Reese is the worst-behaved of the brothers. In Clip Show #2, he is revealed to have directly caused Lois' Staph Infection due to his uncontrollable kicking in her womb. It was revealed in the episode "Flashback", in season 2, that Reese has been vicious from the womb, so vicious in fact that when he kept kicking Lois during labor, she pushed him out by force. He is about three years younger than his older brother Francis, one year older than his younger brother Malcolm, six years older than his younger brother Dewey, and about 16 years older than his youngest brother Jamie. Reese, played by Justin Berfield (151 episodes), is the second oldest of the brothers. Throughout the series, Malcolm frequently breaks the fourth wall and talks to the viewer about either the current situation or giving exposition about past events.
#MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE CAST SERIES#
In the series finale, he begins taking classes at Harvard University. Malcolm eventually comes to terms with his future, after being unable to tell Lois he cannot do it. In the series finale, it is revealed that Lois intended him to have a hard life, knowing that he is destined to assume the role of President of the United States she wants him to remember where he came from to get there and help families like his own when he assumes the office. Malcolm also occasionally serves as the voice of reason, and does have a conscience, for instance, despite emotionally manipulating a grieving Hal to buy him a car in the episode "Hal Grieves," when the time comes to make the purchase he finds he can't go through with it. Like Lois, he gets angry or frustrated very easily but he also has problems containing his opinion about himself. Malcolm, like Reese, is very unpopular at school, yet he has had a number of girlfriends during the series run. According to Hal, in "Stock Car Races" (season 1), Malcolm was named after Hal's favorite Stock Car Racer, Rusty Malcolm, although he had previously argued with Lois about giving the name to Francis and Reese. Despite his high intelligence, he still gets into mischief either alongside or working against his brothers (in particular, Reese), although he becomes more self-centered and vain in the later seasons as he goes through puberty. In the first episode of the series, he is discovered to be a child prodigy and immediately moved from his regular class into the "Krelboynes", a class for gifted students. He is about five years younger than his oldest brother Francis, one year younger than his older brother Reese, five years older than his younger brother Dewey, and about 15 years older than his youngest brother Jamie. Malcolm, portrayed by Frankie Muniz (150 episodes), is the main protagonist and occasional narrator of the series.
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In the fifth-season episode "Reese Joins the Army (1)", Reese uses a fake ID by the name of "Jetson" to lie about his age. In the third season, Francis travels home (to celebrate his father's birthday) with an Alaskan Piama, and reveals that they are married.ĭuring the first season, the writers decided to keep the family's last name a mystery.
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In the final episode, Lois discovered she was pregnant with a sixth child. The boys are, from eldest to youngest: Francis, Reese, Malcolm, Dewey, and Jamie.
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A fifth son named Jamie was introduced in the show's fourth season. Originally, the series featured four brothers, although Malcolm's oldest brother attended a military school away from home, so Malcolm was still the middle sibling left at home.