Give me all your malcom on the middle related pro's and con's.........

I don’t understand, were they popular or not?!?! in one episode Reese would be infamous- known for causing trouble but well respected. In the next he’s a total loser. No one knows his name or gives two shits about him. And Malcolm in one episode he’d be with one of the hottest girls and in the next points are made that girls hate him and he’ll die alone.

Some that immediately come to mind right now are:

• Seinfeld

https://youtu.be/1njzgXSzA-A?si=I5cjmDOMxz8AoEDM

• ER

https://youtu.be/xE0V-TmqTP8?si=5Z7SZSNITbK2L7Dy

• Buffy The Vampire Slayer

https://youtu.be/Y9iX9ZlQ6cY?si=ePFUwr5n0NlsWLTK

• Certain Tales From The Crypt episodes

https://youtu.be/B2Dm3t1YgzY?si=URWiexspbqtAHY8O

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• Sports Night

https://youtu.be/H-va0tWJLTc?si=i1YSy0O3K2M2xlvs

All just to name a mere few.

Would be are they going to re-use the old intro song, or make an entirely new one just for the 4 episodes? Personally...I think they'd be better off re-using the old theme for nostalgia purposes.

Another big question is how they're going to handle the exterior shots of their house given the IRL house got remodeled (sadly).

Questions...time will tell, I guess!

Let’s say that after the limited series revival airs, it overperformed, and they decided to renew it as a full series. How would you structure it so it makes sense?

Obviously, for one, even if Erik did come back for the limited series, it’s extremely unlikely he’d ever come back for a full series. So, if he’s in the limited series, we can establish that he’s a famous musician, and then during the full series, we can just say he’s on tour. If he doesn’t come back for the limited series—which, let’s be honest, is probably what’s gonna happen—we can just say he’s on tour anyway.

For Malcolm, Reese, and their parents, that’s a tricky one. Maybe Malcolm is successful at whatever he’s doing in life, and he decides he wants his parents to live with him so they can save money on bills, and he can take care of them.(I think this could also be used for many jokes when Malcolm can do some of the stuff they did to them as kids). Reese could either live next door or maybe live with Malcolm too. Malcolm would have a daughter, and I’d also have Reese with two sons. That gives us a three-kid situation like the original.

The original was about growing up, and this one could be about adulthood as middle-aged parents, focusing mostly on the original characters. They’d still have their normal wacky shenanigans. They’ve matured, but when you put Malcolm and Reese in a room together, they still get into some hijinks.

This is my VERY rough idea that I just came up with on the spot while writing this. It could use a lot of tuning and tweaking, but I think the overall setup can work well and still feel familiar.

On this episode of Malcolm in the middle, they’re thinking of putting dewie in the Krelboyne class. Malcolm is trying to keep him out of it & is going over the test he took 4 years ago & is trying to remember one of the questions.

The question was: Bee is to hive as A) fish is to pond B) bear is to den C) coral is to reef

I feel like the answer is b or c?

S2:E17 Surgery The kid who wants to play go fish with Malcom isn’t Egg right? I mean they look the same age and have the same haircut

I honestly never heard of it until I saw that episode, but I wasn't a teen boy anymore when the show was on. I see a lot of people do it now, and I've mentioned to them that I loved that episode of Malcolm in the Middle, and they don't seem to know what I'm talking about. Did it start on the show, or was it something that was popular with young kids that they decided to use in the show?

I'm re-watching it and I know we are supposed to hate her, but she really likes my blood boil! You know how some people hate The Office because even though it's supposed to be cringe, some people hate it because they find it too cringe? This is what the mother is like for me, except instead of being cringe-inducing, she is absolutely rage-inducing! I am not a violent woman, but I want to shake her and slap her and literally kick her out of the house. When Francis tried to throw her out of the house (literally) and she grabbed her own grandson by the balls, I wanted to jump into the TV and finish the job for him. I could handle her before she tried to sue her own daughter, but that was really beyond the pale! God, I love Cloris Leachman and she played that infuriating woman brilliantly! I was so happy to see her at first, and I never imagined loathing seeing her on screen. I just needed to rant. Thanks for reading.

I honestly think he would be a pretty good father after he matured some. I have seen a lot of his maturity potential in the later seasons right before teenage impulses took over so I can definitely see him shake that off and be a really good dad. Also he has a daughter, that's going to be interesting. I actually low key hoped the family was cursed with having only destructive boys lol but it's cool. I wonder why Lois and Hal treat their grandkids. Would be hilarious if they spoil the grandkids.

So as a lot of us know, the actor that played Dewey(Erik Per Sullivan) hasn't done any acting as an adult, hasn't attended any Malcolm cast reunions, and wants to live a private life. Which leads to the question of "Will Dewey be in the reboot?"

I have an idea-

The original show was broadcast in 4:3 aspect ratio, so if you watch it in 16:9 widescreen you sometimes see things you weren't meant to be, one of which is a stand-in for Dewey, since in the original broadcast you'd only see the shoulder side of the head - https://imgur.com/a/kplVLyX

So if they can't get Erik to play Dewey, they should just whoever was the stand-in play him in the reboot and just like, pretend that he's the same Dewey from the original show!

I 100% respect Erik Per Sullivans decision to not act anymore, and I doubt that he’s coming back for the revival. That being said, what’s the funniest way they could accommodate this? I think maybe an ongoing background gag with posters/references to Dewey being some famous celebrity would be hilarious, maybe Lois could have a fit about how “our son thinks he’s so famous, that his own blood isn’t good enough???”

It's really vague and no matter how much I google, I can't find which episode it was. I don't remember if it was just an opening or an actual plot but she had these little animal figurines or something that were really important to her, but the boys accidentally break them.

It's confirmed that Linwood Boomer is coming back as writer and creator, so I wonder what changed? Is this also the person Frankie said way earlier about how everyone was ready for it except for one person, and people thought it was Erik Per Sullivan that was the holdout? (Could this also hint at Erik actually willing to come back?) I really hope they tell us the juicy details on how this entire revival came to be.

I started rewatching and am still in the early seasons, but the episode where Lois gets fired after D steals the booze and she has to beg for her job it comes out that she could have been the manger but turned it down. Also, mentions that she can only have part time work to be available for the kids.

I’m not getting this. All the kids are school age. No babies. R & M help walk D to school/hold his hand etc. So she does not need to physically drive to pick the kids up from school or drop them off in the morning. Even though these boys are wild they are seen helping with chores like taking out trash etc. Even the weekend Francis was home and they tried to be good so she would let him come home from military school they knew how to clean and make things nice. So they can actually help with household tasks.

If Francis was home and more responsible he could have had big bro eyes on them and helped to so she could have worked a normal job and helped them get off the edge of poverty. At least in the early episodes they are showing the financial struggles alot, mentioned going to a food pantry, and it seems strange that Malcolm and others are complaining about being poor/fighting for food etc but no one wants to put in any effort to run the house unless forced so she can work a better job?

Never really noticed it before, haven’t seen the show for years, but it just reminded me of other families I know where both parents struggle, both work 2 full time jobs and the school age kids help each other and don’t need mom to work part time retail in order to care for them properly.

That they will include the 6th brother in the reboot? In the finale it was revealed that Louise is pregnant, idk if they will include that in the new show