Writer:	Dan Kopelman
Director:	Ken Kwapis
Star:	Jane Kaczmarek (Lois Wilkerson),  Bryan Cranston (Hal Wilkerson),  Christopher Masterson (Francis Wilkerson),  Justin Berfield (Reese Wilkerson),  Erik Per Sullivan (Dewey Wilkerson),  Frankie Muniz (Malcolm Wikerson)
Recurring Role:	Brenda Wehle (Lavernia),  Sandy Ward (Pete),  Eric Nenninger (Eric),  Emy Coligado (Piama),  David Anthony Higgins (Craig),  John Ennis (Artie)
Guest Star:	Thomas Lumberg Jr. (Logger Amos),  Jesse D. Goins (Officer Smith),  Albert Owens (Officer Jones),  Ivan Naranjo (Ivan),  Al Rondon (Scary Guy),  Grant Albrecht (Tough Guy),  Michael Horse (Steve),  Philip Bolden (Eight-Year-Old),  Curtis Williams (Skateboarder),  Micah Henson (Batter),  Dion Clinton Overstreet Jr. (Pitcher),  Elijah Runcorn (Kid #1),  Steven Barr (Deputy),  Kenneth Dolin (Neighborhood Man),  Dylan Cash (Kid #2)

Dave Higgins receives the "And" credit. (edit) The final appearances of Eric (Eric Nenninger), Artie (John Ennis), Pete (Sandy Ward), and Lavernia (Brenda Wehle). (edit) Cold Open: Malcolm explains the gravitational pull of the earth to Reese and Dewey. (edit) This episode along with Poker, Company Picnic and Health Scare were used for Emmy Nomination shows given to members of the nominating commities by for Fox for the 2002 Emmys. (edit)

Dewey: What would have happened if Reese didn't knock (the burglar) out?
Malcolm: He would have seen our TV and stereo and known he made a terrible mistake. (edit) Piama: Did you get the job?
Francis: No. What kind of piano player doesn't know the music to Cabaret? (edit) Reese: Looks like someone smashed up your trashcans pretty good. Maybe if you brought them in on time, maybe this kind of thing wouldn't have happened. (edit)

Craig is in the plaster casts because Reese/Malcolm let Dewey's dog chase him out of the house (from the episode "Dewey's Dog"). (edit) A turning point in the series: Francis and Piama escape from Alaska, leaving Francis's friend Eric behind. Up to this point in the series' run, Eric was Francis's unofficial sidekick and best friend. (edit) This is the last time that we see Bernard (Dewey's hamster). (edit) Craig's age is mentioned in the newsclipping. He is 36. (edit) When Malcolm starts reading from the college dictionary, the first word he reads is "aardvark," where as in most college dictionaries the first word will be "a" or "aardwolf." (edit)

Monkey: Plot
The plot with the monkey is also an allusion to George A. Romero's 1988 film "Monkey Shines." In that film, a quadriplegic man gets a trained monkey to help him; what he doesn't know is that the monkey is part of an experiment (it is a genetically engineered monkey). Soon it begins to develop a rage against its master, and then makes life a living hell for the man by constantly trying to kill him. (edit) In the episode Craig and Hal fight an evil monkey.

In the movie TERROR TRACT(2000, segment 2, Bobo) Bryan Cranston who plays Hal, has a similar experience with a violent monkey. (edit)