The Bots and the Bees

Episode aired May 7, 2000
TV-PG
23m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

1.2K

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Bryan Cranston in Malcolm in the Middle (2000)

Comedy Family

Lois takes off to visit Francis at the academy, which might make his recent appendectomy just a little more painful. Without Lois, Hal devolves to his former bad boy personality, which turns... Read allLois takes off to visit Francis at the academy, which might make his recent appendectomy just a little more painful. Without Lois, Hal devolves to his former bad boy personality, which turns the robot Malcolm builds with his Krelboyne colleagues into a much more destructive power... Read allLois takes off to visit Francis at the academy, which might make his recent appendectomy just a little more painful. Without Lois, Hal devolves to his former bad boy personality, which turns the robot Malcolm builds with his Krelboyne colleagues into a much more destructive power than expected.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

1.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Bryan Cranston was known to enjoy doing his own stunts. After one of the show's writers asked jokingly whether he would be willing to wear a suit of live bees Cranston said he would, so the script for this episode was written around this. He ended up covered in 10,000 bees, and only got stung once.

Goofs
When Craig Feldspar knocks on the door, Hal answers the door with glasses on. After the camera angle changes as Craig is hugging Hal, the glasses disappear.

Quotes
Hal: [sitting on Craig and patting his belly continuously] Say uncle!
Craig Feldspar: No!
Hal: Just say it! We can end this right now with a little dignity if you just say it. One simple word.
Craig Feldspar: Duncle.
Hal: Aha, you said duncle. Now you gotta say "uncle" in my butt.

Connections
Featured in 60 Minutes: Artificial Intelligence/Breaking Good/Gorilla Doctors (2016)

Soundtracks
I Just Want to Celebrate
(uncredited)
Written by Dino Fekaris and Nick Zesses
Produced by Rare Earth and Tom Baird
Performed by Rare Earth

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Featured review

8/10

I get to write the first review.

What a honor. Okay, Lois finds much needed bounding time with her first born, who only expect from her bad treatment and abuse. In fact she shows the opposite of that. Meantime Hal goes back to his wild side (knowing that by what his wife said to Francis) and starts his own killer bot project, inspired from the Malcolm's nerd club. As you going to see things don't go too well. The mayhem caused by Hal, at the end is what put him back in his place. Also bees!

Fun episode, wished something more from the Francis side of the story.