After the kids blow up the store's steam cleaner, and Dewey confesses to stealing a $150 bottle of cognac, Lois's firing prompts household economizing to an extent that causes Malcolm mortifying embarrassment at school: Julie organizes a food-drive for his family. When Hal winds up in emergency with acute botulism as a result, Lois must re-think her position against apologizing to her odious boss, Mr. Pinter. Meanwhile, Francis thinks he's died and gone to heaven when he's assigned honor-guard duty at a Teenage Miss Alabama beauty pageant -- until he discovers that all the girls think he's gay. false 2017-10-04 00:53:39 Todd Holland 7.4 2000 tt0640358 130183 23 https://www.thetvdb.com/banners/episodes/73838/130183.jpg Alexandra Picatto GuestStar David Beach GuestStar Elise Horn GuestStar Harris Doran GuestStar Landry Allbright GuestStar https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/as1blCJpfbMsIoxyk5xrzRq0xFR.jpg Marc Vann GuestStar https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/rmiQSgsJToKnXBWIYFaaTRe4B6U.jpg Rick Scarry GuestStar Shea Curry GuestStar 9 1 2000-03-19