r/malcolminthemiddle

Every award season during the series, I got hopeful. Especially when the last season of “Malcolm” aired, and “Friends” had ended… but then, the award went to the brand-new “Desperate Housewives” instead. Alas…

I already have a son named Francis. I’m obsessed with the name. I’m now pregnant again.. another boy. We pretty set on Malcolm. Just wondering if anybody else took inspiration! Lol

When I was pregnant with my son Francis I kept rewatching the show because for some reason every time he’s in a scene, everybody address him as Francis directly and used his name everytime they speak to him. I loved the way it sounded in conversation! Gonna have my Malcolm and Francis 🥰

So I just finished a full rewatch of the show as lead in for Life’s Still Unfair, and having started LSU I’m a little confused about their ages. When the original show ended, Reese was 19, Malcolm was 18, and Francis was 21/22 - this would make them 39, 38, and 41ish, respectively; however, in Life’s Still Unfair, they say they’re celebrating their 39th anniversary and Francis says he’s 39. This raised another question, which is: have we ever learned Hal and Lois’s ages? Jane Kaczmerak and Bryan Cranston were both 45 when the show originally premiered, and Francis is supposed to be 16 (which seems, to me at least, inconsistent with the rest of the show that they had him at 29 vs say 23/24) and assuming they did have him at 29, their 39th anniversary in 2026 would make them younger than their real ages because of this random 3 year shift. Just seems like a weird change to make because this makes Francis 13 in season one, which makes no sense whatsoever. Is there something here that I’m missing?

Yes I understand Malcolm should’ve minded his own business and just let Dewey go into the Krelboyne class but at the same time Dewey did go along with it and he did accept every one of Malcolm’s paycheques to keep his mouth shut and then he threw him under the bus straight after Malcolm gave him one and he also could have answered the test questions in a way that made him smart enough to remain in a normal class but not dumb enough that he needed to be in the special class. I’m not even sure myself.

Craig is insanely hard to watch, imo, and I know a lot of people think he's funny, but I just don't see it at all. Am I missing something?!

EDIT: YES I KNOW THIS SITCOM IS TWENTY YEARS OLD IM JUST ASKING A QUESTION CHILL

"Can you act for the last time? One last role for your old man?"

"Nah".

I just finished the new Malcom in the middle show.. WHY IS THERE FOUR EPISODES! It’s not fulfilling it just made me want more. This is just upsetting new characters and dynamics so much more to tell and THERES NO MORE it makes no sense at least a full season come on