Malcolm in the Middle - Season 1

Malcolm, a gifted 11-year-old with an IQ of 165, navigates life in a chaotic household with his overbearing mother Lois, quirky father Hal, and mischievous brothers Reese, Dewey, and Francis. As he adjusts to being placed in a class for gifted students, Malcolm deals with the typical trials of adolescence amidst his family’s antics.

16 Episodes

Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 1

Malcolm finds his life as the middle brother in an eccentric family made even more difficult by his being placed in a class for gifted stude...

Red Dress

Season 1 - Episode 2

Lois must take drastic steps to discover which of her sons ruined the special dress she bought for an anniversary dinner with Hal.

Home Alone 4

Season 1 - Episode 3

Lois and Hal leave the boys alone for the weekend with Francis. the boys assume that if all goes well, Francis may not have to go back to mi...

Shame

Season 1 - Episode 4

Parallel stories pit Malcolm against a bullying, obnoxious new kid and Francis vies with his intimidating, military-school commandant, who's...

Malcolm Babysits

Season 1 - Episode 5

Malcolm's cushy babysitting job provides relief from the trailer the family's using while their house is being fumigated, until Malcolm lear...

Sleepover

Season 1 - Episode 6

Malcolm sleeps over at Stevie's house and, appalled at his over-protected lifestyle, persuades him to sneak out to a strange, late-night esc...

Francis Escapes

Season 1 - Episode 7

Francis goes AWOL from military school to link up with his girlfriend, a ditsy doozy who's made him gaga.

Krelboyne Picnic

Season 1 - Episode 8

The whole family attends a Krelboyne family picnic, and Malcolm dreads his performance in the event's Academic Circus will make him look lik...

Lois vs. Evil

Season 1 - Episode 9

Lois's firing prompts household economizing. Meanwhile, Francis delights in his honor-guard duty—at a teenage beauty pageant.

Stock Car Races

Season 1 - Episode 10

While Hal secretly takes the boys to the stock car races, Lois desperately searches for her missing paycheck. Francis at military school is ...

Funeral

Season 1 - Episode 11

A relative's funeral conflicts with Malcolm's plans for his very first date, so he tries to figure out a way to skip the bereavement ceremon...

Cheerleader

Season 1 - Episode 12

A spiffy cheerleader attracts slovenly Reese, who cleans up his act—best as he can—to woo her. He even joins her rah-rah squad. Dewey tries ...

Rollerskates

Season 1 - Episode 13

Roller-skating lessons from Hal bug Malcolm, who rebels against dad's discipline while mom agonizes in bed from a backache she blames on Ree...

The Bots and the Bees

Season 1 - Episode 14

Malcolm and his Krelboyne classmates enlist the help of Hal for a school project, which involves a robot, and an enormous swarm of bees. Loi...

Smunday

Season 1 - Episode 15

The boys stay home from school when their mother thinks it's Sunday instead of Monday. Malcolm thinks of a plan to get Francis out of troubl...

Water Park (1)

Season 1 - Episode 16

When the family goes to a water park for a day, Dewey is left home with an elderly, stern babysitter. Francis is hustled at pocket billiards...