Perhaps the most original sitcom pilot in recent years, this first episode combines sharp writing with a hyperbolic camera style reminiscent of Parker Lewis Can't Lose. Malcolm introduces us to his world, dominated by omnipresent schoolyard bully Spath and made worse by his enforced friendship with Stevie, an asthmatic wheelchair genius. When a battery of tests reveals that Malcolm has an IQ of 165, he is moved into Stevie's special accelerated class, despite his protests that "around here being intelligent is exactly the same as being radioactive." On the bright side, Malcolm discovers a practical application for intelligence when he and Stevie spontaneously hit on a solution to Spath's persistent tyranny.
Elenco: Bryan Cranston , Justin Berfield , Erik Per Sullivan , Jane Kaczmarek , Christopher Masterson , Frankie Muniz , Craig Lamar Traylor , David Anthony Higgins , Emy Coligado , Eric Nenninger , Kenneth Mars , Evan Matthew Cohen , Kyle Sullivan , Gary Anthony Williams , Jennette McCurdy , Emma Stone , Cloris Leachman , James Rodriguez , Lukas Rodriguez .