Episode 64 of "Malcolm in the Middle"
s04e01 Zoo
Title: Zoo
Original Air Date: 11/03/2002 on Fox
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Michael Glouberman, Andrew Orenstein
Guest Stars: James Henriksen (Zoo Worker Pete), Teddy Lane Jr. (Zoo Worker Mel), Daniel Roebuck (Zoo Worker Randy), Patrick O'Connor (Suit #1), Rocky McMurray (Zele), Ken Daly (Meter Reader), Angela Sargeant (Lady), Rhomeyn Johnson (Suit #2), Jeremy Forte (Clown), David Ury (Mechanic)
Plot Outline:
Malcolm, whose frenetic home life is a kind of zoo, begins the fourth season by accompanying his family to the real thing. A visit to the zoo offers close encounters with creatures great and small. But Hal wishes he could have passed on an encounter with Lois's former beau, who lectures on rain-forest animals. Elsewhere, Reese butts heads with a goat... and Malcolm and Dewey take a tumble into a tiger den. Another storyline checks in on ne'er-do-well Francis, now the unlikely foreman of a dude ranch owned by a cheery German businessman.