Pilot

Episode aired Jan 9, 2000
TV-PG
22m

IMDb RATING

8.2/10

2.3K

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Frankie Muniz in Malcolm in the Middle (2000)

Comedy Family

Malcolm has been labeled a boy genius and is moved, much to his chagrin, into the Krelboyne class, which is a class full of nerds and geniuses like himself.Malcolm has been labeled a boy genius and is moved, much to his chagrin, into the Krelboyne class, which is a class full of nerds and geniuses like himself.Malcolm has been labeled a boy genius and is moved, much to his chagrin, into the Krelboyne class, which is a class full of nerds and geniuses like himself.

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IMDb RATING

8.2/10

2.3K

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8jamiem-20

Yes, No, Maybe, I don't know, could you repeat the question?

Hmm... I saw the pilot... and i liked it! It's about this boy, Malcolm Wilkerson (Frankie Muniz, Big Fat Liar) learns he is gifted with intelligence, but has 2 crazy siblings, his older brother Reese, (Justin Berfield, Wanted) and his little brother, Dewey (Erik Per Sullivan, Joe Dirt), plus his older, sort of crazy brother, Francis (Christopher Masterson, Scary Movie 2). His mother, Lois (Jane Kaczmarek, unknown films) who is cynical and his totally bizarre dad, Hal (Bryan Cranston). Can he survive???? Watch this sitcom! Really funny, even though there is no laugh track (strange...). So on Central Time at 6:30 or 7:30, watch it, laugh out loud and if you like it, watch it 4evur!!! XD!

9funkyfresh91

Classic 90s sitcom with love in every stitch

Everyone with a soft-spot for 90s television needs to sit through even the first season of Malcolm in the Middle. It's the most sincere sitcom-family you'll ever see, and every character has a place in your own family. I remember growing up feeling like Malcolm all the time, and now watching it again, I have way more in common with Francis the ne'er-do-well. What makes this show amazing are the exceptionally well-casted characters, the fun writing and crazy plot situations, and how perfectly relatable every bit of it is. You feel like you're sitting in on your average, crazy week in the lives of this outrageous, yet realistic middle class family, while they grow and learn the same way I did growing up: making mistakes. All the while there's sharp, hilarious dialogue that feels honest coming from the last great golden-age of sitcoms. If you're reading reviews just watch the show, you'll know in the first ten minutes if it's for you.

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Trivia
Watched by 23 million viewers, making it the second most watched premiere of a show in FOX Television history.

Goofs
Stevie, a paraplegic, accidentally moves his legs as he attempts to help right himself after he tips over his wheelchair.

Quotes
Caroline Miller: Now, you can look at this picture for 60 seconds and I want you to tell me everything that's wrong with it. Okay?
Malcolm: The man only has four fingers.
Caroline Miller: Right, but this time I want you to really take your time and really look at...
Malcolm: The car's shadow's going the wrong way, the steering wheel's on the wrong side, there's no brake pedal, the words in the mirror should be backwards, the man's watch wouldn't say twelve o'clock if he was looking at a sunset, and I have red paint on my ass. That's right - red paint all over my ass.

Alternate versions
The DVD version of this episode is 2 minutes longer than the TV airing. Some scenes are slight different: in the hair trimming scene Lois is singing to "It's your Thing, do what you want to do" in the TV version but she is singing to "I believe in Miracles" in the DVD version. Eraserhead, one of Malcolm's new classmates, appears only in the DVD version.