Malcolm's much older brother with his new girlfriend. Each of these environments is important to the show because each one deals with Malcolm's intelligence in a distinct way. At the same time, Malcolm's mother has to find a way to integrate herself into a strange and domineering troop of soccer moms gone bad. While she's stuck in the land of the PTA parents, Malcolm's dad sneaks meat onto the grills of tofu-weary comrades, scoffing at any gifted people who would scorn dead animals on a bun. What this all results in is the viewer being confronted with the TV-world as an environment that each character has to deal with individually.
Problems are distinct for each member of the family, but all stem from the same place.
This sort of portrayal stresses the idea that the consequences of an action can affect everyone, and can affect each person differently. The Personal Touch Another aspect of this show that is unique, and adds to the educational experience of the program, is the practice of having the main character speak to the audience directly. At several times during the course of the show, Malcolm will turn to the camera and speak to the viewer. These monologues generally provide exposition, or give one a view into Malcolm's head for a while. Afterwards One particular practice mentioned in the paper by Dorr and Rabin was that of engaging a child in activities both before and after watching a television show.