Malcolm in the Middle - S1E1

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Pilot

Series 1, episode 1

Written by Linwood Boomer

Directed by Todd Holland

Originally Aired On: Sunday, 09 January 2000

Perhaps the most original sitcom pilot in recent years, this first episode combines sharp writing with a hyperbolic camera style reminiscent of Parker Lewis Can't Lose. Malcolm introduces us to hisworld, dominated by omnipresent schoolyard bully Spath and made worse by his enforced friendship with Stevie, an asthmatic wheelchair genius. When a battery of tests reveals that Malcolm has an IQ of 165, he is moved into Stevie's special accelerated class, despite his protests that "around here being intelligent is exactly the same as being radioactive." On the bright side, Malcolm discovers a practical application for intelligence when he and Stevie spontaneously hit on a solution to Spath's persistent tyranny.

Cast

Image for Jane KaczmarekJane KaczmarekLois
Image for Bryan CranstonBryan CranstonHal
Image for Christopher MastersonChristopher MastersonFrancis
Image for Justin BerfieldJustin BerfieldReese
Image for Erik Per SullivanErik Per SullivanDewey
Image for Frankie MunizFrankie MunizMalcolm
Catherine Lloyd BurnsCaroline Miller
Landry AllbrightJulie Houlerman
Vincent BerryDave Spath
Merrin DungeyMalcolm's Teacher
Will JenningsEraserhead
Dylan KaschCrony #1
Ibrahim MuhammadAnother Kid
Nicholas PapponeNervous Kid
Kristin QuickFlora Mayesh
Image for Martin SpanjersMartin SpanjersRichard
Austin StoutSpath's Victim
Craig Lamar TraylorStevie Kenarban