Reese tried telling Lois that, thinking it would annoy her, but it only gave her the idea to take away their pillows. She has been working extra hard at work and at home for fifteen years while Hal takes every Friday off. Forced him to let Dewey ride it to run over Reese's bike, Insulting him and demanding they go to the comic book store at once, Calls off the deal and tells Hal to deal with Dean himself, Hal lost his patience in driving him around too much, Neither of the boys were able to enjoy their respective birthdays, Attempted to sell Hal a mark-up of a bad comic book, Forced Dean in negotiations for a better comic book, Hal was briefly grateful for Craig when he came to his aid against Dean, Boyd told Lois about what Nicki and Malcolm did, Francis sat Otto, Merl and Earl down to offer a practical and good solution to build a gate, Found out Dewey had been stealing money from, Blackmailed him to doing pranks against his enemies for favors. Rightfully, the episode ends with Lois catching him in the act. Reese mentions this to Malcolm and how he was successful in making Lois take her medication. The sooner you learn to accept that, the better! Malcolm fought back, reminding Lois just how miserable she makes his life. By Graduation, Francis procures a job at a computer company sorting computer chips and hasn't told her about it because he equally enjoys making her mad by telling her that he's unemployed. Out of her boys, Lois didn't plan for Reese's future. This is the moment Francis decided to listen to Hal. Lois was grounding them while the police came to arrest her. By speaking the words aloud, Lois is able to let the hurt go, acknowledging that she cannot blame akid for not missing its mother. The single camera sitcom centered a somewhat dysfunctional lower middle class family, the Wilkersons. The boys learn that Hal cheated on Lois with Susan's prom night, when she found the two together on the hood of her car after a five-year relationship with Hal. Birthday She also understood it was her poor decisions that she and Hal both made in marrying too soon and being grossly unprepared to do finances that lead to the family's poor status. Ida Welker (mother)Victor Welker (stepfather/legal father)Radu Gogorsky (biological father) Lois is the wife of Hal and mother of six+ children, in the final episode we see Lois holding a positive pregnancy test, as well as the daughter of Ida and the half-sister of Susan Welker(Laurie Metcalf). With Jane Kaczmarek, Bryan Cranston, Christopher Masterson, Justin Berfield. When Lois gives the boys $10 each to buy her a present, they decide to get something for themselves, which causes her to have grief. anybody else feels the same way?/. Lois Wilkerson (ne Welker; formerly Gogorsky) (November 12, 1962) is the mother of Malcolm and his brothers and wife of Hal Wilkerson. Parents However it wasn't until his arrest in for burning the neighbor's car and having sex with his previous girlfriend, that she shipped him off to Marlin Academy. No. In the episode "malcolm defends reese" . However, an additional seventh Wilkerson was added later in the series due to Jane Kaczmarek's pregnancy and consequent brief disappearance from Malcolm in the Middle. THE SHOW WAS GOOD TO SOME HOMEOWNERS. Dewey confessing to his and Hal's involvement in causing the accident by losing the old sofa from the car and Lois being abusive to Malcolm, Spend the night outside the school on a bench. Refusing to listen to him when he warned against making out their will, He kept insisting on going to a professional executor to make out their will, Wishing her dead and mismanaging their finances, Lois finally confessed how she got this way, Hijacked Hal and Lois' garage and held Craig hostage, The mothers picked up Donnie and his gang and gave all of them a piece of their minds, Refusing to let him help broaden his horizons, Malcolm comes to the realization that his genius and egotistical ways could lead him to a miserable path, Making their lives miserable by moving in with Lois, This was when Francis learned how much Ida is a bigot and racist, Changing the original date of the baby's birth on his birthday, The boys have an epiphany in how terrible their parents were in raising them, Found out the rival ranch's plans to lure tourists away from the Grotto ranch. Planned to ship Francis off to a work farm for troubled kids in Arizona. Susan refused to accept them, believing Lois is doing this to keep ahead of their competition. Nonetheless, he is victorious when he reveals that he and Lois have a great love life in the bedroom, making time for each other thrice a day. MITM_Fan. Reese was not phased by this so Hal attempted a different angle. Micah Yip is a freelance writer based in California on Earth-1218. Trying to get out of his punishment with his usual tricks, She later made Dewey watch TV on a channel he's not going to enjoy like C-SPAN, Overbearingly making him into a bad bowler. This has lead to her being an absolute control freak after witnessing them favoring Susan. Lied about the things he was writing about in his report, Hal was unaware about Lois overhearing him insult Dewey loudly, This incident encouraged Dewey to write a report on Lois instead. As always, the sisters end up arguing, because Susan has not moved on from Lois' betrayal. When she had to go to the hospital during her Staph Infection scare due to Reese's uncontrollable kicking in the womb, she was worried about him asking about her and Hal being unable to be a parent to him. Season 1. Unknown Punishment, possibly to fix Marlin Academy's garden, Hal was actually proud of Francis for once in standing up to Spangler, Found out that Reese ride the mini bike against her wishes, Lois actually let the boys get away with this one because they helped guilt trip Craig enough to move out of the house, Yelling at a student cadet and then telling Hal about his insurrection in defending his classmate, Digging a hole in front of the school as a possible prank, This was after Spangler gave him an unspecified punishment for his behavior, Faking an appendicitis and incurring hospital bills. RELATED: 10 Best Episodes Of Malcolm In The Middle According To IMDb. Lois never caught him, but she said "We'll just see what fate has in store for Francis.". She gets angry and decides to destroy both, the one she made and the ones they mad. Stubborn and overbearing, Lois constantly battled throughout Malcolm in the Middle to keep her misbehaving, rambunctious boys in line. Lois forced Reese in compliance by yelling at him when he attempted to turn away from the corner. Told to stay put because he'd only make things worse. Goodbye Kitty: Directed by James Simons. He was making unacceptable speeches about the government on his pirated radio, Craig did the right thing to pull over, not wanting any involvement with Hal, Picking a fight and making a mess in the living room, Lois would not uphold his punishment unless he took Alison to the dance, Plans to punish him by making demands until she's an old lady, After observing the same kid studying with a rival school, Malcolm decides to stay and let Lois punish him after he gets home, which she accepts, Found out that he was planning to injure his foot. Stealing from the church and attempting to leave home, Tracking mud in the house and for Reese telling his parents "I wish you were dead.". He's dancing around in his underwear. Spouse He later regrets it afterwards, Although irritated, Lois reminded herself that she burned Craig's house down. Gorak and the other carnival freaks were able to convince the guard to let Stevie go, Sneaking out to the Tri-County fair and lying about having a sleepover. reese_is_cool; Jan 26, 2009; Replies 3 Views 9K. Having Dabney play with his paint gun against her wishes, Dabney interrupted her and mentions from now on there will be changes. As the boys were leaving, he returned to kick Hal in the stomach. When Hal also forgets her birthday, Lois decides that is enough, so she escapes until the family finally decides that they need her. It was Lois' carelessness in overloading the washer that lead to it's defectiveness. Instead, he comes home toan angry father chasing him around the neighborhood, in the hopes of beating him up. M. A. Malcolm: Stevie, I know what your mom did was horrible, but you've got to stop feeling sorry for yourself. Skating in the house and messing up one of coffee table with his skates. Made him read the list of swear words and insults, Malcolm realizes the true meaning of swear words, Francis was the one who told on them to Lois in order to avoid being punished, To force his brothers to comply and give Richie the letter. Alison broke up with Reese in revenge for trying to renege his promise. Lois and Francis have a dysfunctional mother-son relationship. This has caused a lot of friction between her, Hal and the boys over time. Destroying Dewey's toy and attempting to bury it in Aunt Helen's coffin. Lois found her paycheck and threw it away, Forcing the family to attend Aunt Helen's funeral, Argued against going because they all despised Helen, Forcing his family to not go to Aunt Helen's funeral, Kicking the trash can and berating Malcolm for his selfishness. After he got emancipated in Houseboat, Lois was so enraged over Francis quitting school against her wishes to go to Alaska and work as a logger that she spent most of Emancipation ignoring him. Lois VS Evil. Francis got back at Spangler by going to a cheap lawyer to get himself emancipated. Muniz' birthday is December 5, 1985. Fed up with Reese's blackmail and using Billy to get back at his classmates in North High. After this, Lois has truly given up on Reese and simply wants him out of her life. Cancelling Christmas and holding it hostage in the garage, Took back their own gifts and spray painting Lois destroying Santa, Remorse set in when they learned she bought them what they wanted, Lois decides to do the denial route and thanks Hal for waking the boys to help them put everything back, Making his Christmas miserable along with hiding gifts in a secret room that she bought for the family for minor infractions, Tormented Ida by making her look for the hidden musical Christmas cards in her apartment. Malcolm explains he doesn't like the new punishment she's enforcing to the family. Ida disrespects her and insults her whenever she gets a chance and has absolutely no love to share with her. This was brought up when Jamie began exhibiting similar behavior and was revealed as the root cause of Francis' emotional problems. Francis tried to make things right with Lavernia by returning the bird only to discover that it had died due to exposure of the cold. Hal has given each of the boys a free pass for a serious incident he didn't tell Lois about it. The officers warned them if they tried to move, Hal, Lois, Reese and Dewey will be arrested Malcolm got what he wanted and ignored her threats. Thus, the neighbors see her as an overbearing and obnoxious control freak and celebrate the days she is sick. Let's take a look at why. Hal and Lois always try to present a united front in front of their children. Their 4th misbehavior came when Lois busted Malcolm and Reese tying a Christmas stocking on Dewey's head tightly and poking him with fire pokers. Forced him to reimburse her by paying for it or else he doesn't come home. It was broadcast on May 14, 2006. She is very high strung and her sons believe that she is sadistic. Reese took his anger out on Lloyd as he had no brothers. When Lois gives the boys $10 each to buy her a present, they decide to get something for themselves, which causes her to have grief. In Lois' past, Ida and Victor had been abusive to her and believing her to be weak all her life. Reese later found out that Lois is pregnant and is angry. This misbehavior earned Lois' wrath because of it. This was when he found out Piama was trying to reconcile with her estranged father. Yelling at Reese for wasting that money that the family needed to refurbish their home for the new baby by destroying the computer, Lamented how she regretted not heeding Malcolm's warning against Reese heading the garage sale. Not wanting to tell his wife, who is exercising rigorously to lose weight, Hal begins injecting extra sugar and butter into his wife's diet food behind her back. Found out about Francis' prank to Marlin Academy that involves ruining a swimming pool from Southern Alabama State and leaving the family an expensive bill to pay for the damages. RELATED: 5 Strongest Sitcom Moms Of The 2000s (& 5 Strongest Dads). He was trying to retrieve the ball so the boys could continue playing with their friends, Forced to stand outside holding a heavy duffle bag, Using a purse that he's borrowing from Lois, Dewey refused and showed his peers by hitting the lead bully with the purse with a brick inside it, impressing Reese, Letting Eric and his cadet friends beat him up, Caught him and his friends joyriding in Mrs. Griffin's car, Mrs. Griffin covered for Malcolm by explaining he took her to the hospital due to a mistake she made in mixing her medications, Incurred over $700 worth of unpaid parking tickets in her name for every traffic violation he committed. Found out he stole an expensive bottle of Cognac, Reese attempted to have Lois force Dewey to endure two hours of kneeling in front of the wall, but she ignored him. Finding out he had run away to join the Army, Yelled at Reese and dragged him home by the ear. Why does Lois like to control Malcolm? Lois' eldest son and one of her most problematic sons aside Reese and Jamie. It was because of her being unable to finish college that lead to her not being able to fulfill her dream as a US President. Overheard Malcolm and Reese talk badly about her along with another prank at the raw sewage facility. Dewey ended up foiling Malcolm's plan by hiding the letter under Lois' pillow, causing her to scream in shock. This was when Reese faked his tears to confess to what he did. Refused to help Reese with his snake suit, Pranking Malcolm by tampering Stevie's acceptance speech, Two weeks of cleaning the bathroom and eating off the floors, She also ordered Reese to get rid of his snake skin suit because everyone in the family finds it disgusting, This was after Lois was able to retake control of Jamie, Lying about his mother dying and being a fitness guru, Ordered his father to stay out of his life and let him live it as he likes, Malcolm convinced her to talk to Hal and apologize, Not being informed about Ditch Day and their party, When Reese and Malcolm confronted them, the students revealed their resentment with the boys for getting them arrested from a previous get together in, Discovered Hal took a pornographic picture of her on New Years Eve, Ordered Hal to surrender the photo of her at once.