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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Boys' Trip
    9.4/10(70 votes)

    S1:E8

    Victor goes to visit Simon and see what it looks like to be out in New York.

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  2. undefined Season 2 Episode 20 - Bowling
    8.7/10(23 votes)

    S2:E20

    Malcolm and Reese go to a bowling party where they vie for the attention of a cute girl.

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  3. undefined Season 2 Episode 24 - Evacuation
    8.3/10(21 votes)

    S2:E24

    Hal is inadvertently responsible for a toxic chemical spill that forces a neighborhood evacuation; Malcolm deals with being grounded even in the emergency shelter; Francis suffers through a date with a geeky 12-year-old.

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  4. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - Traffic Jam (2)
    8.0/10(22 votes)

    S2:E1

    Hal, Lois, Malcolm, and Reese are trapped in a horrendous traffic jam. Francis enters himself in a bet that recalls the egg-eating wager in "Cool Hand Luke." Malcolm becomes smitten over a girl he meets. Dewey has his own little adventure--all over the world--before his family returns home.

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Krelboyne Picnic
    8.0/10(21 votes)

    S1:E8

    The whole family attends a Krelboyne family picnic, and Malcolm dreads his performance in the event's Academic Circus will make him look like a freak. Disasters abound as stage acts bomb, families feud, and Malcolm's dad serves meat to vegetarians.

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - Lois vs. Evil
    8.0/10(22 votes)

    S1:E9

    Lois's firing prompts household economizing. Meanwhile, Francis delights in his honor-guard duty—at a teenage beauty pageant.

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  7. undefined Season 5 Episode 18 - The One Where Rachel Smokes
    7.7/10(62 votes)

    S5:E18

    Rachel decides to start smoking in order to avoid missing important meetings with her boss. Meanwhile, Ben gets offered an audition for a soup commercial, and Joey auditions to be Ben's father during the ad. Also, Monica and Phoebe plan a surprise birthday party for Rachel together, but Monica takes over.

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  8. undefined Season 2 Episode 4 - Laura's Secret Diary
    7.7/10(87 votes)

    S2:E4

    Ben Horne asks Cooper for help in rescuing Audrey, and Donna uncovers a significant piece of evidence at Harold Smith's home.

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Casey Casden
    7.7/10(36 votes)

    S1:E4

    Debbie, sad and lonely after Aunt Ginger leaves, steals a little boy from a birthday party. In classic Gallagher style, the family hatches a plan to return the toddler safe and sound without attracting attention from the Chicago Police Department, who has made the kidnapping a top priority. Karen, in complete defiance of Eddie, starts to tease Frank sexually. Frank not knowing what to make of it keeps himself busy with booze, picking up Sheila'­s meds from the pharmacy and concentrating on finding the missing boy. What began as an innocent lie for Kevin to protect himself from a hot girl ultimately becomes a proposal of marriage for Veronica.

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  10. undefined Season 3 Episode 9 - Reese's Job
    7.7/10(20 votes)

    S3:E9

    Trouble finds Reese at his new fast-food job; a new Krelboyne tutors Malcolm; Hal and Lois sabotage Dewey's plan to get a dog.

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  11. undefined Season 2 Episode 21 - Malcolm vs. Reese
    7.6/10(20 votes)

    S2:E21

    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.

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  12. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - Home Alone 4
    7.6/10(27 votes)

    S1:E3

    Lois and Hal leave the boys alone for the weekend with Francis. the boys assume that if all goes well, Francis may not have to go back to military school.

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  13. undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - Zoo
    7.5/10(20 votes)

    S4:E1

    Malcolm, whose frenetic home life is a kind of zoo, begins the fourth season by accompanying his family to the real thing. A visit to the zoo offers close encounters with creatures great and small. But Hal wishes he could have passed on an encounter with Lois's former beau, who lectures on rain-forest animals. Elsewhere, Reese butts heads with a goat; and Malcolm and Dewey take a tumble into a tiger den. Another storyline checks in on ne'er-do-well Francis, now the unlikely foreman of a dude ranch owned by a cheery German businessman.

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  14. undefined Season 2 Episode 15 - The Grandparents
    7.5/10(20 votes)

    S2:E15

    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.

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  15. undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - Houseboat
    7.5/10(20 votes)

    S3:E1

    The family takes a vacation with the Kenarbans, sharing a houseboat. And while Steve's parents are caught in a fight, Reese and Steve socialize with some cheerleader from a nearby spirit camp, Malcolm is stuck with Hal fishing. At the military academy, Eric turns eighteen and leaves for Alaska, inspiring Francis to do something about his situation too.

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  16. undefined Season 3 Episode 12 - Company Picnic (2)
    7.5/10(18 votes)

    S3:E12

    After Hal is mistaken by his new boss, as that guy's boss, Hal plays along. Malcolm is in a three-legged scavenger hunt with the girl he likes, but becomes upset after he confesses he likes her, and she says she likes another boy. Reese is also the the scavenger hunt, and at first doesn't like the big dumb bully he is with, but they grow to like each other when they bond over beating up the other contestants and stealing their items. Lois continues to balance keeping Dewey intact and dealing with the crazy woman, but now must talk to the husband as well. Francis continues to sabotage his own team, this time on the ice.

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  17. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - Cheerleader
    7.5/10(20 votes)

    S1:E12

    A spiffy cheerleader attracts slovenly Reese, who cleans up his act—best as he can—to woo her. He even joins her rah-rah squad. Dewey tries to convince Lois and Hal to buy him a new toy. Francis has a heart-to-heart conversation with headmaster Spangler.

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  18. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    S1:E1

    Malcolm finds his life as the middle brother in an eccentric family made even more difficult by his being placed in a class for gifted students at school where he reluctantly befriends another boy with a high IQ and stands up to a bully.

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  19. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Halloween Approximately
    7.5/10(20 votes)

    S2:E2

    Francis visits the week after Halloween and helps his brothers in a trick that involves a giant slingshot with icky ammo. Hal tries to catch a mysterious hot-rodder.

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  20. undefined Season 3 Episode 11 - Company Picnic (1)
    7.4/10(16 votes)

    S3:E11

    Juicy guest casting and ingenious plotting enliven an hourlong episode that airs in the plum post-Super Bowl slot. One storyline unfolds at Hal's company picnic, where Lois clashes with a blabby wife and her beleaguered spouse; and Hal runs afoul of his new boss and the big cheese. In Alaska, Francis's scheme to win a bet involves rigging a hockey game that pits loggers vs. a fearsome women's squad led by a blowhard coach.

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  21. undefined Season 3 Episode 6 - Health Scare
    7.4/10(19 votes)

    S3:E6

    When Hal's doctor discovers something suspicious during his routine check-up, Lois and Hal become frantic, nervous wrecks as they wait for the test results. As a result of her anticipation, Lois becomes even stricter with the boys, leaving them to misinterpret the new house rules. Meanwhile, in Alaska, Francis comes to blows with his boss.

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  22. undefined Season 1 Episode 10 - Stock Car Races
    7.3/10(22 votes)

    S1:E10

    While Hal secretly takes the boys to the stock car races, Lois desperately searches for her missing paycheck. Francis at military school is keeping a boa constrictor as a pet.

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  23. undefined Season 3 Episode 3 - Book Club
    7.3/10(19 votes)

    S3:E3

    Lois, in an attempt to get a break from the family, joins a book club that turns out to be a night off for frustrated housewives, but it all goes a little bit haywire. Meanwhile Francis tries to get to Alaska, learning something important about himself and about truck drivers. Hal, who tries to keep the boys out of troubles for the evening, is caught in an inner conflict about how to treat them.

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  24. undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - Francis Escapes
    7.3/10(20 votes)

    S1:E7

    Francis goes AWOL from military school to link up with his girlfriend, a ditsy doozy who's made him gaga.

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  25. undefined Season 2 Episode 5 - Casino
    7.3/10(20 votes)

    S2:E5

    A family weekend vacation to a casino turns into an ordeal in the desert for Hal, Reese and Malcolm, who wander onto an artillery range. Francis sneaks home, but has no one to play with.

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Todd Holland Ratings Summary

"Boys' Trip" is the best rated episode directed by Todd Holland. It scored 9.371/10 based on 70 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 6/17/2020 and is rated 0.7 points higher than their second-best episode, "Bowling".