In this episode, it's supposed to appear as if Stanley was naked and painted himself, but when he first walks in, you can tell that he is wearing underwear or some kind of covering.
After Lois takes the tablets that Hal put in the sandwich off, when she is putting the second one down, it the camera switches to behind Lois and her hand is back to where it was before. She couldn't have moved her hand that fast from putting the tablet down to next to the tray.
When Hal tries to drug Lois, she takes the tablets off and puts them on the blue place mat. In the next shot of her, they are gone and it looks like they are on the plate instead, but she couldn't have moved them.
In the scene where Hal is giving Lois a sandwich in bed, when Lois said "Stop trying to drug my food," she took off the top bread to get rid of the pills. In the next shot, the top bread is back on the sandwich. Then, in the shot after, the top bread is off before she went back to talking to Francis over the phone.
Hal ask Malcolm to read the list of names to the man that held him in his arms the minute he was born (or something like that). But later in the episode, "Flashback," we see that Malcolm was born on the front lawn while Hal was gone for a drive, and even when he came back he didn't hold the baby (actually he just offered Lois the rest of his Slurpee).
Reese is playing with a Game Boy, which has no cartridge in it.
Malcolm: (sees Hal dancing and skating) Should I be impressed or horrified?!
Hal: (dancing and skating around the school playground) Smoking!
Malcolm: (reading a piece of paper) A stinkin' son of a... Hal: ... to my face! (Malcolm looks up) Hal: Now, continue.
Hal: Boys, your mother's mobile!
(Reese goes into the kitchen and drinks a carton of milk without using a glass) Lois: (from the speakerphone) What are you doing? Reese: (choking and spitting) Nothing! Lois: Get a glass! (Reese ignores her and continues drinking) Lois: Don't you dare! When I'm well, I'm going to beat you blue, mister. Get a glass!!! Reese: All right! Okay!!! Dewey: Can I have some milk? Lois: Yes... but get a glass! Dewey: Okay.
Lois: Reese, what did you roll in?! Reese: Oh, man! (cleans his skates filled with mud on the coffee table) (Lois begins to scream until the next shot; she is in pain in bed after screaming loudly)
Malcolm: I know I look like an idiot, but I'm kickin' ass!
Malcolm: Oh, yeah. Well.. (car slams on brake; birds fly from a tree; feedback from the speakers wake up Lois from the other room) ... you. (to the camera) You heard me!
Malcolm: My dad's like a total fanatic about skating. He doesn't even call it skating; he calls it the brotherhood of the wheel.
Catherine Lloyd Burns (Caroline) does not appear in this episode.
Featured Music: "A Fifth of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy (Skating Lesson #1) "Enjoy Yourself" by The Jacksons (Skating Lesson #2) "I'm Your Boogieman" by KC & The Sunshine Band (Skating Lesson #3) "Funkytown" by Lipps, Inc "We Are the Champions" by Queen
This is the final appearance of Stanley (Karim Prince).
Cold Open: Malcolm, Reese, and Dewey fairly distribute a pile of French fries between themselves.
This episode is Frankie Muniz, Bryan Cranston, and Christopher Kennedy Masterson's favorite episode.
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Aired 5/14/06
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Aired 4/9/06
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