The scene where Dewey made a literal organ out of junk and played a classic piece on it is hands down one of the best and most iconic scenes in the entire show.
Makes you think if his Talent is Engineering & Music. If my kids were doing these things I'd be dead from a Aneurysm but proud to realise they could take care of themselves.......maybe not Reese.
After Dewey got out the house he broke up with Louis and studied science got fucked over then ended up a chemistry teacher at a highschool the rest is history
Guy did build a robot. He's like the representation of the common man who, when left to pursue their own goals, are able to accomplish much and achieve greatness
He is often neglected by his parents. Its having his three brothers as role models with Malcolm the genius, Reese the bully and Francis the conman that makes him who he is, all three rolled into one.
Except, Dewey learned from the mistakes Malcolm and Reese made with him in their bullying him. He treated Jamie much better and developed a close bond with him. Malcolm's problem is his ego and self-absorbed nature. He uses his genius to cause others pain in their lives, which has caused him to lose friends and make everyone hate him. Reese's problem is his tendency to harm others for a good laugh and being an overall jerk about it. In a lot of ways, Malcolm and Reese are similar to each other. They're both reckless and lack empathy in their own way. Francis learned a lot of life lessons after leaving Marlin Academy and working under Lavernia in Alaska and Otto in New Mexico. Late season 3 and Season 4 gave him the best development and had him grow up from his delinquent ways.
It really shows how smart he is but in a whole different way. He's very people smart which let him get away with a lot of things and to get what he wants. People compare him to Malcolm but you can't really compare them together since they're geniuses in their own ways
I don't. The problem with Malcolm is his ego and his self-absorbed nature. There are also at times that he has shown to be just as reckless and lacking common sense as Reese unlike his earlier seasons' counterpart. Malcolm is only book smart. Francis is crafty and street smart, along with him being a natural leader. In addition to being a musical genius, Dewey is a rare combination of book and street smart. He has the brains and the common sense to go far in this world.
I always felt bad for Dewey. Out of all the kids he was ignored by his parents the most. He was also the most moral. I loved how he stayed in the special needs class to help the other students and he was nice to his younger brother, Jamie and broke the cycle of violence.
He learned from the mistakes of Malcolm and Reese who prioritized bullying and fights over bonding. Like Francis, Dewey saw how toxic the Wilkersons are to each other. Unlike him, Dewey at least, can ignore that and pretend they don't exist. Francis took his anger out on the family, especially Lois.
He didn't break the cycle. There's a funny scene where Francis tells Dewey that he can break the cycle with Jamie, then Dewey says "How's that fair?", then Francis agrees with him lol
@REDEEMERWOLF and yet he is still a better brother than Malcolm and Reese combined. I think part of the reason is because Francis is actually a pretty good older brother to Dewey, and that is what truly broke the cycle.
"most moral" dude was buying new fish every day when the old ones died from neglect so he could trick his parents into getting what he wanted, tricks old lady into giving him money for overpriced candy bars by telling her that they're for a 13yo baby mama
I think hal and all the boys were geniuses. They all were incredibly resourceful, intelligent, innovative and thoughtful as funny as it sounds. Their only real drawback was their anger and rage and recklessness. It’s a great example for all of us, we all hold so much intelligence but we commonly throw it away just to be reactive
All of the kids are geniuses. Reese is an excellent cook. Malcolm is an academic star. Dewey can play any instrument he looks at. Francis is a natural leader. Jamie is a future super villain.
@ C Miller This is unrelated to the topic, but I’ve noticed that Reese and Dewey both take after Hal’s weird and eccentric ways. While Malcolm and Francis take after Lois’s moody defensive ways.
Because it's like free babysitting. Dewie keeps himself occupied while she doesn't need to worry about Reese getting into trouble. At least no trouble that she doesn't know of. And Malcolm usually doesn't get into trouble by himself. It's a small vacation.
@@ladyfire44 Hal, Reese and Dewey - eccentric Malcolm, Francis and Lois - huge list of excuses of why the world is against them Hal, Dewey and Francis - a bit more gentle in their approach, defense mechanism Lois, Reese and Malcolm - go full on nuclear, from 0 to 100 in a mater of seconds
This was such a brilliant show. Haven't seen anything like it or anything that can be compared to it. Brilliant acting from the entire cast and brilliant writers.
the way everyone in this family is technically a genius but their personalities hold them back. even lois and hal are shown to be geniuses at things 😭😭
I don’t think lois was smart, she constantly and purposely made decisions that held the family back. She thought she knew everything, when in reality she was just a clueless person and her only claimed prerequisite for intelligence was being a mom and a cashier at a store lol
@@DanielBowens Lois was definitely very intelligent. she constantly outsmarted her family many, many times. she even managed to manipulate jessica (who is a genius manipulator herself) into controlling the boys. she’s also very intelligent, she completely dismantled malcolm’s paper on Wuthering Heights in seconds and also analyzed that book for her book club.
I love how at 8:11 it's a real baby and then in the next shot it's a doll with the hat pulled down over its face so you don't notice too much, and then how they have a bunch of creative camera angles that blocks out the high chair so they don't need to have the baby in the shot more than necessary.
Sometimes a tv show will linger a bit too long on a shot with a fake baby, and it's like, "Cut away, quick! That kid hasn't even twitched in 45 seconds!"
This is one of the things I love about this show, the characters get expanded on as the seasons continue. Dewey definitely was an "annoying little brother" type character at the start and that's good and funny, but over time he discovered his talents and even became a relatively well rounded and moral person considering his circumstances. Honestly later season Dewey is probably my favorite character in the whole series.
Especially since Dewey was the best candidate to be US President. Malcolm was too self-absorbed and egotistical with no people skills. He'd likely have lost, then faked his death and change his name Cody Banks.
Mad respect to him playing tea party to get a toy he wants. Then I completely lost it when his brothers threatened to burn his beloved bear thing…it was funnier when no words were spoken.
Closest to that tea party trick I ever came as a kid, was ask for the thing I wanted... then ask for something much more big ticket. I'd usually get the original request to shut me up about the bigger one. Tricks like that don't work for girls like they do for boys. Aside from that I could easily get my pick of *any* pair of girl shoes in my size by just asking for a boys' pair instead. Or I could always get the cute sleeveless summer top by asking for a boys' t-shirt. But generally, playing with or asking for boy toys wasn't a way to get the girl things I actually wanted... not that I ever wanted any, I was a bit of a tomboy anyway.
Lois reminds me so much of my mom. My younger brother used to pick on me a lot when we were kids, and I wouldn’t ever fight back, and my mom knew this, so on the rare occasions I did do something to him, she would usually let it slide.
Dewey was a genius who was destined to become one of the country's most powerful men in order to support Malcolm's successful presidency campaign, allowing him to continue to shape the future behind the scenes.
Thing is that out of Hal and Lois' sons, Dewey was the best candidate to be a US president. He has the brains, skills and compassion to do the job very well. Dewey can relate to the lower-income families because he came from one and knows how to deal with the issues. It helps that he has good people skills and can make smart decisions. Dewey would've been the US president everyone needed because he would've made the rich pay their dues, help the lower class out of the poverty line and make sound decisions in regards to foreign powers. Hal and Lois pooled their faith in the wrong kid. Malcolm's problem was his egotistical and self-absorbed nature. Even if he won the presidency, he would've still end up disappointing Hal and Lois by being a bad one because he bought his way there using Stevie's family money. Malcolm would've screwed his family over by supporting the rich just to prove his point that he doesn't care about them or anyone else except himself. Proving that even though he's a genius, Malcolm is reckless and lacks empathy similar to Reese.
@@ladyfire44 disagree malcolm is just a young child then Teen in the show whos need to be a child and then later hormones make him do daft things that most do growing up over all but most of us a lot worse. He still works very hard and is very caring and mature. Looked to episodes where Hal loses his dad and he initial recognises this amd tries to stop hal buying them all everything. Or not having sex with a drunk girl
Have you forgotten that most of the things Malcolm does was for his own benefit? He usually has to learn his lessons the hard way because of his ego. Hormones had nothing to do with it. During the earlier seasons, Malcolm used to be a normal kid who had friends. Once he was revealed to be a genius, it ruined him because Lois soon took control of his life and thus starting him on a road to his egotism. Malcolm has shown he is just as reckless and lacking empathy as Reese only in different ways. His downfall has always been his selfishness, arrogance, egotism and his need to overanalyze everything.
Except Francis, Reese, Dewey and Jamie got the last laugh against Lois in the final season. 1. Francis never told her about the employment he has at Amerysis Computer Enterprises and only enjoyed tormenting by telling her that he's still unemployed. 2. Reese also enjoyed tormenting Lois by not caring about his future and she eventually gave up on trying to motivate him to be more than the delinquent he is. Maybe he accepted that his life would be nothing more than a pile of garbage and will always be. However, like Craig, that doesn't mean Reese can't enjoy the heck out of it. This is why Hal made arrangements with Mr. Hodges to have him be a janitor at his former high school. 3. Dewey and Jamie hid their bad reports to the neighbors about them as Lois was freaking out over her pregnancy again. The only person that Lois was able to beat was Malcolm because she knew how spiteful he was to her the most and made no attempt to hide it. No one stood up for him mainly because of his behavior and it forced him to follow the path she wanted him on.
He is a good example in a way that you don't have to define yourself to people in a certain way, just make the most of the least you have and be yourself.
Malcolm's intelligence was frequently on display. Starting with Season 1, do you not remember him freaking out his family with those extensive mathematical calculations? Or, when Mr. Herkabe first arrived, Malcolm used his intelligence to destroy Herkabe's system, by making the whole class go crazy? Those are just a couple of examples among many others, but the show liked to display Malcolm's vulnerability, creating moments of conflict and (hopeful) personal growth, especially when he became an older teenager.
With the problem being that Malcolm's own ego and selfish nature that was holding him back from actually appreciating it. Dewey pointed out his own shortcomings because he expected an easy grade and his flunking the class showed otherwise that he needs to humble down.
@@ebro8655 I grew up on this, wild boys, wildcratz, some wwe little bit of robot chicken later on and some spongebob and Ben ten mainly I loved watching but was also disgusted with the jackass and wild boys films, it was like a trip cause I only got to see it once a week same for Malcolm in the middle, episode cuts, and the show would continue within a week with week so long to wait so when it came on we al sat down to watch it
He is a genius at messing with his family's head. The best one is when Dewy wishes Reece to dissappear. The scene starts with Dewy explaining everything he knows about the model ship he had just finished when all of the sudden Reece smashes it, setting Dewy to wish him to dissappear. I believe Dewy built that ship to get Reece to smash it so he can mess with his head through out the episode.
In the last episode, its stated by Luis and Hal that Dewey gets to just coast through life and everything always goes well, I think this is why they say it
There was also the time he laid out an entire scavenger hunt for his parents uskng only Hal's wallet and some willing strangers. Best part, it wasn't even for himself. He just wanted to make sure his parents gave his little brother more than 0 attention.
@@christophergarza210 Oh! Well then; I thought you meant it was a scam. That's what it means out here, anyway; score one for language barriers, huh? :D
I still can't stop laughing at Lois letting Dewey torment Reese on the box. Was she trying to get Reese to learn a lesson about stupid plans? For Dewey to get back at him for all the bullying she wasn't able to stop? To get him to appreciate her housework more? As a punishment deserving of the atrocious acts with cats Reese has committed? Maybe a combination of all?
Just seemed like the kind of thing that wasn't really going to hurt and may actually help, is my guess. Reese, remember, has the empathy of a tree frog.
After all she's done to raise the four boys with so little resources, she's just too tired to really care about the ethics of the situation. You can see that she knows she should care, but she just doesn't have the emotional energy. That's why she is the way she is as a parent.
I never watched the show but based on these clips, Dewey seems like a psychology genius. I don’t know if that’s a term people actually use but let me explain. He is great at fooling people. He knows how to manipulate the mind and behavior of others to get what he wants. Sometimes to get an actual benefit, and sometimes just for the fun of it. Take the chocolate bars as an example. By simply having a rough idea of each target’s personality, he knew what their soft spots were and used them to his advantage. And what about the nanny scenes? He knew how the nanny perceived him, and again, used it to his advantage. I’ve read a lot of comments saying he’s a musical genius as well. So maybe both, again, I haven’t watched the show. Needless to say, I simply fell in love with how they wrote his character.
Thing is that Dewey is a rare combination of both book and street smarts. He makes the most of what he has from the little attention he gets from Hal and Lois, taking advantage of Reese's lack of intelligence and pointing out Malcolm's flaws with his overanalyzing, ego and selfish nature. Like Francis, Dewey saw the toxicity in his family. Unlike him, Dewey actually learned how to turn off mind to their behavior by not paying attention to it. Francis was crafty in getting himself into trouble with the law in order to be sent away to Marlin Academy.
Deberías ver la serie. Hasta en español tiene un cast de actores de doblaje increíble, la mayoría de chistes se entienden y sinceramente se siente muy natural.
one of my favorite aspects of this show is how much this show would never really try to invalidate their characters with other characters intelligence.
Dewey is both book and street smart, which is a rare combination. Malcolm was book smart, but lacks common sense and which rubbed off on him by Reese. Francis is street smart, crafty and a natural leader.
I think they were all highly intelligent, in their own ways. Malcolm had mostly book smarts. Dewey had book smarts, musical smarts, and he could manipulate anybody. Reese was a culinary prodigy. Francis had street smarts, social smarts, and a type a personality that benefitted him when he really put his mind to something. They all take after Hal, who was also incredibly intelligent, but he really presents as having ADHD, which I suspect Reese also had, and maybe Francis. Out of all of them, Dewey takes after Lois the most, with his manipulation and mind games. Francis got passive aggressiveness from her too.
Dewey was my favorite actor in this show everything he did was brilliant........ I have not seen this show in years would love to see again just dont have the time!!!!! 2 jobs.
Him and Reese were my favorites and made a great duo. Although they didn’t always get along, I feel like Dewey and Reese had the best love-hate relationship. Kind of like Kimmy and Stephanie from Full House
I think both Malcolm and Dewey were geniuses, Malcolm was on the more logical side and him being a narcissistic asshole didn't help his case... Meanwhile Dewey was more on the creative side, however he's manipulative (manipulated his mom's friend to make himself a party, manipulated Hall's friend when they sang in a little event to make them fight each other and many more times) but keeps a low profile, so he isn't perfect either.
Dewey was more logical and street in the later seasons. In the early two seasons, Malcolm was both book and street. I didn't like how they made him an egotistical jerk in the later seasons
There were plans for Malcolm to mature in season 4's Day Care after his stint in Mrs. Munson's support group. He realized there was more to life than complaining and grows up into his own person. Malcolm was supposed to keep the maturity during the last three seasons, while Reese continues becoming more egotistical and Dewey starts experimenting with his genius.
Malcolm was a science and math genius, Dewey was a musical and cunning genius...and Reese was a Culinary genius....I wonder what kind of genius were Jamie and Francis?
It might be too early to say, but Jamie is implied to be crafty like Dewey. He framed Reese for drawing on the walls and snuck into a neighbour's house to steal jewelry.
Francis was smart enough to recognize very early on how toxic the home environment was for raising a child. He deliberately got himself in as much trouble as he could because he wanted to be sent away.
I feel like Dewey is more flexible. He's able to roll with what he gets. On the other hand, Malcolm is smart, but he's so stubborn and spiteful that he ends up shooting himself in the foot at every turn.
Malcolm seemed to need the Krelboynes. His peers gave him more of a purpose, as the latter half of the show mainly involved Malcolm trying to appear cool (much more often than his younger self). I think he found that purpose again at college, as Francis was also needed to find his right environment to do well (at The Grotto, even if it involved some luck on his part)
Dewey is a creative genius Malcolm is a mathematical genius Reese is a culinary genius Francis and Hal are savants where they can pick up skills incredibly easy Jamie is some type of genius but we never found out
I love that all of them were gifted in a different way. In the beginning it was just Malcolm as the genius main character but then Dewey found the arts Reese found cooking, and even Francis found structure.
They should've done a 20 years later epilogue where Hal and Lois are watching the inauguration of the new US president and to their surprise, it's Dewey whom is the new US president. Watching more on how he improved the less fortunate lives, brought affordable housing units and universal healthcare, the shock turned to remorse. Hal and Lois sadly realized that they should've pooled their support for Dewey instead of Malcolm. He became the US president that everyone needed. He quit Harvard to spite them, rebelled against their plans and left his miserable family behind. Malcolm starts up his own pop-up company, is much more humble and happier in his new life because he doesn't have his family holding him back from his own happiness.
Malcolm was a science genius, Dewey was an artistic genius and Reece was a culinary genius.
And Francis was an antiLouis genius
The baby was the evil genius. Francis was able to pick stuff up pretty quickly. He learned how to run that ranch with little to no actual learning.
Dewey was also an emotional genius and knew how to manipulate people to get what he wanted. Definitely my favorite!
I'll always be mad Reese didn't became a chef by the end of the series
Each of them were genius. What about Francis?
The scene where Dewey made a literal organ out of junk and played a classic piece on it is hands down one of the best and most iconic scenes in the entire show.
Makes you think if his Talent is Engineering & Music.
If my kids were doing these things I'd be dead from a Aneurysm but proud to realise they could take care of themselves.......maybe not Reese.
@@TheMightsparrow Reese can cook. World class chef
The biggest classic is KOMODO 3000!
I loved that scene. Makeshift instruments made out of random junk always make me laugh.
Anyone recalls which season and episode was this?
Him throwing that brick out of his purse never fails to make me chuckle lmfao 😂
With that brick in the purse, I’m surprised it didn’t crack their skulls open
That's actually kind of stupid because he might need it later.
@@michaelabercrombie7698 . No they might think he still has the brick and avoid him.
@@ericortega1745 Trust me after that there's going to be retaliation.
@@michaelabercrombie7698 Nah he scared them enough. They ain't gonna mess with him after that.
Bully: Are you calling me a liar?
Dewey: no, I'm calling you an ambulance
Lmao
But not for -
Oh wait, that doesn't work here
No. A misinformed, misogynist moron is just as probable.
"You don't get to have fun and be rich and live in a luxury, that's Dewey's life"
-Lois to Malcolm
"Hey. Lay off the boys. You know you can be a real bitch sometimes. Either you seek therapy or we're done!"
-Hal to Lois
*Hal
Lois said it
Y'all forgetting my boy Hal. He's a chemistry genius.
And an amazing engineering genius
After Dewey got out the house he broke up with Louis and studied science got fucked over then ended up a chemistry teacher at a highschool the rest is history
@@coleeggg ah well that sucks, was hoping his occupation could be something musically related and live a lavish life :/
Wrong show man!
Guy did build a robot. He's like the representation of the common man who, when left to pursue their own goals, are able to accomplish much and achieve greatness
He is often neglected by his parents. Its having his three brothers as role models with Malcolm the genius, Reese the bully and Francis the conman that makes him who he is, all three rolled into one.
The Perfect Storm.
Oh damn, I never thought about it like this, but it makes total sense
It's great because in real life usually the youngest siblings get to learn from all their predecessors mistakes.
Oh wow, I never thought of this either. So true
Except, Dewey learned from the mistakes Malcolm and Reese made with him in their bullying him. He treated Jamie much better and developed a close bond with him. Malcolm's problem is his ego and self-absorbed nature. He uses his genius to cause others pain in their lives, which has caused him to lose friends and make everyone hate him. Reese's problem is his tendency to harm others for a good laugh and being an overall jerk about it. In a lot of ways, Malcolm and Reese are similar to each other. They're both reckless and lack empathy in their own way.
Francis learned a lot of life lessons after leaving Marlin Academy and working under Lavernia in Alaska and Otto in New Mexico. Late season 3 and Season 4 gave him the best development and had him grow up from his delinquent ways.
He was such a resourceful kid. Got the least attention from his parents, but turned out well, what a cutie.
The highlight of the entire show was the dynamic he shared with Hal, though
It really shows how smart he is but in a whole different way. He's very people smart which let him get away with a lot of things and to get what he wants. People compare him to Malcolm but you can't really compare them together since they're geniuses in their own ways
Deweys Birthday allmost broke my heart. I expect nothing and sstill get let down.
Goes to show how having the attention of certain people, may not be at your best interest.
I don't. The problem with Malcolm is his ego and his self-absorbed nature. There are also at times that he has shown to be just as reckless and lacking common sense as Reese unlike his earlier seasons' counterpart. Malcolm is only book smart.
Francis is crafty and street smart, along with him being a natural leader.
In addition to being a musical genius, Dewey is a rare combination of book and street smart. He has the brains and the common sense to go far in this world.
I always felt bad for Dewey. Out of all the kids he was ignored by his parents the most. He was also the most moral. I loved how he stayed in the special needs class to help the other students and he was nice to his younger brother, Jamie and broke the cycle of violence.
He learned from the mistakes of Malcolm and Reese who prioritized bullying and fights over bonding. Like Francis, Dewey saw how toxic the Wilkersons are to each other. Unlike him, Dewey at least, can ignore that and pretend they don't exist. Francis took his anger out on the family, especially Lois.
Wait, their last name is the Wilkersons?! I've been trying to find out their last name for years, and I've never successfully found it.
He didn't break the cycle. There's a funny scene where Francis tells Dewey that he can break the cycle with Jamie, then Dewey says "How's that fair?", then Francis agrees with him lol
@REDEEMERWOLF and yet he is still a better brother than Malcolm and Reese combined. I think part of the reason is because Francis is actually a pretty good older brother to Dewey, and that is what truly broke the cycle.
"most moral" dude was buying new fish every day when the old ones died from neglect so he could trick his parents into getting what he wanted, tricks old lady into giving him money for overpriced candy bars by telling her that they're for a 13yo baby mama
Dewy was truly a genius. He was a self taught musician and had more emotional intelligence then any of the others in the show.
But he was schizophrenic.
His bigger issue was that he used all of that for self serving purposes
I think hal and all the boys were geniuses. They all were incredibly resourceful, intelligent, innovative and thoughtful as funny as it sounds. Their only real drawback was their anger and rage and recklessness. It’s a great example for all of us, we all hold so much intelligence but we commonly throw it away just to be reactive
Remember when Hal and his wife gave up sex and they became “pristine” people of society
So only the male characters were geniuses? Lois got the best of all them- if anything she was the mastermind.
But poor. It's a bad combination. :(
Damn
lois was so conniving. literally a mastermind i loveeeee evil women!! don’t forget the female characters king😱😱
All of the kids are geniuses. Reese is an excellent cook. Malcolm is an academic star. Dewey can play any instrument he looks at. Francis is a natural leader. Jamie is a future super villain.
And the dad is a pro-level roller skate dancer and power walker.
@@cvdinjapan7935 and artist if I remember correctly
@@cvdinjapan7935 And engineer, as seen in S1, episode 14
Lois is a controlling genius to everyone except Francis and Jamie
@@truedarkness4052Yup. Hal's building of the killer robot says he's a mechanical genius.
I love how Lois become rather impressed by Dewey's Traveling to China scheme on Reese and just accepts it.
Because she knew Dewey was helping her punish Reese from inside that box. Thus, she doesn't need to make it worse for him.
@ C Miller
This is unrelated to the topic, but I’ve noticed that Reese and Dewey both take after Hal’s weird and eccentric ways. While Malcolm and Francis take after Lois’s moody defensive ways.
I thought it was Francis and Dewey who took after Hal and Malcolm and Reese took after Lois.
Because it's like free babysitting. Dewie keeps himself occupied while she doesn't need to worry about Reese getting into trouble. At least no trouble that she doesn't know of. And Malcolm usually doesn't get into trouble by himself. It's a small vacation.
@@ladyfire44
Hal, Reese and Dewey - eccentric
Malcolm, Francis and Lois - huge list of excuses of why the world is against them
Hal, Dewey and Francis - a bit more gentle in their approach, defense mechanism
Lois, Reese and Malcolm - go full on nuclear, from 0 to 100 in a mater of seconds
Dewey was so smart that he could play a gameboy without a game
I just noticed xd
@fidelgarcia2224 dude probably modded it and installed a chip with all his "backups" on it.
I noticed that too.
The fact Lois was ok with Dewey messing with Reese having him think he’s on his way to China is gold
She knew Dewey punished Reese enough by leaving him in that box to torture him. Hence, Lois let him off the hook.
Reese had food water and air, so he’d survive.
Wasn’t like Dewey was using him for a piñata
She was probably thinking "well, Reese is out of my hair and the police aren't involved..."
This was such a brilliant show. Haven't seen anything like it or anything that can be compared to it. Brilliant acting from the entire cast and brilliant writers.
ya. hands down probably one of the best shows ever
Raising Hope is definitely a spiritual successor
Agreed, best show ever in my opinion…
nowadays good things get canceled after a season or two
Family Guy was better
the way everyone in this family is technically a genius but their personalities hold them back.
even lois and hal are shown to be geniuses at things 😭😭
Hal got his in the end tho. Sure he changed his name to heisenburg and destroyed his poor assistants life but he showed the world in the end.
I don’t think lois was smart, she constantly and purposely made decisions that held the family back. She thought she knew everything, when in reality she was just a clueless person and her only claimed prerequisite for intelligence was being a mom and a cashier at a store lol
@@DanielBowens Lois was definitely very intelligent. she constantly outsmarted her family many, many times. she even managed to manipulate jessica (who is a genius manipulator herself) into controlling the boys. she’s also very intelligent, she completely dismantled malcolm’s paper on Wuthering Heights in seconds and also analyzed that book for her book club.
@@DanielBowens also what does being a mom and a cashier have to do with her level of intelligence?
why do u hateeee lois. is this projection
His whimpers and cries sound so genuine. Reminds me of me when I was a little biotch
No
Little Biotch😂
I love how at 8:11 it's a real baby and then in the next shot it's a doll with the hat pulled down over its face so you don't notice too much, and then how they have a bunch of creative camera angles that blocks out the high chair so they don't need to have the baby in the shot more than necessary.
Sometimes a tv show will linger a bit too long on a shot with a fake baby, and it's like, "Cut away, quick! That kid hasn't even twitched in 45 seconds!"
This is one of the things I love about this show, the characters get expanded on as the seasons continue. Dewey definitely was an "annoying little brother" type character at the start and that's good and funny, but over time he discovered his talents and even became a relatively well rounded and moral person considering his circumstances. Honestly later season Dewey is probably my favorite character in the whole series.
He begins to see the real shape of the world in a way that I don't think even his parents could.
Ngl later season Dewey is really unfunny and comes off as snobbish that’s why him and Malcom are just boring
"Just go easy on him, you're a lot smarter than he is"
Malcolm: Book intelligence
Dewey: Music intelligence
Reese: Cooking intelligence
Francis: Strategic intelligence
and Hal was the Meth Genius
@@hay_sky breaking bad series
Francis could also manipulate people into thinking a clearly dumb idea is good
@@redes9529 that’s strategic intelligence
Lois: Black Ops intelligence
- the last thing where he made his own damn piano out of random stuff would definitely make him a genius.
They force all their energy and money on the wrong kid.
Given the sacs and pumping action, I really think it's more accurately characterized as an organ. But point taken.
@@Joshua-ew6ks when u have kids meaning more then one..... in case u don't know that lol. u treat them equally!
@@sadrevolution It's literally a pipe organ made from asorted pipes.
Especially since Dewey was the best candidate to be US President. Malcolm was too self-absorbed and egotistical with no people skills. He'd likely have lost, then faked his death and change his name Cody Banks.
I loved his line in the season when Jamie was born “all I ever had was being the youngest, now I don’t even have that.”
Dewey sold tf outta them candy bars Lol!
"F- Nine fifty." LOL
Mad respect to him playing tea party to get a toy he wants.
Then I completely lost it when his brothers threatened to burn his beloved bear thing…it was funnier when no words were spoken.
Closest to that tea party trick I ever came as a kid, was ask for the thing I wanted... then ask for something much more big ticket. I'd usually get the original request to shut me up about the bigger one.
Tricks like that don't work for girls like they do for boys. Aside from that I could easily get my pick of *any* pair of girl shoes in my size by just asking for a boys' pair instead. Or I could always get the cute sleeveless summer top by asking for a boys' t-shirt. But generally, playing with or asking for boy toys wasn't a way to get the girl things I actually wanted... not that I ever wanted any, I was a bit of a tomboy anyway.
"Can he breathe in there?"
"He's still making noises."
"And he's got food and water?"
"Yeah."
"Well okay"
Still gets me every time 🤣🤣
For me it the shrug, walks off.
Well in all fairness it was keeping Reese out of her hair for a while.
Lois reminds me so much of my mom. My younger brother used to pick on me a lot when we were kids, and I wouldn’t ever fight back, and my mom knew this, so on the rare occasions I did do something to him, she would usually let it slide.
It's funny how Lois wasn't bothered if he stayed in the box
So long as he's safe and out of her hair
Dewey was a genius who was destined to become one of the country's most powerful men in order to support Malcolm's successful presidency campaign, allowing him to continue to shape the future behind the scenes.
Thing is that out of Hal and Lois' sons, Dewey was the best candidate to be a US president. He has the brains, skills and compassion to do the job very well. Dewey can relate to the lower-income families because he came from one and knows how to deal with the issues. It helps that he has good people skills and can make smart decisions. Dewey would've been the US president everyone needed because he would've made the rich pay their dues, help the lower class out of the poverty line and make sound decisions in regards to foreign powers.
Hal and Lois pooled their faith in the wrong kid. Malcolm's problem was his egotistical and self-absorbed nature. Even if he won the presidency, he would've still end up disappointing Hal and Lois by being a bad one because he bought his way there using Stevie's family money. Malcolm would've screwed his family over by supporting the rich just to prove his point that he doesn't care about them or anyone else except himself. Proving that even though he's a genius, Malcolm is reckless and lacks empathy similar to Reese.
@@ladyfire44 Dewey also stayed in the special Ed class to help protect them and actually teach them since the teacher wasn’t.
@@ladyfire44 disagree malcolm is just a young child then Teen in the show whos need to be a child and then later hormones make him do daft things that most do growing up over all but most of us a lot worse. He still works very hard and is very caring and mature. Looked to episodes where Hal loses his dad and he initial recognises this amd tries to stop hal buying them all everything. Or not having sex with a drunk girl
Have you forgotten that most of the things Malcolm does was for his own benefit? He usually has to learn his lessons the hard way because of his ego. Hormones had nothing to do with it. During the earlier seasons, Malcolm used to be a normal kid who had friends. Once he was revealed to be a genius, it ruined him because Lois soon took control of his life and thus starting him on a road to his egotism.
Malcolm has shown he is just as reckless and lacking empathy as Reese only in different ways. His downfall has always been his selfishness, arrogance, egotism and his need to overanalyze everything.
My favorite Dewey moment: when he throws his lunchbox in the wood chipper. Absolute legend.
I watch this show religiously.. one of my only few joys. Best series ever
Malcolm - conventional "genius"
Reese - selective genius
Dewey - Evil Genius
Francis?
Louis smarter then all of them
Except Francis, Reese, Dewey and Jamie got the last laugh against Lois in the final season.
1. Francis never told her about the employment he has at Amerysis Computer Enterprises and only enjoyed tormenting by telling her that he's still unemployed.
2. Reese also enjoyed tormenting Lois by not caring about his future and she eventually gave up on trying to motivate him to be more than the delinquent he is. Maybe he accepted that his life would be nothing more than a pile of garbage and will always be. However, like Craig, that doesn't mean Reese can't enjoy the heck out of it. This is why Hal made arrangements with Mr. Hodges to have him be a janitor at his former high school.
3. Dewey and Jamie hid their bad reports to the neighbors about them as Lois was freaking out over her pregnancy again.
The only person that Lois was able to beat was Malcolm because she knew how spiteful he was to her the most and made no attempt to hide it. No one stood up for him mainly because of his behavior and it forced him to follow the path she wanted him on.
Lois's reaction to finding Reese in the crate was just...priceless.
I think every single mother can relate to it.
The fact that after finding out Reece is totally ok…. She’s just. ….alright…. An shrugs it off. 😂
He is a good example in a way that you don't have to define yourself to people in a certain way, just make the most of the least you have and be yourself.
My favorite character. The secret genius. I wish we would have seen more of his career as a musician.
When Dewey pulled a brick out of the bag he used on those kids, i was like "holy shit."
Please! If there's a show that needs a reunion is this. The chemestry behind this ''fake'' family is the best thing that has ever come out of TV.
So true. It's really incredible.
Totally agree.. realist family ever. Best show ever
Erik Per Sullivan has already repeatedly been absent from cast reunions…
@Turd Ferguson Turd I miss you 😢 Tell Norm I said hi
Heard that Hal is working on it now
The show constantantly told us Malolm was a genius, but rarely gave us much of a glimpse. They actually showed us Deweys intelligence.
They showed everyone’s intelligence what are you talking about??
They also showed how egotistical and self-absorbed Malcolm is during the show's run.
@@ladyfire44 thats the whole family outside dewey really! massive ego battles
Malcolm's intelligence was frequently on display. Starting with Season 1, do you not remember him freaking out his family with those extensive mathematical calculations? Or, when Mr. Herkabe first arrived, Malcolm used his intelligence to destroy Herkabe's system, by making the whole class go crazy?
Those are just a couple of examples among many others, but the show liked to display Malcolm's vulnerability, creating moments of conflict and (hopeful) personal growth, especially when he became an older teenager.
Malcolm was often shown as being the most intelligence in academics. His own narcissism, anxiety and neuroticism held him back.
Dewey was an artist. He could play piano and had to teach Malcolm music appreciation
With the problem being that Malcolm's own ego and selfish nature that was holding him back from actually appreciating it. Dewey pointed out his own shortcomings because he expected an easy grade and his flunking the class showed otherwise that he needs to humble down.
The brick in the backpack killed me 😂😂
Dude! Dewey is a legend. I mean did you here the way the babysitter said come to bed. Like bro 😂😂😂
Still one of the best shows ever! They dont make them like this anymore
Glad I grew up with stuff like this rather than stuff on tv atm
@@ebro8655 I grew up on this, wild boys, wildcratz, some wwe little bit of robot chicken later on and some spongebob and Ben ten mainly I loved watching but was also disgusted with the jackass and wild boys films, it was like a trip cause I only got to see it once a week same for Malcolm in the middle, episode cuts, and the show would continue within a week with week so long to wait so when it came on we al sat down to watch it
8:13 so Jamie's special skill is to transform into a baby doll every now and then
You notice it, right. I thought I'm the only one.
i noticed it too hahah
They can only have so much screen time with babies until they have to put them back or give them back to his or her parents
@@aggressivesewerpipe6290 well, yes, and I'm glad it is like that, but still looks funny
The hitting himself and crying out thing to get mom's wrath on his brother was genius.
Yh I love that scene.. but its actually malcolm who told him to do it lol
I did it as a kid in the 80's, when I saw Dewey do it, I laught so hard.
Probably the best show that’s ever been on television it still comes on everyday and I watch it
He is a genius at messing with his family's head. The best one is when Dewy wishes Reece to dissappear. The scene starts with Dewy explaining everything he knows about the model ship he had just finished when all of the sudden Reece smashes it, setting Dewy to wish him to dissappear. I believe Dewy built that ship to get Reece to smash it so he can mess with his head through out the episode.
Dewey made a piano out of his stuff at home. If this were for real and on TH-cam in the old days, he'd be famous and a millionaire.
In the last episode, its stated by Luis and Hal that Dewey gets to just coast through life and everything always goes well, I think this is why they say it
6:12 i remember the first time watching this and screamed look no game cartridge. I was by myself watching this gem 😂
10:52 the smiles from the 2 LEO made my day!
One of the best shows ever.
There was also the time he laid out an entire scavenger hunt for his parents uskng only Hal's wallet and some willing strangers.
Best part, it wasn't even for himself.
He just wanted to make sure his parents gave his little brother more than 0 attention.
The scene where he closes the door slowly on his brothers. SAVAGE.
I have watched this show like 7 times and it’s still hilarious
He is sure a resourceful master manipulator 👏🤣
Okay I admit it, I’ve never watched Malcolm in the middle before. All these recent clips have inspired me it looks hilarious!
Bit annoying that it’s on the all4 page but you can’t watch them on all4 🤦♂️
It’s on Hulu if you have that
I like how all the children are geniuses in their own right.
What stood out to me is how much Dewey and Reese take after Hal while Malcom and Francis take after Lois.
This show is underrated. I mean everyone know it's genius, but it's more than genius, it's LIFE
Slowly closes the door with a smirk on his face 😂🤣
I admire Dewey, Dewey is nice, funny, cool, caring, and a lovely good caring human being.
They missed the scene where Dewey becomes a busker and gets hundreds of dollars doing a magic/contortion act in the city square.
The Great El Foldo. That was hilarious.
Lol, Manyee Dewy was straight hustling them tourist folk!😂
@@christophergarza210 Hustling? Nah. It was a damned good act. When that box fell away and he was gone, I was shocked.
@@vsgfilmgroup well I agree, it’s just from where I’m from hustling doesn’t have to mean scamming. He was getting it on his own the right way.
@@christophergarza210 Oh! Well then; I thought you meant it was a scam. That's what it means out here, anyway; score one for language barriers, huh? :D
I still can't stop laughing at Lois letting Dewey torment Reese on the box. Was she trying to get Reese to learn a lesson about stupid plans? For Dewey to get back at him for all the bullying she wasn't able to stop? To get him to appreciate her housework more? As a punishment deserving of the atrocious acts with cats Reese has committed?
Maybe a combination of all?
Maybe she just wanted some peace for a while ...
Just seemed like the kind of thing that wasn't really going to hurt and may actually help, is my guess. Reese, remember, has the empathy of a tree frog.
After all she's done to raise the four boys with so little resources, she's just too tired to really care about the ethics of the situation. You can see that she knows she should care, but she just doesn't have the emotional energy. That's why she is the way she is as a parent.
@@nemeart yep. She's still in uniform, too. I think she saw a quiet afternoon and didn't want to mess with a good thing.
I never watched the show but based on these clips, Dewey seems like a psychology genius. I don’t know if that’s a term people actually use but let me explain. He is great at fooling people. He knows how to manipulate the mind and behavior of others to get what he wants. Sometimes to get an actual benefit, and sometimes just for the fun of it. Take the chocolate bars as an example. By simply having a rough idea of each target’s personality, he knew what their soft spots were and used them to his advantage. And what about the nanny scenes? He knew how the nanny perceived him, and again, used it to his advantage. I’ve read a lot of comments saying he’s a musical genius as well. So maybe both, again, I haven’t watched the show. Needless to say, I simply fell in love with how they wrote his character.
Thing is that Dewey is a rare combination of both book and street smarts. He makes the most of what he has from the little attention he gets from Hal and Lois, taking advantage of Reese's lack of intelligence and pointing out Malcolm's flaws with his overanalyzing, ego and selfish nature. Like Francis, Dewey saw the toxicity in his family. Unlike him, Dewey actually learned how to turn off mind to their behavior by not paying attention to it. Francis was crafty in getting himself into trouble with the law in order to be sent away to Marlin Academy.
Deberías ver la serie. Hasta en español tiene un cast de actores de doblaje increíble, la mayoría de chistes se entienden y sinceramente se siente muy natural.
You should watch the show before you analyze the character
There are no words that can describe how criminally intelligent Dewey is 🤣
I dont know how I got here but I didnt expect to laugh this much.😂😂 The way Dewey closed his door with the babysitter 😂😂😂
one of my favorite aspects of this show is how much this show would never really try to invalidate their characters with other characters intelligence.
Everyone saying Dewey was an artistic genius but this kid is just a genius.
Dewey is both book and street smart, which is a rare combination.
Malcolm was book smart, but lacks common sense and which rubbed off on him by Reese.
Francis is street smart, crafty and a natural leader.
@@ladyfire44 And Reese is neither street smart nor book smart!
@@Dubanx but he’s a culinary genius
Despite it, Reese has shown time over time that he is reckless and lacks the smarts to know better.
I think they were all highly intelligent, in their own ways. Malcolm had mostly book smarts. Dewey had book smarts, musical smarts, and he could manipulate anybody. Reese was a culinary prodigy. Francis had street smarts, social smarts, and a type a personality that benefitted him when he really put his mind to something. They all take after Hal, who was also incredibly intelligent, but he really presents as having ADHD, which I suspect Reese also had, and maybe Francis. Out of all of them, Dewey takes after Lois the most, with his manipulation and mind games. Francis got passive aggressiveness from her too.
Reese and Malcolm take after Lois's aggressive behavior.
Lmao when Dewey whacks that kid in the face it cracks me up everytime!
Dewey was always my favorite and the funniest 😂 😂😂
Dewey was my favorite actor in this show everything he did was brilliant........ I have not seen this show in years would love to see again just dont have the time!!!!! 2 jobs.
Him and Reese were my favorites and made a great duo. Although they didn’t always get along, I feel like Dewey and Reese had the best love-hate relationship. Kind of like Kimmy and Stephanie from Full House
One of the best shows ever my child hood
I think both Malcolm and Dewey were geniuses, Malcolm was on the more logical side and him being a narcissistic asshole didn't help his case... Meanwhile Dewey was more on the creative side, however he's manipulative (manipulated his mom's friend to make himself a party, manipulated Hall's friend when they sang in a little event to make them fight each other and many more times) but keeps a low profile, so he isn't perfect either.
It was confirmed in the show that Dewey is also a genius like Malcolm.
Dewey was more logical and street in the later seasons. In the early two seasons, Malcolm was both book and street. I didn't like how they made him an egotistical jerk in the later seasons
@@ladyfire44 I think Malcolm’s transformation was kinda reasonable. Not healthy, but I can see why he developed the way he did.
There were plans for Malcolm to mature in season 4's Day Care after his stint in Mrs. Munson's support group. He realized there was more to life than complaining and grows up into his own person. Malcolm was supposed to keep the maturity during the last three seasons, while Reese continues becoming more egotistical and Dewey starts experimenting with his genius.
Yes he’s a genius and the best part is he uses his power for good to help others! He was the best.
I'm surprised that Dewey doesn't have his own company.
Malcolm was a science and math genius, Dewey was a musical and cunning genius...and Reese was a Culinary genius....I wonder what kind of genius were Jamie and Francis?
Francis was a social genius
And Hal was engineer genius
It might be too early to say, but Jamie is implied to be crafty like Dewey. He framed Reese for drawing on the walls and snuck into a neighbour's house to steal jewelry.
@@mustafasaifuddin7831 yeah he made some pretty look stuff
Francis was smart enough to recognize very early on how toxic the home environment was for raising a child. He deliberately got himself in as much trouble as he could because he wanted to be sent away.
Definitely my favourite character... Subtle and manipulative but they all deserve it.
He's truly a product of his environment. Reese paid in but had no idea what kind of interest he'd be withdrawing once Dewey grew up a bit.
@Levacque sowed the wind sort of deal I suppose.
I love dewie so much. Malcolm in the middle was such a great show
10:34 Hal gets arrested for possession of meth
the show did such a bad job at showing Malcolm’s genius in the later seasons lmao dewey seemed far smarter
Dewey is smarter and the little one even more
I think they did a great job making the boys geniuses in different ways
I feel like Dewey is more flexible. He's able to roll with what he gets. On the other hand, Malcolm is smart, but he's so stubborn and spiteful that he ends up shooting himself in the foot at every turn.
Malcolm seemed to need the Krelboynes. His peers gave him more of a purpose, as the latter half of the show mainly involved Malcolm trying to appear cool (much more often than his younger self).
I think he found that purpose again at college, as Francis was also needed to find his right environment to do well (at The Grotto, even if it involved some luck on his part)
Malcolm lacks the emotional intelligence that Dewey has.
2:19 that scream is forever ingrained within me
This kid is going places. Probably federal prison at some point for scamming the wrong person out of their life savings. But places.
Con artist or politician
🤣🤣🤣
Probably US president given the skills he learned at a young age and is much better at dealing with people than Malcolm is.
1:50 I laughed so hard when I first saw this years ago. The brick was the cherry on top.
I love how Lois just leaves Reese in the box. I guess in there he's not making noise or trouble.
Dewey is unstoppable 😂
Dewey is a creative genius
Malcolm is a mathematical genius
Reese is a culinary genius
Francis and Hal are savants where they can pick up skills incredibly easy
Jamie is some type of genius but we never found out
Jamie is a future Villain or something like that
Francis is more street smart and a natural leader. Thus in his future, he could get promoted for a managerial job as Amerisys and like the work.
I love that all of them were gifted in a different way. In the beginning it was just Malcolm as the genius main character but then Dewey found the arts Reese found cooking, and even Francis found structure.
Dewey was my favorite part of the show!
Dewey is so smart he managed to mod a gameboy to play games without a cartridge! 6:12
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I never noticed that lol
Downloads
I was thinking that when I saw it lol
only a genius could get a Gameboy running with no game inside it 6:11
4:05 “why don’t you send the fish on a trip to Belize”
The fish bit was hilarious and perfect!
I wonder if the dead fish Hal either got or bought from the pet store was one Dewey had let die ?!
I loveeeee the episode where he gaslights Lois by mildly inconveniencing her
I know that I love this show, but sometimes I forget just how much I love it! ❤️
I love how proud Hal looks when they find Dewey playing the junk organ
I love it when Dewey has the wrost life 😆😂😅
Dewey was a social genius and an artistic genius. Social in the sense he can read people and knows what’s up and knows how to fit into the dynamics
He was always my favourite. His scenes always cracked me up.
No wonder Hal said Dewey’s going to have the easy rich life when he grows up in the finale.
They should've done a 20 years later epilogue where Hal and Lois are watching the inauguration of the new US president and to their surprise, it's Dewey whom is the new US president. Watching more on how he improved the less fortunate lives, brought affordable housing units and universal healthcare, the shock turned to remorse. Hal and Lois sadly realized that they should've pooled their support for Dewey instead of Malcolm. He became the US president that everyone needed.
He quit Harvard to spite them, rebelled against their plans and left his miserable family behind. Malcolm starts up his own pop-up company, is much more humble and happier in his new life because he doesn't have his family holding him back from his own happiness.
8:13 …That is obviously a toy and not Jaime 😂😂😂
The real genius of the show wasn't Malcolm. It was Dewey.
Yep, true
It's really both. Malcolm was just written as a fool more often in the later seasons
@@Joe_Parmesan reece was also a food genius
Most of Malcolm's recklessness and foolish behavior rubbed off on him by Reese.
they did one without Malcolm, and it was just called the middle , show wasn't nearly as good