List of Malcolm in the Middle episodes
Season 1 (2000)

List of Malcolm in the Middle episodes

Section Title: Season 1 (2000)
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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)

1	1	"Pilot"	Todd Holland	Linwood Boomer	January 9, 2000	10012-99-179	22.4

11-year-old Malcolm (Frankie Muniz) lives with his dysfunctional family: neurotic father, Hal (Bryan Cranston), control-freak mother Lois (Jane Kaczmarek), dim-witted bully 12-year-old Reese (Justin Berfield), and odd 6-year-old Dewey (Erik Per Sullivan).

2	2	"Red Dress"	Arlene Sanford	Alan J. Higgins	January 16, 2000	06-99-103	23.3

Lois is supposed to meet Hal at an expensive restaurant for their anniversary date, but Lois forgets to go after she finds her red dress burned and flushed down the toilet, sending her into a violent rage.

3	3	"Home Alone 4"	Todd Holland	Michael Glouberman & Andrew Orenstein	January 23, 2000	06-99-106	19.3

While Hal and Lois are away for the weekend, Francis comes home from military school to babysit Malcolm, Reese, and Dewey.

4	4	"Shame"	Nick Marck	David Richardson	February 6, 2000	06-99-107	16.8

Fed up with his constant abuse, Malcolm beats up a huge bully named Kevin who won't leave him alone, only to learn that Kevin is a 7-year-old brat who uses his strength to bully others, allowing the bully to walk away unpunished.

5	5	"Malcolm Babysits"	Jeff Melman	Maggie Bandur & Pang-Ni Landrum	February 13, 2000	06-99-105	17.9

Because of Dewey always leaving food in the crawlspace under the house, the whole family is forced to live in a trailer owned by Lois' coworker, Craig, while their house is being fumigated.

6	6	"Sleepover"	Ken Kwapis	Dan Kopelman	February 20, 2000	06-99-110	N/A

Malcolm stays overnight at Stevie's house. He convinces Stevie to sneak out of the house with him and they go to an arcade downtown, but Stevie's wheelchair is stolen, and they have to team up to find his wheelchair while dragging Stevie in a cart.

7	7	"Francis Escapes"	Todd Holland	Linwood Boomer	February 27, 2000	06-99-101	16.6

Francis deserts from military school to reunite with his girlfriend Bebe, a boring and stupid woman of average looks about whom his siblings are disgusted and mystified that he loves so deeply, but she breaks up with him as soon as he gets home (finding him boring and over attached).

8	8	"Krelboyne Picnic"	Todd Holland	Michael Glouberman & Andrew Orenstein	March 12, 2000	06-99-109	15.5

The family (including Francis, who is home for the weekend) spend the day at 'Cirque de Krelboyne', a picnic where Malcolm's classmates demonstrate their abilities.

9	9	"Lois vs. Evil"	Todd Holland	Jack Amiel & Michael Begler	March 19, 2000	06-99-104	16.3

After a mishap of a steam cleaner, Lois finds out that Dewey stole a $150 bottle of cognac from the store where she works due to Malcolm and Reese pressuring him.

10	10	"Stock Car Races"	Todd Holland	David Richardson	April 2, 2000	06-99-102	14.4

Instead of letting the boys go to school, Hal decides to sneak them out of the class and takes them on a stock car race, and the boys try to sneak on the pit lanes, causing mayhem with the security guards.

11	11	"Funeral"	Arlene Sanford	Maggie Bandur & Pang-Ni Landrum	April 9, 2000	06-99-111	15.3

The family reluctantly prepares for Aunt Helen's funeral, but Lois finally gets fed-up by the collective attitude and announces she's going to take a bubble bath and everyone else can do their own things.

12	12	"Cheerleader"	Todd Holland	Dan Kopelman	April 16, 2000	06-99-112	13.0

Reese joins the cheerleading squad because he has a crush on one of the cheerleaders. Malcolm is embarrassed to have a brother who is a cheerleader, and even the Krelboynes are making fun of him, but he ends up helping Reese learn his routines anyway, and he becomes really talented.

13	13	"Rollerskates"	Ken Kwapis	Alan J. Higgins	April 30, 2000	06-99-108	14.5

Malcolm wants to play street hockey on rollers with his friends on the street, but he doesn't know to do it, so Hal gives Malcolm roller skating lessons.

14	14	"The Bots and the Bees"	Chris Koch	Alan J. Higgins & David Richardson	May 7, 2000	06-00-202	12.3

Lois visits Francis at military school after he has a medical emergency. Hal, no longer under Lois' supervision, quickly regresses into his wild teenage persona.

15	15	"Smunday"	Jeff Melman	Michael Glouberman & Andrew Orenstein	May 14, 2000	06-00-201	12.6

Lois, down with a severe case of the flu, doesn't realize she has spent two days in bed; thinking Monday is Sunday, she doesn't make the boys go to school--or lift their latest grounding about giving away Dewey's bike.

16	16	"Water Park (Part 1)"	Ken Kwapis	Maggie Bandur & Pang-Ni Landrum	May 21, 2000	06-00-203	13.9

The family takes a trip to a water park. Lois and Hal sneak alcohol into the park, try to avoid the boys and have fun.

Sentence(s)

Pilot is the first episode of the first season of the television series Malcolm in the Middle, which aired on January 9, 2000.

final_sentence: Pilot is the first episode of the first season of the television series Malcolm in the Middle, which aired on January 9, 2000.