Evan Matthew Cohen

While Lois is in labor, the house is hectic, and Hal, desperate to get home, has crashed the car on the way out of the expo.

Lois goes into labor while Hal and the boys are at a bridal exposition. Ida moves in after her apartment burns down and she refuses to stay with Susan.Dewey reveals…

An academic competition faces the Krelboynes in an event Malcolm derides. Especially when he learns his teacher has a cheating plan. Also: a commitment to a formal dance ruffles Reese,…

High school’s first day vexes Malcolm, who acquires an unfortunate nickname; and Hal, a parental ”volunteer” running afoul of authority.

Back in the general school population, the Krelboyne whiz kids wind up in cliques with jocks, skateboarders and brooding ”Goths.”

The return of the smart and sassy Cynthia rattles Malcolm, who’s astonished by her physical maturation. And so is drooling Reese.

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.

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….

Malcolm has a new light in his life: a perky classmate named Sara (whose face, in a quirky touch, is never shown). But, according to Malcolm , she’s ””good-looking and…

Still reeling over Francis’ break for freedom, Lois and Hal find themselves face to face with their newly independent son. While at home, Francis wins back Hal’s support, but Lois…

Malcolm’s family and scores of others are forced to relocate to a school gym because of a toxic-chemical spill caused by a derailed train. Seems it ran over an old…

Malcolm and the Krelboynes tutor Reese, and uncover the real reason behind his failing grades.

A cooking class energizes Reese; a planned party irks Malcolm, whose brutal honesty hurts the hostess, Krelboyne Cynthia.

A hospital stay unsettles Malcolm, who’s stuck in a kids ward with what may be appendicitis. Meanwhile, at military school, Francis leads a hunger strike.

Malcolm becomes concerned with his future and his career. He takes an aptitude test, which doesn’t help because he finds out that he is equally excellently qualified to do anything….

There’s a new girl in the Krelboyne class. Malcolm learns that his dull pencils were part of an elaborate yet unknown hazing. Cynthia is a fresh recruit from New York,…

Dewey starts carrying a purse to school. Francis’s friend Richie joins him at military school. Malcolm becomes a slave to an old woman in the neighborhood.

Reese is suddenly the school hero when he joins the wrestling team, but after he gets thrashed by a girl wrestler, he misses that feeling of pride. He decides to…

Malcolm gets a role in the high school play and is so captivated by high school gossip that he forgets his lines. Lois discovers the joys of massage. Hal and…

Malcolm’s humiliation as a Krelboyne drives him crazy, so he fakes his way into seeing the school’s shrink, with whom the con continues.

Francis visits the week after Halloween and helps his brothers in a trick that involves a giant slingshot with icky ammo. Hal tries to catch a mysterious hot-rodder.

Malcolm and his Krelboyne classmates enlist the help of Hal for a school project, which involves a robot, and an enormous swarm of bees. Lois visits Francis at his school…

Reese becomes so head-over-heels for a girl on the cheerleading squad that he actually decides to join. Dewey tries to convince Lois and Hal to buy him a new toy….

Disasters abound at a gifted kids’ picnic, where stage acts bomb, families feud, and Malcolm’s dad Hal serves meat to vegetarians. Despite Malcolm’s best efforts — feigning sickness, planning to…

Hal and Lois heads off to a convention while the boys stays home for the babysitter. Malcolm, Reese and Dewey assumed it’s just another old woman, their parents hired to…