'Poker 2': Hal, Abe, and their friends play extremely well in poker but start to compete over minor issues. Meanwhile, Reese sets Malcolm and Stevie up with two popular girls (Dana Davis and Lindsey Haun), telling them that Stevie is terminally ill; Malcolm discovers that one of the girls has an automatic handgun and tries to hide it from her. Malcolm In The Middle Poker 2 Cast of Malcolm In The Middle Poker 2 Cast 100% up to €100. The minimum qualifying deposit is €10 or other currency equivalent. Players need to wager the bonus amount 25 times before any withdrawals can be made. Players have 30 days to complete the wagering requirements. While Hal gets into a variety of one-up contests with his poker buddies, Reese sets Stevie up with the daughter of one player, while Malcolm discovers the daughter of another player has a gun in her purse; Francis gets jealous of Piama’s secret rendezvous.

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Malcolm in the Middle
Season 3
Starring
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	22
Release
Original network	Fox
Original release	November 11, 2001 – May 12, 2002
Season chronology
Next → Season 4
List of Malcolm in the Middle episodes

The third season of Malcolm in the Middle premiered on November 11, 2001 on Fox, and ended on May 12, 2002 with a total of 22 episodes. Frankie Muniz stars as the title character Malcolm, and is joined by Jane Kaczmarek, Bryan Cranston, Christopher Kennedy Masterson, Justin Berfield and Erik Per Sullivan.

Episodes[edit]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions) ^{[citation needed]}
42	1	'Houseboat'	Todd Holland	Bob Stevens	November 11, 2001	06-01-301	15.5
Malcolm's family and the Kenarbans vacation together on a houseboat. Lois scolds Malcolm for nearly ruining Hal's life, and forces him to make amends by going fishing with Hal. Reese and Stevie hang out with sex-starved girls from a cheerleader camp. Malcolm soon becomes annoyed with spending time fishing with Hal, and sees some bras and Reese's shirt float past the boat, causing him to throw Hal overboard and rush the boat to the girls' camp. Dewey has an increasingly bad time, ending with Reese and Stevie leaving him on a buoy to become severely sunburnt. Meanwhile, Francis' friend, Eric, drops out of the military academy to take on a logging job in Alaska and Francis gets himself emancipated so he can join him, incurring Lois' wrath.
43	2	'Emancipation'	Jimmy Simons	Alan J. Higgins	November 14, 2001	06-01-302	8.9
Francis leaves the military academy and comes home a final time before heading out to join Eric in Alaska. However, Lois wants nothing to do with him, leading to a serious fight between her and Hal. Malcolm's new teacher, Mr. Herkabe (Chris Eigeman), sets up a ranking system to pressure the Krelboynes to achieve. They turn against each other until Malcolm develops a scheme to break Herkabe's system, humiliating him in front of the school principal.
44	3	'Book Club'	Todd Holland	Alex Reid	November 18, 2001	06-01-304	13.6
Lois attempts to escape the boys' nightly misbehavior by joining a women's book club, but she soon realizes that it's merely an excuse for the women to socialize—and get drunk. Lois helps them plot against a wealthy PTA mother, Lillian Miller, who seems to handle all her motherly duties with ease while living in luxury. Meanwhile, Hal tries and fails many different ideas to keep the boys in order, and Francis hitches a ride with a trucker who makes him humiliate himself in exchange for the ride.
45	4	'Malcolm's Girlfriend'	Ken Kwapis	Ian Busch	November 28, 2001	06-01-305	8.9
After getting a girlfriend (portrayed by Alessandra Torresani, whose face is never shown on camera), Malcolm neglects his family and friends; the family reacts when they find out about her. Dewey uses his new friend's wealth to get the birthday party he's always wanted. Still en route to Alaska, Francis is briefly jailed, but starts to enjoy watching the guards' complicated lives unfold.
46	5	'Charity'	Jeff Melman	Gary Murphy & Neil Thompson	December 2, 2001	06-01-303	12.0
Lois forces the boys into community service to build character. They choose to help out at a church, where they quickly go from trading their own stuff to stealing merchandise and creating a black market. Francis finally reaches his destination in Alaska only to learn that his new job isn't the easy money-making opportunity he thought, but rather a living hell. When Hal discovers the boys' black market business, he attempts to make the trip back to the church to return the stuff they had taken and apologize. However, when his car breaks down and the police arrest him, Hal and the boys have an epiphany about their own actions.
47	6	'Health Scare'	Todd Holland	Dan Kopelman	December 9, 2001	06-01-307	12.9
When news hits that Hal may have a serious illness, Lois becomes meaner than usual as she grounds Malcolm and Reese for drawing mud into the house. They later disobey Lois by going to a party full of girls only to come home in hot water. Meanwhile, Francis has a showdown with combative Lavernia in Alaska, and Dewey becomes overzealous in taking care of his class' pet hamster.
48	7	'Christmas'	Jeff Melman	Maggie Bandur & Pang-Ni Landrum	December 16, 2001	06-01-306	13.1
As the boys ruin Christmas every year, Lois finally issues an ultimatum: either the boys behave or Christmas is canceled. It works, but the boys realize that she could keep using this threat for every holiday and decide they need to teach her a lesson. They draw obscene pictures on the garage wall and tear open their presents on Christmas Eve. However, remorse sets in when the boys realized that Lois bought them the presents they wanted. Meanwhile, Francis spends a torturous Christmas with Grandma Ida in Whitehorse and eventually finds a closet full of gifts for the family that she withheld because of petty offenses. He pays her back by hiding stashes of musical Christmas card (playing Jingle Bells) inside her apartment before he leaves.
49	8	'Poker'	Ken Kwapis	Michael Borkow	January 6, 2002	06-01-308	11.8
Hal finally gets an invitation to Abe's poker game, but Hal feels left out after the game. Hal believes that Abe's friends targeted him because of his comparatively boring job, but it never occurs to him that he was the only white player there. Malcolm clashes with Stevie for filming him in a homework assignment, leading to a poker match between Hal and Abe. Reese collects money from old ladies who wanted to partner up at Lois' dance class, then uses the money to buy Dewey a toy and smashes it in front of him. For revenge, Dewey films Reese being dragged to the class. Meanwhile, Francis and his Alaskan friends are trapped in an Alaskan blizzard fending off cabin fever.
50	9	'Reese's Job'	Todd Holland	Gary Murphy &