Writer:	Michael Glouberman
Director:	Peter Lauer
Star:	Erik Per Sullivan (Dewey Wilkerson),  Frankie Muniz (Malcolm Wilkerson),  Jane Kaczmarek (Lois Wilkerson),  Justin Berfield (Reese Wilkerson),  Bryan Cranston (Hal Wilkerson)
Recurring Role:	David Anthony Higgins (Craig)
Guest Star:	Nestor Serrano (Voice of Pig Prosecutor),  Mildred Dumas (Elderly Woman),  Tara Lipinski (Carrie),  Michael Berger (Voice of Cow Judge),  Alec Medlock (Kid)

Cold Open: Dewey brings a mouse home, but Lois makes him get rid of it because she doesn't allow animals in the house. Dewey goes into his room and feeds his snake the mouse. (edit) This episode originally aired out of production order. (edit)

Lois: Dig in, everybody! (puts a platter of steaming disturbing meat in front of Hal)
Hal: What kind of meat is that?
Reese: Don't knock it! This is the stuff that keeps the cow from falling apart. (takes some of the meat while Jamie covers his eyes) (edit) Hal: So, what's new and exciting down at the old meat packing plant?
Reese: Tons! They have me back on the floor where all the action is. And they upgraded to the new Slaughter Bot! Now it has six chainsaw arms and it doesn't get jammed in the horns anymore!
Hal: ...uh-huh.
Dewey: And you people wonder why I wake up screaming all the time. (edit) Cow Judge: I've heard enough! You make me sick to my stomachs. I say he's guilty! How does the jury find?
Sheep Jury: (all of them with sheep voices) Guilty!
Reese: That's not fair! They're just following you like sheep!
Cow Judge: You have been found guilty by a jury of your food. I sentence you to be lightly seared and served with a cajun peppercorn sauce.
(Reese screams as the cattle is after him, then wakes up from his dream) (edit) Pig Prosecutor: Your Honor, I'd like to present some evidence. I warn you, these photographs are extremely graphic.
(a chicken turns on a projector presenting a slide show, the first picture is a plate full of eggs, sausage, and bacon, all the animals get shocked)
Reese: What?! That's just my breakfast.
(the same chicken changes slides, showing two pictures of Reese putting meat in the oven and then carving it on two other shots)
Reese: Is anyone else getting hungry? (edit) Malcolm: (to the camera) Okay, so I lied and destroyed a man so I can go to a concert. I'll get him a t-shirt. (edit)

This is the third time someone is saved by an animal(s) that is associated with Reese. Here, Craig was knocked down by a herd of cows (which were freed by Reese) just when he was about to make the biggest mistake of his life. The first is from Season 4-1 "Zoo," where Malcolm and Dewey were saved from being eaten by tigers when Reese threw the goat he was fighting with into the tigers' den. The next was Season 6-20 "Stilts," where Reese got too wasted from taking too many pills and stole a horse. It saved Malcolm from being beaten up by a former Lucky Aide employee. (edit) This episode draws a conclusion to the long-running storyline of Craig's lovesickness towards Lois. (edit) This is the final episode we get to see the Lucky Aide with Malcolm, Lois, and Craig working there. (edit) Lois is still driving the old van, even though she won a new truck in the previous episode, "Bomb Shelter." (edit) In this episode, Reese is back at his meatpacking job. However, in the previous episode, he becomes a telemarketer. (edit)

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