The family’s misadventures continue as Malcolm faces new challenges at school and home. Reese explores his culinary talents, Dewey’s imagination runs wild, and Francis’s escapades at military school add to the family’s chaos.
All episodes — Season 2
S2 E1Traffic Jam (2)
Nov 5, 2000822 min
Hal, Lois, Malcolm, and Reese are trapped in a horrendous traffic jam. Francis enters himself in a bet that recalls the egg-eating wager in "Cool Hand Luke." Malcolm becomes smitten over a girl he meets. Dewey has his own little adventure--
S2 E2Halloween Approximately
Nov 8, 20007.422 min
Francis visits the week after Halloween and helps his brothers in a trick that involves a giant slingshot with icky ammo. Hal tries to catch a mysterious hot-rodder.
S2 E3Lois's Birthday
Nov 12, 20007.922 min
Crummy gifts rile birthday gal Lois, who suddenly splits from home, leaving confusion, anxiety and desperation in her wake.
S2 E4Dinner Out
Nov 15, 20007.322 min
Shenanigans abound at the fancy spot where the family's dining with the Kenarbans, and at Francis' school, where rowdy teenage girls are partying.
S2 E5Casino
Nov 19, 20007.222 min
A family weekend vacation to a casino turns into an ordeal in the desert for Hal, Reese and Malcolm, who wander onto an artillery range. Francis sneaks home, but has no one to play with.
S2 E6Convention
Nov 22, 20007.822 min
Hal and Lois heads off to a convention while the boys stays home for the babysitter. Malcolm, Reese and Dewey assumed it's just another old woman, their parents hired to watch them. They decide to do a series of pranks on their babysitter,
S2 E7Robbery
Nov 26, 20007.222 min
The night shift at Lucky Aide is held hostage by two robbers, since Craig does not want to give up the combination for the store's safe. Francis tries to help a heartbroken friend at the academy, while Hal and the boys fight nature at home.
S2 E8Therapy
Nov 29, 20007.322 min
Malcolm's humiliation as a Krelboyne drives him crazy, so he fakes his way into seeing the school's shrink, with whom the con continues.
S2 E9High School Play
Dec 10, 20007.322 min
Malcolm gets a role in the high school play and is so captivated by high school gossip that he forgets his lines. Lois discovers the joys of massage. Hal and Dewey build a society of model buildings in the living room. Francis tries to show
S2 E10The Bully
Dec 17, 20007.322 min
Reese, promising champion of his school's wrestling team, gets beaten by a girl, completely demoralizing him. So he gives up his school-bully carrier, which destabilizes the natural order of things at school. Francis tries to get out of aca
S2 E11Old Mrs. Old
Jan 7, 20017.222 min
Dewey starts carrying a purse to school. Francis's friend Richie joins him at military school. Malcolm becomes a slave to an old woman in the neighborhood.
S2 E12Krelboyne Girl
Jan 14, 20017.622 min
Lois and Hal try to end Dewey's dependence on his stuffed animal Domingo by convincing him that it is too dirty. Strangely attracted, Malcolm finds himself in emotional confusion about the new weird Krelboyne girl Cynthia. At the academy Co
S2 E13New Neighbors
Jan 21, 20017.622 min
New neighbors, who turn out to be even more awful than Malcolm's family, move in next door; the Marlin Academy cadets prepare for a visit from Oliver North.
S2 E14Hal Quits
Feb 4, 20017.522 min
Hal feels like his job is a piece of c* after going to Dewey's class for parent job day. So he decides to take a "kidney failure" weeks off. While Francis is forced to work at the lucky aid over spring break.
S2 E15The Grandparents
Feb 11, 20017.422 min
Lois' estranged parents, Ida and Victor, pay the family a visit. Right away, trouble starts brewing. Victor bonds with Reese, Ida gets Malcolm into a fight, and Dewey is haunted by childhood memories of his inattentive grandparents.
S2 E16Traffic Ticket
Feb 18, 20017.622 min
Lois gets a traffic ticket and immediately blames Francis and makes him get the money to her. To do this, Francis stages a stunt for the other cadets' amusement. Malcolm finds evidence that Lois was wrong about the traffic ticket.
S2 E17Surgery
Feb 25, 20017.222 min
A hospital stay unsettles Malcolm, who's stuck in a kids ward with what may be appendicitis. Meanwhile, at military school, Francis leads a hunger strike.
S2 E18Reese Cooks
Mar 4, 20017.922 min
A cooking class energizes Reese; a planned party irks Malcolm, whose brutal honesty hurts the hostess, Krelboyne Cynthia.
S2 E19Tutoring Reese
Mar 11, 20017.722 min
Malcolm and the Krelboynes tutor Reese, and uncover the real reason behind his failing grades.
S2 E20Bowling
Apr 1, 20018.722 min
Malcolm and Reese go to a bowling party where they vie for the attention of a cute girl.
S2 E21Malcolm vs. Reese
Apr 22, 20017.622 min
Francis has an extra ticket for a wrestling event and it is the prize pitting Malcolm vs. Reese in a one-upmanship war; caring for Craig's cat is troublesome for Dewey.
S2 E22Mini-Bike
Apr 29, 20017.422 min
Lois forbids the boys to ride a motorbike they found, but Reese disobeys and breaks a leg.
S2 E23Carnival
May 6, 20017.322 min
Malcolm, Dewey, Stevie, and Reese hide out at a traveling carnival after hours and run afoul of a determined security guard and several members of the freak show.
S2 E24Evacuation
May 13, 20018.322 min
Hal is inadvertently responsible for a toxic chemical spill that forces a neighborhood evacuation; Malcolm deals with being grounded even in the emergency shelter; Francis suffers through a date with a geeky 12-year-old.
S2 E25Flashback
May 20, 20018.322 min
Lois is two weeks late with her period, causing her and Hal to panic and start a big fight, while trying to keep it from the boys. And while Dewey is scared that his parents may split up, Hal and Lois remember the troubles of getting their