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The television show Malcolm in the middle is a must see comedy. The American television classic, which was created by Linwood Boomer, first broadcasted on January 9, 2000 until May 14, 2006 on the network FX. Throughout the seven seasons in which it was aired, it released over one hundred fifty one episodes and received numerous awards such as seven Emmys and one Grammy award. Malcolm defends Reese was the one hundred and thirty eighth episode that aired on December 15th, 2005. Malcolm is the middle child of five children that are a part of a dysfunctional family raised by their stressed out, over bearing mother Lois and their child at heart father Hal. Malcolm has a hard time coping with his family life, so he tends to lean on his eldest brother Frankie for advice to help ease the pain. Malcolm was diagnosed as a young genius, and finds out the hard way that he’ll have to start taking special education and know this would put an end to any possibility of him being normal. Malcolm has to juggle both his stellar special education class and his out of whack home life. The television series is targeted at a more mature audience because of its adult quirky sense of humor, the unusual family relationships, and the unique character portrayals. Malcolm in the middle made a living off of the quirky sense of humor that it introduces to its audience. In the episode Malcolm defends Reese, Malcolm’s dad Hal, is obsessed with giving advice to the boys about girls, but it soon goes way too far. Hal is seen walking Malcolm’s little brother, Dewey home from batting practice when he notices, a beautiful young girl that walks past Dewey with the impression that she has a crush on him. So, Hal goes above and beyond to recreate the ways he used to get the girls to like him back in his day. Hal then becomes obsessed with the girl and falls into this false fantasy of being a match maker. Hal sends chocolates to the girl’s house as if Dewey sent them to be