he tries to hitchhike with Francis and abandoned to find his own way back home. It is also the last appearance of Bernard, the class hamster Dewey liberated, as he ironically reaches Alaska.) |
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