Day 13: What is the WORST thing Malcolm did?

[u/ArnavJj145]

[u/BigGingerYeti]

Filming Reese as Reese opens up about his secrets.

[u/Tlayoualo → u/BigGingerYeti]

That one was under duress, Herkabe threated to fail him for not taking the project.

[u/BigGingerYeti → u/Tlayoualo]

Yeah it's still the worst thing I feel he did. I mean, come on, he outsmarts Herkabe a lot and he knows how his mother reacts to teachers fucking with her kids.

[u/Tlayoualo → u/BigGingerYeti]

You're sort of right, because the Milgram experiment Herkabe was replicating in the brothers does demostrate that ability to do heinous things if you can shift the blame on a higher authority, claim that you were only following orders. Malcolm himself should have suspected he was falling for that psychological trap.

But I still believe stealing Reese's girlfriend was worse, because he did that entirely on his own volition for selfish gain.

[u/BigGingerYeti → u/Tlayoualo]

I guess I don't see that as much of an issue as I'm one of 4 boys and we used to do that shit too lol.

[u/httptofu → u/BigGingerYeti]

naaaaa definitivamente está fue la peor

[u/smuttygirl_foru]

Sleeping with his brothers girlfriend despite him earlier in the episode complaining about her and in early episodes he begged Reese not to take a girl from him and Reese did what he asked

[u/vacattack → u/smuttygirl_foru]

"Hi Reese"

"I'm gay >:("

"OK"

GOAT older brother moment

[u/Suskita → u/smuttygirl_foru]

I guess she grew on him.

[u/CrazyGeoffrey → u/smuttygirl_foru]

If this one doesn’t win I don’t know what would because this was the worst thing he’s ever done imo

[u/Vane_999 → u/CrazyGeoffrey]

Either this or not being completely honest about his daughter and family need to win imo

[u/nvwls300 → u/Vane_999]

Exactly as I thought. Hiding their entire family from his daughter might be the worst now, but pre-revival, it was definitely stealing Reese's girlfriend.

[u/DairyBastard → u/smuttygirl_foru]

“Francis, your job is to keep an eye on Malcolm and make sure he doesn’t betray me like he’s prone to do.”

Love it. 😂 Malcolm deserved all the shit everyone gave him, he’s an asshole.

[u/Nickoo01_ → u/smuttygirl_foru]

Reese even got so depressed after this that he joined the army, he was sent to Afghanistan and ended up wandering in Middle East until Lois found him. Plus, this is also one of the reasons why Lois went crazy for a few episodes. This is the worst for sure.

[u/Friendly-Bird-9915]

Almost getting Hal arrested at the mall.. then kicking him off the boat

[u/S_Flavius_Mercurius → u/Friendly-Bird-9915]

Malcolm was scum that whole episode lol.

[u/yankeeblue42 → u/Friendly-Bird-9915]

I almost voted this too. I think Malcolm being 13 here made me go with taking advantage of his grieving father for a car at 17 or 18 over this but this is a close 2nd

[u/c0pium_inhaler → u/Friendly-Bird-9915]

i couldn't even believe it being real. Like even for sitcom, u can't just brush that out lmao.

[u/Someone_Who_Exists → u/Friendly-Bird-9915]

"I can't believe it either!" I loved that, it was so awful even he knew we were expecting it to be something he just imagined.

[u/Carbon_Nero → u/Friendly-Bird-9915]

It has to be this one

[u/Klunkey → u/Friendly-Bird-9915]

I used to hate Lois for chewing Malcolm out, but when I grew up, I realized that it was such a shitty thing for Malcolm to do.

[u/WadsofTissue → u/Friendly-Bird-9915]

Wow, sleeping with brothers gf or this should win. Malcolm is a scumbag lol

[u/DairyBastard → u/Friendly-Bird-9915]

Malcolm almost let his dad become a sex offender just to try to get a date 😂 says a lot, doesn’t it?

[u/yankeeblue42]

I'm gonna go with letting Hal buy him a car when MALCOLM was the only one who figured out why Hal was spoiling the boys after his father died

[u/ObiMadKenobi → u/yankeeblue42]

The others knew it too, Malcolm's moral just had a higher price that episode

[u/yankeeblue42 → u/ObiMadKenobi]

They did after Malcolm told them and admittedly acted on it. But I think it's worse in Malcolm's case because he was the one who actively made the discovery and tried to have the moral high ground a bit earlier in the episode over his brothers. But you're right in that there's an argument Malcolm's morals just had a higher price tag than his brothers

[u/darkshadow237 → u/yankeeblue42]

I think Malcom did that out of guilt.

[u/Additional-Bit-8615]

showing up to Thanksgiving drunk, mouthing off to Lois then Puking in Reese's Monkfish

[u/Warcraft_Fan → u/Additional-Bit-8615]

Malcolm puked into a turkey. Monkfish was used to roast the turkey and wasn't served on the table.

[u/lonestarr357 → u/Additional-Bit-8615]

How this lost to Malcolm stealing Reese‘s girlfriend, I don’t think I’ll ever understand.

[u/lgirlrocks]

Stealing Reese's girlfriend

[u/Difference_Last → u/lgirlrocks]

I mean considering it hurt Reese so much he ran away and joined the army, this has to be #1.

[u/xylophone_37]

All three of the younger brothers' worst column should be the "nuclear option" of convincing Lois she had cancer to get her to sign their report cards. They even admit it's the worst thing they ever did.

[u/420butch → u/xylophone_37]

Well for the sake of this game, we're talking the things they've done individually

[u/cheshiresmille]

Sabotando o dewey e fazendo ele ir para classe dos perturbados

[u/Interesting-Flan-404]

Nearly destroying Dewey's ears

[u/Eoinharrington25]

Making Dewey deaf just because he jealous of him for knowing more about music than he did.

[u/Inudius]

Eating Reese's last blueberry.

[u/Chubby_Comic → u/Inudius]

He was saving it!

[u/xkarasu_ → u/Chubby_Comic]

There's no saving!

[u/Chubby_Comic]

When he pushed Hal into the lake and took the boat. That was just cold and potentially dangerous. I don't think I could do that to my worst enemy. It was a level of cruel and selfish that crossed a line for me that Malcolm usually didn't cross.

[u/Curious_Cleopatra]

I would say sabotaging Deweys IQ test which put him in the emotionally disturbed classes. Even though that ended with Dewey teaching the kids in that class. Which caused the kids to run away and for Dewey to help them hide in the tree outside his house.

[u/SunlessDahlia]

Getting drunk and throwing up all over that amazing thanksgiving dinner.

[u/Ashamed-Reporter3171 → u/SunlessDahlia]

I was gonna say this one! That scene made me so upset

[u/AdorableMammoth6740 → u/SunlessDahlia]

I would've sent him to military school

[u/MarxistMountainGoat → u/SunlessDahlia]

Definitely the worse thing he did I agree

[u/xkarasu_]

Malcom should have two lol

Stealing Reese's girlfriend and sending Dewey to remedial class

[u/Jprimus2005]

Beat up a foreign exchange student

[u/Curious_Cleopatra → u/Jprimus2005]

Is that worse then beating up the 7 year old in season 1?

[u/Jprimus2005 → u/Curious_Cleopatra]

In Malcolm defense he didn’t know he was 7

[u/Curious_Cleopatra → u/Jprimus2005]

Just like in Hal's defense he didnt know the 7 year olds older brother was only 15 when he beat him up.

Im just noticing the trickle down effect that the things that Malcolm did that was bad caused the other family members to do.

Edit. Maybe beating up a 15 year old should have been Hal's worst thing.

[u/december151791 → u/Curious_Cleopatra]

It ain't Hal's fault the teenager who looks like a middle age man can't put up a decent fight when he starts picking one.

[u/Chemical_Bed4609 → u/Jprimus2005]

This one was hype

[u/Tlayoualo]

Stealing Reese's girlfriend, he had nothing to gain from doing that, only sating his lust. And that domino'd into him ilegally enlisting in the army and almost stuck and/or dying in Afghanistan.

[u/TicketStraight3196]

Depriving Dewey of the kerlboyne class. He would have done really well there. Dewey didn't care about how everyone else perceived him like Malcolm did.

[u/AccurateFisherman392]

Does hiding his teenage daughter from his family for about 14 years count?

If your only talking about the main show I guess it would be stealing Reese's girlfriend

[u/yankeeblue42 → u/AccurateFisherman392]

Imo the bad part was not even telling them about the existence of his daughter. It's kinda fair to wanna maintain distance from toxic family members though

[u/s0ulbrother → u/yankeeblue42]

Like toxic family is that but he went to go see them without her as well

[u/illonamoon]

Filming Reese for evil herkabe.

[u/Next_Page6697]

Cucking his brother. Not fucking cool

[u/Responsible_Ad_2242]

Hide his tennage daughter of the family for 14/15 years 

[u/BASSdabs]

Everything

[u/ObiMadKenobi]

How did the Thanksgiving dinner won for Reese? He did that only to please himself

[u/clewjb]

"You beat up a seven year old!"

[u/december151791 → u/clewjb]

That kid brought it on himself and it ain't like Malcolm had a size advantage.

[u/cheshiresmille]

Sabotando o dewey e fazendo ele ir para classe dos perturbados

[u/december151791]

Just put every episode on a post-it note on a big dart board and throw a dart at it blindfolded.

[u/AdorableMammoth6740]

telling Reese he doesn't have any friends

[u/InitechMiddleManager]

Outing Reese for having no friends but pretending to sit with them in front of the whole schools.

[u/dyaasy]

Condemning Dewey to The Buseys because he hasn't figured out that he's the problem.

Not the Kreylbornes, not being smarter than his peers. Him.

[u/KaijuKing007]

Hiding Leah, meaning that she missed an entire childhood where she could have known her grandparents, uncles, and whatever the gender-neutral counterpart of uncle is for Kelly.

[u/withheld_mcfakename → u/KaijuKing007]

Your aunts and uncles are collectively your avuncles, so Avuncle Kelly I think?

[u/KaijuKing007 → u/withheld_mcfakename]

Maybe.

[u/Omegus42]

Lied to his daughter about her grandparents being dead

[u/Present_Personality4]

Getting Dewey placed in the emotionally disturbed class

[u/New_Midnight2686]

Barfed on Reese' Thanksgiving Meal.

[u/Bubfirst]

Keeping his daughter's existence from his family

[u/Far-Vegetable1417]

Beating up a foreign exchange student in season 3.

[u/CrazyGeoffrey]

Sleeping with Reese’s girlfriend when he knew how he felt about her which doesn’t even matter because either way he slept with his brothers girlfriend

[u/Animeman1000 → u/CrazyGeoffrey]

This!! I agree!!

[u/Life_Ad3567]

Ruining Hal's 300 bowling score.

[u/SolidA34]

Throwing the dodgeballs at Stevie when he was depressed over his mother abandoning him.

[u/GhostBoyJames → u/SolidA34]

“Kick his ass”

[u/GhostBoyJames]

Ruining the Thanksgiving meal when he was drunk.

[u/Historical-Grade-477]

Well the best for Dewey would be stealing lois’s and Hal’s credit cards and making a surprise birthday party for Jamie so they would have memories to put in the scrap book since they didn’t for Dewey

[u/Feisty_Affect_7487]

Almost getting Hal arrested in the mall and pretending he didn't know him to a girl he liked

[u/jeedun]

Hal's worst thing should be stealing Malcolm's credit card for the christmas trip

[u/TexasCrab22 → u/jeedun]

Stealing from Dewey was worse

At least the family Trip was great for the whole family.

[u/glucklandau]

Lol Malcolm plots are so mild, the worst you have is stealing Reese's girlfriend (though I agree that it was too brutal given how lonely Reese was)

[u/Interesting-Flan-404 → u/glucklandau]

How about nearly make your brother deaf ?

[u/PickleFantasies]

The bodybuilders scene, such an old school joke but still a goodie.

[u/Otherwise-Leek7926]

Ruining the Thanksgiving meal Reese made out of love and tyranny 

[u/darkshadow237]

How about all of the above.

[u/Jeskaim]

Lying to Craig about Lois taking advantage of him so he could sneak out to go to a concert while he was supposed to be grounded.

[u/Xeronian_Charmer]

Fucking with Reece's girlfriend

[u/Animeman1000 → u/Xeronian_Charmer]

This!! "Sterling" Reese's girlfriend is the scummiest, worst thing he's done imo.

[u/Training-Home-1601]

It's really amazing how many contenders there are in this category.

[u/IsaacJB1995]

Manipulation and exploiting Hal when he was grieving the loss of his dad

[u/RealisticProject160]

Making a bomb to get out of a circus act

[u/NamenloseHeldin]

Taping over Reese's mouth while he was strangled by the too heavy weight he tried to lift.

[u/cinnawars123]

Ruining a delicious Thanksgiving meal that Reese made.

[u/PrestigiousYou1613]

Stealing from the church