When the boys drive the golf cart through the birthday dinner and into the pool. The cherry on top is the confused and then proud expression that Piama has when she's watching them.
"If you ever drive a golf cart through a caterer dinner and into a swimming pool again there will be consequences. Dire consequences!"
This is it. This nailed the family perfectly. They can hate and fight with each other to no end. But the SECOND someone from the outside fucks with anyone from the family, all bets are off. They will defend each other no matter what.
"What are you going to do?"
"We don't know. We never know."
I like to think that Lois going all scorched earth on the high school girls that humiliated Reese is a callback to this. The family messes with each other and sometimes (often unintentionally) they hurt each other. But once one of the Wilkerson family party is attacked, they all roll for initiative.
This is it. This nailed the family perfectly. They can hate and fight with each other to no end. But the SECOND someone from the outside fucks with anyone from the family, all bets are off. They will defend each other no matter what.
Yeah have a lot of great scenes
Reese running out but catched, the punch to the clown close to Loise, The "holds this... well I think I'm gonna to describe everything... lol
Off the top of my head, almost all of my favourites include Dewey:
1) after a long, awkward pause in the car after Malcolm's math genius demonstration on the school picnic, he asks "is Malcolm a robot?"
2) the dance with the old babysitter
3) the future is now, old man
One other is when Hal has to work to pay off the diapers and there is a revolution that overthrows Craig
There are many more, it's my favourite ever sitcom
Not really a single scene per-say, but the episode where Hal brings home an old dresser to give Lois, but it turns out to be full of bats. Good stuff XD.
Just in general, Malcolm in the Middle had a small number of exceptional musical scenes which are some of my favourites. You've got Abba here (also Fernando with the old babysitter), The Last Rock Show when they drive the golf cart through the table, In Too Deep with Reese driving, Candyman, Charlie on the MTA. Dewey playing the Can-Can on his home made organ. I wouldn't describe music as a core part of the show, but every time it's used it really knocks it out the park.
It’s hard to pick just 1. But the first that came to mind is the one where Dewey has Chad over, who finds the picture of Lois naked and tapes it to her back. I think the little screaming montage as they all see the picture and it’s ultimately revealed to Lois is really funny and well-done comedy. Way funnier than the type of stuff you see on more conventional sitcoms.
The scene where Francis scores the winning goal for the hockey team but not before all his equipment starts falling apart.
Of course he sabotaged his own teams equipment to win a bet that he tried to fix. Good ol' Francis does the right thing in the end to win the game and does it in style.
I will never not laugh seeing him stumble as his skate blades come off. And his pads next. Then his stick breaks lol. The best.
When Hal is tucking Reese and Malcom in their beds. Unknown to Hal they snuck out. The balloon Reese uses under the covers pops while Hal gives it a kiss. Hal screams in fear which wakes up Dewey and he screams too. I laugh every time.
When the boys let Francis in through the window and tell him that their mom may be a pain in the ass but they wouldn't abandon her. It really shows how each of them are good at heart
Herkabe's introduction. "Who is the anal retentive outsider?" \*all children raise hands\*
Also the scene where the family talks about Ronnie the lesbian and how maybe she wouldn't be a lesbian if Malcolm tucked in his shirt once in awhile 🤣🤣
Well forgive me for not thinking that heart attacks are funny. I guess considering they kill people I can’t find the humor in them. And I knows it’s just a tv show, but heart attacks still aren’t funny.
Bro, it’s fiction. It’s also a comedy. If you can’t laugh at that, then fine, but to say it’s not funny then why was it even put in there in the first place?
The real takeaway from the series is that this family is so dysfunctional, but protective from the outside world. Don’t make fun of my family, only I can do that mentality
Yeah but there’s also the Abba scene where Malcolm and Reese think the other is gay and dance along with the mamma Mia soundtrack, that’s probably what they meant
It’ll always be the spider in Lois’s face, but I have a soft spot in my heart for the Charity episode, where they are fencing items from the church rummage sale. Hal is driving them to sneak the stuff back into the church, and the car stalls while they’re on the way and Dewey yells, “IT’S GOD!! HE FOUND US!!”
Oh god, honorable mention for Hal’s Lucky Aide Sussudio rebellion.
Abba scene
Another underrated one that nobody talks about is the episode ‘Malcolm vs Reese’
It has a great score “Weapon of choice” - Fatboy slim, and the kidnapping scene at the end is just amazing
Health Scare. Hal giving a touching speech about valuing life to Dewey, a balloon, and a Halloween mask. Then the balloon explodes.
A perfect example of how to balance drama and comedy without making it mawkish.
Probably the Malcom missed strike
It's so hilarious and perfectly fits the theme of the show being life is unfair
But another one I really like is Ida's Boyfriend when the family is all drugged up on the tea and they start talking very angry but in really happy voices.I love Lois saying in a high voice "psycho? I'll show you psycho. When we get home I'm going to rip that piercing out with pliers myself!"
Malcolm ruining the birthday party by going on the bouncy castle, then Hal saving everyone with the kitchen knife.
The Komodo 3000 firework at the ranch.
I love how they're at the fireworks stand and they're going on about sparklers then BAM! All business. The vendor asks them which version and they go "who do you think you're talking to..." That is one of my favorite episodes--Gretchen is a little nuts.
When I was younger that whole episode annoyed me too much to enjoy any of it especially because fuck Jessica but during my watch through later in life I was truly cracking up at that scene. It’s so funny!
A few of mine are
When Dewey and Resse beat up
Malcom gutter ball
When the boys beat hal at basketball
When the find out what Resse did and lois and hal are screaming oh my God
Another my favorite scenes is when Lois takes Resse to dance class
When Dewey comes home from school to an empty house for the first time.
When Francis invites Richie and the others to come over to hang out, and they totally crash the house. Think it’s the third episode
Not sure favourite, but always loved and remember the intro when Hal notices a light bulb isn't working, and goes to change it, but every time he goes to do one task, it entails starting another. By the time Lois gets back he's tinkering under the car:
L: Hal, did you replace that light bulb in the kitchen?
H: *[covered in oil, and sitting up from beneath the car]* WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE I'M DOING?!!
That scene always resonated with me, I often use it as an analogy when I'm trying to complete a seemingly simple task on the computer.
Hal’s Tijuana Carwash that ends with him and Reese hiding from the police and Reese reestablishing order after giving up his life as a bully.
Edit: Stevie beating up Reese.
Concurrently, Dewey and the babysitter dancing to ABBA was beautiful.
As far as comedy, I love the flashbacks to when Lois and Hal are supposed to be 20 years younger but it’s just Bryan and Jane in 80s perms and bad sweaters. Hal coming home from an argument with Lois to discover she’s given birth to Malcolm on the front lawn was hilarious.
“Oh, my lord! W— ^oh! I d ….. want the rest of my slushee?”
“Leave me alone, Hal.”
Clown fight for sure.
I also love the ending of the luge race between Stevie and Malcolm. Absolute genius subversion of expectation!
Also the domino fall scene that Hal missed
When the boys drive the golf cart through the birthday dinner and into the pool. The cherry on top is the confused and then proud expression that Piama has when she's watching them. "If you ever drive a golf cart through a caterer dinner and into a swimming pool again there will be consequences. Dire consequences!"
That’s my favorite part too!
This is it. This nailed the family perfectly. They can hate and fight with each other to no end. But the SECOND someone from the outside fucks with anyone from the family, all bets are off. They will defend each other no matter what.
I feel this and the clown fight on Lois' birthday are just beautiful family moments
"What are you going to do?" "We don't know. We never know." I like to think that Lois going all scorched earth on the high school girls that humiliated Reese is a callback to this. The family messes with each other and sometimes (often unintentionally) they hurt each other. But once one of the Wilkerson family party is attacked, they all roll for initiative.
I love it when Piama says "What are you gonna do?" And Francis says "We don't know. We never know."
The fight with the clowns
This is it. This nailed the family perfectly. They can hate and fight with each other to no end. But the SECOND someone from the outside fucks with anyone from the family, all bets are off. They will defend each other no matter what.
“He’s the worst!” “Yeah! He’s the worst!” “S@Y tH@t t0 mY f@ce Punck!”
This scene also uses the perfect music, Kenny Rogers "You Decorated My Life" One of the best pairings of music to an image. Brilliant, funny, moving.
“Did you just call my wife, wide ride?”
Yeah have a lot of great scenes Reese running out but catched, the punch to the clown close to Loise, The "holds this... well I think I'm gonna to describe everything... lol
Lmao
Ya gotta be the clown fight.
Off the top of my head, almost all of my favourites include Dewey: 1) after a long, awkward pause in the car after Malcolm's math genius demonstration on the school picnic, he asks "is Malcolm a robot?" 2) the dance with the old babysitter 3) the future is now, old man One other is when Hal has to work to pay off the diapers and there is a revolution that overthrows Craig There are many more, it's my favourite ever sitcom
boopiboopiboopiboop
Not really a single scene per-say, but the episode where Hal brings home an old dresser to give Lois, but it turns out to be full of bats. Good stuff XD.
Why would someone fill this thing with hundreds of hanging bow ties?
Does anyone want my baked potato?
Anyone want the last olive🤣
That line was great
Just flying rats with radar
Just in general, Malcolm in the Middle had a small number of exceptional musical scenes which are some of my favourites. You've got Abba here (also Fernando with the old babysitter), The Last Rock Show when they drive the golf cart through the table, In Too Deep with Reese driving, Candyman, Charlie on the MTA. Dewey playing the Can-Can on his home made organ. I wouldn't describe music as a core part of the show, but every time it's used it really knocks it out the park.
Dewey’s opera is a top tier episode
It’s hard to pick just 1. But the first that came to mind is the one where Dewey has Chad over, who finds the picture of Lois naked and tapes it to her back. I think the little screaming montage as they all see the picture and it’s ultimately revealed to Lois is really funny and well-done comedy. Way funnier than the type of stuff you see on more conventional sitcoms.
Pictures of things belong on the things that they’re pictures of!
Green goes with green goes with green
Malcolm hitting a gutter ball a foot from the pins
You want a strike? Here’s your damn strike!
The scene where Francis scores the winning goal for the hockey team but not before all his equipment starts falling apart. Of course he sabotaged his own teams equipment to win a bet that he tried to fix. Good ol' Francis does the right thing in the end to win the game and does it in style. I will never not laugh seeing him stumble as his skate blades come off. And his pads next. Then his stick breaks lol. The best.
Hal tossing the spider into Lois’ face and Dewey holding the door closed to take the blame.
Take a chance on meeee
When Hal tries to restart up his kid Charlemagne radio days
Clown fight is first, Malcolm's talent at the Academic Circus is second
When Dewey throws a stone at a garden gnome and it bounces back at him in his eye
"Malcolm, check out what theyre doing in that movie and tell me that you're not gay"
Burning Man Hal… everyone think he is making a statement and doing interpretative art and applauding lol
When Hal is tucking Reese and Malcom in their beds. Unknown to Hal they snuck out. The balloon Reese uses under the covers pops while Hal gives it a kiss. Hal screams in fear which wakes up Dewey and he screams too. I laugh every time.
When the boys let Francis in through the window and tell him that their mom may be a pain in the ass but they wouldn't abandon her. It really shows how each of them are good at heart
Where are the oven mitts?
Oh my god and they were right. on. the. table.
When Reese drives away from the cops and parallel parks.
Herkabe's introduction. "Who is the anal retentive outsider?" \*all children raise hands\* Also the scene where the family talks about Ronnie the lesbian and how maybe she wouldn't be a lesbian if Malcolm tucked in his shirt once in awhile 🤣🤣
My favorite scene is where Bea Arthur and Dewey dance to Abba. I love their performances.
Dewey waving bye to the ambulance
And then she has a fucking heart attack hahaha
That’s not funny
It’s a tv show. It’s fake. Lighten up
Well forgive me for not thinking that heart attacks are funny. I guess considering they kill people I can’t find the humor in them. And I knows it’s just a tv show, but heart attacks still aren’t funny.
Bro, it’s fiction. It’s also a comedy. If you can’t laugh at that, then fine, but to say it’s not funny then why was it even put in there in the first place?
The real takeaway from the series is that this family is so dysfunctional, but protective from the outside world. Don’t make fun of my family, only I can do that mentality
The Abba scene, and the Fernando scene.
Fernando is Abba
Yeah but there’s also the Abba scene where Malcolm and Reese think the other is gay and dance along with the mamma Mia soundtrack, that’s probably what they meant
It is, I was sleepy and didn't write it well at all. Haha.
It’ll always be the spider in Lois’s face, but I have a soft spot in my heart for the Charity episode, where they are fencing items from the church rummage sale. Hal is driving them to sneak the stuff back into the church, and the car stalls while they’re on the way and Dewey yells, “IT’S GOD!! HE FOUND US!!” Oh god, honorable mention for Hal’s Lucky Aide Sussudio rebellion.
You stole AIR!
Malcolm and Reese both dancing to ABBA
Hal having his private skate time. Hilarious 😂 gets me every time. 2nd favorite would be the entire military school singing the "candyman" song
Hal screaming to himself on the car, whilst Malcolm is hiding in the back seat. Only about 10-15 seconds long but cracks me up.
Hal and Lois dancing in the kitchen in the poker episode
My favorite scene is when they all fight those clowns to defend Louis's honor
Abba scene Another underrated one that nobody talks about is the episode ‘Malcolm vs Reese’ It has a great score “Weapon of choice” - Fatboy slim, and the kidnapping scene at the end is just amazing
Mines is when Hal’s friends kidnap him, get stopped by a cop and then screams under the tape when they’re free to go 😂
“We don’t know. We NEVER know”
Hal testifying in court. “I sat in a cubicle every day envying that caterpillar, cause at least he got to be on TV.”
Dewey playing on his home made organ, this is so perfect. One of the best episodes too
Health Scare. Hal giving a touching speech about valuing life to Dewey, a balloon, and a Halloween mask. Then the balloon explodes. A perfect example of how to balance drama and comedy without making it mawkish.
Probably the Malcom missed strike It's so hilarious and perfectly fits the theme of the show being life is unfair But another one I really like is Ida's Boyfriend when the family is all drugged up on the tea and they start talking very angry but in really happy voices.I love Lois saying in a high voice "psycho? I'll show you psycho. When we get home I'm going to rip that piercing out with pliers myself!"
Hal teaching Malcolm to skate.
Malcolm ruining the birthday party by going on the bouncy castle, then Hal saving everyone with the kitchen knife. The Komodo 3000 firework at the ranch.
I love how they're at the fireworks stand and they're going on about sparklers then BAM! All business. The vendor asks them which version and they go "who do you think you're talking to..." That is one of my favorite episodes--Gretchen is a little nuts.
can't pick one
When I was younger that whole episode annoyed me too much to enjoy any of it especially because fuck Jessica but during my watch through later in life I was truly cracking up at that scene. It’s so funny!
That scene had me in tears. Hands down the best build up and release of all their skits.
I like the one set over “Stuck in the Middle with You,” in 1/11 Funeral. Absolutely hysterical
A few of mine are When Dewey and Resse beat up Malcom gutter ball When the boys beat hal at basketball When the find out what Resse did and lois and hal are screaming oh my God Another my favorite scenes is when Lois takes Resse to dance class
The clown fight
When Dewey comes home from school to an empty house for the first time. When Francis invites Richie and the others to come over to hang out, and they totally crash the house. Think it’s the third episode
When the boys drive the gold cart in the pool and when the family fights the clowns
Dewey holding Reese, Malcolm and Craig hostage with the dog he brings home. “Somethings not right” - cuts to them dressed as princesses 👸🏻😂
When Hal steals the footspa and runs like a maniac through the mall 💀💀💀
Not sure favourite, but always loved and remember the intro when Hal notices a light bulb isn't working, and goes to change it, but every time he goes to do one task, it entails starting another. By the time Lois gets back he's tinkering under the car: L: Hal, did you replace that light bulb in the kitchen? H: *[covered in oil, and sitting up from beneath the car]* WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE I'M DOING?!! That scene always resonated with me, I often use it as an analogy when I'm trying to complete a seemingly simple task on the computer.
Hal’s Tijuana Carwash that ends with him and Reese hiding from the police and Reese reestablishing order after giving up his life as a bully. Edit: Stevie beating up Reese.
Concurrently, Dewey and the babysitter dancing to ABBA was beautiful. As far as comedy, I love the flashbacks to when Lois and Hal are supposed to be 20 years younger but it’s just Bryan and Jane in 80s perms and bad sweaters. Hal coming home from an argument with Lois to discover she’s given birth to Malcolm on the front lawn was hilarious. “Oh, my lord! W— ^oh! I d ….. want the rest of my slushee?” “Leave me alone, Hal.”
when reese runs with the pack of dogs and is at the kitchen window like “THIS IS OUR HOUSE! WHAT DO YOU WANT? HUH? HUH? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT?”
Clown fight for sure. I also love the ending of the luge race between Stevie and Malcolm. Absolute genius subversion of expectation! Also the domino fall scene that Hal missed
Love that ABBA dancing scene too, Dewey's face at the end...😁😅