Malcolm in the Middle: Season 5

2003 · 22 episodes · ★ 7.3

What Season 5 of Malcolm in the Middle

The brothers grow up and the family's problems multiply. Malcolm seeks independence, Reese tries out different jobs, and Dewey starts to take center stage. Lois and Hal try to cope with the household chaos. Storylines include the trip to Las Vegas that springs from one of Hal's dreams, the shoplifting accusation Hal faces at a store while buying diapers, and the job Lois gets for Malcolm. Reese also finds himself stuck reading a passionate diary.

22episodes

Nov 2, 2003Aired

May 23, 2004latest episode

8.1 hrtotal runtime

Season 5 Episodes

5x01 Vegas
Nov 2, 2003 · 23 min · ★ 6.8
When Dewey's pet rabbit does good in a state contest, the family must travel to Las Vegas for the nationals. But Reese unknowingly sells the rabbit to a restaurant. Now it is up to Dewey (with a little help from a "choking" Reese) to try and save the rabbit.Meanwhile, Malcolm tells Hal and Lois that they embarras him, and that is why he didn't tell them he won state science honors. As a form of repayment, Malcolm gets great seats for him and Lois to see Lois' favorite singer. Lois then gets lucky and is invited backstage where all she really wants to do is figure out why Malcolm doesn't want her around.Hal, on the other hand, is looking all across Las Vegas for a slot machine that he has had dreams of winning the jackpot on.Francis is also in trouble when he gets behind on duties at the ranch, and for the first time sees that Otto isn't just a pushover for everything.
Directed by: Bryan Cranston · Written by: Michael Glouberman, Andrew Orenstein · Starring: Teresa Ganzel, David Cassidy, Ursula Whittaker, Darlene Kardon
5x02 Watching the Baby
Nov 9, 2003 · 22 min · ★ 6.7
Hal and the boys offer to watch baby Jamie so an exhausted Lois can finally get some sleep. Hal leaves the boys in charge while he goes to the Lucky Aid to pick up more diapers. While the boys are watching Jamie, three beautiful teenage girls arrive and woo Malcolm, Reese and Stevie away for the night, leaving Dewey alone with the baby. Meanwhile at the Lucky Aid, Hal doesn't have enough money for the diapers and Craig forces him to work. Back at home, Dewey concocts an elaborate bedtime story for Jamie involving each member of his family.
Directed by: Levie Isaacks · Written by: Alex Reid · Starring: Kat Graham, Caitlin Crosby, Michelle Durham, Patricia Place
5x03 Goodbye Kitty
Nov 16, 2003 · 22 min · ★ 6.9
No one wants to tell Stevie his parents are getting a divorce, until Reese spills the beans.
Directed by: Jimmy Simons · Written by: Neil Thompson, Gary Murphy · Starring: Kyle Searles, Devin Sidell, Brett Gilbert, Sarah Godshaw
5x04 Thanksgiving
Nov 23, 2003 · 22 min · ★ 7.9
Malcolm skips out on Thanksgiving to go to a party; Reese becomes abusive to Hal and Dewey as he attempts to prepare Thanksgiving dinner.
Directed by: David D'Ovidio · Written by: Matthew Carlson · Starring: Alessandra Torresani, Marshall Allman, Joel Anderson, John O'Brien
5x05 Malcolm Films Reese
Nov 30, 2003 · 22 min · ★ 7.4
Malcolm chooses Reese as his subject for an Abnormal Psychology mid-term project; Dewey earns some extra cash as a street performer.
Directed by: Levie Isaacks · Written by: Dan Kopelman · Starring: Joan Blair, Don McManus, Julian Barnes, Jennifer Shon
5x06 Malcolm's Job
Dec 7, 2003 · 22 min · ★ 7.7
Malcolm gets a job working for Lois on the drugstore loading dock but is shocked to find that Lois smokes. She makes him promise not to tell, then turns her back on him and writes him up for a silly offense. Meanwhile, Dewey runs away to the Ranch to be with Francis because he says he is tired of Reese and Malcolm. Hal is also busy, secretly betting on and entering Jaime in baby competitions.
Directed by: Steve Welch · Written by: Maggie Bandur · Starring: Todd Stashwick, Holmes Osborne, John Eric Bentley, Michael Dean Jacobs
5x07 Christmas Trees Mid-Season Finale
Dec 14, 2003 · 22 min · ★ 7.4
Hal, Reese, Malcolm, and Dewey go into business selling Christmas trees, with the boys using some of their own money, but two priests send homeless people to their business, trying to sabotage their sale.
Directed by: Steve Love · Written by: Alex Reid · Starring: Patrick Thomas O'Brien, Vic Polizos, Casey Sander, Ted Rooney
5x08 Block Party
Jan 4, 2004 · 22 min · ★ 7.2
Neighbors have the annual "The Wilkersons are gone" block party until they come home early. Reese and Dewey set up a plan to get money by letting Reese-tortured kids get revenge. Hal and Lois enter a kielbasa-eating contest and Malcolm unknowingly assists a robbery, but a surprising twist comes in the end.
Directed by: Levie Isaacks · Written by: Rob Ulin · Starring: Paul Willson, Mark Moses, Randall Carver, Shashawnee Hall
5x09 Dirty Magazine
Jan 11, 2004 · 22 min · ★ 7.2
Malcolm alerts the A.C.L.U. when he encounters censorship working on the high-school literary magazine; Hal tries to flirt with the woman in his office responsible for cutbacks.
Directed by: Bryan Cranston · Written by: Eric Kaplan · Starring: Hallie Todd, Frederick Koehler, Lori Beth Denberg, Kurtwood Smith
5x10 Hot Tub
Jan 25, 2004 · 22 min · ★ 7.2
Jamie's babysitter coerces Malcolm into doing a "small" task for her; Dewey finds a friend, only to lose him to Reese; Francis persuades Otto to confront an old adversary that once courted Gretchen.
Directed by: Jimmy Simons · Written by: Andy Bobrow · Starring: Ryan Malgarini, Robert Joy, Meagen Fay, Ned Schmidtke
5x11 Ida's Boyfriend
Feb 8, 2004 · 22 min · ★ 7.2
Malcolm gets his tongue pierced and needs to hide it for a month. While Lois' mother, Ida, comes and annouces that she will marry a rich Chinese Man that she met on a cruise. Malcolm gets complications when his tongue ring gets infected, rendering him unable to say "S's" and he discovers that Ida has been drugging her fiancé with opiates and mood enhancers. When Lois and Hal confront Ida, she drugs them with free food. But luckily, the fiancé misses a drug treatment, and realizes that Ida is a terrible woman and he leaves her at the altar. Malcolm is punished for his tongue piercing. Meanwhile at the ranch, Otto decides to hire a murder mystery acting troup, but it all turns out badly.
Directed by: Peter Lauer · Written by: Neil Thompson · Starring: James Hong, Patrick Bristow, Cloris Leachman, Dan O'Connor
5x12 Softball
Feb 15, 2004 · 22 min · ★ 6.4
Malcolm is convinced to play Softball by Lois and ends up doing very badly at it due to Lois's hold on him. Meanwhile, Francis tries to pick fights with Lois, Reese tries to break Francis's record of collecting toilet seats from a local junkyard, and Hal accidentally applies to become a member of the CIA.
Directed by: Ken Kwapis · Written by: Michael Glouberman · Starring: Kaitlin Cullum, Michael Gaston, Ingo Neuhaus, Tom Simmons
5x13 Lois's Sister
Feb 22, 2004 · 22 min · ★ 7.4
Lois' younger sister, Susan, pays the family a visit and brings with her expensive gifts for the boys, biting remarks for Lois and a cold shoulder for Hal – whom she has never forgiven for dumping her for Lois. Lois and Susan's competitive relationship takes a turn for the worse when Susan gives Malcolm and Reese her prize '65 Mustang convertible. But when Lois discovers that Susan needs a kidney transplant, she puts her anger aside and offers to donate her kidney to Susan, which Susan only sees as the perfect opportunity for Lois to one-up her.
Directed by: David D'Ovidio · Written by: Gary Murphy · Starring: Laurie Metcalf, Abigail Mavity, Kevin Cooney, Lyndsy Fonseca
5x14 Malcolm Dates a Family
Mar 14, 2004 · 22 min · ★ 7.8
Lois blows her top over a hidden 15 percent surcharge on the bill at her family's favorite pizza place and stages a boycott...but Hal and the boys are sneaking slices on the side. Malcolm meets Angela and becomes instantly smitten with her intellectual family...but starts to feel like a heel because he's asked another girl to the school dance and is forced to break it off with her--er--them. And Francis is reluctant to let Otto hire an assistant for him...but soon comes to like the idea.
Directed by: Steve Welch · Written by: Rob Ulin · Starring: Eddie Shin, Sherman Howard, Sara Paxton, Craig Lamar Traylor
5x15 Reese's Apartment
Mar 21, 2004 · 22 min · ★ 7.6
Francis is determined to show his parents why they should not have kicked Reese out. Meanwhile, Malcolm helps a football player write a college essay.
Directed by: David Grossman · Written by: Dan Kopelman · Starring: Michael Dempsey, Patricia Belcher, Jack McGee, Jonny Acker
5x16 Malcolm Visits College
Mar 28, 2004 · 22 min · ★ 7.3
Lois tags along with Malcolm as he visits a college, but she's determined to room in the dorm Malcolm is staying in when she learns the room is co-ed. Meanwhile, after his father denies him a piano, Dewey begins stealing objects from around the house to amuse himself and to drive Hal crazy. Reese meets a girl, who he thinks is a narc, and he pretends he is a dealer, unaware that she is really an undercover cop.
Directed by: Peter Lauer · Written by: David Wright · Starring: Evan Sabara, Cole Petersen, Jamie Renée Smith, Monique Coleman
5x17 Polly in the Middle
Apr 25, 2004 · 22 min · ★ 7.3
Hal sets up Abe Kenarben on a blind date with Jaime's babysitter Polly but then realizes Lois has also set her up on a blind date - with Craig. Malcolm, Dewey (with his "lucky" shirt) and Reese also meet Reggie Jackson and Francis is embarrassed by Piama in front of his co-workers.
Directed by: Steve Love · Written by: Matthew Carlson · Starring: Reggie Jackson, Craig Lamar Traylor, Julie Hagerty, Harley Zumbrum
5x18 Dewey's Special Class
May 2, 2004 · 22 min · ★ 7.9
Malcolm convinces Dewey to do poorly on an I.Q. test, so that he won't become a ridiculed Krelboyne student. But Dewey does so badly that he is placed in a class for the emotionally disturbed. Hal and Craig compete in a dance competition.
Directed by: David D'Ovidio · Written by: Maggie Bandur · Starring: Amy Castle, Craig Lamar Traylor, Kenneth Mars, Matt Malloy
5x19 Experiment
May 2, 2004 · 22 min · ★ 7.1
When Dewey's annual candy selling event for school comes up, he uses the excuse of "these bars help support america" to sell them. Malcolm and Stevie attempt a science experiment, and are shocked when Reese begs to help.
Directed by: Bryan Cranston · Written by: Alex Reid · Starring: Regan Burns, Craig Lamar Traylor, Justin Martin, Gil Glasgow
5x20 Victor's Other Family
May 9, 2004 · 22 min · ★ 7.5
When Lois tracks down her father's "other family," she meets Victor's "other wife" Sylvia, and learns something shocking about her dad.
Directed by: David Grossman · Written by: Eric Kaplan · Starring: Andrew James Allen, Cloris Leachman, Adam Wylie, Maura Soden
5x21 Reese Joins the Army (1)
May 16, 2004 · 22 min · ★ 7.7
Reese's new girlfriend Beth is about as dumb as he is. Malcolm initially dislikes her but they soon get to like each other too much and Beth breaks up with Reese. Devastated, Reese runs away and joins the army under the false surname.
Directed by: Steve Love · Written by: Andy Bobrow · Starring: Erik King, Emy Coligado, Molly Orr, James Henriksen
5x22 Reese Joins the Army (2) Season Finale
May 23, 2004 · 22 min · ★ 8.0
Reese continues to be a great soldier in the Army until he finds himself in a situation where his Sergeant cannot help. But after comparing being captured to being grounded, he takes action and leads his team to victory. But being such a successful soldier has it's bad parts as well, as Reese prepares to jump from the plane - right into Afghanistan. Malcolm has his hands full as well as he attempts to prove Hal innocent. But being good with numbers helps as Malcolm notices all of the prosecutions given dates are on Fridays - which Hal hasn't worked on in over 15 years. And with Reese missing and Hal's case, Lois falls deeper and deeper into insanity.
Directed by: Peter Lauer · Written by: Andrew Orenstein · Starring: Jorge-Luis Pallo, Michael Milhoan, Emy Coligado, Michael Chieffo