Episode 1 of "Malcolm in the Middle"
s01e01 Pilot
Title: Pilot
Original Air Date: 01/09/2000 on Fox
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Linwood Boomer
Guest Stars: Dylan Kasch (Crony #1), Landry Allbright (Julie), Martin Spanjers (Richard), Nicholas Pappone (Nervous Kid), Ibrahim Haneef Muhammad (Another Kid), Austin Stout (Spath's Victim), Brian Cicerone (Kid at school)
Plot Outline:
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 his world, 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.
