Episode
Malcolm in the Middle: Surgery
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Malcolm in the Middle
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2001-02-25
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Surgery is Episode 17 in Season 2 of Malcolm in the Middle. It aired on 2001-02-25. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 16: Traffic Ticket
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.
Episode 18: Reese Cooks
A cooking class energizes Reese; a planned party irks Malcolm, whose brutal honesty hurts the hostess, Krelboyne Cynthia.
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Episode 15: The Grandparents
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.
Episode 19: Tutoring Reese
Malcolm and the Krelboynes tutor Reese, and uncover the real reason behind his failing grades.
Episode 14: Hal Quits
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.
Episode 20: Bowling
Malcolm and Reese go to a bowling party where they vie for the attention of a cute girl.
Episode 13: New Neighbors
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.
Episode 21: Malcolm vs. Reese
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.
Episode 12: Krelboyne Girl
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 Commandant Spangler re-institutes old Hickory into the school's disciplinary system and Francis tries to convince his father Hal to lie for him to avoid punishment.
Episode 22: Mini-Bike
Lois forbids the boys to ride a motorbike they found, but Reese disobeys and breaks a leg.
Episode 11: Old Mrs. Old
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.
Episode 23: Carnival
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.