Malcolm in the Middle: Season 1

2000 · 16 episodes · ★ 7.7

What Season 1 of Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm is a twelve-year-old boy who lives in a suburban neighborhood in Tri-County, United States. After a test reveals an IQ of 165, he is sent to a class for gifted students, where he is teased by the so-called Krelboynes, a group he refuses to join. At home, a chaotic family awaits him: his eccentric father, Hal, his explosive mother, Lois, and his brothers Reese, Dewey, and Francis. The brothers' pranks and the fights with their parents set the pace of each episode, while Malcolm tries to keep his cool between school and the chaos at home.

16episodes

Jan 9, 2000premiered

May 21, 2000latest episode

5.9 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Pilot
Jan 9, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.5
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 students at school where he reluctantly befriends another boy with a high IQ and stands up to a bully.
Directing: Todd Holland · Writing: Linwood Boomer · Starring: Martin Spanjers, Landry Allbright, Vincent Berry, Austin Stout
1x02 Red Dress
Jan 16, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.7
Lois must take drastic steps to discover which of her sons ruined the special dress she bought for an anniversary dinner with Hal.
Directing: Arlene Sanford · Writing: Alan J. Higgins · Starring: Adam Hendershott, Paul Willson, Karim Prince, Joel McCrary
1x03 Home Alone 4
Jan 23, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.6
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 military school.
Directing: Todd Holland · Writing: Michael Glouberman, Andrew Orenstein · Starring: Tom Virtue, Aloma Wright, Justin Pierce, Scott Haven
1x04 Shame
Feb 6, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.4
Parallel stories pit Malcolm against a bullying, obnoxious new kid and Francis vies with his intimidating, military-school commandant, who's presenting sex-education lectures. Meanwhile, Hal takes heat after cutting down a tree.
Directing: Nick Marck · Writing: David Richardson · Starring: Adam Hendershott, Paul Willson, Karim Prince, Robert Grovich
1x05 Malcolm Babysits
Feb 13, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.9
Malcolm's cushy babysitting job provides relief from the trailer the family's using while their house is being fumigated, until Malcolm learns that the trust placed in him in his new position is strictly limited. Meanwhile, the military school's master key leads Francis to a corpse, for which he provides a proper send-off.
Directed by: Jeff Melman · Written by: Maggie Bandur, Pang-Ni Landrum · Starring: Ashley Edner, Eric Stonestreet, Joan McMurtrey, Karim Prince
1x06 Sleepover
Feb 20, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.7
Malcolm sleeps over at Stevie's house and, appalled at his over-protected lifestyle, persuades him to sneak out to a strange, late-night escapade. Francis deals with hazing at military school. Reese tries to prove he's man enough to watch a scary movie.
Directed by: Ken Kwapis · Written by: Dan Kopelman · Starring: Scotch Ellis Loring, Karim Prince, Sheff Otis, Chad Brannon
1x07 Francis Escapes
Feb 27, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.3
Francis goes AWOL from military school to link up with his girlfriend, a ditsy doozy who's made him gaga.
Directed by: Todd Holland · Written by: Linwood Boomer · Starring: Lauren Hodges, Karim Prince, Haven Hartman, Jade Carter
1x08 Krelboyne Picnic
Mar 12, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 8.0
The whole family attends a Krelboyne family picnic, and Malcolm dreads his performance in the event's Academic Circus will make him look like a freak. Disasters abound as stage acts bomb, families feud, and Malcolm's dad serves meat to vegetarians.
Directing: Todd Holland · Writing: Michael Glouberman, Andrew Orenstein · Starring: Jerry Lambert, Beth Grant, Katherine Ellis, Mark Rickard
1x09 Lois vs. Evil
Mar 19, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 8.0
Lois's firing prompts household economizing. Meanwhile, Francis delights in his honor-guard duty—at a teenage beauty pageant.
Directing: Todd Holland · Writing: Michael Begler, Jack Amiel · Starring: Rick Scarry, Shea Curry, Alexandra Picatto, Marc Vann
1x10 Stock Car Races
Apr 2, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.3
While Hal secretly takes the boys to the stock car races, Lois desperately searches for her missing paycheck. Francis at military school is keeping a boa constrictor as a pet.
Directing: Todd Holland · Writing: David Richardson · Starring: Joel McKinnon Miller, Karim Prince, Daniel von Bargen, Scott McDonald
1x11 Funeral
Apr 9, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.7
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 ceremony.
Directing: Arlene Sanford · Writing: Maggie Bandur, Pang-Ni Landrum · Starring: Alexander Gould, Landry Allbright, Paulo Andrés, Frank Woods
1x12 Cheerleader
Apr 16, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.5
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 to convince Lois and Hal to buy him a new toy. Francis has a heart-to-heart conversation with headmaster Spangler.
Directing: Todd Holland · Writing: Dan Kopelman · Starring: Lisa Lewolt, Nick Toth, Gregory Deckman, Daniel von Bargen
1x13 Rollerskates
Apr 30, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 8.3
Roller-skating lessons from Hal bug Malcolm, who rebels against dad's discipline while mom agonizes in bed from a backache she blames on Reese. Francis avoids his squad's survival weekend.
Directing: Ken Kwapis · Writing: Alan J. Higgins · Starring: Karim Prince, José Espinoza, Craig Lamar Traylor, Drew Powell
1x14 The Bots and the Bees
May 7, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.5
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 after he becomes injured and soon clashes with Spangler.
Directing: Chris Koch · Writing: Alan J. Higgins, David Richardson · Starring: Marco Gould, Arjay Smith, Daniel von Bargen, Kyle Sullivan
1x15 Smunday
May 14, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.8
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 trouble once again. Hal gets sucked in by a Porsche dealership.
Directing: Jeff Melman · Writing: Michael Glouberman, Andrew Orenstein · Starring: Peter MacKenzie, Justin Pierce, Parker Mills, David Weisenberg
1x16 Water Park (1) Season Finale
May 21, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 8.1
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 by his military-school commandant.
Directing: Ken Kwapis · Writing: Pang-Ni Landrum, Maggie Bandur · Starring: Kevin Christy, Amanda Fuller, Marsha Clark, Bea Arthur